Barack Obama lies too?

Link to the Obama's lies --> http://www.freedomsenemies.com/_Obama/ObamaLies.htm

A list of Hillary Clinton's Lies

The link to the article ---->http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/hillarys_list_of_lies.html

I am surprised that Ms. Clinton has made that much lies. Before reading this article, I knew that she lied about her name and the incident in Bosnia. I also watched the video at youtube.com that compares the clip at Bosnia and her speech. The whole thing was very different then what she said. I don't understand why she lied to us. It will not make her look any good even we didn't discover it to be a lie. In the clip, she walked peacefully out from her car to a place where all the soldiers are and a little girl gave her flowers as a gift. It's hard to believe that she could've rememebered it wrong. If I was in a sniper fire once, I would have remembered it very clearly with the time and location and what happened.

Another lie she made was her name. Hillary claimed that she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary who climbed the Mt. Everest five years after her birth. This one especially is unacceptable because she intended to lie on how her name came from to make her look good and didn't even know when Sir Edmund Hillary climbed the Mt. Everest. She should've researched and known him better if she was going to lie.

There are more lies that she wouldn't confess to but one lie is enough to make her not thrust-worthy. I am very disappointed to our first female presidential candidate and I think many people think it this way too.

Senator John McCain's speech on his hope of his first term

Go to --->http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/us/politics/15text-mccain.html?_r=1&oref=slogin for the texts of the speech.

McCain is seeing that when he becomes the President of the United States in the election of 2008, the troops in Iraq can finally come home in 2013. He promises to withdraw and set a date for U.S. troops to come back. John McCain also said that "We cannot again leave our problems for another unluckier generation of Americans to fix after they have become even harder to solve.", I think he is 100% right. For many decades, problems remained generations after generations. We need to solve it right away before another problem pops up and triggers another more harder problem. But mostly, the problem occurs on the top people of the country, such as all the sex scandals and one's desire for conquer and taking over other countries' resources and natural goods. I hope what John McCain said will come true even he cannot win this election.

Democracy or Anarchy??? Murray Bookchin High School at large @_@

<------------(Principal Murray Bookchin) lol

If Murry Bergtraum High School turned into Murray Bookchin High School with an anarchistic system running the school, it will be a disaster. The student will have much much more power than in Murry Bergtraum High School because Murry Bergtraum High School is rather a dictatorship school than to be a democratic school. Students in the student government do not have any specific power or say that can greatly change the school system in Murry Bergtraum High School. But at Murray Bookchin High School, students rule basically and they can do whatever they wanted. They can bring cell phones and side-kicks to class and text messages all day or just be absent everyday and hang out with friends. These students may end up in Department of Probation for selling drugs or drinking underage. It will not only affect the school itself, but the entire community as well. I prefer better to have an equally democratic school that students and the school faculties can share the same power and respect with each other. But this seems to be impossible for security reasons. If we want security, we have to give up some freedom. That’s why our school seems to have more power over us. I don’t prefer the Murray Bookchin High School also because the students will have too much power and no one’s able to learn in school. The aim goal of the school system is to provide a place for students to learn and grow properly. I am sure that 90% of the students at Murray Bookchin will be awarded the “Perfect Absents” for never attending school.

Please respond with your comments on Murray Bookchin High School.

John McCain's Biography from NY times

^30 years ago

Link: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/john_mccain/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=John%20McCain&st=cse

"Biography
Full Name: John Sidney McCain III

Party: Republican Political

Office: U.S. Senator from Arizona, elected 1986; reelected 1992, 1998, 2004; U.S. Representative from AZ, 1983-1987

Military Service: Pilot, U.S. Navy 1958-1981, retiring as captain; POW in Vietnam, 1967-1973

Date of Birth: August 29, 1936

Place of Birth: Panama Canal Zone

Education: B.S., United States Naval Academy, 1958; grad., the National War College, 1974

Spouse: married (2d) Cindy Hensley, 1980

Children: adopted sons Douglas and Andrew of first wife, Carol (m. 1965; div. 1980); daughter Sidney (with wife Carol), born 1966; daughters Meghan (b. 1984) and Bridget (b. 1991, adopted from Bangladesh 1993); sons John IV (b. 1986) and James (b. 1988)

Religion: Episcopalian

Home: Phoenix, AZ

Books By John McCain: Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them [summer 2007]; Character is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember [2005]; Why Courage Matters: the Way to a Braver Life [2004]; Worth the Fighting For [2002]; Faith of my Fathers [1999]
About: Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, by Paul Alexander [2002]; Citizen McCain, by Elizabeth Drew [2002]; John McCain: An American Odyssey, by Robert Timberg [1999] (updated from Timberg’s 1995 book, The Nightingale’s Song) "

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Above is the biography of John McCain since all my other posts are mainly related to Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

I didn’t know that John McCain was that handsome and good-looking guy 30 years ago. He now looks old (of course) and depressed all the time. I am surprised that on one has ever mentioned this element about him before. I think John McCain does have more than enough experiences and abilities to be our leader of the United States. But I still have to search more information on him to get the fullest idea on him.

