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a day in the life of an american revolutionary youth…

should hilary run? obama? mccain?

all of these seem like very reasonable, educated choices. however, i find them all to be second to the one woman who could take, recuperate, and permenantly change the white house, our political system, and our culture.

oprah for president in 2008

although she has already claimed that she will not run, i am touched by the movement that is quickly gaining ground. check out one of the websites here:

Oprah for President - 2008
Michael Moore’s Draft Petition

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a day in the life of an american revolutionary youth…

For decades, millions of men and women in the region had been trapped in oppression and hopelessness. And these conditions left a generation disillusioned and made this region a breeding ground for extremism.

Imagine what it’s like to be a young person living in a country that is not moving toward reform. You’re 21 years old, and while your peers in other parts of the world are casting their ballots for the first time, you are powerless to change the course of your government.

While your peers in other parts of the world have received educations that prepare them for the opportunities of a global economy, you have been fed propaganda and conspiracy theories that blame others for your country’s shortcomings.

And everywhere you turn, you hear extremists who tell you that you can escape your misery and regain your dignity through violence and terror and martyrdom.

–President Bush Speaks to UN General Assembly [TRANSCRIPT]

The irony of Bush’s speeches amazes me every time. At some point, Bush will attack the “enemy” for behavior that can be found on his own soil. Millions of Americans have been “trapped in oppression and hopelessness” for decades; less than half of indivduals 18-25 turn out to vote; instead of properly improving our education system, we blame outsourcing and immigration for taking American jobs; and the last time I checked, the slogan for the American military switched from “Be All You Can Be” to “An Army of One.”

i’m currently watching the newshour with jim leher and they are running a feature on president mahmoud ahmadinejad of iran and his latest comments against the nation of israel and a video that features the president drinking tea in a traditional manner with some fundamentalist leaders after giving a speech on his reformist political status.

so let me get this straight…

there is a religious fundamentalist taking over the presidency of iran… mmm… sounds familiar.

he also laid indirect accusations against the united states to the effect, “how dare you restrict us with accusations of biochemical weapons when you have the largest stockpile? when you have used them before?”

this ought to be interesting, although i’m not certain if many will draw the connection. however, one of the lines from the newshour feature stated this…

“just like fundamentalists christians… fundamentals muslims believe that the mahdi will come in the form of an apocalypse.”

i’m watching wolf blitzer discussing 9/11 intelligence reform. there are two women featured, susan rice from brookings institution and danielle pletka from the american enterprise institute. pletka was on cnn way too often during the election spitting republican spin. i had already decided i hate her. but i’m sitting here listening to her now discuss non-election topics, and i don’t mind. admittedly i still disagree with a lot of what she has to say, but at least now she’s not being a cold, bitter angry bitchy republican… we don’t need more than one ann coulter.

although i believe that cnn has not drastically improved its format, although i may now be more willing to watch crossfire, there might be sensible, civilized disucssion. course, maybe they’ll just find something else to bitch and bicker about.

so i was watching local news today (i didn’t feel like getting off the bike) and they showed footage from someone who lit themselves on fire outside the white house this afternoon, around 2 in the afternoon. i haven’t heard anything about it on CNN, i saw the footage, i saw the burned body on the ground with emergency workers all around it, but i haven’t heard a lick on CNN…

they keep showing the footage from the questionable execution of iraqisby american troops…

so… self immolation? i thought maybe it was an american making a statement, similar to the fellow who committed suicide at ground zero. but according to the CNN blurb, he was yelling in arabic ‘god is great’.

i don’t know. i’m just amazed, and if you haven’t heard, its worth knowing.