I don’t understand why so many people are against allowing the government to protect our country.  As the Democrats debate whether or not running wiretaps on suspected terrorists phone calls violates their privacy rights terrorist groups are continuing to plot.  I always thought that wiretapping was going on and didn’t realize that it was something new, or at least new to the public, until people started complaining about it.  Why would the Democrats be against trying to protect this country, I don’t know.  What are these “Privacy People” trying to hide? What are the Democrats trying to hide?

Recently the TSA, transportation security agency (the ones that check people in airports), have been allowed to take laptops from people entering the country and look through files on it to see if there is anything suspicious. This only effects people coming into the US, not traveling within. Still the “Privacy People” are in a big up roar over it, even though it probably won’t ever effect most of them.  If I was frequently entering and leaving the US, the only thing I would not like about someone checking my laptop every time I had to enter the county is that it might take time out of my day, but if it helps improve national security I’m all for it.

So the most recent security measure that is being set into place is a satellite-surveillance program that would help protect the US by using imagery to find potential terrorist attack locations and to help with emergency response situations.

rja

WSJ.com -

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security will proceed with the first phase of a controversial satellite-surveillance program, even though an independent review found the department hasn’t yet ensured the program will comply with privacy laws.

Congress provided partial funding for the program in a little-debated $634 billion spending measure that will fund the government until early March. For the past year, the Bush administration had been fighting Democratic lawmakers over the spy program, known as the National Applications Office.

The program is designed to provide federal, state and local officials with extensive access to spy-satellite imagery — but no eavesdropping — to assist with emergency response and other domestic-security needs, such as identifying where ports or border areas are vulnerable to terrorism.

Since the department proposed the program a year ago, several Democratic lawmakers have said that turning the spy lens on America could violate Americans’ privacy and civil liberties unless adequate safeguards were required.

I can’t help but think that the media has been been acting juvenile about McCain “suspending” his campaign to help fix the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

All I’m seeing on TV is that McCain is just trying to avoid the debate because he does not feel he can win and does not want to slide in the polls.  Lets get one thing out of the way first, those polls are BS and mean NOTHING. Second why would the man that wanted to have weekly joint town hall meetings EVERY week with Obama leading up to the election back out of a debate?

I also wonder how Sen. Obama can possibly think that with the melt down on Wall Street happening he felt that his time would be better spent campaigning.  Why is no one asking him this?  Isn’t 90% of success showing up, and the other 10% knowing what to say when you get there?

I just don’t know how our country has come to a point where we make fun of an experienced Senator and “battled war hero that gave everything but his life for his country” (quote from Bill Clinton on Letterman on Sept. 22) because of his age.  This is just one of the things that is making it hard for me to vote Democrat this November.  I really like Obama and feel that he is a breath of fresh air.  I also think that creating an industry around renewable energy along with ending this war would give a great boost to our economy. The thing is though I’m just not sure if I want to be associated with a group of people that are filled with blunt racists and feel that old age is something to use against someone instead of considering it a sign of wisdom and experience.

Now on to the second reason I am finding it hard to support the Democrats. How can a Democrat candidate be virtually tied in a race to be President after 8 years of the lowest approval rated Presidential administration from the other party.  The answer is one that is not considered to be politically correct from the Obama obsessed media. Racism is still a major issue in this country and it is bigger then what everyone is making it out to be.  The Democrats should be leading this race by such a large margin that Obama should be declared the winner before the votes are even cast.  But the close minded views of a large amount of Democrat voters will prevent one of the most refreshing and smart candidates ever from becoming President.

So now I am tied between voting for a war hero and time tested Senator that is associated with the party of the worse rated administration in history or for one of the most smart, most exciting, and best communicators that offers new, fresh, ideas but is associated with a group of people that make fun of the war hero because of his age, and has a large amount of racists, the Democrats.

I need an Advil.

rja

Lately I have been thinking about why I started this blog.  There are a number of reasons that came to mind quickly, some of which are:

1. To learn how to buy and set up domain names.
2. Learn how to set up software on a server ( Wordpress ) using FTP.
3. Learn how to design websites using HTML, CSS, and other web programing languages.
4. Learn how RSS works.
5. Have a way of expressing some of my thoughts and sharing interesting things I find on the web with family and friends that visit it.

Basically it was an educational experiment to see what I can do without reading how to do any of this stuff in a book or taking any classes.  So far I have learned a ton by just searching Google for a certian task I want to do that I cannot figure out on my own.

There was one more reason that I remembered after thinking about it for a while and it was actually the most important reason.

To become a better writer.

When I first started the site I wanted to set a goal of writing one post a day to help myself develop my writing skills.  I realized that was a much more difficult task then it sounds.  I found myself writing about things that didn’t really matter at all because I could not think of anything to write or was not sure what my family or friends would make from my opinions.  Then the killer came. Embedding videos , mostly from YouTube, and posting pictures because it was the easier thing to do.  Before you knew it the site was filled with useless pictures and videos; and information about  events instead of my opinion on the important things happening around me.

So today I am here to announce that there will no longer be ANY pictures or videos posted to this blog, I’ll keep that stuff to email.  There will not be posts everyday, because starting now this blog is about quality instead of quantity.

Starting today, I am not holding anything back.  If I have an opinion on something you are going to hear about it,  whether its the popular opinion or not.

rja