Iran

For people who aren't very aware of what's going on in Iran and how this plays out in the presidential election, here is a little background information.

Iran is our enemy. They have nuclear weapons. Obama wants to talk to Iran while McCain does not, about getting rid of their nuclear weapons. McCain has criticized Obama about his wanting to talk to Iran, to which Obama says that this is diplomacy. We can't just talk to our friends, we have to talk to our enemies to prevent attacks. This can be seen in this video:


George Bush has also given his worthwhile two cents by comparing Obama to Chamberlain trying to appease Hitler before he invaded Poland. He gave this speech in Jerusalem, where there are plenty of Jewish people. MSNBC's analysts gave their criticisms in this video:

Oil execs defend huge profits

Since regular people are scrimping to pay for gasoline to go to work, Sen. Patrick Leahy wanted to make it personal for the men of Big Oil.

How much money did you make last year? the Vermont Democrat asked the top executives of the country’s five biggest oil companies. They had been summoned to a Senate hearing to explain the extraordinarily high cost of oil and gasoline and their companies’ profits.

Three executives said their compensation was in the millions.

No Place for Women in War

Arguments against women in the military include the idea that women can't fight as well as men, which is described in page 2 of the article. But with a gun in hand, when do any of our soldiers have to fight hand to hand. Anyone can pull a trigger, including well trained monkeys. Soldiers are soldiers and if women want to risk their lives to protect the country, who is to stop them?

Politically speaking, conservatives are probably going to side with McCain while Liberals will side with the democratic nominee, although neither Hillary nor Obama have taken a stance on this issue. Women's rights activists will undoubtedly protest McCain's views, but there are women who agree with the stance that women should not fight in the military. Therefore, I'm going to predict that this issue will not be as important in the general election as the other issues, such as the economy and the occupation in Iraq.

Inconvenient Truth

Gore's highly recognized and praised documentary has turned him from former presidential candidate to Hollywood star. This very respected documentary could turn into a joke. There are talks of transforming an Inconvenient Truth into an opera. Would you watch this?

Check this out

Moore Endorses Obama

Michael Moore was in Larry King Live endorsing his support for Barack Obama. Larry King asked Michael Moore why now? Moore said that he endorsed Hillary when she was running for Senator and that he and his wife even gave money to her campaign, but now things are different. Moore, first, said he wasn’t endorsing anyone but now he says “Obama is a decent individual…and I like how he has responded to certain issues...” Moore says he has become disappointed in Hillary when she voted for the Iraq war and she kept voting the war. Moore said that he sees any Democratic nominee—regardless if it’s Obama and Hillary—will most likely win the Presidential election in November because the American people want change.

Check out this article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/01/moore.q.a/index.html?iref=newssearch

War, Peace and Oil

I have read of it in various publications, had the merits of it explained to me by many distinguished speakers, have been induced to believe that it is of common acceptance, and for the better part of my early life on earth I actually believed that the essence was doable:

That doable was that peace was indeed a realistic goal; that this nation's policy, in scope and function, both domestic and international should be to establish peace. I thought that peace was universally desirous and was a shared commonality for all of humankind. But, with the passing of years, as with all things child-like, I put such beliefs aside and dealt with the world as it is rather than as I wish it was.

Ann Coulter

Some people call her a Nazi. And others believe her to be somewhat of a demon in a human's body. She came to UCI to give a speech about how liberals know nothing. She talks about how if the liberals had control of the Iraq war they would have killed many more civilians because they wanted it in the first place but now they want it to be done now. She also made fun of Barouk Hussein Obama and her "plucky little" Hillary. But in the end she did not really endorse the Republican candidate of John McCain.