Policy

A policy is something that a candidate comes up with to present to the people in regard to what he desires to accomplish in their term. These can include immigration, homeland security, social security, and education. There are some republican candidates that have a very slanted policy and these candidates slowly lose popularity as they describe their policies in more detail. It has come to my attention that some politicians policies do not entirely represent their actual personal views or values. This means that the politicians we vote for are not actual wholesome people but the product of the influences that have affected their policies. This a very slanted way for things to be as the regular voters are being regularly deceived by who they're voting for. This goes against what the Founding Fathers would have wanted as they saw the leaders of America as the hard working, honest, brave individuals that would represent liberty and freedom. If the Founding Fathers had known that, in the future, there would be a profession called "Politician" they would have been deeply disturbed. I know I've said it before but I believe politicians are not the most qualified citizens to lead us. Not only because they are picked and bought like dolls off of a shelf but because the real leadership experience lies with the citizens who have worked for a living. Citizens like scientists, doctors, teachers, rescue workers, firefighters, writers, and almost any other kind of technician you can think of. Almost any one of these would be a more qualified leader than any politician in Washington D.C. today.

What's Murder?

It is described as the malicious taking of life from a human being. The gray area between murder and justice has been debated since America's beginning. It used to be that any kind of loss of life was blamed on someone as a count of murder. Now, it is okay for the president to kill a US citizen with a criminal record with little deliberation or repercussion. However it is still illegal on every level for a private citizen to murder any other human being. By this logic, it is fine for a powerful official to kill a criminal but being a vigilante is met with harsh punishment. It is an ideal of Capitalism that no government official has a right that any citizen does not. Obama's actions clearly violated this ideal and the Constitution itself. Even when he feels the responsibility to serve justice by carrying out the killing it violates all that the Constitution stands for. If there had been a trial and deliberation it may have been found that this man was as guilty as Obama or even not guilty at all! This would have been quite embarrassing for Obama having been so sure that killing this man with a wave and a nod seemed like the best thing to do for America.

Republican Candidates

When I was younger I used to believe that the electoral system of the US did the best possible job in finding the best candidate. As I got older, I started to understand that the system may not be as perfect as I thought. Mainly, because I found out that most candidates receive funding for their campaign mostly from private corporations and independent businessmen. This lead me to the conclusion that the candidates we get to vote on are really just poster children that were hand selected by the people that hold the power, And, in America, Money is power. In this case, it doesn't really matter who we vote for because each candidate has already been bought under the table. It's the same concept as a congressman being offered a CEO position after he retires from congress. Just because the money isn't handed to them on the congress floor doesn't mean that they aren't being bought. The republican party candidates are no exception to this influence. Almost every candidate put forward to run against Obama seems like they have been told what to say and not only is what they promise a flat out lie, they have been told to tell these lies. Double-deception. This why Ron Paul is the only candidate I am interested in. He is the only candidate who has had the same conviction since 1975. However he seems to get very little face time during the debated nor have I gotten to see any 5 minute long campaign ads featuring him. This is more than a little suspicious because it coincides with the idea that a politician can only get funding if they adhere to the desires of a corporation that will fund them.

There's Something Rotten in the State of America

While I admit that the occupy wall street movement has lost some of its steam since its hard-hitting and energetic beginning, the current happening documented by the many cell phone cameras and photographs are a bit disturbing. The videos of the copious amount of pepper spray being used on protesters in Oakland and UC Davis and other places seem to yell out the desperation of the law enforcement against these protestors. Whether they act like this because they were ordered to do so or whether it is their instinct I am not certain. I do know that in order for these police to use this kind of force at the risk of being charged with brutality indicates that these officials have been authorized to use more force than in a different less dire situation. It makes me wonder just how threatened the federal government is by the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Would a federal official authorize the use of pepper spray on protestors? Or is it just unauthorized action the police are taking. A movement that seeks to restructure the way corporations interact with government SHOULD be something that the feds are worried about. Then again, the national government may still be in the phase of the protest where they ignore the protestors. I can easily see the federal government soon in the future starting to make fun of the entire movement. And, if you know the expression, perhaps the movement will inevitably win.