What can I say.  I am so incredibly proud to live in this country today.  My faith has been restored in the American people that we have truly come full circle.  It is not just that Barrack Obama, the next president of the United States, is African American.  It is that he is an educated, charismatic, brilliant African American man who will be the first to hold the highest office in this land.  We have finally broken the cycle and opened the door to all people who are capable to serve.  I am confident that my daughter will one day soon be able to see a woman hold that office.  For that I am beaming with pride.  For my daughter, my nieces, and my nephews to be able to imagine that someone that anyone no matter their color or sex can indeed succeed to the leader of the free world with overwhelming support from the citizens of this country.

For those that voted for John McCain, I am sorry that your candidate didn’t win.  I was incredibly moved by the speech he gave last night.  He truly is an American hero and proved that he has a lot of class.

I introduce to you the new first family!

There’s been a lot of talk lately from the McCain campaign that Obama is going to “Raise your taxes” and “spread the wealth around”. He has even called it another form of welfare.
Now, I don’t care who you vote for (okay that’s a lie because I really want to see a good President in office.) But if you are going to vote for McCain I just want your reasons to be based on facts and not lies or misrepresentation.
McCain may call taking money from the wealthy and giving it to the poor welfare but how is his welfare any different? McCain will take money from the poor and give it to the rich, that is called corporate welfare. It has been going on for a long time in this country, too long. It’s time we get a president that is going to do something about it.
I also wanted to share that I currently recieve e-mails from both Obama and McCain’s campaign. About 99% of the e-mails I get from Obama’s campaign are about OBAMA and what HE is going to do for this country. However, 99% of the e-mails I get from McCain are not about McCain and what he is going to do. I find that scary.
My point for writing this post is to share with you the Obama Tax calculator. All you do is put in your yearly income and it tells you how much money you will get back in taxes with Obama’s plan as compared to McCain’s.

The only thing I’m afraid of is people like this…

This would probably be a good post to tell you about the lovely lady I met on the plane a couple of weeks ago. I sat next to a very nice elderly couple who were very helpful and friendly. They played with Eva, gave me free parenting and marriage advice, talked about their family and how they just celebrated 47 years of marriage. We were having a nice little visit when all of a sudden the woman asks me what I think about Sarah Palin. Me, trying to be overly-polite, respond that I like her as a person but not as a vice president. She then starts in on how Sarah Palin is the greatest woman that ever lived and that Barrack Obama is no good. I immediately inform her that I am “a big Obama supporter.” This doesn’t stop her, she adds that he is Muslim and a terrorist and that “this country was formed on christian values” and that Muslim values just don’t jive with that.
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You can listen to the doll here.

I heard about this a few days ago by my Aunt and figured it was probably just some crazy people trying to make drama.  I just watched the video and it does sound like the doll says “Islam is the light”.  I am not offended by it but apparently some people are.  There have been many instances of toy makers trying to be funny and have a doll say something it wasn’t supposed to, most of the time people do not even pick up on it.  I guess that gives these geeky toy makers a good laugh. (Sorry to offend you if you happend to be a toy maker.)

I was offended however by the telatubby doll that says “faggot, faggot, bite my butt.”

I’ve always heard rumors of sexual phrases and pictures that are put into Disney movies by art geeks. So it is not an uncommon practice. You can read more about that here.

Okay, I know, abortion is a hot topic and I don’t really want to get into all that here. I just want to talk about my reasons for refusing to vote for someone based on their views on abortion.

1. Abortion is legal. The supreme court ruled that it is legal and that is what it has been for over 30 years. No matter what my beliefs on the issue are, in our law books, it is legal.

2. No president since Roe V. Wade has been able to make abortion illegal.

3. Both parties have turned it into a game to garner more votes. If you are pro-life you must vote for a Republican, and if you are pro-choice you have to vote for the Democrat. They have essential narrowed every election down to this ONE issue. I refuse to play that game.

There was a time where I based all my voting decisions on what the candidate’s stance on abortion was. Well, that got me nowhere. So, this time I am voting based on the million other issues that matter. Like our national security, emergency preparedness and aide, health care, our collapsing economy, and education.