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Dear SMU Bloggers...
Jan 7, 2008 | 1:47 PM PST
Category:
Political
*With all due respect......*
I'm sure you are all having a "blast" writing these blogs for your asignment...but you are boring us to death!!!
I'm not much into politics and all this is putting me to sleep. What I'd like to hear is your HONEST opinion on what YOU think about the candidates.
Not just what you did today, what people around you were doing, how cold it is, or video of the dribble I flip channels on tv to avoid.
What we want to hear, see, read, and know is:
-If you are covering Obama/McCain/Clinton/Edwards/Thompson/Romney/etc..., then what are YOUR feelings towards him/her?
-Did you CHOOSE to follow him/her, or were you TOLD to follow him/her?
-What have YOU learned about this candidate from what you've heard by other voters conversations, that perhaps you didn't already know?
-Has any one thing YOU've heard or seen changed YOUR views of him/her while on this assignment?
-Who do YOU think will win the candidacy for Republican/Democrat and why?
-Who do YOU suspect the running mates will be and why?
-Give us YOUR thoughts on the pro's and con's of each candidate.
See what I mean? Help out the bloggers on this site get involved with what you are reporting...help excite us about the upcoming elections!!
Maybe then we'll be more inclined to chime in with our own thoughts...
Politics for Dummies
Nov 13, 2007 | 1:15 PM PST
Category:
Political
A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is Politics?"
Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way:
I am the head of the family, so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government.
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.
The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.
Now think about that and see if it makes sense."
So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.
Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him
He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.
So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep.
Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed .
The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now. "
The father says, "Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."
T he little boy replies, "The President is screwing the Working Class
while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep BLEEP."
One Hell of a letter...
Aug 9, 2007 | 11:07 AM PST
Category:
Political
From an Angry House-Wife
"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001?
We're people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania?
Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they? And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet...Well, I don't. I don't care at all.
I 'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.
I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques, Schools and Hospitals.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured: I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank: I don't care.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts: I don't care.
If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your e-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior!
If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country!
And may I add:
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan
I have another quote that I would like to add and.......I hope you forward this also.......
?If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God , then we will be a nation gone under."
also by ... Ronald Reagan
One last thought for the day:
In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during a recent interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America, he said:
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in, and how many want out."