Race Over or Not, Obama Takes a Victory Lap

Link for this article : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/us/politics/09obama.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

"Mr. Obama has begun rallying the Democratic party around him and he had proposed his antagonistic tones against Senator John McCain, saying Mr. McCain was "losing his bearings" in his pursuit of the White House. " from NY times.

In my opinion, Barack Obama is a very amirable man who tries his best effort in fairly winning this competition rather than harming others candidates by saying something that is not even true. He said that Mrs. Clinton is a formidable candidate who could not yet be counted out. This spirit of respecting your opponents is very honorable and respectful itself too. I heard today in the news that Hilliary Clinton will not give up this presidential competition until the last second. I don't know if it's real, one of my classmates said that someone who has previously predicted something, and that something really happened, i don't remember what that something was, predicted that the United States will have a female president in 2008 and if Clinton heard this, she will of course keep running this competition because she might believes in the prediction and miracles. However, the stats show that Mr. Obama has a bigger shot of getting this luxury and to prove this prediction to be wronged. On the other hand, Mr. Obama seemed eager to challenge Mr. McCain as he said in the interview of CNN. But I do think that the best attack is to defend. If Barack Obama can do his best on his part and "defend" himself well on any oppositions, he will have an even bigger chance of getting the most popularity in the country for his act of sincerity.

Hope everything will be fine on him.

Both Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama Bowl....badly

A very interesting video by cnn.com on Hillary Clinton's and Barrack Obama's bowling skills.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/04/07/moos.hillary.bowls.cnn?iref=videosearch

In this video, a kid can bowl better than both Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama. It's really ironic and controversial that even the "best" people have something that they cannot do. I bowled one time in my life and even a newbie like me can make a strike. Many other videos on youtube or other places critize their "disability" on bowling. However, it should not affect their performance in their presidential campaign.

Who's winning?

An up-to-date delegate count graph from cnn.com.

Delegate Definition: (From Dictionary.com)
del·e·gate
[n. del-i-git, -geyt; v. del-i-geyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
–noun
1.
a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
2.
(formerly) the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
3.
a member of the lower house of the state legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia. –verb (used with object)
4.
to send or appoint (a person) as deputy or representative.
5.
to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy.

With the 1629 delegates lead of Barack Obama and the 1486 delegates of Hillary Clinton, it seems like to me that the democrats are winning and it's a closed battle between Obama and Clinton. But there's also a slight chance that John McCain can win the election. I saw the news today saying that the 2008 Olympic torch has gone through though protests and Clinton said Bush should not open to Olympics and should boycott the opening ceremonies for the Olympic games in Beijing. I strongly disagree personally with Hillary Clinton because the Olympics have represented a sacred spirit between different countries in the world and no one should boycott or do anything like stop the Olympic torch over political issues. Such acts have shown the evil side of humanity and in a civilized country like the United States should not act like a barbarian. On the other hand, what image will the Chinese government get if there's no representatives attending the Olympic in Beijing? It would be a great shame and disrespect to China since it's the first time that the Olympic takes place in Beijing of China. I do look forward to the opening ceremony and hope it will not be affected.

Some voters say sexism less offensive than racism

This is the link to the article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/kaye.ohioracegender/index.html

Some part of the article that I have comments on:
"Voter Babette Feibel told us, "Sexism of the nature Hillary Clinton is experiencing has been around as kind of an acceptable joke for years. As far as racism, it's definitely not politically correct or acceptable."
Hillary Clinton has had to deal with plenty. At a rally, hecklers yelled to her to iron their shirts. Radio host Rush Limbaugh told listeners, "Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?" "To make it about her cleavage or fat ankles, it is ridiculous. That is offensive!" said voter Melissa Barrett Kirtley."

I think this voter Melissa Barrett Kirtley has a very strong point of viewing this 2008 election. But in my opinion, even though many people are considerate about sexism on Hillary Clinton and racism over Barrack Obama, these two issues are equally or averagely I should say, discrimination of the same kind. There are 50 states in the United States and some states have more citizens favoring opposition to sexism over racism and some states are totaly different. Some women in those states may favor Hillary Clinton and some women in other states don't. On the other hand, not every black man of the United States will vote for Barrack Obama either. Therefore, the two issues are equally balanced. Both black people and women have shared the same long history of the United States and no one should be offened. In addition, it's lawfully illegal to judge both Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton by their color or gender anyway, and "just" cannot be used in this 2008 election.

