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Wednesday, January 24, 2007


   I hate being too young to vote
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Bring me flowers
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There are some nice things in this world. its just America that seems like a crap hole. did anyone else check out the presidents state of the union last night? he made some pretty lofty promises. They sound good. but hes too stubborn for me. I'm not a democrat, or a republican. I frankly don't like either of them. I'm conservative on some issues. mostly domestic. but I'm very liberal on our foreign policies.

I'm an independent, because I don't like either one of our bi-partisan parties. they both seem inept at governing for the people, and tend to only think of them selfs, or of their party. America was founded on a constitution and the right of the people. The people rule as they see fit. the government is simply there to protect and serve us. not to impose on us.

*sigh* sorry. getting too political I know. its just... Why are we still in Iraq? if we went in to destroy WMD's and to over throw an imposing dictator, then why didn't we go into Africa? Chad? Sudan? what about Ethiopia? or Nigeria? the war on terror? why did it take us almost 8 years to find terrorists in Somalia? And what about the genocides in Darfur? why is it just now that people are seeing it? With so much pain and anguish going on in Africa, why are we trying to fix a country thats in civil war?

I have a soft spot for Africa. All throughout history this entire continent was raped of their recourses by the Europeans, and when they gained their independence, and immediately they fell into civil wars. people are dying for things that are not under their control. And our country, based on the sole reasoning of protecting the innocent, and saving those who cant save them selfs, haven't done anything but cast a weary eye towards it.

I can see it from an economic point. We would have more monetary gain from the middle east, the center of petroleum than we would in Africa, where the only monetary value they have is diamonds, and gold. Which is securely owned by European companies. But is money more important than human lives? Have we become such greedy capitalists that we would rather let children die than open our check books to a small sacrifice?

*gah* I hate being too young to vote.

-lizzo

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