Hello there!
Long time no talk, I suppose. Nothing much to write about, honestly. But yesterday was quite different. It may honestly have been my favorite law school class to date.
The class is “Criminal Investigation”, i.e. “Things You Need To Do When Trying To Arrest Someone.” It covers when warrants are needs, when you can perform search and seizures, etfc. Yesterday we were covering when cops are allowed to search cars, and which parts they may look in. Here’s a basic rundown: When a cop stops you, if he has probable cause, he may search the passenger compartment of your car, and any closed containers therein. They may not search the trunk.
We then reviewed a case where this concept was used, the facts are as follows: Cops saw a SUV full of black people behind them on the road. The cops turn right at the corner, and slowly drive down the street. The SUV stays at the stop sign for an “abnormally long” amount of time. The cops decide to pull a U-turn, and, seeing this, the SUV turns left and drives away “at a high speed.” The cops pull over the SUV, and the person in the front passenger seat “had a baggie of cocaine in his lap.” Cops searched the whole car, at the scene of the arrest, and found more drugs. All passengers were convicted and the search was deemed lawful.
At this point, the prof goes, “Now look back. The drugs were sitting in the guy’s lap. Let me tell you, this is bullshit. It would never, ever happen this way. But this all comes in before a grand jury, you can’t refute it, because you’ve got a cop saying this and your witness is a person with drugs on him running from the cops. He’s screwed. What do people think of this? How much does this happen?”
At this point, I knew I was in for a good time. You see, I go to school in Liberaltown, USA. Government and police, be damned! I closed the webgame I was playing, sat back, and prepared to enjoy myself.
One girl raises her hand, and you have to realize this chick is very liberal: “I think this happens all the time. It’s happened to me several times. Once I was pulled over because a cop said my license plate light was out. He told me to get out of my car so he could search it, because he smelled marijuana. I definitely had none on me, and told him he certainly did not smell any. He made me get out, leaned me over the car, cuffed me –
Prof: “Took you into an alley, pulled your pants down.”
Girl: “Um, and put me in the back of the car, and his partner, a woman, told me ‘You may as well let it happen, we’re going to do it regardless.’ While I was in the back of their car, I could see that my license plate light wasn’t out. They tore apart my car, crumpled important papers for work and everything. I couldn’t believe it. And I’m just some white girl.”
… just some white girl? Amazing.
Prof: “And I know I joke about the pants thing, but it happens. I worked in DC and it’s worst there, I think. I had boys come in and tell me these things, and they weren’t complaining, because they expect that kind of abuse, they were just telling the facts.”
A little later, another girl raises her hand and says, “But we still maintain some sort of power, I mean if we report these things, they can get in trouble. It’s what I would do.”
Liberal girl: “But there places where people can’t do that. They won’t get listened to.”
2nd Girl: “You can’t tell me there are entire populations of people who can’t go and report inappropriate behavior from police officers.”
She got laughed at.
Through the whole discussion, the prof was making racial jokes the whole time. He wasn’t being racist, mind you, but was an equal-opportunist when it came to the jokes. At one point he told a couple stories about minority lawyers getting pulled over and charged, and tearing apart the officers and departments that harassed them. Then he goes “I think minority lawyers should carry some sort of sticker on their cars. That way police can be all ‘Look! A black person! Oh shit! He’s a lawyer, back off!”
All in all, a good class.
~ Nick
Set sail from sense, bring all her young.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
M$
Recently, my Xbox 360 broke. Microsoft would require that I pay $150 for the repair, which wasn't guaranteed to work, or I could attempt to fix it myself. Turns out, I fixed the problem, only to cause another, likely un-fixable problem in the process. Needless to say, I was quite upset, and felt slightly screwed by M$.
