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Like the last two elections before, the Republicans are hoping that common sense is in short supply when Americans stoll into the voting booth in 2008. They are hoping that enough democrats waste their votes on candidates such as Ron Paul, that the republicans can again steal another election. Back in 2000 and 2004, a large group of people voted their “conscience” rather than for the good of the country and consequently we find ourselves 7 years into possibly the most disheartening presidency in history.

Had no one voted for the third party candidate (Nader) , and instead voted for the most viable candidate that best exhibited a preponderance of their beliefs, we wouldn’t be knee deep in an unpopular war with a country that will NEVER be a democracy no matter how many locals we brainwash. The region has been at war with its neighbors and itself for well over 2000 years and nothing short of a well placed nuclear strike will change the ideological perspective of these people.

Nader’s lame duck run at the oval office has now twice usurped enough votes in the last two presidential elections to allow the Republican/Christian fanatics to gain control of the presidency. As such we have seen our rights trampled, democracy stained, and worse yet, our country divided along economic, social and moral lines.

Hopefully this time around the people who insist on wasting their votes on candidates that have absolutely no chance of leading this country will do us all a favor and take a few math classes to better understand odds.

Now, I really don’t care who you vote for and while the whole, “Who are you to tell me who to vote for?” song and dance really won’t do much to convince me you aren’t a complete idiot if you choose to vote you “conscience.” What I do care about is making sure that the next president truly does represent the majority of the American people, not just the ones who carry bank statements in one hand that are as thick as the bibles they carry in their other hand.

Anyone who has even the slightest opinion of what is happening in the middle east should watch this.

The maui film festival recently ended, but not before I had a chance to take yet another in a long line of pictures of sunsets.

During the festival this year, we saw two relatively interesting films. The first was I Could Never Be Your Woman and the second was La Môme, or as it is known in the US, La Vie En Rose.

I Could Never… is a May/December romance chick flick featuring Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd and La Mome is the life story of France’s most infamous export, Edith Piaf. Neither was as good as one would hope, but neither was horrible.

On another note, I just realized that I have been blogging in one form or another for near 7 years… that has to be some kind of record for me… in fact, this is the longest relationship of my life.

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I am starting to collect a list of my favorite posts. On the menu in the top right of this page is a link to the best of me. Perhaps you remember something I have written that you found funny, interesting, or worth highlighting. Let me know and I will include it.

I have also updated the sidebar music player to play a more diverse collection of music. I am still uploading files so bear with me.

Our society lost its way in the late 80s. We started to deify celebrity to such an extent, we began to lose focus about truly important issues. Around the same time white apologists began a campaign to “right the wrongs” of their culture by calling attention to the many injustices whites held over blacks. The media ate it up.

Today, you would be hard pressed to find a story about crimes committed by blacks against whites that gets as much airplay as a crime committed by whites against blacks. Perhaps it is the pendulum swinging in the opposite direction, perhaps it is over compensation, but one thing remains clear… it is a danger to our justice system.

In my opinion, the whold Duke Lacrosse rape debacle had its foundations in this attitude of whites trying to punish themselves for 200 years of black oppression. Nifong, the DA in the case in Durham, was disbarred today in an effort to wipe the mud from the faces of the North Carolina justice system, but that probably won’t be enough in the long run.

Another case that probably won’t get much airplay by the main stream media is that of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian, a young couple that was tortured, raped and murdered by a gang of African Americans in Tennessee. It is sad how little media attention this case is getting, but I am not surprised. To call attention to it would be to verify what many people know, but refuse to say out loud. Crimes by blacks against whites is common so it doesn’t deserve the media attention of cases involving whites assaulting blacks.

The link above will give you some insight into what happened (or allegedly happened if we are being pc).