The Results are In!!!

I haven't been keeping up on this, shame on me! A lot has happen since my last post Nation (i love Colbert)!
The contest for the Presidency of the United States has been decided!  In a pretty much sweeping victory for Democrats, Barack Obama remained the President.  He soundly defeated his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Nov 6th. The Democrats also managed to pick up two more seats in the US Senate.  While not really altering the balance of power in Washington, it will make things a bit easier for the President who has faced Republican opposition since Day 1 in the White House!

I know in my last I was thinking that the Republican Nominee was going to be Newt Gingrich, or perhaps Ron Paul (that would have been nice!)  I was wrong!  This just goes to show that Politics is an interesting and dynamic game if you have the guts to play it!

USA closes its embassy in Syria!

The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed.

The U.S. evacuated all its diplomats from the country as Syrian forces intensified a shelling assault on the restive city of Homs. The offensive began Saturday, the same day Syria's allies in Russia and China vetoed a Western- and Arab-backed resolution aimed at trying to end the brutal crackdown on dissent.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/02/06/us-closes-embassy-in-syria-pulls-out-diplomats/#ixzz1lcu5VQi3

GOP Nomination Presidental Race

It was really been awhile since I last posted and a lot has happened in the world of politics and the world as a whole for that matter!

We have been up to our necks in the GOP presidental nominee race.  The race seems to have come down to only two; suave business man and former MA governor Mitt Romney and rhetorical lion and former US Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.  The battle is of course coming down to who has the least baggage and who can defeat President Obama in Nov.  Mitt plays his role as the lower tax, deregulation Wall Street Conservative while Newt calls himself the only true 'Reagan' conservative on the ballot. 

Granted there are still two other men still running for the nomination too; PA Sen. Rick Santorum and TX Rep. Ron Paul.  Both men trail the two front runners, however Ron Paul in particular still garners very high levels of support especially among younger voters age 18-29 for his more Libertarian policies and declaration to drastically cut back over-seas military spending!

Things will only get more exciting and more intense as Nov draws closer!

Iranian Assassination Attempt Foiled!

But what does this mean for Saudi/Iranian/US relations?!  Things could start getting ugly real fast!  Perhaps not a US-Iran war, but certainly a Saudi-Iran skirmish is very likely.  These two powerhouses of the Middle East have been feuding for years now.  This weeks uncovering of a failed plot by Iranian officials to assassinate a Saudi ambassador have certainly added fuel to the fire!(pardon the oil pun)

However, we must remember to view these events as objectively as possible.  What does the DoD and our Saudi allies want more than anything?.......To get Iran our out the picture for better or worse.  Could this be a similar situation as the USS Cole?!?!  All we need is the slightest justification and we will be in Iran faster than flies on Sh*t

check out this story

http://news.yahoo.com/alleged-iran-plot-may-violated-u-n-treaty-051145742.html

Obama Speech Won't Conflict with Football!!! Really?!

In a bold and daring move President Obama has declared that his address to a joint session of Congress will no longer conflict with the NFL season opener. 

Thank God!!! I am being sarcastic btw...

Why is this relevant?! America has truly reached a new low if we value our tools of public mass distraction i.e. sports, tv etc. more than our President giving a speech attempting to rally Congress into cooperation and saving the severely troubled US economy!

It seems this is the 2nd time Obama has had to re-schedule his address.  The first time conflicted with the Republican prez can debates and the 2nd with the NFL. 

Obama; you are the President.  Stand up for yourself a bit....come on!http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/09/Obama-team-Speech-schedule-flap-irrelevant-545608/1

New 'doomsday' defense cuts. Good/Bad

Top law makers in Congress are debating whether to sharply cut defense contracts with some of the largest arms manufacturers in the world e.g. Boeing, Lockheed Martin etc. 

The result could mean hundreds if not thousands of factory workers being laid-off from these massive corporations.  That certainly is a downside, especially in troubled economic times such as these.

But on the positive side perhaps his is about time the USA cut some of its huge 700 billion dollar per year budget, a budget that dwarfs its nearest competitor by over half.  A massive military budget and an economy which needs arms manufacturing and proxy wars to use that equipment it pretty freakin evil!  Its right up there with the privatized prison system!

For more check out the link:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jOIx2CAvxdTC9IxQWAf0uvp4y6kw?docId=2b3749b9191c45a697fcdada8dbf6269

New Times, New Experiences

It has really been a long time since I last posted on this blog...not since april jeez!!!  My life in the mean time has gone through some serious and hopefully needed changes.  My awesome girlfriend and I of almost 4 years are taking a break right now.  Jordan says that she needs to figure out things for herself and apparently can't do that with me around.  It never feels good to be dumped, but I suppose I must deserve it for some reason.

This summer has been a pretty shitty one.  All of the drama with Jordan, I lost my job and then I also happen to get a DUI on July 20th, which happens to be the day Jordan 'dumped' me.  So that was pretty much my lifetime all time low!  Nowhere to go but up now I guess. 

Jordan says she still wants to be with me, but each time I speak with her she seems to be enjoying the single life more and more.  I really should try to do the same I guess.  I am just afraid of letting her go, we've been through a lot together.  I still feel a little angry about the situation.  I feel abandoned when I needed her most! Its just hard I guess because she has all of these new friends this year from school, while all of my school friends have moved on literally!  I guess she's getting just what she wanted now, she can hang out and party with her new buddies and not feel guilty anymore about never really introducing me to them or leaving me at home.

I am really trying to feel better about our unique situation, but I just really hope that she works everything out that she needs to.  I wish her the best with all of that.  As far as us being together again, I really hope for it, but as more time passes I am afraid she will move on too. 

Oh well...I just need to make things happen for myself now.  I recently got a new job at Safeway (its ok), and I have an interview with Wildberries Market on Monday.  I feel pretty confident that I'll get the job.  Now the issue is should I work two jobs and run myself into the ground or just work one?  However, I really think I'll be needing the income from two jobs to pay off all of this DUI bullshit.  What a disaster!  'Fortunately' I know quite a few people in this area who have DUIs too haha!  They should be able to tell me what I can expect on Sept 1 (court)