Normally the articles I write deal with sports, photography, or sports memorabilia preservation. Now, given that the Beijing Olympics are in progress, the general assumption is that I have an unlimited number of topics to discuss. Needless to say this article is about a different topic occurring in the news. This topic actually affects my life and the lives of the people that I hold dear in my heart. The problem is that over a week ago Russian troops invaded The Republic of Georgia.
The common consensus amongst tax payers is that there are too dang many civil servants and to make matters worse, everyone agrees they are outrageously overpaid. They have a “don’t care” attitude and there is no consistently in their delivery of quality services.
There is a huge history of hate crimes against gays. Due to their sexual orientation, thousands of people become victims. There are hate crime laws in existence, but the perpetrators of these crimes simply do not care. These people often view what they are doing as a good or correct thing. They do not see it as hurting another person.
As more voters focus on the United States presidential election, the media continues to highlight the importance of race in this election. The political boxing match has already begun. The two candidates now face off in a racial controversy. Senator John McClain accused his Democratic opponent of playing the race card. Media commentators started the process of breaking down each and every word. With a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya, Barak Obama makes voters uneasy with his racial background.
In a Rasmussen telephone poll taken recently, voters were asked whether America's best days were ahead or behind it. In the poll's findings, 32 per cent of those polled thought that the nation's best days were yet to come. However, more than 50 per cent of Americans thought that the country's best days were already in the past.
We live in a cynical age where the values of truth, honesty and integrity seem to be cruelly lacking, especially among politicians. Here is an example of impeccable political integrity out of Africa. It is not Nelson Mandela, but Mr. Mandela would certainly be proud to have his name mentioned in the same breath with this sterling example.
This U.S. Congress has the lowest approval rating on record; nevertheless, both guys who won their parties nomination were members of this disgraceful assembly. The United States is a country so starved for an ounce integrity and vision that its citizens have stampeded like a frighten herd of cattle in a hail storm to the words of a junior senator who at best has done the minimum of what should be expected of one in that position.