So much confusion when picking a leader.

The day we vote for our next President is right around the corner and at this point I'm still not sure if I even want to vote and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that feels like this. I'm registered and everything but I'm lacking the motivation to get up and vote. The way we vote does seem like an easy process but from past events it may not be the most reliable way to vote. I think we really need a new way of voting that can benefit everybody.

One factor that is causing me to hesitate to vote is that I live in a state that is pretty much set on voting for McCain as our new President. I want to vote for Obama but its not going to make any difference when we have an electoral college that allows each state to vote as a whole, their is no popular vote in America. There has been many times in our nation when the candidate with the less votes amongst the U.S. Citizens ends up being our new President. I just cant seem to understand how that is fair for our candidates but most importantly all of us citizens who just want to be heard and by voting for the candidate we think that can help our nation out the most.

A change needs to take place in the way we choose our leader and the sooner the better. I for one choose to be like other countries that pick their president by the popular vote. Yes that may not always work for instance George Bush won the popular vote from the last election against John Kerry and we all know what came about from that. I just feel that every body's vote should count and if we happen to choose the wrong President again let that be on our shoulders after all we did vote him in.

U.S, Troops future in Iraq.

The article I choose was basically about the U.S troops future in Iraq and what exactly will happen to our troops if they commit a crime over there. This dispute has been going on for awhile now but it finally came to terms this week after a proposal agreement was sent to both U.S and Iraqi Governments. So what should happen if this follows through is the U.S. Troops should be out or Iraq by 2011 and U.S. Troops would be tried if any high crimes occur off base.

I for one was a U.S. citizen that wished their never was a war but I'm glad at least that our troops mite be back home in 2011. Even though I wish they would could come back sooner but I guess will all have to deal with this and hopefully the U.S. isn't lying to us just to shut us up as well. This article may have been written just to do that, maybe the authors wanted us, the American citizens to believe that their was hope for change and that maybe our loved ones would come back home but frankly I don't believe it. Theirs lots of evidence that shows that this proposal may work out but we've been lied to so much that I need to see it before I believe it.
As of the U.S. Troops being tried over there well that's a whole different story. If there wasn't a war going on this wouldn't have never came about but If our Troops do commit an illegal crime over there well they should be tried then and they also deserve whatever charges they get against them. They shouldn't get a free pass since their in another country, everybody knows what the differences are between whats wrong and right.

So I have to disagree with this article because it's not 2011 and as of right now our Troops are still over there. But I do agree with our troops being tried over there for illegal crimes they commit, their job is to keep peace amongst our countries and to be safe while they serve for our country. After all im pretty sure that what our country hopes to be known for.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6052522&page=1

Why some Women hate Sarah Palin

I have to be completely honest with you guys, the article I choose seems to be really sexist towards women but the irony of it is that It was written by a woman. I thought It would be more educating for the fact that I can learn a little bit more about Sarah Palin but I thought wrong. The article itself didn't give us facts or views from other woman it only had views from one. This article may have been more appealing and believable if polls were taken from actual women in our country and were asked: Why do you hate Sarah Palin? Belinda Luscombe the writer of this article is just bashing Palin on how pretty, cocky, and how she mite just embarrass the U.S if she was Vice President of our Country. She even had the audacity to say one of the most childish things Ive heard in a National Article before and that was: "At school or in school the pretty girls only seemed to be liked by other pretty girls". First off I'm guessing she wasn't a pretty girl in school, and who cares if she is attractive, more power to her I say. Just because she is attractive isn't going to change the way she makes decisions. The confidence part in my eyes is a plus unless she lets it get to her head. Wouldn't you guys want someone who is confident with their decisions instead of someone who hesitates over it, what if the decision they were making had dyer consequences, I hope the person who was sure what they wanted made the decision. Finally the only way she could really embarrass us if she was caught at some club and she had a total paparazzi moment. But besides that the wrong decisions she mite make for our country want embarrass us it would just really tick us off ha ha. So what I would say to Belinda the writer of this article is that don't judge a book buy its cover let them explain and give you there views on how they would help out our country but most of all yourself.

https://acconline.austincc.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_2833_1%26url%3d