Election 2008

I am going to say it in the beginning, so when it happens, y'all will be able to remember that I called it.  Obama won the election.  It is a great time in America because the general public voted for an African American to be our president.  He is very charismatic and likable.  Although I did not appreciate the general media because they are completely biased and were the whole time Obama had been in the news.  I feel that Obama represents the "popular kid" at school and  McCain was the "nerd."  Everyone is attracted to the popular, cool kid and doesn't care what the other kid has to say.  My prediction for Obama's presidency is that the economy will turn around, as it always does.  It won't be anything he does, it is just how the cycle goes.  There have been multiple times where the economy has been similar, yet we have always been able to get out.  It is no ones fault but our own.  People spent money they didn't have on things they didn't need and couldn't afford.  So when the economy goes back up, people are going to contribute it to Obama, when it wasn't him at all.  And he plans on taxing corporations.  You think that is going to help the economy and the average Joe?  I don't think so.  If corporations get taxed heavier, they will send more jobs elsewhere, therefore eliminating jobs in the U.S.  And when they have to pay more for taxes, you know that extra cost will be placed on the consumer.  Also, the War in Iraq is not very popular as most people know.  But, it is getting better and has been better than before because it hasn't been on the news.  The news won't talk about it at all if it is going well.  So if the troops come home during Obama's presidency, it isn't because of his foreign policy.  It will have been because they were ready to come home.  So there is my soapbox.

How Do I Sum Up The Last Four Months?

August: To briefly continue from vacation, we made it to Provo and stayed with the Hopkinsons.  Little Kevin is not so little now.  Kevin and my little brother are best friends and took part in the Sensuous Sandwich contest.  If you can eat a 24" sub in less than 30 minutes (I think) you get your picture on the wall and a T-shirt.  Kevin has done it multiple times, this particular instance was about 5 minutes, his best being 4.  Josh ate his in 15 and neither of them looked good.  Then there was my actual graduation.  Elder Richard G. Scott spoke and it was a very good talk.  The best part was when he said that everyone has problems so no one wants to hear about yours.  It was awesome.  Another exciting thing was my graduation gift from my parents, a hammered silver bracelet from James Avery.  

The Olympics were exciting to watch.  Michael Phelps is amazing and I hope that French guy felt stupid after he said the American team would lose.  The Chinese women gymnastics team were not old enough and they were paying off judges because there was no way that a girl landing on her knees could beat a girl landing on her feet.

September: The 11th was my 22nd birthday.  I got lots of clothes, things for my kitchen, and a birthday lunch.  It was also the 2 year anniversary of the passing of Sister Tiemann.  She was a great woman, mother, and friend.  I think about her all the time and miss her still.