How I Learned To Drive

Friday, October 31, 2008

Last night on October 30 I went to see this play at Alumni Hall, Georgia State University. The play is titled How I Learned to Drive, by playwright Paula Vogel. The play focuses on the issues of incest and child abuse/molestation. The main character is a woman called Lil Bit. The play chronicles her life with her family, and takes important episodes of Lil Bit’s life. Since eleven years old Lil Bit has been sexually molested by her Uncle Peck, who is also her closest relative. The fact that she is close to her molester uncle is what made me want to go see the play. This situation is I find is astonishing; the family member that Lil Bit adores the most is her molester. I wanted to see how this situation worked out. The play was highly interesting I have to admit.

Uncle Peck does not force himself upon Lil Bit or make her do anything that she does not want to do. He only molests Lil Bit with her consent. One night while Lil Bit and Uncle Peck are alone in a car, Uncle Peck asks Lil Bit if he can gently kiss her breast. He pleads to her that he has been good and has not taken a drink all week. He believes he deserves a little something. Lil Bit obliges and lets her uncle caress and kiss her sixteen year old breasts. Lil Bit does not like when her uncle drinks, and uses Uncle Pecks’ desires for her as an incentive to get him to not drink as much as he would. They usually meet at least every week to hang out because Lil Bit wants to; she loves her uncle dearly. In one scene we see that she begs her mom to let her spend more time with Uncle Peck. Her mother says she doesn’t like the way Uncle Peck looks at her, and she is scared that something might happen. Her mother gives into the begging and says to Lil Bit, “Ok you can spend time with your uncle, but if anything happens I hold you fully responsible.” Uncle Peck’s wife and Lil Bit’s Aunt Mary knows instinctively what is going on; but she doesn’t say anything, she just counts down the days when Lil Bit heads off to college.

I don’t want to spoil the play for those who have not seen it so I am going to stop there. I really enjoyed this play and I recommend to anyone who hasn’t seen it to go see it. The play asks the hard questions about known molestation and incest in families, and how it affects the generations. I thought it was pretty inspiring, and I hope others think so too.

Bad Mutha!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

T-Model Ford – Sallie Mae
T-Model Ford with - Wood Cuttin' Man
T-Model Ford with - Ask Her For Water

I chose to listen to some of T-Model Ford’s music. What I find great about Ford’s music (as well as other blues music) is that its influence reaches every popular American music genre of today. In all the three songs linked you find that the lyrics are repetitive. In modern music we find repetitiveness in the hook of the song, or the chorus. Modern music is regularly three verses with a hook starting before the song, in between the verses, and the hook sung a multiple of times after the last verse. This musical structure of today can clearly be seen to have origins in the blues.
The use of drums and guitar in T-Model Ford’s music is indicative of The Blues influence on rock music. Rock music is blues that is more “lively.” The popular riff came out of the blues music which is so popular in jazz and rock, and it is the best part of the song to me; it is when the band breaks it down. Beautiful.
I also like the soul in the music. He puts much “oomph” into his music that you can tell that he really feels his lyrics. It is a good thing when you know an artist really is into his music that it is a part of that artist. The good thing about the blues is that many people could relate to it in their soul. I’ve never cut wood before as a profession, but I bet someone who does can really appreciate T-Model Ford’s Wood Cuttin’ Man. If someone ever had their woman leave them suddenly they could really feel the song Sallie Mae. When one listens to the blues one also feels what the artist is saying even though they may not relate to the subject matter; it’s all about what you feel in the soul.
One of my conflicts with the music is that it is hard to understand what T-Model is saying since he is so Kuntray. I tried to find lyrics online but I couldn’t find any. Basically that’s the only problem.
All in all good music.

You like to see homos Naked??

Monday, October 27, 2008

One of my main thoughts is that it is showing “real” music. What I mean by real music is that it is music from the heart. It is music that is not created off of capitalism which is known in our society today as popular music, or pop music for short. The artists in this documentary clearly make music from the heart. They make music because they love to make music. These men create their music for richer or poorer. Now there are some mainstream artists with major record deals whom I am sure make music from the heart, but it may be hard to tell who really loves the music versus who is in the music industry to make a buck. But the bluesmen are clearly living in poverty. In the documentary we see them living in rundown houses with tattered clothing; most are of bad physical health. We clearly see that these guys are not rich, but they love to play the blues. They are still spending significant amounts of time on their musical career even though they are not gaining as much monetary wealth. It seems to me that the bluesmen in this documentary do not care about the money side all too much as they care about getting their music heard. They want to share their craft with the world so other people can feel what they feel when they hear the blues. They want to show the world how great of a music genre the blues is. That is the overall theme of the documentary.

