I got a snapshot of one of the greatest hypocrisies of modern American culture, today. I was in the drive-thru of McDonald’s, picking up some delicious McNuggets, and I realized that the truck in front of me had an environmentalist license plate. And this wasn’t just any truck. This was a huge Ford F-150. And it wasn’t just a truck… it was a truck… in a drive-thru! At McDonald’s. So to share the joy that I found in seeing this, I took a picture with my cell phone so that I could share with the world!

Last night, in my French Class, we talked all about feminism and equal rights and things like that. It kind of bugged me. We talked a lot about how women don’t make as much money doing the same jobs that men have and how our society should do something about it. That is such bull crap! It IS up to the employer on how much (s)he wants to pay an employee. And employers ARE allowed to judge people for things like this.

Is it fair? No! It’s not, but if a woman wants to make just as much money as a man (as if success is based on how much money you make anyways) then do something about it! Don’t get the government involved, though! I agree totally that women can do many things better than men, or just as well. But I also believe that men can do many things better than women, or just as well. It’s not that we’re equal. We’re just different. But constitutionally, a woman does NOT, by any means, have the RIGHT to make as much money as a man. However, she has the opportunity to do so, and I think any woman, if she puts her mind to it, CAN do it. Our society is just still and always will be in this transition period where women are becoming part of the work force, and part of the government! I think it’s great!

Another thing that was said was that humor regarding minorities, such as blond jokes, racial jokes, gay jokes, and so on… these jokes are wrong because they enforce incorrect stereotypes. WRONG! Stereotypes don’t just happen… they do actually and usually have some truth to them, whether it still is partially true or if it disappeared. But just because we laugh at these jokes doesn’t mean we hate gay people, or we’re sexists, or we’re racists. Just because stereotypes exist, does NOT mean they’re going to be true for every person of that minority, and if someone isn’t intelligent enough to judge a person individually before they resort to stereotypes and prejudgments, then they definitely have some issues where racism is concerned.

So that’s my individualist rant for now. And by the way… don’t take this as I hate today’s liberals. I love liberals. I love the spirit, I just don’t agree a lot of the time. I’d say the majority of my friends are rather liberal. My girlfriend, Olivia, is and her twin sister and parents are as well… and I really like all of them and respect them politically! Also, don’t take this entry as me judging all liberals. I don’t think all liberals are the same. And I don’t think all liberals are hypocrites like the woman driving that truck in the photo above. And I DO think many conservatives are hypocrites, as well. But hypocrisy is part of our nature as humans. None of us are going to be completely non-hypocritical. But we can work towards something… that’s the important thing to remember… and that’s why I love the spirit of liberals.

Speaking of Olivia… we went to Target tonight looking for things for our Halloween costumes for the parties this week. I got this adorable picture of her in a sweet hat…

Friday is our nine months! Yay!

“It would be a mistake to view Bush as an aberration in modern political history. There are far more parallels between Bush and Clinton than either Democrats or Rebublicans would like to admit. And most of Clinton’s abuses followed precedents set by Bush Sr., Nixon, Johnson, and earlier presidents. Bush is more a symptom of the decay of American democracy than a first causes.”

“A democractic government that respects no limits on its own power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect. The more people who believe democracy is failsafe, the more likely it will fail. Attention Deficit Democracy produces the attitudes, ignorance, and arrogance that pave the way to pollitical collapse.”

I started this book tonight, and it’s already so good, but kind of scary. He starts out by stating the point of the book in an introduction. He really slams Bush a ton in the beginning, and then he starts to show parallels between Bush and Clinton, and as you can see nearly all modern presidents. He’s talked about how both Bush and Clinton have bombed places without the permission of Congress in the name of freedom and democracy.

He also talked about how long it has been since we’ve had a president who ran on a platform based on the Constitution. This book is very informative and I recommend it to every one who does not realize the importance of our Republic. We must realize its deterioration in order to stop it. It’s strange that all of the mainstream media ignores the only ‘08 candidate that advocates the Constitution. Oh, the irony of the United States.

Attention Deficit Democracy by James Bovard.

Nick and I are at my mom’s house for a few days… and it’s really late… so we decided to be YouTubotatoes and we were curious as to if there were any anti-Ron Paul videos on the internet… so we watched this guy’s reasoning why he doesn’t like Ron Paul… and then watched a video of this dude’s reply that totally PWNED him. The first one is very vulgar… and the second has no cussing until the end… but after watching the first… it is quite appropriate. Enjoy…

After that I saw “Ron Paul Interview” …but the room that this guy was in looked a little strange. so we investigated. Ron Paul ACTUALLY went to a college dorm room to be interviewed by this college student… and it was a very impressive interview. If you’re curious about his platform, you should definitely check it out.

I apologize for all of this political activism lately on the web site. It’s summer… I’m bored… there’s no school, so politics is kind of a last result. I have to be studying into SOMETHING. So, yeah… many people get annoyed with it and I’m sorry, but don’t look at all of this as shove down your throat… but more of just an offer out on the table if you’re interested. I’d appreciate it if you gave him a chance, though.

If you’re not up to watching the full 30-ish minute interview…

…the only part that I really feel you should watch is on the fourth video… after he’s done talking about his platform… it’s at about 2 minutes left in the video… when he talks about his feelings towards the idea of becoming president, and how and why he got into congress in the first place.