Week 2-Election Post

There is no doubt that tons of issues are important in this year's presidential election. If I had to choose just one national issue, I would say that how the new president will deal with the economy is the number one topic I care about. Why, you ask? Because our economy is failing, and I would rather not have another Great Depression.
Locally, I would have to say that the environment is a huge issue for me. If the state could initiate any plans to help keep Virginia as green as it can be, that would be super. I don't want to keep hurting our planet by putting dangerous chemicals in our air and water.
On a different topic, the debate on Friday was pretty interesting. I thought that Obama did a better job over all. He was able to keep is cool more often then McCain was. Plus, I am getting a little tired of McCain always talking about how he was a POW and how his friends are also helping his cause. I understand that his war experience is a big part of who he is, but I think everybody has heard enough.
I think that being able to watch the debates, and not just hear about them, is a really cool thing we can do with modern technology. Being able to see how the candidates react to each other is a great sign of how they might act in office. I can only imagine what it must have been like to only be able to read about the presidential debates, before tv and the radio. I wonder if voters had a harder or easier time in deciding who they would vote for?

Current event: week 1

On Monday, two of the largest private banks commercialized. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley decided to go commercial in hopes that the government will be able to give them a "safety net" if the economy continues to fall.
I believe that the move of these private banks along with others is a smart one. Not only will it help them protect themselves from the declining economy, but it will possibly help regular Americans make more money off of their bank investments. I do feel that some struggling banks might suffer from this change in banking strategy, only because now it might be as safe to put money in a market mutual fund as it would be to put in a regular savings account. But in the long run, the move was a good thing. I hate to see more people lose their jobs because of something they can't control. Hopefully the economy will react positively to this change.

Week 1-Election Post

Up until recently, I did not know which political party I supported. This is probably because I did not know much about either one of them. Now that I kind of understand what both groups stand for, I must say that I side with the Democrats.
I agree with the ideas of pro choice and same-sex marriages. Neither one of these issues directly affects me, but I don't believe that the government should deny a person of these two choices. As far as the environment goes, I think the country should try to turn away from oil as soon as possible and find a cleaner, greener way to power our communities. And I am definitely against the war in Iraq. I have nothing against the soldiers who are fighting for our country, but I don't believe that the war is not worth it's cost, both economically and humanly. Because the Democrats believe in a majority of my ideals, I choose to side with them.
This does not mean that I am totally devoted to the liberal side of politics. I believe that people should be aloud to own a gun. I just think that there should be more regulations to make owning a gun safer.
So now that I have explained some of my political views, I guess that it is sort of obvious that I want Barack Obama to become the next President of the United States. Because I agree with Obama on more of the issues than with McCain, I am siding with the Democrats.
I particularly like Obama's plans for our Environment and Iraq. Obama claims that he will "save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined" and ensures "10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025". With the Iraq, Obama states that he will "end the war responsibly" by slowly removing troops through 2010. He also plans on keeping some troops over seas to help educate the Iraqis.
Overall, I am still not 100% for Obama, but I like how he thinks. And right now, that's good enough for me.