Last Presidential Debate

The last debate took place yesterday and was very heated. Obama was making a lot of personal attacks towards Romney. I think Obama won this one because he has strong statement about what he was going to do and solid evidence and statistics to back them up. Romney did however make sure Obama was stating true facts about him and called him out when he was wrong. The polls have showed that there is a dead heat between the two and only the final polls on election day will tell us exactly who our new president will be. i think it would be better to have a new president in office with new ideas because although our economy is getting better, it's not to the point it should be.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/politics/campaign-stretch-run/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

legalization of marijuana

why not? that's the real question. it's being used for medicinal purposes, it is better for your body than alcohol so whats the problem? if alcohol is legal then marijuana should be too. it has many benefits and more and more people are using it medicinally. it is extremely difficult to overdose so it won't be causing more deaths and there will be more room in prisons when all the people for possession leave. just as Robertson said in the article, its crazy that people who had a small amount are lead to doing bigger crimes because they end up in jail so they can't get back on their feet. i think it would eliminate a lot of problems if people were more open minded about it and actually look at the facts of what it does. it will probably be legalized sooner or later so why not now.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/08/pat-robertson-speaks-out-for-marijuana-legalization/?iref=allsearch

Vice Presidential Debate

Both vice presidents answered their questions thoughtfully although Ryan had it tough. Since Romney is on the fence about some issues, Ryan was not able to give a clear answer which kind of hurt him. Biden thoroughly answered the questions. the topic of religion and abortion especially stood out to me because Ryan said that what he believed was right so Pro-Life would be made into a law. Biden is catholic as well but said it didn't matter since everyone has different views and they should be able to choose. he can't decide for them, that's just not fair. i completely agree with Biden because a whole new set of issues come up with Ryan's choice. How do you determine if someone was raped? they could just say they were to have to abortion and there is really no way to prove it occurred if didn't occur. i think Biden won although it was pretty close.

 http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/politics/debate-five-things-learned

Muslims torch Buddhist shrines

Why? What is the point in burning their place of worship? They are still going to believe in what they believe in so why waste the time? Buddhists are very calm and easy going people. there is no need to go and burn things down or chant mean sayings. Buddhists mind their own business and don't bother other religions. i think its ridiculous because all religions want peace and say that their "god" wants peace yet they all start trouble. all religions have been in some sort of conflict with others over which one is correct and why the other one is false. Just respect their decisions and live your own life. thats all i'm asking.

 http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/30/world/asia/bangladesh-muslim-buddhist-violence/index.html?npt=NP1

upcoming presidential debate

The first presidential debate is coming up fast. Several surveys taken indicate a tight race between Obama and Romney. I am not into politics that much so I can't say who I'd choose but i think both of them have good and bad qualities. Obama has already done a lot of great things and has tried to fix Bush's mistakes but we are still in a deep hole. I'm not sure if Romney would completely get us out especially since he has changed his views on some issues which makes me kind of wonder if he will keep his word in the future. Obama is very confident and tries his best even though the Senate is full of Republicans. Hopefully one of them will be able to get the economy back on track.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/01/battle-for-presidency-remains-close-in-new-cnn-poll/?hpt=hp_t1