Whitman Won't Get Rid of the Ads?

On Tuesday, October 26, Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman had a major meeting with an audience of mainly women. Governor Schwarzenegger was also at this meeting, giving his views on the commercials and where the candidates should focus their thoughts. A big topic at this discussion was about Meg Whitman's very harsh commercials that she paid for with money out of her pocket. Jerry Brown also has commercials about Whitman, but nothing compared to the extent of Meg. 

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman drew a chorus of boos from the capacity crowd at a major women's gathering here Tuesday after going on the attack against her Democratic opponent Jerry Brown and refusing to withdraw her negative television ads, as Brown said he would, for the rest of the campaign

I feel that this is a good debate because it is in our own great state of California. I personally think that Whitman should have said she would take down the commercials because I feel as if she crossed the line. Her commercials may all be true, but it gets annoying every commercial break when I see Whitman basically ripping Brown to shreds. Yes, all of her commercials may be facts, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Whitman got tons of boos from the crowd which I think she deserves. The election is very close and will come down to the wire, but if Whitman loses, her money has been wasted.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

One of the policies in the armed forces is the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. This policy bans gay and lesbian from serving openly in the U.S. military. The Obama administration asked the federal judge who issued the ruling for an emergency stay of her decision. I don't understand why it matters when they change the law, it's not like it will change much during the war because they are already fighting for that common goal, to win the war. The people that are in the war are adults, and will deal with the situations as adults.

"I agree with the basic principle that anybody who wants to serve in our armed forces and make sacrifices on our behalf, on behalf of our national security — anybody should be able to serve, and they shouldn’t have to lie about who they are in order to serve. And so we are moving in the direction of ending this policy" -Obama

 I don't see the big deal about wanting to serve for your nation, and being a homosexual. There shouldn't be a rule saying you can't help out your country just because you like the same sex. I'm glad they are getting rid of the law, and I think they should do it as fast as possible. I don't see how changing this law can have such an impact of how the military works. You train, get sent of tours, fight for country, and hope you can make it back to your loved ones; same gender or not. Just because some one coming out and saying that they are homosexual doesn't deviate from the task at hand, to win the war. I think Obama should push this to be in affect as soon as possible, to make the military a more accepting and welcoming place to all kinds of people that want to help protect this land we call home.

Mental Health Break

Can you say random?

Cousins? Thumbs Up to That!

Obama related to who? Sarah Palin? No way! Yes way. A genealogist at Ancestry.com figured out that Obama and Palin are 10th cousins related by a common ancestor by the name of John Smith. Anastasia Tyler, a genealogist at the Utah-based Ancesrty.com, figured this out, but do they really want to know this? 

And you thought it was strange to hear that Barack Obama was related to Dick Cheney. Well, betcha can't guess who he's related to now!

Yup — the president has family ties to none other than Sarah Palin, according to the genealogists at Ancestry.com, a discovery the family history site made when looking for connections between political foes.

That's not all they discovered either. Rush Limbaugh is also related to our president, he is also a 10th cousin. So maybe Rush should ease up on the president now that he knows he is related to the man. But that's not even the craziest one. George W. Bush is also related to Obama and Palin, being 11th cousins to him. It's crazy how for down the line these genealogists can go, and I'm not sure if either of these people would like to know that they are related to the other. But some of the stuff that these genealogists can discover can be pretty cool, like I bet you didn't know that Brad Pitt and Obama are related. Yes it is true, and it is amazing how small of a world it truly is.

 

Obamamania Gone?

President Obama isn't the big man on campus anymore. According to a recent poll, Obama's followers are getting smaller and smaller among the college kids. But why is Obama losing his followers? I think it was because many of the high school and college kids that were able to vote only voted for Obama because it seemed like a cool idea. Many of the high school students probably didn't have much knowledge about the man and his views.

Forty-four percent of students approve of the job Obama is doing as president, while 27 percent are unhappy with his stewardship, according to the survey conducted late last month. That's a significant drop from the 60 percent who gave the president high marks in a May 2009 poll. Only 15 percent had a negative opinion back then.

I'm not saying that all the kids voted for Obama but I know a lot did. I even thought it was cool to have a black president, but I didn't vote for Obama, because I couldn't. Many teens just wanted to see an African-American president, but now they are seeing that maybe they didn't have the best judgement when they voted. I think many more of the voters should have done their research before they selected their future president. Many of the people don't like Obama because of persistently high unemployment and opposition to his plans to revive the economy and overhaul health care. But I think what Obama is trying to do is a good thing. He's trying to win back his people, because no one wants to be president and have the whole country not back him in his decisions. Obama should do this, but yet worry about the nation first.

Campaigning Goes to Far?

The race for governor is a close won. Whitman, funding her own campaign, has had many commercials about Jerry Brown and his previous times in politics. This video shows how low Meg Whitman is willing to go to become governor of California.


Meg Whitman is funding her campaign, while Jerry brown is not. This means that Meg Whitman says okay to all of these. But is this going to far? There are commercials about Whitman, yes, but Brown isn't paying for them with the money out of his pocket. I think this shows a not so good outlook for Whitman because she is smashing him so hard. But I also feel like you have to do things to win. I guess I'm just split in between the two. This is a very close race, and it means a lot to our state. Who ever wins this debate will govern our state, so we must care. Both sides have very good arguments, but both have their down sides. Brown, ex-mayor of Oakland, wasn't the greatest mayor ever. Also, Whitman doesn't have any political experience, and she barely even votes on issues. Each side is sort of alarming when it comes to our governor. We are saying that our state is turning "red", so who knows will win, it's not over until the final ballot is in.

My Political Lean

I guess I am a Democrat

Conservative/Progressive score: 7
You are a social moderate. You think the progressive movement is overall well meaning, but sometimes it goes too far. On issues like abortion and affirmative action, you see the negatives of both extremes on the issue. You probably value religion, but at the same time you think it should still stay separate from the government

Overall, you would most likely fit into the category of Democrat

Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 8
You are a Moderate Capitalist. You support an economy that is by and large a free market, but has public programs to help people who can't help themselves or need a little help. Pretty much you believe in the American economy how it currently is.

Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 5
You're a Moderate. You think that we all have certain inalienable rights that must be protected, but that sometimes laws need to be made to protect the majority's lives or quality of lives. You might think that the 2nd amendment isn't necessary anymore because letting everyone a gun is extremely dangerous to the community. You might also be against illegal drug use or public pornography because of its possible harmful effects to society.

Pacifist/Militarist score: 0
You're a Pacifist. You are angered that the United States thinks it should dominate the world through its military force. You think that the only time war is necessary is when we are in direct danger of being attacked. You also believe the US spends way too much of its money on defense, as we can practically cut it in half and still easily defend ourselves, and use that money to fix all our economic problems.