13 posts tagged “politics” (page 2)
One of the shows hit hardest by the writers' strike is The Daily Show and The Colbert Report - fake news, needs fresh writing daily. I was happy to stumble upon this article today (yeah, I'm productive at work, I know) that mentioned a new webpage that has archived daily show clips -- don't think I'm going to get any more productive before the end of the day now!
Today, I read an article in the NY Times about the CNN/YouTube debate and decided it would be something worth watching. Adam was surprised in my interest, since I can only stomach about 10 min of Meet the Press, and excited that we would watch together.... We sat down to over dinner.... its only halfway through and I couldn't continue watching... I have such a short tolerance for politics... nobody gives a direct answer, well, that's not true - the no-name candidates were much more straightforward, but they had to comment each time that they weren't getting asked as many questions as the others. And for some reason, they are showing everyone's political ads throughout the debate. What the heck!!!!
We've been impressed with some of the questions that people have submitted. Others, naturally, are obvious and lame.... I think my favorite came from a reverend that questioned why politicians cite religious reasons for not supporting gay marriages.... the country has overcome slavery and other items that were written in the bible, why lean on religion on this topic (I'm not doing the question justice - I'll try and hunt down the YouTube link). I think Anderson Cooper did a really good job of keeping people on topic.... Hillary, Obama, and Edwards each had questions that I thought they handled extremely well..... Looking forward to reading a synopsis of the debate in tomorrow's NYTimes. I can't stomach the second half of the debate - even as an alternative to studying!!!!
Time to hit the books - tomorrow is my first lecture/session.
Update: Jon Stewart was extremely on point tonight summerizing the debate. I went on YouTube and found the link to the question and answer about religion/'gay marriage asked by that reverend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOdBYy2phMs
Why is it still acceptable to use religion to deny gay Americans their full and equal rights?
Those that read my blog know that I only rarely use my blog to comment about things going on in the world (does that make me a narcicist?) and even less frequently comment on politics. I like to be up-to-date on current events, but don't derive much joy in debating political topics..... every now and then a topic comes up that I feel like I need to comment on......
This article in the NYTimes today (U.S. Rebuffs Germany on Greenhouse Gas Cuts), got me pretty worked up, so I thought I would comment. The article talks about the United States unwillingness to cut greenhouse gas emission's by as much as the European members of G8 (and now Japan) propose. The US had also been unwilling to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which this legislation would essential replace, because China and India aren't a part of it.... Hello! the US is an Industrial Nation -- we should be held up to a higher standard than these developing nations! I found this statistic in the article especially interesting and a compelling reason for us to get on board. "The United States, with less than 5 percent of the world’s population, produces between a fifth and a quarter of the world’s emissions, according to government data." - Mind boggling. How can this not be a priority for us???
Update: The comment I received in response to this post is EXACTLY why I don't enjoy engaging in discussion on topics like this. If you are going to disagree with me, which is totally fine, then write something that conveys your opinion instead of just criticizing my view.
Please explain to me why working towards energy-efficiency is a bad thing? Aren't we, as a country, trying to become less dependent on foreign oil supplies? Wouldn't this help support that effort?
