I think that with the election just two days away, we would do well to heed and listen to the words of Ezra Taft Benson concerning income redistribution and income inequality. I have a very nice talk he gave in 1977 concerning just this topic. I am not the only one who thinks it is very timely. In fact, it’s quite easy to find on Youtube.
I think I should remind everyone of one thing. We live in a republic. In a republic, we choose leaders who represent us and we send them to Washington, DC, not to vote the way we want them to, but for them to vote according to their conscience. This is why it is so important that we choose leaders who hold dear the same values that we do. If you choose a leader who is opposed to your values, you will only be disappointed with how he or she leads.
Things are heating up in the political world. I guess it’s hardly surprising since the presidential election is just around the corner. It’s our once every 4 years popularity contest where we choose a new person to lead us down the path of ruin. We get to hear each side tell us how they will do better than the other side and why we should vote for them over their opponent.
In other words, it’s the same old, same old. And this same old, same old has got me glued to the TV. Between Fox News and MSNBC, there is enough partisan politics to get about any person’s blood boiling, no matter which side they support.
I am going to vote for McCain this time around. I think that Republicans, good or bad, have the best plans for the future of America, both on cultural and economic issues that are important to me. Is he any different than any other politician? Probably not. But face it, he’s a war hero married to a beer distributor. That’s as good as any reason.
I don’t like to get into politics too much, but this is too good to resist. I would like to be the first in the blogosphere to congratule Sarah Palin on being the VP pick to run alongside John McCain. I am certain that Vice President Sarah Palin will prove to be very capable in her new position. I want to thank the commenters on PalinForVp for sharing information that makes it very apparent that she is the pick. It looks a jet picked her up in Anchorage and took there.
Now I guess that it’s time to break out the party favors and celebrate. This was brilliant move by our future President John McCain!
Rice is the staple food for more than a billion people in Asia. It’s eaten for 3 meals a day and many people base their well being on the amount of rice and quality of the rice they eat. Right now the news seems to be limited to the Philippines, but an impending rice shortage could have major political implications throughout Asia.
The Philippines is bracing for severe rice shortages this fall, so severe that they are unable to buy rice on the open market to satisfy demand. This means that people may not be able to have enough rice to feed their families at any price. This particularly bodes badly for the marginalized families.
But this is a problem not limited to the Philippines, it affect the all of Asia. Without enough food to feed its people, rice importing nations could experience severe instability. Lacking food, people will become angry and may become violent. I guess time will tell what happens.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I have a natural paranoia of the crowd mentality. In fact, whenever the crowd is for something, I feel like I should back away from it. In fact, I start to get frightened of things if the crowd becomes very much for something. I don’t really know why it is the case. It’s not because I don’t agree with something as much as the thought that whenever a crowd flocks to an issue it is because they are being led that way by the media or the politicians.
I am sorry, I do not think the media is looking out for our best interests all the time. I do not think politicians are looking out for our best interest all the time. I look at the actions of the crowd flocking to an issue, I look at the media or politician messages and then I begin to distance myself and look at the other side. I guess that means I end up going against the grain in politics and everything else.