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Taking Europe by storm

Noreen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:40:20 +0000

I find it absolutely amazing how Barack Obama seems to be winning over the entire world on his tour to Europe. He seems to be rapidly becoming as well loved as just about any American Politician could be! Very interesting, considering he hasn’t been elected President yet!

It’s really a shame

Noreen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:01:50 +0000

I was reading on the Time.com website that the International Olympic Committee is upholding a ban agains Iraq participating in the Olympics. I didn’t realize that there was a ban in the first place, so I was surprised and interested enough to keep reading. The story was talking about how the government was interfering too much with the country’s Olympic Committee, and how their Olympic Committee was disbanded last May. And then it was talking about how four of the Committee members, including the chief had been kidnapped two years ago and are still missing! Good Grief!

It’s really too bad, but certainly understandable!

Cuba is changing

Noreen — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:13:18 +0000

Since Raul Castro has taken over running Cuba from Fidel Castro, some pretty significant changes have been happening in Cuba; all of them good. Raul Castro lifted restrictions on Cubans owning computers and mobile phones, and signed the UN human rights accords. He has also authorized payments of productivity bonuses to workers, and he is going to try to increase farm productivity by putting more state-controlled farm land into the hands of private farmers. I think these are all changes for the better!

Amazing hostage recovery

Noreen — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:14:52 +0000

Every time I turn on the news I’m hearing about the amazing hostage recovery operation that occurred in Columbia. The details of the covert operation, infiltration of the organization that held the hostages and how the operation went down are simply amazing! I was surprised to learn that some of the hostages had been held for several years. I thought most hostages ended up being killed after a short period of time. I’ve been listening to recounts of how badly the hostages were treated while they were in captivity, with chains around their necks, and it just makes me shudder.

I am so very happy for the hostages and their families that they were rescued, and I have to say that this is ONE thing that has happened that was good during George Bush’s presidency.

Taxes

Noreen — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:16:50 +0000

I keep hearing on television today that McCain keeps saying that Obama is going to raise everyone’s taxes. I don’t understand why John McCain thinks that by going around the country telling people that Obama is going to raise everyone’s taxes that is going to make him win the race. If people take a look at what Obama is going to do, he is going to raise taxes on RICH people and lower taxes on everyone else, then people should catch onto the fact that McCain is either badly misinformed at best, or outright lying at worst.

Well, the slinging has started!

Noreen — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:41:50 +0000

I was listening to the news a few minutes ago and was hearing an interview with John McCain who was “replying” to the charge that if he were to be elected president that it would be like a 3rd term by George Bush by saying that if Obama is elected it will be like a 2nd term by Jimmy Carter.

I don’t think that is true, and I think that Jimmy Carter got a bum rap. It looks like the mud-slinging has started already! It’s gonna get ugly!

Disturbing emails

Noreen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:27:45 +0000

Every Presidential election season, my friends and family deluge me with hateful emails slamming the candidates that I am endorsing. I ask them to NOT do that, but they do it anyway. That puts a strain on our relationship, and makes me sad that they cannot respect my wishes by not slamming “my” candidate. I don’t “slam” their candidate!

It makes me want to avoid those people, which is hard to do for such a long period of time!

Pressure on Clinton to drop out of presidential race

Noreen — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:05:36 +0000

I would love to see Hillary Clinton become the president, but right now it doesn’t look like that is going to happen. There sure seems to be a lot of pressure for her to drop out of the race! If that happens, I will still vote the Democrat ticket because I generally agree with the social policies that the Democratic tickets endorse.

But, I sure do wish that Clinton would win the race! Primarily because I like her health plan better than Obama’s health plan.

Which Candidate Actually Represents Your Views?

Noreen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:56:34 +0000

I tend to ignore all the news stories about the candidates. who is bashing who and who is slinging mud at the other just does not interest me.

What I need to know is how do the candidates stand on certain key issues, like abortion rights and the problems we are facing with the invasion of illegal aliens.

Here is a site I like that gives the facts on how the candidates have voted previously on key issues and quotes from speeches they have made. Although the focus of the site is actually religion, the section on “Compare Candidates” is not slanted toward religious issues. I found it very helpful to get a better picture of who best represents my personal feelings on the issues of today and who deserves my vote.

http://www.pewforum.org/religion08/