"I want to rise up with a full heart"

An amazing quote that comes to me every once in a while.

I was watching the movie Sicko the other day. (It's a Michael Moore documentary on healthcare, or rather our lack of it as a nation. Call me a socialist but I'm all for it.)

Now, I won't go into the details of the movie, watch it, it's worth it.

However, there was this one part that stuck with me. A lady in, I believe, France was talking about how they live in a great country and one of the reasons that it was so great was that the government was afraid of the people. Yes, I said it right, the government was afraid of the people. Isn't that interesting? The reason for this was that in France they protested when things weren't going their way, and the government listened. The government was scared of its people, not the other way around. Isn't that something to think about?

I think our current administration has never had 'the people' in mind. I've no doubt that they've had 'people' in mind when it came to helping someone out. Just not the regular, average guy. How come we don't hold them accountable for that?

Case in point: another Michael Moore movie, Fahrenheit 911. My favorite part was when he went to Congress and asked all the congressman and Senators if they would enlist their child for the war that they started. He just wanted to make sure they were being fair, the regular guy was going in why not their sons and daughters? If I remember correctly, most of them blew him off, quite rudely even as if that was unfathomable, there was only one guy who actually stood and talked to him about it. He didn't enlist his child either, he just didn't blow him off.

My point, we are supposed to live in one of the wealthiest, forward thinking countries in the world, yet we don't help each other out when in need. Those of us with the means and the time are too busy stockpiling for our own asses. The rest of us are just trying to make it through the day. Why? So we can do today all over again tomorrow?

Believe In Something

My father-in-law loves to send me his ridiculous narrow-minded Republican emails, I can actually here his gleeful chuckles as I read his propaganda. It's all good, don't tell him but I actually like when he sends them to me, it usually leads to some heated debate or such. Recently he actually sent me something useful that I wouldn't be ashamed to share. This website allows you to take a short quiz on where you stand on the issues and how important each one is to you. Then they tally up your responses and show you which candidate, by percent, that you side with. The cool thing is they show you how you rate with each candidate and which issues you agree on or don't. I had been leaning towards Clinton, not because she is a woman, how ridiculous, but because I feel that she and I are on the same page with the issues that mean the most to me. I took the quiz and, lo and behold I was right, both times I took it she came up as my number one. This has not been the case with everyone who has taken it, more than one person was surprised at the outcome, so I urge everyone to take the quiz, just to see. The reason for this is because this quiz inspired me to look up a couple of candidates websites, because while I have been leaning towards Clinton I was not sold on her just yet. She seems shady to me, but which politician isn't right?



I looked up McCain, I know, I know he's Republican but I am registered Independent for a reason. I looked up Clinton and liked what she had to say but I was still not sold on her. Then I looked up Barack Obama. I first saw him last year on a really late night talk show when Chad was out of town and I could not sleep. I really liked what he had to say, it seemed to me he really believed in what he was talking about. Unlike most who just spout what they think the majority wants to hear. The more I heard about him the more I liked but I had my reservations, I mean could he really fulfill these promises? Wasn't he a little naive? Well as I said I looked up his site and read what he had to say about the issues and then I came across this, The Blueprint for Change. It is exactly what it says it is, his blueprint for what he plans on doing with this country if he gets into office. In a regular easy to understand language. He list what he perceives is the problem, then gives the solution that he is proposing, then he also gives you his background on the issue, such as what he has previously voted and stood for.


I guess what I am trying to say here is this. Take a minute and look at all the candidates, someone might just surprise you. I know that what I am looking for is a little inspiration. Honestly, I find that in Obama, but I am still too skeptical of this country to believe that he can just waltz in there and do all the things he is promising. I want to believe though. I want to believe that someone out there can care about everyone and not just his/her own interests.


Can we?