One small thought on the documentary is that it is fairly humorous, and I like humor. One of the funniest parts to me is when R.L. Burnside was complaining about losing that small Supplemental Security Income (SSI) check of $111. This man is making a year’s worth of those checks in one concert performance and he is still complaining about it. LOL, ain’t nothing like free money. What was also pretty funny is that these men are real country. I am from the country and I know older people who actually talk like that, and I still haven’t fully gotten used to it. The funniest thing about country people is that they can make up words no one has ever heard before; what’s even funnier is that if you are from the country you will know exactly what they are talking about(link: Scene from Joe Dirt). There were a lot of instances from that.
All in all this is an interesting documentary. I just wish the audio was better so I could understand it more.

Think McFly!!!

Friday, October 24, 2008

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I agree with Nick about the Movie Back To The Future. It was cool as hell, mainly for me because Michael J. Fox was in it. I would have to say that Michael J. Fox is the main reason that I like the film. Ever since I saw him in Teen Wolf, I have always taking a liking to MJF. He is one of the biggest stars of 1980 mainstream films. Christopher Lloyd’s character, Doc Brown, was also entertaining. “Great Scott!!!” is one of my favorite phrases because of this movie. I get a good laugh every time I hear Doc say it. Doc was the most interesting character of the whole film. You can tell he didn’t own a comb. And he was pale as hell (that rhymes); you would think he was ghost.

The funniest character had to be Biff, played by Thomas Wilson, Jr. “Think McFly!!!!” is my line. Every time I hear a friend of mine say something stupid I always recite the line and it never stops being funny. The second thing that was funny about Biff was his name. What kind of a name is Biff? I start laughing when I hear his name. His parents must have not loved him, or they were going through something at the time when they named him. No wonder he was such a bully; you got to be a bully if you have a screwed up name like Biff.

The other two movies I have to say were entertaining also. I like the last one though, about them going back to the Wild West. Looking at it now I would say that movie is kind of corny (Ok, they are all kind of corny) but I still like it. The last one would have to be my favorite. The middle one was so so to me but still good.

All in all the review was tight son!

Bye.

You Sholl Is Ugly!!!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A movie that I really enjoy is The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover. The reason I like it so much is that I can relate to the film in many ways.

First of all the film takes place in rural Georgia, which is where I am from. The film depicts rural life in early twentieth century Georgia well. I was not born until 1988, but the way my elders have described life in rural Georgia in the ‘20s and ‘30s, it is like they are describing the setting in The Color Purple: wooden houses, no indoor plumbing, a farm and livestock, and country dirt roads. The film depicts all of that and some more.

The characters are also black like me, so I feel that I can relate better. One thing I really liked about The Color Purple was that it was not like other films that pictured the lives of black folks in the early 20^th century. Most other films about blacks focus on racism too much, and how black people have to struggle and overcome the white man. This film had a different subject matter, which were relationships between black men and women. It depicted other problems that the black community faced during the time. It further showed that even though the black race had it real bad at that time, the black woman had it even worse. She certainly was the mule of the world back then. All of the main character women in the film had relationship problems with the men in their lives: Celie vs. Mister & her father, Sophia vs. Harpo, Shug vs. her father, Nettie vs. Mister. And these conflicts are all based on real life situations. An older black person will tell you that things like this really went down.

I also like the different types of women they show in the movie. You have Celie, which is the weak and easily intimidated woman. She lets everyone step all over her without putting up any kind of fight. She has clearly been dominated by the male power structure.

You have Sophia, who doesn’t take shit from nobody, and is not at all intimidated by patriarchy, or the male dominated system; she is quick to buck the system. She doesn’t take it lying down like Ms. Celie. Sophia is a great character because she deserves the most respect out of anybody in the film. It isn’t always easy going against the power structure in one’s society, but Sophia did it and was still such a fuckin lady!

Then you have Shug, who is the beautiful woman who is able to get her way. She can go against the male dominated system and still be accepted by some, because she is “loose.” Back then women were thought that they should act “lady like”, i.e. no revealing dress, smoking, suggestive dances, hanging in a bar with men, using profanity, etc. However, Shug did all those and still was not shunned. Shug brings out the hypocritical side of the male. Most men say they want a “good” woman but a lot of men really want that wild one, which is Shug. Shug knew how to play the male dominated system, and she played the game well.

