What’s the big deal? Inter-racial marriage, inter-religion marriage, whatever. Still stands that 1/3 marriages end in divorce. Regardless of sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, political view, social class… marriages are going to have problems. I say, if they want to get married… let them!

“The saintity of marriage” was demolished when they created drive-thru wedding chapels in Vegas! Look at all the celebrities that get hitched just to create publicity or drunks that get married to complete strangers… atleast same-sex couples are getting married for LOVE.

Seriously, what is banning marriage going to do? It may stop them from being legally married, but they are still going to be together! It will NOT stop people from being gay/lesbian! I don’t understand why people are so against it. IT IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT YOU!

McCain and Obama both know and recognize that this is the big issue for this election. Since day 1, I have known who had my vote. The last debate made it VERY clear who I am pushing for. OBAMA! The main reason… how to handle the budget crisis!

McCain tried to attack Obama because Obama admits to lowering taxes for the lower/middle class and raising taxes for those making $250k+. McCain doesn’t want to increase taxes for anyone. How does that make sense? The government needs more money to maintain programs and to balance the budget. How can a budget be balanced if you’re decreasing from one area and not increasing in another? McCain doesn’t make sense at all unless he intends on cutting more and more programs to do less with less. Not just a little less, but A LOT less!

I’m 25, but I’d like to believe that I am well informed of the things that go on in the world and that I’m pretty mature. Being that I am still in college and I work in a very young company, I’m surrounded by people that are younger than me.

I was sitting minding my own business when I overheard a VERY annoying conversation. Here’s how the conversation went:

Guy: Who are you voting for?
Girl: Obama.
Guy: Oh.
Girl: Why? Do you want McCain to win?
Guy: Yeah. Why?
Girl: You’re such a racist. Just because you’re white, you’re going to vote for the white guy.
Guy: No. That Palin chick is hot!
Girl: Well I’m just tired of old white men running our country.

The whole time, I’m sitting there biting my lips to not say anything. Seriously? What does any of that have to do with anything? I can’t stand all of the people who are finally paying attention to politics just because there’s a hot chick running for VP and a black guy running for President. It’s good that they are atleast registered to vote, but they aren’t paying attention at all to the issues!

So glad that the time is coming closer… to boot Bush out of office! 2 terms too long!

McCain vs Obama

The first debate really grabbed my attention. I love debates and I use the debates more than anything to decide who I want to vote for. Written publications can be misconstrued in so many ways. Too many opinions out there to get a real grasp of the real intentions of the candidates. Yes, the debates are still very much scripted, but atleast its direct from the source and not written by a 3rd party observing a scripted interview.

Well, to be straight forward, I am for Obama all the way. His agenda and logic makes complete sense! McCain’s plan to straighten up our economy makes no sense at all. Especially from a business student’s point of view. Any educated individual with any grasp of how businesses work should see exactly what I see.

Let me clarify… McCain wants to cut taxes for big businesses. His logic behind it is that the money that the businesses save by the tax cut, the big business owners will disperse to their employees or increase staffing to increase jobs. HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? So you’re saying that you’re going to increase their profits and these rich bastards are going to think: “Hey I made so much money this year. I think I’m going to give my money away.” I don’t know about you but looking at past actions indicate to me future actions. In the pasts when the economy was great and big business was rolling in money, I didn’t see them giving money to me. Business is about MAKING MONEY! Not giving it away… unless it’ll quickly result in making more money. It’s called ROI.

Obama wants to increase taxes on the wealthy and decrease taxes on the poor and middleclass. The ‘Robin Hood’ mentality. Take from the rich, give to the poor! Makes sense to me! (Not only because this benefits me) The middleclass is a majority of this country. They are the foundation of the US economy! If the middleclass has money, they will spend money. Spending boosts our economy! When the US middleclass is broke, they don’t have money to spend, so the economy suffers. LIKE IT IS NOW!!

If anything, the economy is the most important issue to me. Healthcare is important, but it’s not as critical right now. International relations are important also. Obama wants to end the war. McCain is on Bush’s side and what’s to continue on the course of disaster and killing. Sure there have been some success in Iraq. We have oil and there’s a democracy. But is this what the Iraqi people want? Or are we forcing it down their throats? We took over Iraq and forced them to form a government like ours. That is what Bush did. We need to end this BS war and stop sending Americans to their death! Too many Americans, Iraqis, and others have died already. Enough is enough!

If Obama – Biden win the election, the US will have it’s first African-American President. If McCain-Palin win, the US will have it’s first female VP.

HOW DOES THIS MATTER AT ALL? I think it’s ridiculous when African-Americans say, “I’m going to vote for Obama because he’s black like me!” Or when women say, “Palin is a normal woman like me!” Are we not all human? Are we not all Americans?

VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT HAS YOUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND! SOMEONE THAT SHARES YOUR VALUES, YOUR GOALS, AND WILL HELP YOU SURVIVE IN THIS STRUGGLING AMERICA! VOTE THE ISSUES!