It is probably the place where Spring break resides. And therefore, I will be visiting next week. The best part about that trip is that I don't have to get dressed or leave my couch.
In actuality, I'm not going anywhere. No beach. No exotic location. Not even out of state. Which is alright by me. Because my parents' house has everything you need to survive: HBO on demand, near-by Blockbuster, and of course alcohol.
But that's still a week away.
Voting in Texas and Ohio tomorrow/today (depending on time zone). I can't vote in that. Though oddly enough I have lived in both places. Any . . .Who knows what will happen? Or what it will mean when it does happen? I don't think Hillary will leave the race till she is kicked out. And Obama should only pull out if Hillary kicks his ass (which I'm pretty sure we all agree cannot happen at this point). So, they should just combine campaigns. Make one Super Candidate that all those Super Delegates can vote for. Then Clinton could get out of those super bitch suits and into spandex tights (though I don't know which is better).
But that leads me to ask: who is the super villain? I think the answer might be ourselves. Wait, no, more accurately, the current administration (which, btw, is indirectly ourselves, since we voted him in). With Fidel Castro gone, Saddam cold and buried, and Al-Qaeda practically a fairy tale. . . There seems to be no one evil entity. There are countries that concern us: Iraq (again us), Iran, Pakistan, North Korea, Venezuela. Then, of course, there is always poverty, famine, AIDS, global warming, and natural disasters to worry about. But these are all really vague issues looming off in the horizon. Ones that have been hanging around for years. But then so had the others before a president chose to pick on one.
So, who will the next administration choose to unite a nation against? Whoever they pick will suddenly materialize. Become an immediate threat. Then I would have no problem remembering the names of presidents/dictators or the numerous sins they've commit. My roommate insists that it will be Iran. That by the time Bush's presidency is over, he will have already taken some stupid course of action. I think that he doesn't really want to be named the worst president of all time, so he might do the smartest thing of his presidency and NOT attack someone.
But my hope (even if it is audacious) is that whoever becomes president will not make big bad boogeyman super villains out of our "enemies" or rivals or whatever they are. My hope is that the next president will be truly diplomatic with all nations, troubled, poor, friendly or not. That there will be open lines of communication and real sensible aid or negotiations. I hope that he or she will rebuild the respect of our nation in other places, because America has a great ideal it could live up to and that should be respected, and build a respect within our own nation for other cultures and ways living. I think even showing real respect, not polite political lip service, would go a long way to repairing international relations. That and a muffin basket.
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That is not what I said! I don't think he will attack them, just that people are worried might! :P
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