Greatest movie of all time.

Mr. Secretary

Monday, October 20, 2008

The big news of the political cult today is that former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Senator Barack Obama on his candidacy for the President of the United States of America. The reason that it is such big news is that Colin Powell is a high ranking republican and Barack Obama is a democrat. Most people expected him to endorse republican presidential nominee John McCain, who is also a close friend of Colin Powell’s. This move by Colin Powell throws a direct hit against the republican campaign for president, which is already losing influence among voters. Secretary of State Powell gave his reasons for endorsing Obama. In one interview he said, “I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that's why I'm supporting Barack Obama, not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Senator John McCain.”

Many staunch republicans are significantly unhappy about this endorsement by Colin Powell. As a high ranking official his endorsement of Obama fed the democratic presidential campaign substantially and made the Republican Party look undesirable. If a party’s most high ranked members are not even voting for its party nominee, then why would any sway voters feel inclined to do so. The Obama campaign has reeled in a big dog of the Republican Party.

Now some people have a different view on why Colin Powell decided to support Barack Obama. One of the most popular views is that on race. Some say that Republican Colin Powell endorsed Democrat Barack Obama because he is black, just like Colin Powell. When asked the question in an interview Colin Powell made clear that his decision was not based on race, but on quality. Colin Powell for the most part had the same reasons for endorsing Obama as many other people did. But I do not understand why he would make such a significant political move like endorsing a democrat for president.

It’s true that he could be telling the truth when he says he is voting for Barack for quality, but there are some things I cannot believe. I cannot believe that he would betray his party just like that; that is his clique. I know sometimes you have problems in the clique, but you work them out. You just don’t go to the other side, but you stay down with the clique through thick and thin. If he was a “real” republican he would like to see the republicans stay in power I believe. He would not do anything to hurt the party like he did. Colin Powell commented that he did not like John McCain’s views on the best way to run the Executive. I can believe him on that, but I don’t believe what John McCain was saying was all that bad to do something like give his “high ranking” support to a democrat for president. It would have been better if he would have just endorsed McCain because with Powell’s endorsement or not, Obama is still going to win. Thus, Colin Powell still would have seen Obama in office.

I don’t know why Colin Powell did what he did, but I think it was a irresponsible in relevance to the republican party.

Don't Play With Me

Friday, October 17, 2008

First off, all the main events in this trailer concern George Walker Bush, Jr. It seems like the main events from the trailer are Bush’s stint in college, his conflict with his father, and his stint as the president.

In college the cut scenes show Bush as a rambunctious teenager. We see scenes of Bush drinking and gambling, and dancing on tables with loose women. We also see him wreck a vehicle. I guess this event tells us that he had some wild and crazy college years. College years seemed to be pretty fun for George. We see that Bush is a really kind of chill guy in his younger age, and still is today. He seems like he doesn’t have too many problems and he is always in a pleasant mood.

The cut scenes also tend to focus on the conflict with Bush and his father, H.W. Bush. We see in one scene that Bush Jr. gets into a fight with H.W. Bush, showing that their relationship has some dysfunction. Bush Jr. also comments on how he cannot get out of his father’s light. Since his father has some status, people hold Bush Jr. up to high expectations than anyone else. We see that Bush Jr. has some pressure with being the son of a powerful man. A young Bush Jr. assures his buddies that he never plans to follow in his father’s footsteps while taking a swig.

His stint in the presidency focuses on his relationship mainly with his cabinet, specifically Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. We see that George gets counseling from Dick; I guess this implies that Dick is the real person in charge and George is just the front man. We see that he has some conflict with Donald over the war that they started together; it seems that George has a tendency to undermine Donald, and Donald doesn’t like it. This shows the dysfunction in the Bush White House during the war on terrorism. The war gets spotlighted much since it is a big chapter in the Bush presidency. We see many protests and stuff being blown up in the quick cut scenes.

That’s about it. As a sidenote this movie doesn’t seem too serious to me. It says it’s based on a true story, but it looks like another “pick on our dumb president” moment. I don’t think the producers of the film wanted to put much spotlight on main events in Bush’s life; it looks like they wanted to show his incompetence in a satirical way.

Peace.

Kamehameha!!!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

In mostly everyone’s life we get bored of things like habits and hobbies over a certain time. We all can think of a habit or hobby that we used to do all the time, but for some reason we just dropped it.

