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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Hillary, Hillary, Hillary

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110317/ap_on_re_us/us_clinton2nd_term

I must say I have not always been the biggest Hillary fan.  No one however can deny her brain and her tremendous success.  She has turned the perception of what women can do upside down.  She has arguably been the closest woman to sitting in the oval office ever in history.  And here she announces in 2012 she is done.  She even says she will not be defense secretary or consider the vice presidency.  Here, me, a not Hillary fan thinks Madam Secretary why not?  Run the army?  That would be awesome.  There has never been a woman lead the armed forces of the United States.  Then again, she is tired she survived eight years as a first lady, eight as a senator from New York and is now the top diplomat in the the U.S.  She is tired.  So, Hillary, you will probably never read this, but I am sad.  You could do it.  You could be president (I probably would not vote for you), but you could be.  This guy is sad you are not going to at least try.  The author did a great job simply reporting the facts with no opinion thrown in.

I will miss you Mrs. Clinton.  I cannot believe I just said that.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Did He Win?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/ap_on_re_us/us_wisconsin_budget_unions

They wouln't show up and vote and now the govenor of Wisconsin claims victory because the collective barganing agreement has gone through. This is interesting. Because the Democrats are now sending the issue to court. It is funny how stories can take one angle and completly miss the bigger picture. I still stand on my opinion though. Wisconsin senators, DO YOUR JOB.

New Travels So Fast

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_earthquake

I wanted to use this story as an example of how fast news travels these days. It is utterly amazing that something that happened in the wee hours of the morning thousands of miles away is at our finger tips. The internet is truly the future of mass media. If people want our generation to be more informed on what is going on, feed us by giving us more RELEVANT information like this.