You see, the error in my box was not at all uncommon. It had something to do with an over-heating of the ANA/HANA chip. Now, I'm sure most of you have heard of the "Red Ring of Death", an error which Microsoft will fix for free. The three-ring error that many people get is a miscellaneous error that is not diagnosable. It is caused by a bad heat-sink in the 360, as well as flexing of the motherboard. The error that I got, however, was easily recognizable by the 360's software, and because of that I only got a 1-ring error - which Microsoft does not warranty and will not fix for free.
My problem with this is that the two errors are caused by the exact same thing - namely the poor engineering of the 360, and the errors in the case and the heat sink. I decided to try to fix the error myself, and in the meantime bought a replacement 360. My thought process was this: If I succeed, my brother would buy the new xbox, and I would be none the worse off. If I failed, I'd have my replacement xbox, and gain a controller and a game. If I sent it to M$, however, they might fail, in which case I'm out $150, left with no xbox, and just lose money.
To fix the xbox, I stripped it down to all it's component parts, sanded down parts of the internal metal case (to reduce to flexing), and modified the clamps for the heat sink to get it to displace the heat better. I also had to heat-gun the motherboard in order to reset the solder near the chip that was malfunctioning.
When I finally turned it all on, turns out I fixed the xbox - there were no more graphics errors. But in the process, I somehow made it so that the controllers won't connect.
I read up on this error, and it turns out that this is a common problem even when Microsoft fixes the boxes. So, those people are missing an xbox for 6 weeks, then have to send it away for 6 more, spending like $300 in the process.
It's possible that I could still fix this problem, but unlikely. Perhaps I'll update this post when I find out for sure.
Needless to say, all this was very frustrating. M$ put out a crappy product that was not designed well, and it cost me $200. Honestly, I'm still frustrated about this, but the other day, I realized something: There's a reason that I immediately bought a replacement box.
It's a great product.
Especially since the new dashboard update, the 360 has become an amazing console. I watch all my TV through it, streaming from my computers. With TVersity, I can watch Hulu, Youtube, and others through the 360 on my TV. I stream my music, through it when I want to chill. With the netflix support, I've discovered new shows, and watched new movies I'd never had an interest in that turned out to be really good.
Then, the other day, I was a little bummed that I since I don't get cable, I couldn't watch the Inaguration. I got home that night, and the first screen that pops up on my 360 is an announcement that I could watch the Inaguration streaming through my 360 for free.
The Xbox live service costs me $50 a year, but moments like that are what you get. It really is a great service, and I hope that Microsoft continues to provide good online support and expanding their features.
Now if only they could get their hardware right...
~ Nick
technology has won and it cannot be undone
You see, the error in my box was not at all uncommon. It had something to do with an over-heating of the ANA/HANA chip. Now, I'm sure most of you have heard of the "Red Ring of Death", an error which Microsoft will fix for free. The three-ring error that many people get is a miscellaneous error that is not diagnosable. It is caused by a bad heat-sink in the 360, as well as flexing of the motherboard. The error that I got, however, was easily recognizable by the 360's software, and because of that I only got a 1-ring error - which Microsoft does not warranty and will not fix for free.
My problem with this is that the two errors are caused by the exact same thing - namely the poor engineering of the 360, and the errors in the case and the heat sink. I decided to try to fix the error myself, and in the meantime bought a replacement 360. My thought process was this: If I succeed, my brother would buy the new xbox, and I would be none the worse off. If I failed, I'd have my replacement xbox, and gain a controller and a game. If I sent it to M$, however, they might fail, in which case I'm out $150, left with no xbox, and just lose money.
To fix the xbox, I stripped it down to all it's component parts, sanded down parts of the internal metal case (to reduce to flexing), and modified the clamps for the heat sink to get it to displace the heat better. I also had to heat-gun the motherboard in order to reset the solder near the chip that was malfunctioning.
When I finally turned it all on, turns out I fixed the xbox - there were no more graphics errors. But in the process, I somehow made it so that the controllers won't connect.
I read up on this error, and it turns out that this is a common problem even when Microsoft fixes the boxes. So, those people are missing an xbox for 6 weeks, then have to send it away for 6 more, spending like $300 in the process.
