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Mr. President

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Psycheinaboat
, 11-21-2008 at 10:16 AM (902 Views)
I hope political opinions are okay within my blog. I know such discussions are not allowed on the forums.

In the future, I do not necessarily plan on sharing such views, this is just what is on my mind at the moment.

I support Barrack Hussein Obama. I was one of like only 20 people in my county to vote for him during the Democratic primary and I was among the minority who voted for him during the election. I guess I mention this so that everyone is clear about how committed I was to Obama's campaign; everyone can obviously recognize that Obama owes me a few things. Here is a quick, short list of what Obama should do...

1. The development of alternative fuel sources is a very achievable goal that I would like to see Obama pour his support and my tax dollars into. Fulfilling this would make his legacy.

A side note to this would be the filling in of the gap that exists between government and science. Too often real scientists and their studies are overlooked while corporate representatives are given voice to push their specific agendas.

2. Single-payer health care could be another very timely, achievable goal for the Obama administration. This one seems so obvious to me, I don't even feel the need to explain why.

3. This one runs a distant 3rd behind the first two goals, but it is still important (and for some reason, it seemed necessary to mention three objectives - two seemed like a lonely number). I would like to see something of a school voucher system established. My tax dollars should follow my children to a school of my own choosing. Places like Belgium and the Netherlands are offering students from birth to death better education than we here in the U.S.A. are. Inferior schools in these countries close because school choice exists. The flawed public school system we offer students in our country will catch up to us.

I already like what I am hearing out of the Obama camp. Supposedly he and his advisers are crafting plans to ensure detainees of Guantanamo Bay face a criminal trial so that justice may actually stand a chance. Hopefully, he will close Guantanamo Bay for good.

In many ways the Democrats are not much better in my estimate than Republicans. The rhetoric of the Democratic party is by far superior, but maybe, dare I hope, that Obama can put some of that talk into action. I truly hope that at the end of Obama's first term, my cynicism is left blunted by his selfless leadership and good judgement.

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Updated 11-21-2008 at 10:19 AM by Psycheinaboat

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  1. pussnboots's Avatar
    UH-OH!! this may set Virgil off (HEHE!!)
  2. andave_ya's Avatar
    hm. I'm not old enough to vote, but regardless I wasn't very happy when Obama was elected. Nevertheless, I do agree with your first two points. The third not so much. I wholeheartedly agree that the education system needs an overhaul, but vouchers...meh
  3. Virgil's Avatar
    It's not going to send me off. I just disagree, except for number three, which I wholeheartedly agree. I've been advocating school choice for over a decade. Our public school system is the pits. But Obama isn't supporting school choice. What made you think he did? Democrats are in the pocket of the teacher's union. As to Guantanomo, so if you close it down, then where are you going to house the terrorists that are there? In your neighborhood I hope.

    By the way, what do you mean by a single payer system, a socialized system? Even Obama didn't propose that. I believe his concept is sort of the Massechusettes model, where people will be forced to pay for insurance and for those that can't a government subsidy will be provided. But unless you're poor (and most poor people are already covered by their State's medicaid) it will come out of your pocket. I can probably support that. But I cannot, nor do I think the American people will either, support a socialized system.
    Updated 11-21-2008 at 02:33 PM by Virgil
  4. Psycheinaboat's Avatar
    Virgil, based on my understanding, the single payer system is like the one you described.

    I am certainly not convinced that Guantanamo houses only terrorists. There have been many stories of people being held there on the lightest periphery evidence. There are far fewer prisoners there now than there was; many were kept for years before being sent home. Whatever the case, it is high time each prisoner be judged and convicted or set free.

    As for school choice, this is what I would like to see happen. I don't think either of the major parties are very likely to give us school choice.
    Updated 11-21-2008 at 03:52 PM by Psycheinaboat
  5. Virgil's Avatar
    Well, the Republicaqn Party has been pushing school choice for almost as long as I've been an adult. First education is a local issue, so Federal government can only give incentives. But the Democrats will never buck the teacher's union. Period.

    Psyche, you probably missed a number of blogs on the election. You can go through them here: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=6729
    and
    http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=6743
    and Petrarch had a response here
    http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=6746

    Not sure if you saw those. I thnk you were away when that went on.
    Updated 11-21-2008 at 06:28 PM by Virgil
  6. 1n50mn14's Avatar
    Hmm... I don't know much about the American political system, nor did I really pay much attention to the election and the merits and downfalls of each candidate. But I must say, I am much more Democratically inclined than Republican.

    It's funny. Even here in Canada, right after the election, prices of gas, food, etc, are falling. True, we are entering a recession, but not nearly as bad as it was made out to be pre-election. High prices were used to scare people, and threats of recession used as a vote-sway. Now, it looks like the new government is keeping it's promise, when the hike in prices was a government gimmick in the first place.
    (Sorry, that was a bit of an off topic ramble..)
  7. Psycheinaboat's Avatar
    I didn't see those links, Virgil. I wasn't even certain we were allowed to blog about politics. Thank you for showing them to me.

    Becca, the price thing is weird. Gas has dropped here incredibly. It makes me hatch all sorts of conspiracy theories.
  8. Virgil's Avatar
    I wasn't even certain we were allowed to blog about politics.
    Well, we're not, but we snuck it in. Sssh, don't tell Logos.