State Budget Cuts

Although the states have already suffered greatly from the recent budget cuts, we are going to be suffering even more. Apparently this is the year that hits bottom, as our economy is also grim right now. California, with it's phenomenal governor of Schwarzennegger, has had to suffer greatly. The republicans are all for taking money from the schools and keeping it to themselves. It's most likely not challenging to figure out where I stand on this matter. Although part of me is reserved and wants the money in my family's pocket to stay in our pocket, I know how important education is. I go to one of the best high schools in the state of California and have learned more in these last three years than ever before in my life. My school is a public school and we are funded by the government. Although most republicans have no need for public schools considering they have the money to send their children to private schools, the lower income families need the same chance at education. By putting less and less funding into our schools just makes the future of America look grim. If only a select few are educated, there will be a heavy bias, and knowledge waiting to be unearthed will remain hidden.

Hippie Dems?

As a Democrat there are of course more pros than cons in my opinion. Democrats seem to be a freer, more worldly driven party than the republicans. Although they often have the rap that they are hippies that only care about world peace and smoking weed, these myths are not true.

Pros for me about the Democratic party are: liberal, supportive of gay marriage, oppose the death penalty, pro-choice, community based, decrease military spending, and increase tax on wealthy.

Cons for me about the democratic party are too romantic at points, not realistic enough, that government has the right to teach specific values in schools and that "all whom oppose them are to be treated as enemies".

"Debunking Dems"

As to all things, there are more sides than the one we tend to side with. Of course as goes with our political opinions. There are pros and cons to each party, but as a democrat it hard to decipher which is my own personal critiques and was is truly flawed. From the few sites I have visited, some have impressed me and some have just added to the disrespectful and hate-filled stereotype that right wing republicans have.

Tendencies of a republican: Conservative, Oppose Same-sex marriage, support death penalty, pro-life, taxes should not be increased, increased spending on military issues, and wages should reflect free market.

Pros for me: Out of all these tendencies I probably only relate minimally to the conservative part.
Cons for me: I disagree fairly strongly on all the points.
It's not that I am a democrat that can only see that one way, it's more like the morals I've grown up with that direct me towards the less selfish path. When I say selfish I do mean the republicans, but in my mind selfish is not always a bad thing. It's the way we as humans survive in this world; we look out for ourselves and therefore thrive. However, the strong presence of selfishness might allude to the idea that those on the far right wing are less evolved as the blues. Saying the republicans are less evolved than the democrats is also not a complete insult. The republicans have the capability to evolve just as we do, but they have found the system that works for them and cognitively choose not to risk the chance of trying a new system and having it severely flawed.

Tea Party Activists Give Bad Name to Right Wing, But there are those Democrats who are also an Embarrassment

Now that the health care bill has passed, the Tea Party Activists are going crazy. We already know that in front of the health care bill signing, an activist was outside with a confederate flag. On this radio blog, the host definitely has some points where he makes sense about the absurdity of the activists, but on some levels, assuming he's a left wing, he is just embarrassing his party. He is saying that the tea party activists are going to kill everyone and their families. We all know that is a lie, there might be some violent acts, but I don't think it's correct to spread the slander about murder attempts. He also makes a connection between John McCain and the activists, saying they are in cohoots, saying that they are racists. How is any of this better than what Glen Beck on Fox News lies about. I am calling this radio host out, he is allowed to bash the right wing, but he should at least have accurate facts.

I don't think the left wing democrats are able to be taken seriously if they are unable to call out the slander that occurs on the "fringe" as we like to call it.

At one point he even states that we need to get rid of "these republicans..because they are, they are nothing but destruction". Maybe this man does not realize this, but if were to eliminate the right wing, which is impossible, the morals and values of the democrats would just morph and split into right wing and left wing all over again.

Counciman Bob Kellar- "The Proud Racist"

Bob Kellar, a former two-time mayor of Santa Clarita, states at an anti-immigration rally that, "the US has room for only one flag and one language".

To start off, what kind of arrogant patriot of America now led by an African American, makes that kind of snide comment. I know it might have been in the heat of the moment, but there is just no excuse for that kind of hatred. In fact, if he wants this country to be all American, there would be no one left. Everyone came to America at some point in time. As for the part about one language; that was just unintelligent to say. In this educated world, knowing and speaking more than one language is qualified as an aid to this world. It is this kind of comment that gives America a bad name; this just fortifies the stereotypical country that wants nothing to do with the outside world. How can a person so cavalierly say such a thing when so many of us, so many of us in high powered positions, matter in this country.

Today I was thinking about America's past reputation involving slavery and the hatred that accompanied it, and how far we had come to even express our equality to elect an African American president. It's thoughts like these that make many patriots proud; America can play nice. It's one of those thoughts that makes the US seem a little more respectable; and it is those thoughts of hatred and prejudice that drag us back to our ugly, tainted views.

President Obama and the 30,000 Mistakes

It is seems as thought President Obama may have been slightly mislead by his generals when he agreed to send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. When President Obama was inaugurated he promised this country the he would pull the American troops out of Afghanistan. Instead he sent over more troops. Although he did create a loophole when he didn't specify a certain date when the troops would be pulled out.

When he announced his decision to send more troops he did give a date when the men and women would return home: July 2011. Although once more he did create a loophole, or more like his White House Press Secretary Gibbs did.

Gibbs also said the July 2011 date for beginning a withdrawal is firm, though the pace of bringing troops home would depend on conditions in the region.

Once again it seems as another promise has been made, but again with a very vague and changeable outcome. I still believe President Obama has time to create a better reputation and he most definitely has time to redeem himself.