It's possible that I could still fix this problem, but unlikely. Perhaps I'll update this post when I find out for sure.
Needless to say, all this was very frustrating. M$ put out a crappy product that was not designed well, and it cost me $200. Honestly, I'm still frustrated about this, but the other day, I realized something: There's a reason that I immediately bought a replacement box.
It's a great product.
Especially since the new dashboard update, the 360 has become an amazing console. I watch all my TV through it, streaming from my computers. With TVersity, I can watch Hulu, Youtube, and others through the 360 on my TV. I stream my music, through it when I want to chill. With the netflix support, I've discovered new shows, and watched new movies I'd never had an interest in that turned out to be really good.
Then, the other day, I was a little bummed that I since I don't get cable, I couldn't watch the Inaguration. I got home that night, and the first screen that pops up on my 360 is an announcement that I could watch the Inaguration streaming through my 360 for free.
The Xbox live service costs me $50 a year, but moments like that are what you get. It really is a great service, and I hope that Microsoft continues to provide good online support and expanding their features.
Now if only they could get their hardware right...
~ Nick
technology has won and it cannot be undone
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Just Stay Awake
Almost a month since my last blog post? Yuck.
I just haven't felt anything worthy of writing about lately, to be perfectly honest.
My classes this term are fail, and it's depressing me. The problem is that the classes I AM interested in have crappy teachers, and the classes with engaging teachers are subjects I don't really care about.
My IP classes are copyrights, trademarks, and IP Licensing. My copyrights prof is this old guy that drones on in monotone, and it's depressing, and my copyrights prof is this new kid who teaches solely from the book, so it's boring as hell and not at all helpful. To make matters worse, the classes both run from 4:30 to 7:30 at night.
My trademarks class os okay, but like my copyrights class, I feel like I know most of it already. I took an IP Survey class last term, which is like trademarks, copyrights, and patent "lite". In both trademarks and copyrights this week I've skipped half the reading because I've already read the cases.
Criminal investigation seems like it could be cool, but so far we're just going over what qualifies as a legal or illegal search. The prof is engaging at least, but the only reason I really care about this class is that the subject is on the Bar exam. Well, that and it makes me understand some things in "The Wire" a little better.
Finally, we have "Legal Profession" (read: ethics for lawyers and judges). Another boring subject, but an important one since most every state requires you pass an ethics test before you can even take the Bar exam. The professor is actually really funny, too, and supplements his teachings with on-point clips from "The Simpsons" which breaks the time up.
- - - - -
I just took another sip of my coffee. Yes, coffee. Four days ago, I'd have told you I hate coffee. Like, really despised the stuff. But these three hour night classes are killing me. For my Monday class, I brought a 12 oz. latte to class, in order to stay awake. Tonight, I'm on my second cup, this one being a 16 oz.
On Monday, I despised the drink even as I drank it. Tonight, though, I find myself anywhere from nuetral to welcoming the taste. I don't know how that switchover happened so fast, but I suspect it has a little to do with my need for caffine, and my lack of caring where it comes from.
I think the only other time I think my taste buds have shifted so rapidly is with scotch. Mmmm, scotch.
The reason I'm so tired is that I'm actually working out again, and dieting as well. I'm hoping to really stick with it this time, because James is doing it with me. We talked last night, and I determined that to stick with it, I either need a prize, or a sponsor.
In the past, I'd had wrestling to incentivize myself, then most recently my father giving me a car for graduation if I lost a certain amount of weight. Other than that, I've never been able to stick with a plan.
Now, though, James hounds me to workout, we have set days we go together, and we eat good foods.
Shit, I think that I'm only 30 minutes into the 3-hour class, and I just ran out of coffee. Plus, I haven't heard a damn word the prof has said.
~ Nick
they laze in dawn-light fire
I just haven't felt anything worthy of writing about lately, to be perfectly honest.
My classes this term are fail, and it's depressing me. The problem is that the classes I AM interested in have crappy teachers, and the classes with engaging teachers are subjects I don't really care about.
