Who chooses that pink is associated with women?  Who decided ties are to be worn by men?  Who said women need to be homemakers?  Who gave men the okay to control and dominate women?  I guess if we knew who ‘they’ were, we wouldn’t call them ‘they.’  But, really, I think it is everyone.  Anyone who has witnessed the inequalities and stereotypical situations throughout their life and did nothing.  Didn’t voice thier disgust, didn’t plea with justice, just set on the sidelines of a slowly losing game.  We are the ones responsible for maintining and not gaining.  To undo this reactive chain of events, we need to break the links that weaken equalty and replace them with respect and oppurtunity.

Clinton     Obama     Edwards 

Republicans

Giuliani     Thompson     Romney

By the Numbers

So, who to vote for this 2008 election???

Since Hilary and Guiliani are at the top of the polls for the democrats and republicans, here are their platforms on the top issues:

Hilary’s Platform:

She favors abortion, gay marriage, and immigrant’s rights.  She supports solving global warming, health care reform, Iraq troop withdrawal, and stem cell research.  She favors Iraq negotiations.

Guiliani’s Platform:

Supports abortion.  Opposes gay marriage, but doesn’t want to ban the practice.  Not sure about human involvement in global warming, expand research.  Health care driven by market expansion, not universal coverage.  Open to conferring legal status to immigrants.  Doubts Iraq negotiations.  Supports troop increase and stem cell research.

It’s hard to choose, these issues are controversial and who says they will follow through with their promises?

America, as a nation, hasn’t chosen an official language, as most people know.  In Oak Point, Texas, they recently declared English as thier official language.  They claim it is to decrease the expenses incurred when translating documents, such as permits and contracts.  I think that is rediculous!  They have enough money to afford the top-of-the-line police task force, but they can’t afford a few documents?  This subject is under great debate, the city is divided.  My first thought was ‘discrimination.’  I just can’t reason why this was necessary.  If the rest of the nation can afford it, then Oak Point should be able to.  Oak Point it the definition of descrimination.  They have concrete roads in the ritzy part of town and gravel roads in the trailer park.  I think that everyone should be treated the same, no matter what.

Throughout the country there have been water shortages.  Companies are now trying to conserve water by manufacturing toilets in a different way, “Sometimes it’s like a hybrid car — you have to drive one first to appreciate it.”  Toilets use to use 5 gallons a flush, but in the 90’s it changed to about 2 gallons.  In ‘94, Congress mandated that toilets use 1.5 gallons, but it didn’t work out so well.  Al Gore has been on a campaign emphasizing global warming for sometime now.  He is the reason the toilets were created.  I have one in my guest bath, sometimes it flushes once, but usually it clogs.  Meaning, I use up at least 3 gallons per restroom visit.  Not a huge help for the fight for water preservation.  Also, why would the millions of people with old toilets want to get new ones that don’t work and cost money.  These ‘hybrid’ toilets are costly and inconsistent.  I joke around and call my toilet ‘the Al Gore commode.’  Good times

So, I just found out that the poor threshold, for a family of four in America, is just over $19,000.  That means that you would have a $500 rent each month and about $800 for everything else each month.  I don’t know how someone could support a family on so little.  It is amazing how many people fit this mold….heck, I do.  I make about $10,000 a year, $9,000 is the threshold for individuals in America.   Basically, I’m poor.  I think that if someone really wants to make money, they can do it (legally); just follow these simple rules while working: 

1. Always work.
2. No cell phones.
3. Be pleasant.

 If employees did this, they would make their bosses happy; they would increase company profit and enhance their salary.  It’s the ‘slippery slope theory;’ it can help you or hurt you, it’s a delicate decision.