Hi friends. Been awhile. Also, sorry, but this is definitely not a cheerful happy post ( Read more... )

It's no secret that I've never exactly been proud to be an American. Lucky, sure, and when we do something right to make the world just a little bit better - like when we raise billions of dollars in a matter of hours to help victims of the many, many natural disasters that have struck around the world in recent years, or when an entire high ( Read more... )

I stopped watching the news years ago, so while I knew about the huge earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan, I hadn't actually thought much about it until a friend linked to some of the news footage in Facebook ( Read more... )

The Quran burning and the controversy surrounding the Islamic mosque in the workings near Ground Zero is all over the news. I don't even *watch* the news - I catch snip-its of it here and there when my housemates are watching, or I get information second and third hands from my friends - and I still can't get away from it. And it breaks my heart ( Read more... )

So, I have a few comments on this Obama thing. Nothing really positive or negative, just some observations and my own 2 cents worth in a world full of 2 centses that would probably add up to a few million dollars if they were, in fact, actual coins and not just opinions.

Aaaanyway, before that metaphor runs away with me further... ( cut to be kind )

Still haven't read my friends list since a few days after school started. Sorry, ya'll ( Read more... )

this is an entry that makes a good point and I think is worth viewing if you share in my fear for the future of the country. I don't know how much good it is going to do, but every journey starts with only a single step, so I guess I'll try and do my part to spread the word ( Read more... )