My IP classes are copyrights, trademarks, and IP Licensing. My copyrights prof is this old guy that drones on in monotone, and it's depressing, and my copyrights prof is this new kid who teaches solely from the book, so it's boring as hell and not at all helpful. To make matters worse, the classes both run from 4:30 to 7:30 at night.
My trademarks class os okay, but like my copyrights class, I feel like I know most of it already. I took an IP Survey class last term, which is like trademarks, copyrights, and patent "lite". In both trademarks and copyrights this week I've skipped half the reading because I've already read the cases.
Criminal investigation seems like it could be cool, but so far we're just going over what qualifies as a legal or illegal search. The prof is engaging at least, but the only reason I really care about this class is that the subject is on the Bar exam. Well, that and it makes me understand some things in "The Wire" a little better.
Finally, we have "Legal Profession" (read: ethics for lawyers and judges). Another boring subject, but an important one since most every state requires you pass an ethics test before you can even take the Bar exam. The professor is actually really funny, too, and supplements his teachings with on-point clips from "The Simpsons" which breaks the time up.
- - - - -
I just took another sip of my coffee. Yes, coffee. Four days ago, I'd have told you I hate coffee. Like, really despised the stuff. But these three hour night classes are killing me. For my Monday class, I brought a 12 oz. latte to class, in order to stay awake. Tonight, I'm on my second cup, this one being a 16 oz.
On Monday, I despised the drink even as I drank it. Tonight, though, I find myself anywhere from nuetral to welcoming the taste. I don't know how that switchover happened so fast, but I suspect it has a little to do with my need for caffine, and my lack of caring where it comes from.
I think the only other time I think my taste buds have shifted so rapidly is with scotch. Mmmm, scotch.
The reason I'm so tired is that I'm actually working out again, and dieting as well. I'm hoping to really stick with it this time, because James is doing it with me. We talked last night, and I determined that to stick with it, I either need a prize, or a sponsor.
In the past, I'd had wrestling to incentivize myself, then most recently my father giving me a car for graduation if I lost a certain amount of weight. Other than that, I've never been able to stick with a plan.
Now, though, James hounds me to workout, we have set days we go together, and we eat good foods.
Shit, I think that I'm only 30 minutes into the 3-hour class, and I just ran out of coffee. Plus, I haven't heard a damn word the prof has said.
~ Nick
they laze in dawn-light fire
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Global warming is kicking our ass, obviously.
This past week has been white.
Today, though, there's been a constant dumping all day. There's like 4 inches of snow, maybe 5, and every time I scoop some snow off a car or something there's a new quarter inch on it within 10 minutes.
We've had snowball fights, made snow forts, gone for walks, and played with the dog. It's been a ton of fun. I have to say, I really do love snow, and this is the most we've gotten in a long while.
I've hung out with my brother a lot more than I normally get to, and it's been awesome. The only thing that could make it better is if Erin could make it over here.
~ Nick
Walkin' in a winter wonderland
Today, though, there's been a constant dumping all day. There's like 4 inches of snow, maybe 5, and every time I scoop some snow off a car or something there's a new quarter inch on it within 10 minutes.
We've had snowball fights, made snow forts, gone for walks, and played with the dog. It's been a ton of fun. I have to say, I really do love snow, and this is the most we've gotten in a long while.
I've hung out with my brother a lot more than I normally get to, and it's been awesome. The only thing that could make it better is if Erin could make it over here.
~ Nick
Walkin' in a winter wonderland
Thursday, December 4, 2008
I haven't forgotten!
I promise. I've just been distracted by finals.
There's something about finals in law school that makes me completely apathetic about anything else. I honestly could care less about politics, the economy, etfc right now. I don't want to write anything else, reflect on life, or anything like that.
