Just a follow up to my last post. Yes, I realize that McCain will likely become the republican nominee. But that doesn’t mean you can’t vote for Ron Paul anyway! Even if Ron Paul drops out of the race (which he hasn’t, by the way) you can still vote Ron Paul. He doesn’t even have to be on the ballot!!!!
Okay, that’s all.
It’s primary season, and in 2009 (barring a national emergency that would extend Bush’s term indefinitely) we will have a new president.
Will your vote make a difference? Well, if our government is as corrupt as it seems to be, the answer is probably “no.” But, on the off chance that your vote CAN make a difference, I’d like to urge you to register, vote in the primaries, and vote in the presidential election this fall.
There are only two. (At least, only two that I know about.)
They are:
and
What about Hillary and Obama you ask? Neither one of them has truly committed to ending the war.* They both voted for legislation that has prolonged the war. They are both too busy promoting themselves to use their positions in the Senate to actually DO SOMETHING. Hillary is corrupt. Obama is corruptible.
So please, register, vote in the primaries, vote in the general election. Vote to make a non-war candidate a nominee. Vote for a peaceful president.
*Just some info to support some of what I am saying. On September 26, 2007, during the NH debate, Tim Russert asked Obama, “Will you pledge that by January 2013, the end of your first term, more than five years from now, there’ll be no US troops in Iraq?” (Keep in mind that the end of his first term could essentially be the end of his presidency, so this question could be, will the troops be out while you’re president?)
Obama’s answer (basically, “no”): “I think it’s hard to project 4 years from now…we don’t know what contingency will be out there. What I can promise is that if there are still troops out there when I take office…then I will drastically reduce our presence there…and make sure we’re carrying out counter-terrorism activities there.”
Hillary was asked a similar question: “…Democrats all across the country believed in 2006 when the democrats were elected to the majority in the House and Senate, that that was a signal to end the war, and the war would end. You have said that you will not pledge to have all troops out by the end of your first term, 2013, why not?”
Hillary’s answer: “…It is very difficult to know what we’re going to be inheriting. Now we do not know, walking into the White House in January 2009, what we’re going to find, what is the state of planning for withdrawal? That’s why last spring I began pressing the Pentagon to be very clear about whether or not they were planning to bring our troops out, and what I found was that they weren’t doing the kind of planning that was necessary and we’ve been pushing them very hard to do so….”
Sounds reasonable I guess. But I am off-put by her lack of commitment.
A few minutes later, Clinton clarifies a previous statement by saying that when she ends the war there may be “a continuing counter-terrorism mission, which… will be aimed at Al Qaeda in Iraq, and may require combat…” Hmm… sounds like a continuation of the war to me…
13 Episode Series
Story: B
Animation: A
English Dub: A
Feel-good factor: B
Re-watchability: C
Trent-rating: B-
Mezzo follows the adventures of the Danger Service Agency as they take on all manner of dangerous assignments, from suspicious deliveries to assasinations. The DSA is comprised of Kurokawa, a former police detective with an annoying penchant for noodles; Mikura, a majorly cute teenage gun-toter who fears nothing and eats a lot of Pocky; and Harada, who tinkers with machines and has potentially deadly hair.
Mezzo is a healthy blend of action, comedy, and drama. The story is interesting, the characters have some depth, the action is fun, and the animation is good. Overall I would rate Mezzo a B-. A renter — I don’t think I’d watch it twice.
