After writing a bit about Sarah Stalin... I mean Palin earlier today, I started watching all these youtube clips of her speeches, interviews and of a lot of people commenting on her (and I don't only mean SNL's Tina Fey). I think one of Bill Maher's guests put it the best when she said that "she is basically Bush in drag". It makes me wonder... maybe she IS Bush in drag!? You know how some people (me included) think that Michael and LaToya Jackson are really the same person! They look alike, and are never anywhere at the same time. What if this is Bush's way of getting another round? Think about it... he didn't show up at the republican convention!!!??? Why not? Because he was in drag as "Sarah".
But jokes aside...I still blame Bush for all of this. I am sorry... he opened the doors for complete idiots to even be considered into the White House. Obviously - having him for President for the past eight years, you can pick just about anybody off the street to do a better job than him. He lowered the barre so much that people now look at the next moron, going... "oh well... she'll do for VP". But the sad truth is that McPain really won't make it for very long, and then we are stuck with a drag queen from... Texas, I guess.
I feel it coming...; remember how I wrote about having lost sleep over the last election!? Damn. I guess I should order a couple of bottles of Ambien before things heat up. This is not good... at all.
When Hillary was still in the running, I loved the idea of a female President. I thought it would be great for the country - and for the way the country is being looked at from the outside - to have the female sensibility after what Bush has done to the image of America. And now we have this Alaskan who claims that "the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom is lipstick". And that's a good thing??? Is a pit bull what this country needs right now? Her experience with foreign policy is "living just across the water from Russia"!??!??!!? (See... I don't even even know if I should finish this sentence with a question mark or an exclamation point!) WOW.
Anyway; I think Palmer should run for President, with Paris Hilton as his VP.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Mme Palin...
For being a foreigner who is not able to vote, I do feel quite involved (emotionally) in American politics. I remember four years ago I actually almost lost it when "W" was re-elected... I couldn't step away from the TV, wrote e-mails to Michael Moore, lost sleep and appetite over the whole drama and was altogether a mess.
Seeing that things - no matter what - can only look up from here, I am not quite as crazy about this years election, but I still wonder about certain things that come out of these peoples' mouths.
For one, there is - of course - the gay issue that personally affects and interests me. Sadly though, I have yet to hear something that actually has substance from either party. They all seem to talk around the topic in a way that you can really not pin point what their real thoughts, plans and goals are. It is kind of smart (not good... but smart), because that way they obviously won't have to stick to anything... since they really didn't say anything.
I loved how Palin talked about having "Friends... DEAR friends from all different walks of life", which makes her open and accepting, I guess. Honestly though... just from looking at her I just don't see her hanging out with an African American girlfriend for Sunday brunch; and I certainly don't see her inviting the gay couple from next door. It's just so easy to talk about tolerance and equality when you know that's what people want to hear.
The other thing that fascinates me is how they talk about saving energy, using alternative sources and saving our planet. She actually said that "we have to step forward, and make sure other countries follow our lead."
Emmm... have you been to "other countries"?
I imagine she is talking about countries like Uzbekistan, because every "developed" country in the world is further ahead with all this than the US.
First off, let me say this: I know I shouldn't talk badly about this country, being a foreigner who talks about how much he loves America. But hey... I also love Manolo, but that doesn't mean he never pisses me off.
That being said;
One of our recent classes covered "construction materials and environmental impacts". One of the teachers was a wonderful woman who researches and works with green materials. She is an architect and has traveled all over the world to find out about the latest things on the market... but also to look at what is really not so new but rather marketed as "new". And funny enough, she pointed out how many countries have been working with "green" materials and energy sources for a long time - in fact for hundreds of years, and that all this is really only "new" over here.
I can certainly speak from my own experience in Europe, where (for example) half the houses in my little village have solar cells on their roofs - supported by the government to the point where the home owners don't have to put out a single Euro.
Many areas in Europe are covered with those huge wind- machines.
Houses that are hundreds of years old are insulated better than many new houses around here.
I am saying all this because I do wonder who is following whose lead here? I just don't like hearing lies. I know this is a great country and a great nation... but certain things could be better, and I think it is important to look at other places with an open eye and an open mind, and to admit that we might not be "the best" at everything we do. Because if we don't, there is really no rush to GET better.
And it starts with the small stuff.
In Germany, you don't get plastic bags at the grocery store. People bring canvas bags or baskets to the store... and the few people who come unprepared pay 20 cents for each plastic bag they need.