I'll tell you what's weird, though. Every finals week, at the peak of my studying, I get some spark of inspiration to write something fictional. Last winter, it was an idea for a trilogy of novels, and idea I really still like and would love to write some day. Last night, I got the inspiration for a short story. I'm going to take a break from studying and jot some stuff down now, maybe even write a bit.
~ Nick
His words entrance & madmen kiss the ground
There's something about finals in law school that makes me completely apathetic about anything else. I honestly could care less about politics, the economy, etfc right now. I don't want to write anything else, reflect on life, or anything like that.
I'll tell you what's weird, though. Every finals week, at the peak of my studying, I get some spark of inspiration to write something fictional. Last winter, it was an idea for a trilogy of novels, and idea I really still like and would love to write some day. Last night, I got the inspiration for a short story. I'm going to take a break from studying and jot some stuff down now, maybe even write a bit.
~ Nick
His words entrance & madmen kiss the ground
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Poker, Crazies, and Thanks
This blog post comes to you in three parts!
Part I (Poker):
It's been quite a long time since I played a serious game of poker, and this past week I played in two tournaments. I have to say, I am an extremely lucky player.
In the first tournament, I won two hands out of sheer luck, the first when my 9s in the hole beat out aces in the hole thanks to a lucky river card. A similar second hand gained me second place in the tournament.
Last night, however, I was my father's son. My father is the biggest bully I've ever encountered at the poker table, and I'm not ashamed to say that I bullied my way through the first two hours of play. The thing is, almost every hand I had the nuts. At one point, one of the girls at the table accused me of bullying and called my bluff. Only, I wasn't bluffing.
I ended up getting 10th in the tourney, out of 56 players, I believe. Not a bad showing, in my humble opinion.
The thing is, all this poker has made me miss Vegas. I want another trip there. Roulette, poker, blackjack, I want to play it all. I want to be there with Erin and my closest friends. The last trip I took there was awesome. I think that the next one could be truly amazing.
Part Two (Parties):
So last night I went to a party full of med students.
Holy. Crap.
One person in particular made the night for everyone. I'm not sure what this guy was on (he claims he was not high), but he was in rare form. All this guy wanted to do was dance... I'm just not exactly sure what dance school this guy went to. It was like some horrible mix of line dancing, disco, raving, and anything else you can think of.
What's more, he wasn't interested in dancing with anyone else. At one point, some girl displaying what I believe to be poor judgment decided to dance with him. At almost no point did he dance with the girl. He was more interested in doing his fucked up line dancing stuff. KAmi and I were trying to decide if he was gay, high, or just stupid.
Part Three (Old classmates):
I saw one of he kids from my high school graduating class today. He was pumping my gas. I could tell he recognized me, but was embarrassed because he immediately disappeared around the back of the building.
It makes me wonder how many of the kids I went to school with ended up going to college (and completing it). How many went to some sort of graduate school.
It also makes me feel so grateful to my parents for raising me to be intelligent and sending me to OSU, and for encouraging me through law school. For pushing me all through elementary, middle, and high school to get good grades, and for never accepting anything but my best.
I couldn't have made it as far as I have without them.
~ Nick
And it’s coming closer
Part I (Poker):
It's been quite a long time since I played a serious game of poker, and this past week I played in two tournaments. I have to say, I am an extremely lucky player.
In the first tournament, I won two hands out of sheer luck, the first when my 9s in the hole beat out aces in the hole thanks to a lucky river card. A similar second hand gained me second place in the tournament.
Last night, however, I was my father's son. My father is the biggest bully I've ever encountered at the poker table, and I'm not ashamed to say that I bullied my way through the first two hours of play. The thing is, almost every hand I had the nuts. At one point, one of the girls at the table accused me of bullying and called my bluff. Only, I wasn't bluffing.
I ended up getting 10th in the tourney, out of 56 players, I believe. Not a bad showing, in my humble opinion.
The thing is, all this poker has made me miss Vegas. I want another trip there. Roulette, poker, blackjack, I want to play it all. I want to be there with Erin and my closest friends. The last trip I took there was awesome. I think that the next one could be truly amazing.
