Well, America, you have spoken. The big news I guess is that Barack Obama will be the next President of the United States. Additionally, the Senate’s majority is Democrat, which isn’t too surprising. Actually, no part of this area of the election is too surprising to me – disappointing, absolutely, but surprising, no. Now that it’s over though, I feel that I can say that I didn’t want Barack Obama to win, and think that all the hype surrounding him and the talk of him “fixing America” and otherwise changing the world is ludicrous, and more than anything just inexperienced, starry-eyed pipe dreams. For proof of that, just look at the DJIA and the NASDAQ today: both down. It’s not quite as easy as just electing somebody new, and suddenly everything’s better. But maybe we should wait until January for that one.
I’m not saying, however, that I think John Mc Cain could fix America or change the world, but I do honestly believe that given the circumstances, and also given his experience Mc Cain would do a better job as President. To me, Obama is going to turn America into a foreign-country pleasing pussy that will have more of the world on its side than ever before, but won’t have the balls to stand up for what is right or what needs to get done.
What I really don’t understand though is how America could vote for a guy who has gone to a church for over 20 years where the preacher still preaches racism and how African Americans are being held back in our society and how they need to rise up against those who hold them down. Not only that, but it totally blows my mind that America would vote for somebody who has clearer, stronger ties to terrorism than Saddam Hussein! Yes, it’s TRUE: Domestic terrorist Bill Ayers held a luncheon and donated money to Obama’s campaign earlier in his political career. Does this mean that Obama is a terrorist? I don’t think we can say that, but I don’t want MY President being friends with a terrorist. And as a quick side note, good thing Barack’s grandmother decided to vote early here in Hawaii – she died two days before the election, but her vote will still count.
The real question is what happens in four years when Obama and the Senate don’t do anything of value? What happens when things aren’t better? What happens when spinners are put on the Presidential motorcade? I think Obama’s campaign is trying to make it sound too easy, and it will turn out as a big FAIL.
Other election results that surprised me are props 2 and 8 in California. California is just a confused clusterfuck of dumbasses. They voted to protect the poor little legs of baby cows and chickens with prop 2, which creates laws to prevent overcrowding and cruelty to farm animals such as egg-laying chickens and veal cows, and yet in all their bleeding heart liberalism voted for the ban on same-sex marriage (prop 8)? Granted the results for prop 8 aren’t fully in yet, but it’s not looking too good. I don’t get it, and would have actually voted no on prop 8, because to me it’s all about “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Why shouldn’t people, so long as it doesn’t harm another, not have the right to be happy and do what they want? I suppose it’s not too big of a deal – I foresee somebody coming up with something very similar to marriage, including the sharing of all the rights and whatnot, but just calling it something different in the near future, which will finally solve all of this, making them not married, but subject to all of the same rights and privileges as a married couple. A compromise, if you will.
However, here in Hawaii, there were also a couple big issues on the ballot. Here on Oahu, the debate over a fixed steel-on-steel rail being built to ease traffic was one of the major ones, which passed after many court cases, etc. from people saying that voters should decide. Well, they did, and they decided for the same thing that our elected officials wanted. On the Big Island, it was passed to make cannabis the lowest priority of law enforcement – I’m not quite sure how that works, but they voted for it! At least our voter turnout was closer than usual to the national average at 65.9% (of registered voters, mind you), yet still lower than the national average, which was projected at nearly 70%.
That’s about it for now, but I’m sure you all will be hearing more from me about Obama and his people in the future.
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