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So we have perhaps started a dialogue, which is what I am hoping for...(thank you Caitlynne)....feel free to join in. To start I want to address the commentary......When I speak of west coast ideals, I am speaking of my circle of friends here, and when I speak of east coast hearts, I mean my family--not the political trends/history......just to clarify. I identify with those radical roots of NE. They are embedded in my DNA......my personal history. And I am not so naive as to think Obama is the answer, he is not "the one" that is going to fight the matrix. But at this moment, I feel he is the one least enmeshed in what is the corporate run political monster that this process has become......lesser of many evils shall we say? Although I have been saying this for many elections now.

For a long time I was disgruntled enough with the political system here that I didn't want to participate. Decided I was going to vote with my feet--in the street. But, barring a revolution, political change is sllloooowwww in the United States, according to design. In order for us to effect change, we all need to participate. Like it or not, whether or not we vote in the political system, we all participate in the clothes we wear, the shoes we wear, the television we watch, the cars we drive, the food we eat, the electricity we use. I myself try to participate as little as possible in the madness. But I think it is safe to say we all have blood on our hands. I do.

No, I don't think Obama is free of political favors. But I don't think he is as tangled in puppet strings as Clinton or McCain. And I'm not a big believer in borders, so of course I don't support the idea of more military there. I think to address the "immigrant" issue, we need to at least address the effects of NAFTA, labor issues, living wages, etc.

As saddened as I am that I have decided that I have to choose between two, Clinton and Obama, and then between that winner and McCain, I will choose between these two, and continue to speak and create conversations in hopes that there will be a time when change will occur among the masses. But until then, I am worried. I am extremely concerned after being reduced to a breathless, cramped up, anxiety ridden creature when I think of all of the damage that has been done not just to the US but everywhere by this current administration. So, as a registered Green Party member, and what I call a communal anarchist in ideals, I will be voting Democrat. And at this point, I am vocally supporting Obama as the better candidate, not as The One.

Some thing else I wanted to talk about? General Petraeus has been appointed head of CentCom. He has replaced Fallon, a critic of Bush's Iran policy. Although Fallon has been quoted as saying military action against Iran is not an option, and the mood in the Pentagon while he was in charge was that invading Iran would be a strategic catastrophe, he resigned stating his job was impossible to do because people did not believe he supported Bush's Iran policies.
If Fallon stood in the way of Bush going to war with Iran (and the war drums have been bellowing), now a General that will support military action in Iran is in place at the Pentagon. We cannot afford--emotionally, financially, humanly, morally--a war in Iran, the war in Iraq, and the war in Afghanistan......all of our accounts are exhausted and overdrawn. And you want to start another war?

Hmmm......McCain. When watching news coverage of McCain, I would suggest putting on your media darling glasses, because that is what he is. About a week ago I heard a clip of a group of AP reporters and McCain having a question/answer session. AP reporter spoke about torture, how it is abhorrent, how it puts our troops at greater risk, how it pulls the rug out from under any perceived moral authority blah de blah de blah. Then said reporter asked McCain what his stand on torture is. His response was that he thought torture was horrible and that rest assured he would never support any legislation or directive that would involve torturing americans.

Torturing Americans?

And as I sat in the Ford Ranger, waiting for Jeremy to get out of class while simultaneously waiting for the reporters to jump all over the red flag that was raised in my head, the reporter proceeded to let John know that she had taken the liberty of inviting all of the reporters on to his campaign bus (just like last time!) and another reporter called out that they had brought his favorite doughnuts. My eyes glazed over........

#2 america is not a true democracy and #3 the media is not fooling me.

So, how many people know about Monsanto? Because I just read this great article that I would love to share with you all. And about the torture policies of the United States under the Bush administration......