Comments on Obama's Speech on Race

This is Obama's speech on race. Go to --> http://academic.udayton.edu/race/2008ElectionandRacism/RaceandRacism/race02.htm

After listening to the speech, (i didn't finish all of them though) I agree with Obama's "But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America - to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality." I strongly agree with this statement of Obama's speech because race is a very big issue in this presidential elections and we cannot ignore the fact that Obama is the first black presidential candidate.

But I don't really agree with what he said, "Segregated schools were, and are, inferior schools; we still haven't fixed them, fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, and the inferior education they provided, then and now, helps explain the pervasive achievement gap between today's black and white students." I disagree with this statements because many many presidents before had done a tremendous job on segregated schools. I don't think that he really has the power to fix this problem.

But what's for sure is Obama's effective ability of speaking and presenting his ideas. This was what amazed me the most but sometimes what's wrong can be turn into what's right.

Poll signals pastor controversy didn't hurt Obama

I watched the ny times news today and noticed an article on Poll signals pastor controversy didn't hurt Obama.

Go to http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/03/whats-new-16.html for the whole article.

"The Wall Street Journal said-- "Poll busts the "myth" that pastor controversy would cripple Obama's campaign: "The racially charged debate over Barack Obama's relationship with his longtime pastor hasn't much changed his close contest against Hillary Clinton, or hurt him against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducts the Journal/NBC polls with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, called the latest poll a 'myth-buster' that showed the pastor controversy is 'not the beginning of the end for the Obama campaign.' ... The latest survey has the Democratic rivals in a dead heat, each with 45% support from registered Democratic voters. That is a slight improvement for Sen. Obama, though a statistically insignificant one, from the last Journal/NBC poll, two weeks ago, which had Sen. Clinton leading among Democratic voters, 47% to 43%."Related post at NBC's First Read blog: "In the general-election matchups, Obama led McCain by 2 points, and McCain led Clinton by 2 points; all margin of error results and nothing to get too excited over. One thing about these head-to-head matchups: Our pollsters found that for the second poll in a row, more than 20 percent of Clinton and Obama supporters say they would support McCain when he's matched up against the other Democrat. There is clearly some hardening of feelings among some of the most core supporters of both Democrats, though it may be Obama voters, who are more bitter in the long run."• The Washington Post -- Another mistake in Clinton's account of trip to Bosnia: First, it was discovered that Hillary Rodham Clinton's claim to have been forced to run from her plane to waiting vehicles because of the threat of sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia in 1996 was not correct. Now, the Post says, it's also clear that her statement that no other first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt had gone to a war zone was not correct. Pat Nixon went to Saigon "at the height of the Vietnam War," and Barbara Bush traveled to Saudi Arabia two months before U.S. troops crossed into Kuwait to push Iraq out of that country.• The Politico -- GOP looks to Dems to boost McCain's campaign: "Both the Republican National Committee and the McCain campaign are depending upon (Sen. John) McCain's potential appeal to Democrats and independents to compensate for the depleted Republican ranks. 'Democrats currently have a lead in voter identification; it's axiomatic that you have to look beyond your party's base to get to 50%,' said Frank Donatelli, the deputy chairman of the RNC. Late February polling by the RNC, passed along to top officials in the McCain campaign, also found that more Democrats said they would vote for McCain than Republicans said they would vote for Obama, according to an RNC operative and a senior adviser to the McCain campaign."• The New York Times -- Clinton donors warn Pelosi: "Leading contributors to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton intensified their effort to keep the Democratic presidential contest alive on Wednesday and urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to stay out of the super delegate fight, admonishing her for suggesting that the candidate ahead in pledged delegates -- now Senator Barack Obama -- should become the nominee. ... The letter, which carried threatening overtones in noting that many signatories were major Democratic donors, highlighted the deepening rift inside the party among supporters for Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama."• USA TODAY -- Obama merchandise is hot on the Web: "The delegate race may be tight, but the user-generated merchandise race is clear, at least on the Web: Sales of Obama products, especially T-shirts, are soaring past Hillary Clinton gear. John McCain supporters, meanwhile, aren't making as much noise when it comes to personalizing paraphernalia.""

I hope the 20% of the Clinton supporters that won't vote for Obama when he wins the primary election will go back to being right wing of the Republican party where you belong...For the other 80%, please get on board with us and help us end this. We know who won this fight, it is time to start the healing and get behind this wonderful candidate! Please take another look at Obama...it isn't like switching teams, we are all Americans. These special interests don't stand a chance against the over 1.2 million small donors like us. Help us grow that database and take America back! After all it is all about the Supreme Court Justices, if McCain gets in, we are going to have some pretty tough laws to follow.Some people are willing to give up their lives for the good of this country... Hillary cannot give up her obviously lost nomination for the good of the country...