I see a very different mentality though, and I think it has a lot to do with all these things. People in the States are a lot quicker with throwing things out, changing things around, moving into a bigger or smaller home according to needs, desires or comfort. I think there is something very freeing and great about this mentality, although on the other hand I sometimes think it keeps us from really appreciating and caring for what we own.
I have to go back to my family.
15 years ago they bought a piece of property and built their home. And from the first brick to the last coat of paint there was no question that this house was built to remain in our family for as long as our family exists. I walk into this house today... 15 years later, and there is not a scratch on the wood floor, not a dirty spot on the wall, not a chipped base board to be seen. They used materials that will outlast us all, put their time, sweat and money into it, and take care of it - knowing that it will be their shelter for the rest of their lives.
I think it is this kind of thinking that has a huge impact on the environment - and also on the quality of work and materials. People will not use cheap stuff that breaks after a couple of years and has to be replaced, because they want it to last for as long as they live in their home - which is probably forever. That alone is "green".
So... Mrs Palin. Go to Uzbekistan or the Republic of Chad and tell them to follow "your lead", because those two are pretty much the only countries who are in fact behind in the topics you brought up.
Seeing that things - no matter what - can only look up from here, I am not quite as crazy about this years election, but I still wonder about certain things that come out of these peoples' mouths.
For one, there is - of course - the gay issue that personally affects and interests me. Sadly though, I have yet to hear something that actually has substance from either party. They all seem to talk around the topic in a way that you can really not pin point what their real thoughts, plans and goals are. It is kind of smart (not good... but smart), because that way they obviously won't have to stick to anything... since they really didn't say anything.
I loved how Palin talked about having "Friends... DEAR friends from all different walks of life", which makes her open and accepting, I guess. Honestly though... just from looking at her I just don't see her hanging out with an African American girlfriend for Sunday brunch; and I certainly don't see her inviting the gay couple from next door. It's just so easy to talk about tolerance and equality when you know that's what people want to hear.
The other thing that fascinates me is how they talk about saving energy, using alternative sources and saving our planet. She actually said that "we have to step forward, and make sure other countries follow our lead."
Emmm... have you been to "other countries"?
I imagine she is talking about countries like Uzbekistan, because every "developed" country in the world is further ahead with all this than the US.
First off, let me say this: I know I shouldn't talk badly about this country, being a foreigner who talks about how much he loves America. But hey... I also love Manolo, but that doesn't mean he never pisses me off.
That being said;
One of our recent classes covered "construction materials and environmental impacts". One of the teachers was a wonderful woman who researches and works with green materials. She is an architect and has traveled all over the world to find out about the latest things on the market... but also to look at what is really not so new but rather marketed as "new". And funny enough, she pointed out how many countries have been working with "green" materials and energy sources for a long time - in fact for hundreds of years, and that all this is really only "new" over here.
I can certainly speak from my own experience in Europe, where (for example) half the houses in my little village have solar cells on their roofs - supported by the government to the point where the home owners don't have to put out a single Euro.
Many areas in Europe are covered with those huge wind- machines.
Houses that are hundreds of years old are insulated better than many new houses around here.
I am saying all this because I do wonder who is following whose lead here? I just don't like hearing lies. I know this is a great country and a great nation... but certain things could be better, and I think it is important to look at other places with an open eye and an open mind, and to admit that we might not be "the best" at everything we do. Because if we don't, there is really no rush to GET better.
And it starts with the small stuff.
In Germany, you don't get plastic bags at the grocery store. People bring canvas bags or baskets to the store... and the few people who come unprepared pay 20 cents for each plastic bag they need.
I see a very different mentality though, and I think it has a lot to do with all these things. People in the States are a lot quicker with throwing things out, changing things around, moving into a bigger or smaller home according to needs, desires or comfort. I think there is something very freeing and great about this mentality, although on the other hand I sometimes think it keeps us from really appreciating and caring for what we own.
I have to go back to my family.
15 years ago they bought a piece of property and built their home. And from the first brick to the last coat of paint there was no question that this house was built to remain in our family for as long as our family exists. I walk into this house today... 15 years later, and there is not a scratch on the wood floor, not a dirty spot on the wall, not a chipped base board to be seen. They used materials that will outlast us all, put their time, sweat and money into it, and take care of it - knowing that it will be their shelter for the rest of their lives.
I think it is this kind of thinking that has a huge impact on the environment - and also on the quality of work and materials. People will not use cheap stuff that breaks after a couple of years and has to be replaced, because they want it to last for as long as they live in their home - which is probably forever. That alone is "green".
So... Mrs Palin. Go to Uzbekistan or the Republic of Chad and tell them to follow "your lead", because those two are pretty much the only countries who are in fact behind in the topics you brought up.
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