I heard on the radio today that John McCain was given a clean bill of health from his doctors. Shocking, huh? Did anyone really think they were going to say this guy has less than 4 years to live? And looking at McCain, I have to ask, “What the fuck is that huge growth on the left side of his face?” He always seems to be turned a little to his left, in an effort to hide it, but I have to wonder if that growth is another melanoma, of which he has had many of. Whether it is the result of steroids or scar tissue, which I read in my brief research, it seems to me that it is growing. That cannot be a good thing for a presidential candidate, but maybe fighting off cancer will be the story he needs to appeal to the masses even more.
I’ll go ahead and say that I hope Barack Obama wins. Not that McCain would make a bad president, but he seems overly angry at times. But Barack is black, wants to talk to Iran and Lybia, and went to Wright’s masses. That invokes so much small-minded criticism that I think some of it might come my way for admitting that I want a smart president who speaks well in the White House and is willing to buck the trend in order to bring calmness to the middle east, if possible. He might be inexperienced, but that doesn’t mean he will make bad decisions. If anything, he will be more reluctant to invade a country like Iraq, which is Fucked 10 times worse than it was before we went in. Sure, Sadam isn’t beheading people for speaking out against him, but who wants to go for a drive anywhere near Baghdad? Boom, buh-bye.
That said, the most pressing issues in my world are education and the economy. My 4.5% mortgage is almost paid off, so interest rates do not affect my spending. But watching Illinois funded schools have to pass referendums, which my district failed to do, just to keep art & music classes, let alone not be in the red, while Blagojevich spends money on his pals makes me sick. Illinois is now dead last among the 50 United States in per capita funding for education. My prediction: a new governor will be elected in the next election. But what can be done to help the economy? How about investing in technology like battery operated automobiles? Hybrids are one thing, but there has to be a better way and corn-based fuel is not the solution. Rechargeable battery-powered automobiles would go a long way towards ending our need for Middle Eastern oil. Would it help our economy? Who knows, but it would mean that the government is investing it’s money here in researching the possibilities. Seriously, let’s start investing more in infrastructure than defense spending for a decade and see where it takes us.
Alright, that should be plenty to chew on for a while.