One of my hobbies was watching Dragon Ball Z, The Japanese manga series that used to air on Cartoon Network. I used to watch this show religiously. I would not miss an episode of Dragon Ball Z for nothing, not even if Jesus came back from the dead. Jesus would have to wait thirty minutes till the show was over with me. I loved the stories of Dragon Ball Z; it was all about the adventure of the protagonists, like Goku, who would clash tremendously with the antagonists in an action-packed scene of fighting. Every time one thought the protagonist were going to lose out, the protagonist would overcome great odds to overcome the antagonist, and it would be so glorifying to see them come out on top. The fighting was the best part of the show, the showdown! Fighting was full of energy and nastiness, and violence was of its essence when watching Dragon Ball Z. There was no better conflict on television than that.

Now for some reason, one year I just stopped watching it. I think it was when I hit high school, but to tell the truth I don’t remember too much about the time when I stopped watching the series. I don’t know why I stopped; it’s like someone reached into my brain and took the interest of Dragon Ball Z out of my mind without me knowing it. I guess I did not like the series like I thought I did; I thought I would never get bored of Dragon Ball Z. If someone was to tell me that I would not be interested in Dragon Ball Z when I turn a certain age, I would have been like Nigga please. As of today I see that the show was just a fad of mine; it was something that I did for a while and just moved on to something else. I would have to say it is hard to predict what would be a fad of mine today. Two new habits that I have picked up recently are reading the newspaper and listening to smooth jazz. I enjoy doing both of these things just like I enjoyed watching Dragon Ball Z, but I necessarily don’t know if they are just fads. Will I still have these same habits say five or ten years from now? I may think yes today, but I am not so sure about the future. I thought I would always enjoy watching generic Hollywood films or drinking Sprite soda, but I don’t even do those anymore.

Right now I am either in the process of finding myself, or my life is just a big fad.

Must Love Dogs

Monday, October 13, 2008

You ask why Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the No. 1 movie in America. I have a few reasons why.

One reason kid movies fare better at the box office relative to other movies is because because of population. It is something about talking animals that perform bad rap lyrics that gets kids excited. The kid gets so excited that they beg their parents to go see the movie. Animation movies with animals, aliens, or objects that are not supposed to talk are a big hit. People from age 0-19 make up about 28% of the population, so kids make up a significant chunk. This means high volumes of ticket sales.

Another reason these movies are so big is because of fantasy. There are no talking dogs in the real world, or a yellow sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea, but if you go to a movie theater you will be able to see this. And think about this: if you are a small child that is just learning about the world, you are going to be interested in anything new that comes around. In the world a child primarily finds out the difference between animals and humans. The difference is that humans can talk, and animals can’t. When a child sees a talking animal on television that is going to be a thing of interest to that child. That child doesn’t experience many talking animals in his adolescent day, so he/she is excited to go see a talking animal at the movies. Also, I bet a good number of adults went to see the movie; adults who were not dragged to the screening by their children. People of the United States like fantasy. Think of the highest grossing movies since the 60s. A lot of them have been fanatical (Star Wars, Lord of The Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, E.T. the Extraterrestrial).

Music, reason number three. Every human likes music. I don’t care what culture you’re from, your people enjoy music. Kids enjoy music the most out of all of us, basically because it is relatively new to them. Every Disney/Pixar or any other animation movie has some music in it. Most people of the United States have a favorite song from a fanatical movie. One of my favorite songs is “Bear (Bare) Necessities” from Disney’s The Jungle Book. I loved that song, and still enjoy it today. It was cool to me back then to have a bear performing R&B. Today it is the same thing. We have an animal, the dog, performing Hip Hop. The main difference to me is that music was of better quality back in the day (the ‘60sJ). That rap performance by that dog seemed like the producers didn’t even try! That’s the best rhyme they can come up with?! I could have done better than that….(back on topic)

Music, fantasy, and kid population make this movie the No. 1 in the nation. Some people may look at this and say “Some people are easily entertained (code word for stupid).” That may be the case, but it is the society that we live in. I say if it is not effecting you directly or indirectly then do not worry about it; let people enjoy their bad rapping Chihuahuas. But if it is harming you, fight against it the best way you can or leave the country.

That’s all I got to say.

Colors

Friday, October 10, 2008

I am a fan of dark colors, and am not a fan of light colors except for the color white. I have mainly two theories on why I prefer dark colors over light colors. Those theories are heat and inconspicuousness.

