Les Etas-Unis

Well I am quite frustrated today. There is some bullshit about how Obama is the "anti-Christ", insensitive, blah, blah...but more than that, people love to throw around a lot of historical garbage that is so wrong it's silly.

You can look up the Obama/Georgetown thing if you'd like.

But here is what I have to say to people who love to say about "well our country was founded under Christian beliefs" etc.

Realize the "Our nation was founded on religion" attack isn't really as strong as you want it to be. Yes, many groups who came over here were led this way in search of religious freedom and they may have had beliefs similar to those of the basic Christian faith in this country today. But there is a big difference in the people who came here first seeking freedom of religion, and the men who eventually drew up the Constitution and the men who are considered the Founding Fathers of our nation. Many of those men were actually atheists or to some extent agnostic. The inclusion of the phrase "under God" was not an attempt to declare that this country is a Christian, God-loving nation; it just fit with the beliefs of a good portion of the people at the time.

(PS. The atheist thing was told to me by my most favorite (yeah most favorite, fight me on the grammar) history professor from last semester. And I got the biggest kick out of it.)

YEAH!! 

Oh and then I saw that someone was going on about separation of church and state and how if Obama was in a private, Catholic university, the government shouldn't have had any say.

LADY!!! ARE YOU DUMB???

1. They REQUESTED for Georgetown to cover things, to which the university agreed. There was no mention of force in the article. Although I'm sure if there had been disagreement or force, it would have caused a big stink in the news.

2. IT'S THE MO'FUCKIN GOVERMENT! They do what they want bitches!!! It doesn't matter if it's a church, mosque, daycare, hospital, house, private or public. What they say goes. Get over it or move.

I'm sorry that people don't like Obama, but he is the President. GTFO if you really can't stand him that much and really have to bitch all the fucking time. I realize that he hasn't turned the country into an economic gold mine yet, but my goodness, he was just sworn in 3 months ago; give the guy a break/chance.

I support the dude.

And I support Michelle and her sleeveless apparel. But lady, mix some high fashion in with your normal lady stuff. C'mon, you can do it.

Oh no! An election day post! What am I thinking??

I'm sitting here, avoiding the immense amount of school work that is facing me and is going to destroy me if I don't get to soon. But that can be approached after this.

I've been looking to blog on a public forum again for some time so here I am and I picked a terrible day to start because I am filled with thoughts on the election and the voting process.  I'll be brief on my thoughts on that though simply because I know the entire country is sick of hearing about it but I need to get my two cents out there.

Avoiding bias, my questions to the nation regarding Barack Obama are:

1. If we are truly a country that is to separate church and state, why are we spreading absurd rumors about his faith, that in a lot of cases, are based purely on his name?

2. How many of you that are registered Democrats who voted for McCain can honestly say that Obama's race had nothing to do with your decision?

I have heard so many negative things regarding Obama's faith and race that should never play a role in his campaign and I cannot understand why these things are swaying public opinion so much.

My questions regarding John McCain are:

1. As a country so against a woman in office when Hilary Clinton was running on the Democratic ballot, why are people so enamored with Sarah Palin?

2.  Ignoring for a moment his history and experience, why does his level of respect go up every time he releases a negative ad?

I will never understand negative ads because in my opinion, they are childish and they avoid promotion of your stance.

In an attempt to be brief and avoid bias, I failed. However, I got some things out there.

Onto some more interesting topics in my life that I figure no one cares about, but what the heck!

In 31 days I will be roaming the city of New York, taking pictures like crazy (if I get a camera),

and enjoying time away from my hectic life here in Louisville.

Tomorrow, my eldest nephew will be 9, marking 9 years since my Nana stormed into my 5th grade basketball practice asking, rather loudly, "I'm looking for an Aunt Lauren!!"

Needless to say, that child has been a big part of my life and he means a lot to me. I hate that he is growing up so quickly and that he isn't going to be my little one much longer. 

And his little brothers aren't very little anymore either.

4.5 weeks left of the semester. The first semester that I've cared about. The first semester I've worked my butt off for.

The first semester I'm proud of. This feels good.

I may be getting a car soon. I think we're going to the dealership tomorrow to see about how to get my name on the title as a co-owner or something and we're working out something.

I'm quite excited. Having a car means learning to drive, getting my license and not bumming rides anymore.

I really want to start using my Pentax. Its sitting on a shelf that faces me and it literally stares at me every day.

Anyone who wants to go have a photo shoot, let me know. I only do black and white unless you're seriously opposed and I'm still learning a lot but I'd appreciate the practice.

I really want to get back into using it though. I spent a lot on the camera and I'm not terrible with it.

I think this is enough for one blog.

I may post something else as results come in tonight.

Until next time.

LoloRenee