Presidential Debate breakdown

Where do you stand on the 700 billion bailout?

Obama- states that we have to move swiftly and smartly to work out what is going on and make sure that the people get back the money that they are helping to bail out wall street with. What's good for wall street and what's good for main street. The people have been struggling long before this crisis but now there is a need for helping the people first on wall street while forgetting about.

McCain- answers with hearts going out to ted kennedy, and what does eliminating dependence on foreign oil have to do with the wall street bailout. He hopes that he would vote for the plan to bailout wall street. I see a stumble because even after all of this he hopes that he can vote on a 700 billion dollar plan. Failure and corruption are rewarded but there should be accountable drilling and nuclear power plants(43 new plants). Healthy economy without raising any taxes will help get us out this crisis.

What are the lessons of the Iraq war?

McCain- can't have a failed strategy that will cause you to lose a conflict. we have succeeded. there is a difference between a tactic and a strategy and says that obama does not understand that.

Obama- opposed the war when it was politically risky to be in the war and there was an unfinished job in Afghanistan. The insurgents are stronger now than ever, and we are spending billions a month on this failed war. says mcain cut funding for troops on a time table whereas he was open for sending funding. should end the war responsibly and in phases.

Should more US troops be sent to Afghanistan?

Obama- need more troops there and need to deal with Pakistan's. need to take out terrorist leaders if Pakistan isn't willing to.

McCain- not prepared to cut aid to Pakistan but not strikes and a need to work with them. same strategy in Iraq is going to be needed in Pakistan. He needs new strategy that will work in Afghanistan.


McCain- if Iran gets nuclear weapons then there will be a threat to the region. Can't allow a second holocaust. doesn't agree with those leaders without precondition. doesn't need to legitimize the face of terror.

Obama- need some sanctions on Iran, have to make sure they don't get nuclear weapons. we have to stop talking to threating countries without punishment because it is not working by just talking alone. there is a difference preconditions and preparations, need those preparations in order to get things done. says that mccain doesn't even want to talk to our allies, so how will we get things done.

How do you see the US relationship with Russia?

Obama- 6 point cease fire, proliferation of loose nuclear weapons. have to deal with Russia in response to us national security.

McCain-looked into Putins eye's and saw the letters kgb, thinks that Obama shows naiveté on dealing with Russia because of their dealings with Georgia. have to make sure that Ukraine knows that we are their allies.


What is the likelihood of another 9/11 attack?

McCain- thinks that we are safer now than the first day after 9/11. need better human intelligence, no prisoner torture, can work more closely with allies. do a better job along our borders. if we fail in Iraq then it will make those forces stronger. Has the ability to make the right judgments to make sure that the US is safe.

Obama- we have done some, airport has increase but other transport needs help, nuclear security, need missile defense, and cooperation with allies, get to the root of the problem in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Have to get US back on the positive with the rest of the world. we have weakened the projection of ourselves to the rest of the world. have to have a broader strategic vision.


After watching this debate, I think I would need to see another within the next 30 days is that going to happen probably not, but as of right now all it takes is Palin to mess up the VP debate and it's all she wrote. Honestly even with McCain pointing out Obama in some political choices made, but the thing about it is after seeing the debate, McCain himself changed his mind or can I say wording. It seems as if he went one way for one question and changed his mind with the different question. With McCain I felt like that if he gets into office, some of those old POW wounds are going to start acting up and we won't be in a better place, domestically or internationally. Given the fact that this debate was supposed to be a land slide victory for McCain, I didn't not see that. I think that both did well to get their points across but there was no clear evidence to make me change my mind on who I'm voting for or why I should vote for McCain over Obama.

Burn Baby Burn

I never really understood the whole issue of the bra burning during the feminist movement, just as I never really understood the Boston Tea Party as being the name for a movement for the people throwing tea off the side of a boat.

Well after growing up during a time in which the use of bra flip flop, I just feel like talking about this for a second. Now first off, I don't remember who started the whole bra burning business but I have come to the conclusion that because of that event the price of bras will remain higher than that of underwear. But maybe that's just me.

Being that probably most of our ancestors didn't wear bra's and these historic paintings show these perky breast without support, I'm wondering where in the world did my genes go?

Back to the price of bras, price increases because of size. I don't even know why they waste the cloth for making A-cups. I mean an a-cup breast is not even enough to get the effects of gravity. b-cup are barely just making as well. So say you are one of the a to b cup women out there, be happy that you don't have the increased price of a bra, at least you get a pair of matching panties to go along with that for the same price one bra would cost me.

So I gather that the women burning these bras didn't exactly need them because I know that as much as I paid for a bra, it would NOT have gotten burned for any movement, unless it was a movement towards lower prices.

Sad thing for me is there are some pretty busty women out there, I've seen them and so have marketers. I mean why in the world would people get boob jobs if it were just for the bra. Even with all the increases in size, you can never seen to find a matching set. I mean I can get 20 pair of underwear for the price of one bra.

So thanks to all my foremothers for making all those sacrifices that have come back to bite me in the Boob.

Unfair at RNC

I happened to be watching the Republican National Convention and within the first five minutes of McCain's 45 minute speech there is this uproar. The first encounter occurs with a man holding a sign that reads "McCain is not for Vets" and it seems as if someone is chasing this man. He has the right to freedom of speech and if he wanted to protect the rally then so be it. But the rest of the crowd starts to chant "USA" over and over as if they were suggesting that this man and any others opposed to McCain are not apart of the USA.

The crowd eventually leaves the man alone and the camera pans back to him still holding that sign. Then two minutes later this woman, holding up a cloth sign, has the sign forcefully ripped from her hands from a man that seems to be from the audience. That man then proceeds to throw the cloth sign on the floor and stomp on it. The woman looks as if she protesting and then proceeds to walk toward what looks like a stage. She is then attacked by two other audience members and they proceed to force her out of the arena, but not after ripping her clothes off in the fight, her shirt reads "PRO-CHOICE."

Now I guess after the second incident the camera people were warned not to show anymore of the non-McCain supporters in the audience but there was a report of a third incident that didn't make the news.

After watching this I was reminded of world's most shocking videos in which the Parliament in China breaks out into a argument that turns in to a brawl. This could have been one of those moments.

God forbid if McCain becomes president because after this show of disrespect of peoples rights because as president he doesn't have to care about the poor, minorities, and military. Who would we depend on in the times of need? We have already seen Bush fail at this and with McCain hanging on those coat-tails something is bound to be repeated.

Like the saying if a groundhog sees its shadow there will be four more weeks of winter, as with McCain there will be four more years of Bush!