I have always been a fan of heat. I like warm weather, and have a dislike for cold weather. In my Geography class I learned that darker colors absorb more insolation from the sun than do lighter colors. I believe this is a reason that I like darker colors so much, since they draw heat. I am a person that can enjoy an 80-95 degree day. I am even known to wear extra clothes on these days. I will wear a shirt over a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans on a 90 degree day. People ask me “Aren’t you hot?”, and I say “Yeah, and I’m enjoying it.” I am more prone to wear darker colors because they attract more heat. Lighter colors reflect significantly more insolation than they absorb, causing less heat to be produced.

If you read my previous posts you would know that I was a very shy person. I didn’t like to be noticed much so I was more prone to stay inconspicuous. It’s a fact that lighter colors attract more attention than darker ones. One will notice a person walking down the street in a bright orange shirt faster than they would notice a person wearing a dark orange shirt. So in order to stay out of the limelight I don’t wear the limelight colors, I wear the conservative colors. I don’t like to be an attention getter.

My two favorite dark colors are green and burgundy. The reason I like green so much is because it is the color of nature, and I have always liked nature for some reason. It also represents wealth to me, since it is the color of the American dollar, a dollar that many people love. Anything that is green I pretty much like: Green lima beans, garden peas, lemon lime Kool-Aid, Sprite, Publix Supermarket, Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, trees & grass, green frosting on cake, etc.

The reason I like burgundy so much is because I’ve always compared burgundy to high-status. I feel like a Big Dog when I wear it, like I cannot be touched. I pretty much feel this way about it since it was considered a royal color in old Europe, since it is close to purple. Only the bourgeois were known to wear the colors of burgundy, purple, violet, or anything in between back in the days of monarchs. Burgundy is a recent favorite color of mine, and I’m probably going to wear it for a long time.

Spread of Ideas

Monday, October 6, 2008

It’s kind of amazing to me how ideas and customs used to get spread across the earth during the early years of human history; the years way before the World Wide Web. Most people know how the artist Soulja Boy became so big. He hooked up a myspace page, put his music on it, a lot of people liked his style. Those people e-mailed their friends about Soulja Boy. Thus, more people knew about Soulja Boy. Then those people e-mailed their friends that didn’t know about Soulja Boy, and even more people knew about Soulja Boy, and so on, and so on. He eventually caught the radar of some record labels, and now he is a big star. The same can go with Lil Wayne and his numerous mixtapes, which can be easily downloaded off the internet. The World Wide Web has made information, ideas and customs so quick to spread across the globe that we (humans) are able to be at our best. It was thousands of years ago that the people we call the Chinese were so mathematically advanced, that they could build navigation ships way better than any other society, and this led to Chinese economic prosperity. Other civilizations with less advanced ships could not learn from the Chinese because of the barriers in communication at the time. Some people didn’t even know about the Chinese civilization. Today, if China comes up with an innovative idea it can spread like wildfire through the web. Thanks to technological advance humans have touched every corner of the globe and are able to spread much information that have made others better off than they would have been. People are able to learn from America how to build an airplane, or can learn from Japan how to build a quality vehicle.

Ideas, information, customs, and habits that have been a part of a particular society for thousands of years have been brought to light for other societies by advances in communication. The gambling game of craps is one thing that comes to mind. No one necessarily knows where the game came from, but one story says that it is of Arab origin. The game was said to be played by the Arab crusaders during the Holy War, which was then passed on to the Europeans. The Arabic words 'al zar' or 'azzah' simply means “the dice.” The English were said to have played the game and called it “hazard”, which sounds like what the Arabs called it. It is said to have become very popular in Western Europe. The game would spread to the Americas and other places during the times of colonialism, where there were many advances in technology that led people to traveling to farther places, and spreading ideas. It would especially become big around the Mississippi delta in America, where the French ruled. The French gave the game a different name, which was Crabs. The English would change the name again to Craps. No one really knows how long the game was played in Arab Societies, but it is atleast known to have been around in the 1000s, which was a thousand years ago. Today, Craps is one of the most popular Casino games due to advances in communication and exploration.

Clean Getaway

Friday, October 3, 2008

I don’t have any interesting worst things that I have done; all of mine are small and insignificant. I truthfully haven’t done anything so stupid that I would regret it. I don’t do stupid things because that’s not the type of person I am. I am the type of person that thinks before I act. Thinking before I act has prevented me from doing stupid things that I would regret and be able to write about in a blog for my English 1102 class. In this case I will write about the worst insignificant thing I have ever done.

