Obama the AntiChrist??

Well, well, well...imagine my surprise today when finding this article about how some are believing that Obama is the AntiChrist! I think that because of the condition the world is in today people are honestly just going crazy...I mean, the article says that someone who won the lottery in Illionois (Obamas state) had the numbers 666---the sign of the Beast. This information was attained by Tod Strandberg, editor and founder of RaptureReady.com an online sight about caluclations and predictions about the end of the world.

Some peoples beliefs just cause them to be in fear and I do think the media fuels the fire on this at times, especially with all those "red alerts" we used to have regarding terrorism. Personally, I believe that was all to help Bush's ratings and his plans for invading these countries. Surprising no one called him the AntiChrist (to my knowledge anyways...)

Bright Side for our Environment?

With the failing economy our depleted environment and growing problems with global warming, theres a lot to be thinking about, and stressed about. Luckily, it seems we've finally elected someone who actually cares about these things! Obama seemingly has an innovative and refreshing plan for helping our economy and the earth--more sustainable energy, cutting carbon emissions, cutting U.S. oil consumption...and the list goes on! Let's hope that these issues take some precedence over others, since it'll not only be benefiting the future of our planet, but stimulating our economy as well!!

Life after Bush

Me being a bit(okay, maybe more) of an environmentalist, I had to post this.

I think it stands on it's own.

The First Dog

As Lauren posted in her blog, it seems the media is at a loss for what to cover next. I think this cartoon is kind of funny, although I notice in this cartoon as well as others that I've seen that the media is already playing upon Obamas ears! I guess they don't have anything else to work with yet...

More race...

More race issues are popping up...this time around the world! NPR explores how Obama election has sparked many prejudice comments and newspaper headlines around the world: namely Europe (Poland, Italy, Germany). One of the problems is that many of these countries have never dealt with race as the U.S. has over the years:
Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, says, "The big difference here is that the United States has been thinking about and dealing with race since we were founded. These countries in Europe are relative newcomers to the conversation about race. They are much less familiar with confronting their own bigotry."

Oppps, forgot to include this one in my last post. This is the second article in The Nation that questions Obama's pending choice for secretary of state--there is talk he may pick Robert Gates, who worked in Carters adminstration and has some history provoking Russia:

Improved relations with Russia are critical to the change toward a more peaceful world that Obama has promised, but it is disquieting in the extreme that some of his closest advisers are inveterate hawks with a history of needlessly provoking tension with the Russians during the cold war days. Key among them is Zbigniew Brzezinski, who, as President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, engineered the US involvement on the side of Islamic fanatics in Afghanistan.

It was decades later that the truth came out that the Soviets invaded only after being deliberately provoked by US hawks. One of them was Robert Gates, who worked for Brzezinski in the Carter administration and who is currently the secretary of defense; President-elect Obama is now reported to be considering retaining Gates in that position. A 1996 press release promoting Gates's memoir promised the revelation of "Carter's never-before-revealed covert support to Afghan mujahedeen--six months before the Soviets invaded."

Red Flag Warning from The Nation!

Two articles appeared on The Nation's homepage today regarding some potentially bad choices Obama may make in picking positions for his cabinet. The Summers Conundrum discusses the possibility that Obama might pick Lawrence Summers, one of the people involved in the financial crisis as well as a whole slew of economic disasters in other countries he advised in the past. This would seem absurd that he would even be considered to hold position of treasury secretary! The Nation even goes so far as to say Palin seems less scary compared to this choice:

The bailout, as currently implemented, threatens to devastate America's economy much as Russia's and Lithuania's were devastated before. The idea that this is exactly the right time and place to put Larry Summers in charge of our economy's future is so frightening that it makes the Sarah Palin vice presidential choice seem almost quaint by comparison. Let's hope the rumors are wrong.