Helping Others

You know, if you had told me that getting up at six in the morning on a Friday would inspire me to do good things I would have told you that you were crazy. This last Friday I woke up rode a bus that I hate to downtown Muncie and wondered around lost for about 30 minutes at seven in the morning in the cold and then finally was picked up by a friend and taken to the soup kitchen I was suppose to be taking photos of. Now, I've always said people should help out other people but I've never really gotten the chance to be involved in anything really; this has been the first time that I've really been inspired to help others. The people that I met at the soup kitchen were up well before me and yet they were happy and excited to be doing something to help the community. I salute all of you who help make a difference. Here's one of the photos that I took for the story which will be appearing the the Daily News some time in December.
LOVE AND PEACE

Karzai Re-elected

I find it strange that as a nation we say that we want to defend freedom across the world and help spread democracy. I'm not talking about military objectives, I'm talking about the simple process of having a clean and fair election in countries that we wish to help. The biggest thing that I point to is Afghanistan. Think about it, we are fighting a war in Afghanistan saying that we're doing it to help rid the country of the Taliban and it's oppressive rule. Well if that's the case I find it very strange that the United States has publicly backed the re-elected (not exactly in the cleanest manner) Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Now, it is true that the U.S. did support the decision by the UN to have a committee that checked for fraud in the Afghanistan Presidential Elections, and no surprise there, it found a ton of problems. However, since the political opposition of Karzai's dropped out of the race none of that really matters now, especially since Karzai has already been sworn back in as the President of Afghanistan. Anyway, I'm sure you're wondering what I'm getting at with all this. I just find it strange that we fight a war against the Taliban who abuse and assault women but yet we support a man, Karzai, who has signed into law a bill that allows husbands to beat and starve their wives if they do not give into sex at least twice a week. I know this post is not very well written but I refused to write about the Obama bow in Japan because I feel that it means absolutely nothing. Anyway, if you have your own ideas on this discussion please let me know your thoughts.
LATER ALL

Don't be quick to judge Ft. Hood

It's a sad day when our brave soldiers who are going off to fight for their country, whether you agree with the war or not, are gunned down by their own brothers-in-arms; on their own home soil. Of course I'm referring to the terrible tragedy that occurred at Ft. Hood on Thursday. 12 soldiers have been killed and 31 wounded according to the MSNBC report on the incident. According to military officials the shooter was Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan who was an Army psychiatrist who was being shipped of to Iraq. Now, I know that there are several of my right wing friends and maybe others who the first thing they will think of is Hasan's name and immediately tie him to an Islamic terrorist group or say that he was some nut job committing Allah's will. This should not be assumed. Hasan was a United States soldier who cracked under the pressure. Religion very well may have nothing to do with this. In fact, the last shooting that occurred at Ft. Hood was by Spc. Jody Wirawan. Wirawan killed his First Lieutenant and then shot himself to death. Also, the Council for American-Islamic Relations has condemned the act stating that no religion would promote such an act. I say to those who are angry and looking for a fight: don't be. What we should do now is pray (in whatever way you see fit) for the families of the soldiers and civilians who were caught up in this shooting. A man was faced with going to war, there is no reason to make this more than he simply cracked under the pressure. To tell the truth, I'm not sure if I would be able to handle that kind of pressure. Only time will tell the true story of what happened at Ft. Hood; until then, don't be quick to judge.

One Year of Obama

Well, I have not done a post in awhile and so I decided to start back up with the most controversial thing I could think of. President Barack Obama! Ok, I'll admit, I like him and I think he's doing a good job for all of my republican followers please don't get the pitchfork and torches. We have to admit that Obama inherited one of the hardest presidencies we can imagine. Two wars, a huge economic recession, and wonderful health care to boot was just some of the issues put on the plate of the man that we expected to snap his fingers and simply fix our once bullet proof United States. It's also funny that a lot of the people who voted for change are now complaining because of some of the change that has come down the pipe. It's also amazing that people are saying that he hasn't done anything while in office. Let's be honest, the reason we voted him into office is because we were all to lazy to get in there and fix stuff ourselves. I write this post for those people who seem to think that the country should be back to it's old self by now. Come on! Obama has been in office one year, to be fair it's a little hard to put a country back together in one year especially after the last administration spent the last EIGHT years ripping it apart. I can't say the Obama will get done what he promised, but I do say at least let him have some time to do it.
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