Visitor vs. Tourist

So Friday on the 12 of October I arrived in to NYC. Once I got out of Penn Station I had this feeling that I never left and that I could go anywhere I want without any help at all.  I came back and I felt like I could just go anywhere because I still remembered where the subway lines went or what streets take me where.  

Over these past couple of days I have been doing normal things like, I went shopping at Fishes Eddy, went to a few stores, went to church, and went to Starbucks to do homework.  I felt like I was doing things that I had did two years ago, but this time I did not permanently live in NYC and I was no longer a student at King's.  

There is a small difference between tourist and visitor. When I came here as a tourist, I wanted to go to all the sites and see what made New York what it was.  However, this time all I wanted to do is hang out with my friends and go and do things we did when I lived here.

I am still in NYC right now till tomorrow.  I will be posting another post tomorrow or Wednesday!!

Abortion

Abortion, it seems to become an issue in every election.  Well, I am sick of it and truly I am sick of it.  I personally do not support abortion, but what gives me the right to tell someone what to do with their body.  If complications occur during or after the abortion, then that is something that they will have to temporarily live with or permanently live with for the rest of their lives.  

I know that my Christian friends are going to hate me for saying this and claim that I am not a real Christian, but in reality it is not my right to tell them how they want to deal with their body.  Now if I get engaged in a debate about abortion I will let them know how I feel and I will let them explain to me how they feel about it.  However, I feel that the abortion argument is dead and we do have laws that would explain all the consequences and when it is not allowed to have an abortion and so forth.  

I get so sick of it being brought up and I figure this that God will be the judge.  Americans need to understand that we are going to disagree and we live in a nation where we are allowed to have different view points.  If you can't live with that you picked the wrong nation to live in.  America is divided and both sides need to start making concessions or we are going to be in a stalemate.

Americans and American government leaders wake up and realize that both sides need to compromise.  We live in a nation where one side of the spectrum is going to win or lose all.  Start making compromises or the nation will deteriorate. 

Anti-American Protests across the Middle East and Parts of Africa

I am not at all surprised at the amount of protesting happening across the Middle East and parts of Africa.  These are extremists and they do not represent the majority of the people in their nations (maybe a couple).  They are not going to stop and there is going to be no way to appease them.  Some of the governments are not going to help the US out and we should not expect them to.  The reason we should not expect them to is simple, its because they care more about the attacks on their religion then anything else.

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However, I hate the fact that our Americans have to suffer abroad because of stupid Americans here, that made the video.  Do they realize the lives that are at stake?  I bet they are not protesting the embassies strictly because of that, I bet some of them are using it as an excuse so they could kill some Americans.  However, the point is that I am not surprised that this has happened.  We have embassies located in countries that one month support America and another month oppose America.  

Another issue is Iranian protests against America.  Remember we have to take those protests with a grain of salt.  Those people are in a midst of turmoil themselves.  Iranian media only wants to show us the parts that they feel are fine.  The Iranians are upset with their government and are trying to find ways to protest and defy the government.  Ayatollah Khamenei and Ahmadinejad are doing a very fine job in suppressing them because they are worried that they will go into civil war like Syria.  

I am appalled at the fact that Americans lives have been taken, but then again that is part of reality.  All I want to conclude with is that these protests are going to happen again and again. There are countries and groups of people that do not like America and the Americans inside and we have to learn to cope with that.  On the other hand, we cannot let them push us around and apologizing to them for us being Americans is not right.  

Side note: Maybe the next time America decides to help a group against their government, we should have stipulations for after they win and establish a new government.  On the other hand, just not help.

Election 2012 and Post -Election

So I just realized that I have not posted on this blog since June.  I have been a bit preoccupied with work, school, and Iran.  

This photo combo shows President Obama in Chapel Hill, N.C. on April 24, and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on April 18, in Charlotte, N.C.