Part Two (Parties):
So last night I went to a party full of med students.
Holy. Crap.
One person in particular made the night for everyone. I'm not sure what this guy was on (he claims he was not high), but he was in rare form. All this guy wanted to do was dance... I'm just not exactly sure what dance school this guy went to. It was like some horrible mix of line dancing, disco, raving, and anything else you can think of.
What's more, he wasn't interested in dancing with anyone else. At one point, some girl displaying what I believe to be poor judgment decided to dance with him. At almost no point did he dance with the girl. He was more interested in doing his fucked up line dancing stuff. KAmi and I were trying to decide if he was gay, high, or just stupid.
Part Three (Old classmates):
I saw one of he kids from my high school graduating class today. He was pumping my gas. I could tell he recognized me, but was embarrassed because he immediately disappeared around the back of the building.
It makes me wonder how many of the kids I went to school with ended up going to college (and completing it). How many went to some sort of graduate school.
It also makes me feel so grateful to my parents for raising me to be intelligent and sending me to OSU, and for encouraging me through law school. For pushing me all through elementary, middle, and high school to get good grades, and for never accepting anything but my best.
I couldn't have made it as far as I have without them.
~ Nick
And it’s coming closer
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Disappointment
It's finally over.
For months, the election has invaded the news such that I stopped checking it in the mornings recently. I'm am so sick of the election that I hardly cared anymore who won. I resigned myself to the fact that Obama would take the day handily, but I can't say that I'm honestly happy about.
There are so many things that happened in this election that I don't agree with I hardly know where to start. Yet start I will.
Keep in mind that through this diatribe, I'm not devastated at Obama being in office. I don't necessarily agree with his views, but if he can get America excited about politics and involved, that would be awesome. Unfortunately, I fear that 90% of Americans will go back to their holes after tonight, not giving a flying fuck about what happens to the country now that "their man" is in office. "Change" will come!
[rant]
The Media
Wow. Just... wow. Bravo. The news outlets, who for decades have been bastions of unbiased news reporting, have completely alienated me in the last 3 months. Never before have I seen such biased reporting.
I had to actively search out news sites that weren't spewing about how awesome Obama was. Any chance to slam McCain was taken, yet the media deliberately ignored questionable facets of Obama's past, going so far as to forget whole years of his life ever existed.
There is one moment that sticks out in my mind, though, as the moment I lost all faith in the media. ABC news had a top story on their main page that was an opinion piece lambasting the news world for their bias, going so far as to tell stories about how he is embarrassed to tell people he's a reporter.
Not an hour after I see the story, I check ABC news again. The op-ed is moved down several slots, and the new top story, highlighted in bold letters with an amazing picture to accompany it, was an incredible Obama-biased article. I closed my laptop in disgust.
Campaigning and Financing
Fuck. Where do I begin? Obama's expenditures on this election were outrageous. I cannot believe that no one stood up and said something while, in the middle of the largest economic crisis of our time, the man spent ludicrous amounts of money to fuel his campaign. What the hell? Seriously, does no one else see a problem with this? And where was the money coming from? More than once, he got caught for accepting money from foreigns in the Middle East, breaking the law. People cheated to give over the limited amount, again breaking the law. I do not understand how this gets overlooked.
Race and Gender
The most upsetting thing to me this election is the fact that the policies didn't count for shit this year. Qualifications didn't matter. This whole election was based on who the candidates were, not what they stood for. Tonight, every person of color that was interviewed on a news site was asked something along the lines of "How does this historic night make you feel?"
The response was always the same: "I'm just so glad to have a black man in office."
How many people voted for Barack just because he is black (sort of)? We'll never know, but I suspect that it's a much higher number than most people are willing to admit.
And McCain was forced to play against the race card in a drastic fashion, choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate. Never once has there been a worse decision. Palin alienated so many moderate voters that it very well may have been the move that cost McCain the election. She is not very intelligent, doesn't have a great record, is too conservative for most of the country, and was just a bad choice. I understand choosing a woman, he needed to fight the race card, but I think it was a bad decision that made him look a bit desperate. However, she was far, far too conservative.
