primaries

Could the Democratic Primaries finally end? I guess it was always going to happen, but I just never really believed it.

gas tax

Don't support the gas tax cut proposed by Clinton and McCain. If you're only moderately intelligent, then you will understand the following article.

Clinton Gas-Tax Proposal Criticized

I'm growing increasingly tired of the election crap going on. I can't get excited about anyone really, so I have no idea who I'm going to vote for in November. Someone give me a good reason to vote for any of these candidates.

Does anyone know anything about any of the third party candidates? I could cast a vote for a third party just to support the principle--an effort to overthrow the two party system (don't get me started). 

I saw Expelled by Ben Stein the other day in theaters and enjoyed it immensely. You should probably go see it if you too are skeptical of the Darwinian hegemony which exists in the scientific and educational communities.

More random blurbs: new Coldplay and Death Cab singles are out so take a listen. I'm not really excited about the Coldplay one, but I don't want to judge too fast. Death Cab can do no wrong in my eyes. I have a really big problem being critical of anything they put out. Coldplay's is called "Violet Hill" and Death Cab's is called "I Will Possess Your Heart."

NC State's classes are about to end, so I'm going to have to buckle down and actually do something. I've applied for a job at the University's library and hopefully will be working there for the summer. I'll be in Raleigh all summer, so come and visit. As a city, it is superior to Greensboro in almost every way (except for the boring middle-aged people category).

Tell me what you're studying, learning, and reading currently. I'm studying Thessalonians in my regular study time. Also, I am learning and reading about Persian history trying to understand how the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel fit into the larger picture of world history. I think too often we treat Old Testament stories as fairy tales or myths when they are actually small pieces of the history of civilization. I have an enormous tome called From Cyrus to Alexander by Pierre Briant on my desk.

Also, I'm reading Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis which is a retelling of the story of Cupid and Psyche. I should be done with that by the weekend and will be available for comment and discussion. I'll try to make it a goal to write a short review of it on here, but don't count on it.

Please finish well and call me when you are in North Carolina and we'll hang out. 

john stewart and brian williams

super tuesday

I hope by the time you are reading my blog you will have checked the news to find out the results of yesterday's voting. Nothing solved on the Democratic side, and McCain pulls ahead for the Republicans. I'm still trying to decide if I really like John McCain. I think he handles himself poorly in the televised debates, and I been generally unimpressed by his attitudes and actions. If he and Hillary Clinton end up running against each other, they're going to try to scratch each others' eyes out in the debates. Two women running for president of this country would be terrible. Oh wait... sorry, Mr. McCain. What I don't like is that McCain has a temper. I don't think this is a desirable trait for the President of the United States. Are we just going to bomb countries because he gets all steamed up? I thought it was bad when President Bush pointed his finger at anyone he wanted to and called them the Axis of Evil. McCain won't be that friendly. Just look at the way he's treated other Senators who have disagreed with him. I guess all I can hope is that McCain learns to control his himself if he is chosen to be the face of our country.

I have a journal full of thoughts which I want to share with whoever is reading. I have a presentation on Emma tomorrow in class and a paper about literature in the American South due on Friday then I'm heading out of town for a few days. Nevertheless, I hope to be able to write new things soon.

Enjoy life.

a cool poster

I am not a Barack Obama supporter (although in politically homogeneous America, I don't really see a whole lot of difference between him and most of the other candidates), but the following poster is worth note just because it looks cool. It's good to see clever design going into something as usually devoid of design as a campaign poster.

The fact that the most exciting thing to me about the presidential race is a well designed poster says a lot about my attitude toward American politics of the moment. Issues are not discussed, the candidates are all the same except for their appearance. What we have is a black moderate, a female moderate, a southern baptist moderate, a rich Mormon moderate, and a war-hero Arizonian moderate. This isn't to say that I am not going to vote or anything; I'm just a bit disillusioned at the moment with all of it. Being in England, I hear only what is "big news" about the candidates. It's never policy issues. The big news is that Hillary lashed out against Obama and McCain hates Romney. Who cares how much these candidates like each other? What are their policies? It is almost impossible to find out.