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I have decided that I am going to blog about this lovely thing called the Election of 2012.  Contenders Romney vs. Obama.  This election is extremely crucial because we will get an idea of how Americans feel about dear President Obama.  Also we will see how Romney is going to do in the election as well.  I think that both of the candidates have a lot of schmoozing to do to the American public.  They have to do a lot of schmoozing because the American people are upset and they are sick of the way things are going with the country (I talk as if I am an outsider).  I know that I am one unhappy American to some degree and I will let you know why in a minute.  Romney has to be able to persuade women, minorities, and to some degree religious minorities to vote for him.  Obama really just needs to let the people know that he is going to fulfill his promises if he is elected.  

A part of me is pessimistic and believes that Obama will win, maybe not easily.  So you now see my bias and that is okay.  All I got to say that if Obama wins I hope that he will cooperate a little more with the opposing party and they do the same.  Romney, now if he gets elected I believe that he will have the ability to work with the Democrats.  I say this because people forget that he is a bit more liberal the most Republicans.  For instance, the healthcare bill that got passed for the nation actually used ideas from the one that he help make in Massachusetts.  He worked with the Democrats in his state and I believe that he could do it if he were to win.

Okay so now onto the other part of this post, Post-election.

So there are key issues that Obama or Romney are going to have to deal with. 

Lovely Iran

  This is important because Iran is getting pretty brave with this whole mining the strait and what not.  If they do mine the strait (which is international waters) that is considered an act of war, no matter what reason they do it for.  That means that the UN is going to have to do something about it or a coalition of countries are going to need to do something about it. 

  

Lovely Israel 

Now Israel, I think that they are going to attack Iran, but I still hope negotiations will work.  However, the thought of Iran with nukes or nuclear power is still risky.

The Economy

Yes that issue does still exist and it will for awhile.  The economy needs to pick up.  I am down for bringing jobs back to America, but remember things will be a bit more pricier because the objects are made in America.  So you better buy them or the jobs will go back to another country where there is cheap labor.

Issue of Polarization between the Conservatives an the Liberals

This is a big one because are wonderful Congress and the President need to work together.  Both sides need to understand that you are not going to get all that you want and the opposition is not going to let you get everything you want.  Think about life, you will never get everything you want, that is reality.  However, it is not just their fault for the lack of compromise.  It is the American public because they are divided so Congress is divided.  The American public needs to also learn that they are not going to get everything they want, a reality that needs to be recognized.  Politicians in Congress are so worried about getting re-elected that they do not want to compromise on the big issues and this is hurting America. Stop making politics a career, if you do not get re-elected then at least you will remember that you did your job and your constituents will see that the decision was a good or bad one in the future.

Compromise and a better economy is going to be key to sustaining this country.  Our dear Founding Fathers knew that factions were going to be a problem and it is a very big problem now.

I had a little fun with pics, there are a lot of battles. 

 

Turning Point for the United States

The passage of the Health Care law is a turning point for the United States.  Many people will not believe what I am going to say will happen because for some reason some people are going to be blind to see the change occur. This is definitely a turning point because the Supreme Court has expanded the ability of the federal government to dictate our lives.  What I mean by this is that they have made the Elastic Clause in the Constitution stretch a bit farther and there is no going back unless the Supreme Court would decrease the stretch in which that will never happen.  The Elastic Clause allows the Congress to have more rights to carry out the powers that they were given.  Granted those laws have benefited us in certain ways and has definitely hurt us.  

The expansion of the Elastic Clause means that the government could do more to inhibit our freedoms.  Now of course a majority of Americans do not think about the Constitution or the Founders instead they think of the things they want from the federal government.  The federal government should do this for me and this.  Conservatives and Liberals both attempt to pass laws to limit what Americans do (I would show examples, but I just woke up, I will edit the blog later).  I do not know when Americans are going to wake up, the Founders would not want this wonderful country going the way it is.  The Founders intended the states to take care of its people, the federal government should have gave the states more money through a Block Grant to expand health care.  Yes, it is still the federal government, but the state government is way better at managing things like health care then the government because there is too much red tape in the federal government.  Health Care should be handled by the states because they are smaller and more manageable.  That is why "to some extent" it did work in Europe (I am really stretching with that example because the situation in Europe is bad not enough productivity and too many unnecessary benefits (Spain has 14 holiday weekends that start on weekdays and cities have their own holidays, at least one city is celebrating a holiday every week).

