Voting

Today, for the first time I voted. Elections were held in the state of Louisiana and I voted in those elections. It felt good to participate in the demorcratic process. I have wanted to vote every since I was eleven years old. A long time coming. I often talk about the elected officials of this country in a critical manner. I do that, because I love this great nation of ours, and I only want the best for it. I felt I was doing my duty as a citizen, and it really made me happy. If you have any thing to say about the elected official, the policies they install, or the way they are running the counrty in general, please vote.

Truth editing

The current administration will do anything to keep power. I read somewhere that a new report is being held from the public. Rep. Jane Harman has asked for its release. She claims that it show a horrible image of the Iraq war. The report will not be released until January. Which is conveniently after mid-term elections. It is obvious to me that the Bush Administration uses 9/11, Terrorism, and The Iraq war to win elections. They have played that card out. People continue to fall for it. The officials claim that the report was first drafted in august and needs more revisions until it is ready for release. I think that they are only using that as an excuse to wait till after Mid-term elections. They know that if they release it now it may show the American people that the Iraq war was a terrible mistake, and that the mistake is not only costing Americans, but also being mismanaged. America need to wake up and see that it is being played by the Bush administration. Americans have been duped into believing that if they go against the current establishment then they are un-American. That can't be farther from the truth. Speak out, that is what the colonist did when the British mistreated them. We have the Bill of rights. Each American citizen has the right to speak up and say "hey this isn't right" and demand some change. I want to know what that report says. Maybe when the truth is revealed we may get to see some changes come November 2008. Maybe not, perhaps the people will contiue to be trick in to voting a certain way by threats and fear mongering.

Disappointment

One of my closest freind and I were talking one day about the state of music especially rap music. Rap music whether you like it or not was at one point a respectable genre of music, it had substance to it. Rap music was about something, but now it seems what ever song you listen to is about the samething. Then there are the songs that aren't even about something they are just beats, and a hook to go along with a dance. Maybe I am wrong, but I expect more out of my music. I also expect more from the listeners of music. They should want to be treated like they have some sort of intelligence. In the era of "gansta" Rap the rappers were supposedly gansters, but they each had their own experiences to tell they varied some. Tupac didn't rap like snoop, and Jay-z didn't rap like Ice cube. Now when you listen to rap it really all about hoes, getting money, selling rocks, how much money you have now, and club life. There is no difference if you listen to five current rap songs chances are that at the least 4 out of 5 of those songs will contain one to all of those topics. Rap has let me down. It was supposed to be the way black people expressed our hardships, culture, and let the other peoples know how original, thoughtful, and poetic we really can be. There are still good rappers out there if you want to know how rap really is supposed to be listen to Kanye West, Common, The Roots, Talib Kwali, Lupae Fiasco, and Tupac. These people, varied in style, are showing you there lives, and how they see it. Real artist. The majority of mainstream rap has gone commercial, and just really disappointed me.

College

Yestereday I started college. This is something millions have done before me, and millions will do after me. Not all people finish college. I hope I won't be one of those. I believe in education, I beleive that those who are educated can be a positve influence on the world. I also believe that the more people who are educated in the world the better off the world is as a whole. Humanity can be great, greater than what it is if we put more emphasis on educating the world. I am doing my part to help not only myself, but the world. It is difficult at times. No one is here to help me I do it all on my own. In the end I think it is worth it on a grand scale.