With the 2008 elections approaching, who do you vote for?

I am trying to watch things closely. I listen to NPR and the station that Sean Hannity is on. I keep listening to the bickering going on between the Ds and Rs. I’m not really happy with what I’m hearing.

The Ds are not being really harsh on the Rs, that makes me respect them more. The Rs are continuing to trash the Ds. No one is really saying HEY! WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE? No, all I here is what about my party? How is this going to look to my party? Will someone get egg on their face and that cause my party to loose the election?

Well on the drive home I have decided that I would vote for who ever I fill will cause this country to wake up. I’m not going to vote for the lessor of 2 evils or even 3 or 4. I’m going to vote for number 1. I want the worst possible person in office for the next 4, 8, or even 12 years.

I care so much about where this country is headed that I want it to start over. It needs to start over. The economy needs to be started from scratch.

The question is “Can we, as a nation or government, repair what is broken?” From the years that I have seen in the past 16, the answer is no. A D or a R can not fix this country. We are not talking about a few hundred thousand people any more. We are talking about millions of people.

The only way that I see it, is it will take another revolution in this country to fix it. I don’t mean a 60’s style revolution. I’m talking about “storming of the bastille” revolution. The people in this country need to take it back. A little over two hundred years ago, this country did just that. We took control away from the British. We need to take control back away from the US Government.

This country belongs to the people, not to big business or to the government. It is time that they start acting like it or get out. I don’t want them here any more.

Government programs have sucked this country dry. The first one that comes to mind is Social Security. It was put in place to help a nation in time of depression. It is great and all, but it gives a false sense of hope. You think that you will be able to live when you have paid in tens of thousands of dollars. The fact of the matter remains that a fixed income with the way that prices, not just gas, but milk and other items, fluctuate, it is extremely hard for someone, or a couple, to live by themselves and provide for themselves with out other help. Social Security will not do it alone. In fact, I feel that most people live off of other investments that have made them more money than that of what Social Security has over the 40, 50, or 60 years of working.

Another system is welfare. This systems allows lazy people to stay lazy. It enables people to stay dependent on the government, and the population as a whole. With out this, they would have to get jobs. Some have even been known to make money from the checks that they get. I look at it like funding someones crack habit. They will keep going until you cut them off.

Back to topic at hand. I do not want this country to be destroyed. I would like to see this country rise out of the crap heap that it is in. I do not feel that a D or R will be able to do this. We need a cancel of people, ones that care about people and not their pocket books, like the ones back in the 1800’s, so that they can set things right.

Abortion shouldn’t be an issue. Make it a choice law. If you want one, go get one. If you do not, then don’t. It is that simple. People need to stop controlling someone else’s life, and have respect for what other people feel is right to them.

If you think that it is wrong to smoke then don’t. Smoker, don’t smoke in areas where people that don’t like smoke will travel a lot, like in the front door of a shopping mall. It is extremely disrespectful. Smoke on the side of the building, out of the way of the high traffic areas, or some where else. There doesn’t need to be a law that bans you from smoking, just show respect to those that don’t.

So, I am voting for the person or persons that will wake this country up. This person will either put the last nail in the coffin, or will raise it up out of the ashes.

I understand that over throwing of the Government is wrong. I’m just tired of electing people that keep chipping away at our rights because they feel that they are right, and are not looking at the entire picture.

Be that as it may, I will be making my first vote for president this year. I am thinking about voting R, just to see how far the party can run this country into the ground. The Ds are not far behind the Rs though. So it will be a tough fight to see.

Maybe, just one day. The people will wake up. Take a stand and say “I have had enough of the bull shit.” Until that happens. Our government will continue to take 5 weeks of vacation a year during the middle of a war. What the hell are they thinking. How dumb can you be.

Look at the quote above. I’m not the smartest person in the world, but giving people a choice instead of taking them away, seems like a better choice to me.

Free the US. Free the People.

When I was a child I used to have all types of toys. I even had a collection of He-Man action figures. It was fun and all, but what I enjoyed most about some of the toys that I had were the electronic ones.

At some point in my life, I lived in Henderson, NC. One year for Christmas I got a truck. It had lights that blinked, and it was motorized. My mother told me that in no way shape or form was I to take the truck apart.

Well it only took about 3 weeks. I hunkered myself down in the bathroom between my room and my brothers room. With screwdriver in hand I went to work. I had the truck in parts all over the floor when my mother started looking for me.

She knocked on the door. Then she said, “I know your not in there taking that truck apart.”

“GULP! I will be out in a minute.”

Needless to say that I have always enjoyed learning how things worked. Talking apart toys was just the beginning. I have moved on now from small electric motors and lights to computers. I fix things now rather than break them. Well I still break stuff, mostly in the process of getting it fixed.

This week is the week that ASMW turns 1 year old. There is a small following right now, and that is okay. I don’t know if I could listen to 100 songs in a day. Over a week I could, and that would be great.

I have talked with Amie Street and asked them to give us the use of a promo code for a week. They were more than happy to comply with the request. I’m here to pass this on to you and your friends. So if you didn’t catch my last post then you will want to click on this link to get your $5.00 worth of free music. No, you do not have to spend it all today. Save it and find something you really like.

For this weeks Amie St. Music Wednesday we have an anniversary song for you. This song is done by none other than, Dorian Mingus. Dorian plays a good mix of sounds throughout his albums. The song Anniversary Song is posted today to mark the anniversary of Amie Street Music Wednesday.

I hope that you enjoy todays selection. Please support your local artist, and enjoy music responsibly. Do not drive with headphone on, and keep the volume to a low roar, no need to kill the ears.

ASMW turns one year on Friday the 29 of August. There is a special promotion if you are not signed up with Amie Street already. You can wait here until I get my ASMW up tomorrow, or you can visit the site. The promo is active now.

I hope you have enjoyed the year of music here at Mouse Clone.

I was spending some time on digg this morning looking over the ones that people seem to adore or what has been dugg. I came across this story on the opening page [link to digg]. The digg story links back to a Sports Illustrated article [link to SI].

You will want to take the time out to read the story. It is very interesting. You have a mother that is mad because they will not let her son play. You have other parents that will not let their children play with the boy pitching.

This kid can pitch at 40 mph. That is crazy. At 9 years of age, he has pitched 40 mph, and caused a team to forfeit a match when he took the mound. Talk about being feared.

They say that he needs to play with older kids and that he is to good for age group that he is in. That doesn’t mean that he will be able to run with those of a higher age group either. They really should let him pitch.

What are your thoughts on this. Would you let your children play against someone that was well above their skill level? Would you with draw your team from a match because someone has a better pitcher? If you were the parents of this child, would you try to keep him in the same age league, or would you move him up a league if they would take him? let me know your thoughts.