Spittin' Truth

I'm going to keep this simple. I've been considering keeping up with the election and blogging like every few weeks, but there hasn't been much to talk about as far as I'm concerned. Most of the real issues that I care about are never discussed.

I voted for Obama, absentee, two weeks ago. There, I said it.

Look at this http://www.economist.com/vote2008/. Countries like Cuba and Iraq support McCain, so that should tell you something. And another thing, forget all the jokes and personal attacks on Sarah Palin, the woman doesn't fucking read. Why isn't that a bigger deal? She chooses to be ignorant. She couldn't even name a news magazine or a newspaper. I'm sorry but I don't want anyone in public office to not even read. Call me an elitist, but I don't want anyone running my country who chooses to be ignorant.

What's also bullshit is that people think Obama getting elected puts us in a "post-racial" society. No way. A kid I met in a bar one night down here in Blacksburg, VA (the real Virginia, a little pocket of the real America) who introduced himself so: "My name is Wes, the W stands for white power". Like I'm down with that ignorant crap just because I'm white. You think Obama getting elected is going to change his mind about black people? Hell no. And he's only one of many in this country I'm sure.

I apologize for the rant but its been frustrating to see our country and world at the brink of disaster and yet people in this country still focus on bullshit like "Joe the Plumber". Does it bother anyone else that no one ever talks about poor people anymore? NAFTA is a non-issue somehow. We've lost over 900,000 jobs to it in a little more than a decade. Get out of that nonsense and our economy will improve. It's not free trade if only big corporations get to trade freely. Ok, rant over.

In conclusion, I just hope the next 4 years will be better than the last 4. I hope Barack Obama can make them better.

Postscript. Just a reminder: The New York Football Giants are reigning SuperBowl Champions and currently have a record of 6-1. Go Giants. Oh, and the Terps are ranked in football, so I guess things arent' that bad.