When I was around seven years old I stole a six-pack of Now-And-Later candy from a convenience store; it costs was a nickel plus tax. As the title suggests it was a clean getaway. I remember it was the lime green flavor, my favorite. I was in the store with my mama, for she had stopped to play her daily lottery. While she was putting her numbers in I was browsing the store, preferably the candy aisle. When I saw the Now-And-Later candy I wanted it right then, more than any other candy. But I didn’t have any money, and my mama already told me she wasn’t buying me a damn thing before we left the house. I knew not to ask her for anything, unless I wanted to be reprimanded (not in a formal way) in front of the people in the store. So I bucked on that plan, and stood there for a while thinking of a way that I could get the candy. My mother was wrapping up playing her numbers and we were about to leave. I had to think of something quick, but the only option I had at the time was steal the candy. I didn’t want to do it but as the cliché goes, hard times call for desperate measures. I was still in the candy aisle under heavy tension when my mother called for me as she was walking out the door. When she called the third or fourth time I just said “fuck it!”, and I took the candy. I nervously walked out the door pass the store clerk with the candy in my pocket, thinking about the beating I would get from my mama if I was caught by the store clerk. Luckily no alarms went off and the clerk did not stop me. I got my candy.

When I got home I ran into my room and ate the candy cautiously, making sure my mother or my siblings didn’t come in and see me with it. If my siblings saw me with it they would tell, because they knew mama would not have bought me anything unless she bought something for them also. After I finished the candy, I actually felt bad about taking it. I started to think about how the clerk would feel if she knew that I stole from her. I wouldn’t want anyone stealing from me, but I just committed the act. I felt so guilty about it that I told my mother a few days later about the crime that I committed. I didn’t tell her right then and there because I would have got a beating (I didn’t feel that guilty). She just reprimanded me (this time in a formal way) for a short while and told me I should never do it again; and that I did. From then on I never stole anything again, and never had any other relative urge to steal. I always thought about the effects of my actions from then on.

Roo Pooh

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

I watched the debate, and I do not even remember too much of it. This is the reason in class that I was against watching the debate. I do not like to watch “roo pooh.” What is roo pooh? Roo pooh is any trifling mess. Examples of roo pooh are The Maury Show, The O’Reilly Factor, any reality show on VH1 or MTV, a presidential debate. There is no reason for a debate but for someone to get some money off of it, and to see who the best debater is. What does it mean to be a good debater? It means you can beat someone in an argument. It doesn’t show anything about how this person is going to handle the job of president. It shows that the person can win a gold painted plastic trophy for a high school debate team.

The only thing Obama and McCain tried to do in the debate is make each other look bad. That’s what it looked like to me. All I heard was “because of my opponents policy, this is going to happen, then this is going to happen, then the middle class is going to be hit hard, then humpty dumpty is going to fall of the wall, then Oprah is going to start smoking crack, then Hitler is going to come back from the dead, then Brad & Angelina won’t adopt anymore colored babies, all because of my opponents policy.” It was a lot of slippery slope to me from what I can remember. The topics didn’t matter; it was more of a competition of “my policy is better than your policy.”

The only thing I can really remember is this one part when they were talking about foreign policy with Iran. Obama was talking about something about how he is going to sit down with Iran and talk things over, blah blah blah. Then McCain said something like “So Iran is going to tell us they are going to nuke Israel, and we are going to say ‘No you are not’.” I am on Obama’s side when it comes to foreign policy in the Middle East. I think we need negotiation, and less strife. McCain looks like he is just more prone to start some trouble. I guess he thinks the Iranian government will not listen to what we have to say (and they may not), but it’s better to try to solve a problem as peacefully as possible.

Another thing that I can remember they argued about was taxes. McCain said if we lower taxes for business owners, more businesses will be able to start up, creating more jobs for people, and low taxes on businesses is why Ireland is doing so well, blah blah blah. Obama talked about how McCain wants to cut taxes for the already rich, blah blah blah. McCain said Obama’s policies will raise taxes and it will affect the middle class, blah blah blah. Obama talked about how his plans will not raise taxes on the middle class, and how the wealthy should be taxed more, blah blah blah. Me personally, I think taxes should be raised; so I think they are both wrong.

That’s all I got on the debate. Until the next blog…. (hopefully it’s better than this one)