Many say he was appeasing the far right, but I ask why? The far right is not going to vote democrat. Never. Did he think they'd swing to Obama out of spite? Hardly. It's frustrating.
[/rant]
There's more I could say, but my third beer beckons.
Hey, I'm mourning the fall of capitalism at the hands of affirmative action, give me a break. =P
As one of my friends said, so aptly, " Nah dude, I like never being able to ascend in society."
~ Nick
Watching in disregard, You live a nice life
For months, the election has invaded the news such that I stopped checking it in the mornings recently. I'm am so sick of the election that I hardly cared anymore who won. I resigned myself to the fact that Obama would take the day handily, but I can't say that I'm honestly happy about.
There are so many things that happened in this election that I don't agree with I hardly know where to start. Yet start I will.
Keep in mind that through this diatribe, I'm not devastated at Obama being in office. I don't necessarily agree with his views, but if he can get America excited about politics and involved, that would be awesome. Unfortunately, I fear that 90% of Americans will go back to their holes after tonight, not giving a flying fuck about what happens to the country now that "their man" is in office. "Change" will come!
[rant]
The Media
Wow. Just... wow. Bravo. The news outlets, who for decades have been bastions of unbiased news reporting, have completely alienated me in the last 3 months. Never before have I seen such biased reporting.
I had to actively search out news sites that weren't spewing about how awesome Obama was. Any chance to slam McCain was taken, yet the media deliberately ignored questionable facets of Obama's past, going so far as to forget whole years of his life ever existed.
There is one moment that sticks out in my mind, though, as the moment I lost all faith in the media. ABC news had a top story on their main page that was an opinion piece lambasting the news world for their bias, going so far as to tell stories about how he is embarrassed to tell people he's a reporter.
Not an hour after I see the story, I check ABC news again. The op-ed is moved down several slots, and the new top story, highlighted in bold letters with an amazing picture to accompany it, was an incredible Obama-biased article. I closed my laptop in disgust.
Campaigning and Financing
Fuck. Where do I begin? Obama's expenditures on this election were outrageous. I cannot believe that no one stood up and said something while, in the middle of the largest economic crisis of our time, the man spent ludicrous amounts of money to fuel his campaign. What the hell? Seriously, does no one else see a problem with this? And where was the money coming from? More than once, he got caught for accepting money from foreigns in the Middle East, breaking the law. People cheated to give over the limited amount, again breaking the law. I do not understand how this gets overlooked.
Race and Gender
The most upsetting thing to me this election is the fact that the policies didn't count for shit this year. Qualifications didn't matter. This whole election was based on who the candidates were, not what they stood for. Tonight, every person of color that was interviewed on a news site was asked something along the lines of "How does this historic night make you feel?"
The response was always the same: "I'm just so glad to have a black man in office."
How many people voted for Barack just because he is black (sort of)? We'll never know, but I suspect that it's a much higher number than most people are willing to admit.
And McCain was forced to play against the race card in a drastic fashion, choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate. Never once has there been a worse decision. Palin alienated so many moderate voters that it very well may have been the move that cost McCain the election. She is not very intelligent, doesn't have a great record, is too conservative for most of the country, and was just a bad choice. I understand choosing a woman, he needed to fight the race card, but I think it was a bad decision that made him look a bit desperate. However, she was far, far too conservative.
Many say he was appeasing the far right, but I ask why? The far right is not going to vote democrat. Never. Did he think they'd swing to Obama out of spite? Hardly. It's frustrating.
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There's more I could say, but my third beer beckons.
Hey, I'm mourning the fall of capitalism at the hands of affirmative action, give me a break. =P
As one of my friends said, so aptly, " Nah dude, I like never being able to ascend in society."
~ Nick
Watching in disregard, You live a nice life
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