Earlier this week Colin Powell went on Meet the Press to endorse Obama. The interview (or speech rather) is intelligent, compelling, and truthful. Watch for yourself.
A couple of days ago Laura and I went to see Oliver Stone’s W. Overall it was an pretty incredible movie. Honestly the thing that impressed me the most about the movie is that it’s fairly unbiased in the storyline towards both Geloce W. Bush and his cabinet and staff. It was a very intelligent film and was very honest in its depiction of the 43rd president. I hope that both liberals and democrats are able to enjoy this film. It does not accuse the administration of anything that is not factually known already. It is not propaganda. It is simple the story of W coming to be president and his first term. I’m guessing a right winged mind may attack back at me for thinking this, but I’d simple like to challenge them to see the film.
Now, Some People can have a harder time with this sort of open mindedness. Yesterday Laura sent an email to a friend of hers whose husband is a republican. The email contained a like the Colin Powell video above and the suggestion that her friend should try to get her husband out to see W. She’d even offered to watch their six month (+/-) son so they can go see a movie. She wasn’t being forceful about it and even said we’d be happy to watch their son if they wanted to see a different movie. But in response she got this message from the husband:
Subject: No Way
Stop sending me your Democratic propaganda.
If I could vote for W again I would.
And that was it. I think it’s incredibly disappointing that people are so unable to open minded. I can understand the view that the movie is going to be terribly skewed against Geloce W. Bush. Honestly, I thought it was going to be much more so, but it’s not. And regardless if how skewed or honest the film is, a complete unwillingness to see the film, to discuss the issues, to share and listen to opinions just seems so incredibly naive and narrow minded and knowingly ignorant. I honestly feel that my perception of most every Republican I know is that they just can’t accept the idea that Bush has done a poor job running the country. Not because of what he has done, but more because of who he is and that he’s the leader of the Republican party. Laura and I were discussing this last night and I think I came upon a pretty healthy realization. If Bush was a Democrat and had done everything regarding the war in Iraq exactly the same way, which I truly believe is a very possible thing. If nothing had changed but his party, A) the republicans would be lynching him right now, and B) no republican would endorse his presidency and it would take a long time for any democrat to put their party aside and admit he has done a poor job. I think that the democratic party has had the advantage of being able to openly scrutinize the Bush administration. And it had taken close to eight years for most republicans to do the same. And it honestly disappoints me that there are people out there that simply blindly follow, without hesitation, without question. It simply does not make logical sense. People say we need to support our president because we’re in a state of wartime? The main issue against Bush is the fact that we are in a state of wartime. It doesn’t make much sense that we are unable to question or that we are unpatriotic!? for questioning the course of the country and the course of this war? It is our patriotic duty to question our government. I’m getting off on a tangent here, so I’m going to simply end with this quote:
“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
– James Madison
On a lighter note, looks like MSNBC’s got themselves a “Big Ass Table”. I suppose there is a Microsoft connection there, huh?
It’s pretty scary when the next round of terrorists seem to be the American people themselves. That fact that as many people believe Obama to be a terrorist (and/or Muslim, which by the way, being Muslim doesn’t make someone a terrorist), along with the fact that the GOP has done nothing to stop this type of hate is terrifying. Not only has the GOP not done anything, but they continue their fear mongering and it has been pushed to the limit so much, that this is the result. Something bad is going to happen and I’m truly afraid of what that could be. We finally might get someone intelligent in the white house and there’s a good chance that a bunch of narrow minded, miss informed, naive people are going to try something.
I think we have a lot more to fear from the people in this video than anyone in the middle east.
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Here’s a nice response a friend of mine made on Gov. Palin. Basically a friend of his made some stupid comment on his face book to which he eagerly, yet frustratedly, replied. He liked his stream of thought so much he decided to blog it. Here’s the full blog posting: Judgement on Experience.
CNN raised an interesting question in an article today, “what would you do with $700 billion?” The responses were filled by CNN iReporters and included answers such as: “Improving education. Researching alternative fuels. Nationalizing health care. Paying off the debts of the American people.” If you’ve noticed, none of these include bailing out Wall Street. “Without some stabilizing influences, the mortgage market will continue to destabilize.” It’s upsetting to know that the Bush administration for the past eight years has continued to throw money at problems created by the Bush administration and ignore everything else.
So, into politics…
I think I’ve avoided this for a little while here, but sometimes I watch a few too many videos online, or read some articles that just get me irate about our world and the views of some of the people in it. Mostly I think I’ve avoided this subject in my blog because it simply gets me upset enough that it becomes incredible difficult for me to clear express myself. I don’t if it’s the flood of thought or the rage, but here it goes:
Today, I got this email for Brave New Films and it was a list of the top five youtube videos to watch regarding Senator McCain. I watched them, and of course immediate got upset. I honestly don’t understand how anyone could be even mildly informed and not be infuriated by the Republican party, mainly the current administration of the U.S. and the Republican candidate for President. Honestly, as I’m writing here, I’m feeling almost more than I’m upset for Republicans and what their leaders are doing with their party. And so I ask myself, why aren’t more Republicans upset? I just don’t understand it. I don’t understand the people who support the Republican party in almost anything it has done in the past 8 years. I don’t understand how we’ve gotten to this place as a nation. And it’s depressing how so many of us have been fooled this well, for this long.
It all makes me lose hope in the world. It’s like people sit on this level of faith that the elected officials have our best interests in mind, that news is unbiased and uncensored, and that corporate America makes people’s lives better and more convenient. This country talks a lot about freedom, but when I look at those three things, the current government, the main stream media, and corporate America, I feel more pigeon holed than free.
Anyway, I’m starting to veer from the point.
So without further adieu:
1. The Real McCain 2
2. Less Jobs. More Wars.
3. John McCain vs. John McCain
4. McCain’s Spiritual Guide
5. Why Won’t McCain Sign the GI Bill?
Thank you to Brave New Films.