All I am saying is that we as Americans have to think about our freedoms and the Constitution.  Yes, there are things that I have benefited from the federal government, the federal government has done some really good things.  However, we have to be wary of what they are doing and make sure that they adhere to the Constitution. 

American's Version of "Socialism"

I do not even know how to begin, I sat here for a bit trying to find out how to write this post.  That first sentence was the best way to start it haha.  Well, states and cities are now attempting to ban soft drinks in Massachusetts restaurants and New York City banned large soft drinks.  This is America's version of Socialism, right here.  Since America technically cannot become Socialistic the states and cities are going to do it themselves.  America cannot become socialistic because of the Constitution. Although are lovely federal government is attempting to tell us how to go about getting health insurance, charging if you did not get health insurance.  Also instituting a text ban across the nation, that is clearly the states obligation.  American government and the smaller governments want to dictate are lives, they want to force people to be the kind of normal that is seen in America.  You have to be a size 2 in order to be normal, you have to dress a certain to be normal, you have to get surgery if you want to look perfect, you have to be someone with a perfect record, you have to be someone that has never done anything wrong, and you just have to be like everyone else.  To me that is past Socialism and little bit towards Communism.

Pretty soon states and cities will ban everything that seen as unhealthy, that includes everything, ban books that talk about things are not normal and might hurt someones innocent, attempt to ban alcohol again, and ban other things.  The government fails to acknowledge the Constitution.  The state governments and cities think that they can dictate the way Americans do things, but let me tell you something Americans always have a way of sidestepping those laws and regulations.  You think that you are going to curb obesity by banning products, your wrong.  It is not going to curb it because people that are not obese are not going to be happy and we are Americans.  Americans will make sure that career politicians get out office and elect people that are not going act like dictators.

American Socialism was already to predicted to occur, it might not be so prevalent in the federal system, but it is in the states.  The states and cities do not realize that these bans that they have placed are actually violating federal laws because it is messing with commerce that occurs over state lines.  A mayor in California try to ban the use corn syrup in California a few years ago and the law got struck down by a federal court because it affected commerce interstate, in which it violates federal law. When New York and Massachusetts are sued that will lose in court   

Westboro Baptist Church

Westboro Baptist Church is one of the most evil churches to have exist and the most evil people go to that church.  They are hateful and spiteful people.  They claim that they are Christians, but they are not real Christians they are people that hate on gays , people that do not dress appropriately, they hate soldiers, and they hate America.  If some of you do not who they are they are the people that won the right to protest at a soldiers funeral, but cities have been making sure that they are kept at a distance.  They protest at a funeral to show that they died for a worthless America that supports homosexuals behaviors, attitudes, and actions.  They hate America for accepting homosexuals into society.  They call themselves Christians, but they are not because God would have never wanted us to hate on people like that.  The New Testament tells us to accept everyone and love our neighbors.  These people clearly have stuck to the Old Testament and have not read the new one.  Of course this is not a perfect world and we are all sinners, but these people are sick.  If they could I probably bet they would harm all the gay people and create a genocide out of it.  I think that if they were bigger and armed they would get just as bad as the Ku Klux Klan.  Thank goodness that we have a government that will prevent these people becoming a Hitler,  a Stalin, a Saddem Hussein, or a President Al-Saad because I think that they will kill everyone that is gay or does not follow the Bible, in which would be pretty much everyone.  

Honestly, I think that people need to protest them and I am down to go to TOpeka, Kansas and protest against them.  I would like to show up to a funeral that they are protesting at and counter their protest.  Raising American flags in their face.

You know what I think is kind ironic is the fact that they are protesting at a soldiers funeral, soldiers that fight to preserve this nation and fight to keep our rights.  The soldiers fight for their right to protest, keep any other nation from harming us.  

No one is going to make them change or change their minds, but we could show them that there is a strong opposition against them.  America is not going to change and the Christians are slowly going to accept that there are homosexuals.  The hardliners are going to be the only ones to constantly not accept this reality.  

This world is not perfect  and as Christians we are going to have to accept that reality.  We are all sinners, this world is never going to be perfe someone trying to dominate another country or group of people.
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