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I feel the need to complain about the primaries. My complaint is something that has bothered me for a very long time. I just don’t understand why the primaries cannot be conducted the same way the actual Presidential race is done. It bothers me that the states hold their primaries separately for the most part (except for “super Tuesday”).
As it stands now, my choices on the Republican side are between Romney and McCain. I don’t really want to vote for either of them, but now I have no others to choose from. The man I wanted to vote for was Fred Thompson. I do not consider myself to be a Republican. I consider myself to be a strict conservative Federalist. I seek someone who follows the same principles that Reagan did. Unfortunately, there has not been one person who met that standard, but Fred Thompson was the closest and I believe is the most honest as well.
I believe that government in general needs to stay out of the lives of the people as much as possible.I think the national government is way too big and is constantly overstepping the restrictions that are in the constitution. I also believe that the three branches are not as equal as they were meant to be and that is a problem.
All that is a bit off topic though. My complaint is that I am not able to vote for the person I really wanted to vote for in the primaries because of the ridiculous way in which the primaries are held. Why can’t it be done like the actual Presidential race? That way, no other states are influenced by the earlier result of the states before them and there is no “domino” effect (well, except for the problem of the media declaring a winner way too soon and the time zones being a factor as well). At least I would be able to vote for the one person I think would be the best choice for the party I support.
I can’t stand McCain so I am sure to vote for Romney now, but it really bothers me that these are my only real options. I don’t like Huckabee at all either and don’t trust him, so neither he nor McCain will get my vote in the primaries. Unfortunately, even if McCain is the Republican representative to go against the winner of the Democrat primaries, I will be forced to vote for him. I believe that no matter who represents the Republican party, they will be head and shoulders above Hilary or Obama.
Season seven began last night and tonight. There are about four or five that I was pretty impressed with so far, but time will tell. I am amazed every year at the great numbers of people who are dillusional when it comes to their belief that they actually are good singers. But there are singers (I use that term liberally) out there making millions who really have little to no quality voice. If not for great producing and packaging, these people would be on the street.
I deeply enjoy watching American Idol. I am not exavtly sure why, but I do. There are problems with the show. I think it is wrong to force all the contestants to sing certain styles of pop/rock. Not everyone can really do a hard rock style or disco, or soul, or R & B, or the Blues, or Jazz, etc… This makes the contest kind of unfair in my opinion. If someone is really only comfortable with one or two styles like country and pop ballads, they should be able to stick with those styles.
Also I have noticed that many times the arrangements of the songs the contestants do are really poorly done. This really affects the ability of the contestant to do his or her best and yet it is beyond their control. But that having been said, some who end up winning or make it in the top two or three seem to be the ones who are versatile enough to handle the many different styles thrown their way.
I get a real kick out of Simon, Paula, and Randy too. This is supposed to be a season offering much better talent than the past few seasons, but we will see. I look forward to seeing who ends up making it past the group singing and all to be a finalist.
I have been watching news channels and it has really amazed me what they think really is of importance. Maybe the problem is not in what they think is newsworthy, but in the fact they are on TV 24/7 and cannot possibly fill all the time with only vitally important newsworthy items. Yet, I still think they spend way too much time on things such as every little detail in the tragic life of Britney Spears and her sister Jamie Lynn. Both these young women have had an unfortunate childhood and life in general. Yes, it is clear that Britney is not meant to be a mom to anyone and I think this might be true of her sister as well. Britney is obviously the most messed up mentally at this point though, but much of her mental health and poor judgement is the result of not having good parents and too much fame and attention of the press at a young age.
The press and especially the poparazzi need to leave her and her sister alone. I am also pretty tired of all the coverage of every little thing they do in their lives. The same goes for Paris Hilton and the slew of other celebrity trainwrecks. Whoever thinks being rich and famous will make them happy needs to take a closer look at all the tragedies of Hollywood and the entertainment industry in general. I prefer to focus my attention on what I can do to make my life and the life and world of my son, better. In 100 years, no one will care about these sad young celebrities with little talent. If it were not for their physical attractiveness, most of them would not be celebrities.
Welcome to my new blog site. I decided to open a blog site with WordPress because a friend of mine did and I liked what I saw in her blog site. It might take me a little time to get used to all the features here and utilize the ones that I like, but I am excited about this new location. I hope that my blogsite will get more attention.
I look forward to writing here and will do my bext to write every day or almost every day. In the past, I have mostly posted Bible lessons, but I have decided to keep my Bible lessons at my multiply site and focus on general posts here. But if I have a Bible lesson that I really want to share with as many people as possible, I might post it here as well. Thanks for stopping by and I hope to get to know other bloggers here as well.
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