Half Armenian, Full Eagle
Today is my 24th birthday, and it is also my first birthday without my father. I didn’t really want to celebrate it at all, but my sisters and my mother convinced me that I should. It is also my brother in laws birthday as well.
I went to my sister’s for the day with my family. I got to spend the day with my niece and nephew.
I am currently blogging this on the way into Davis Square to meet up with some friends for my birthday.
It’s August 30th and there are already two teams in the majors who have been eliminated from the playoffs. The Seattle Mariners and the Pittsburgh Pirates are no longer in contention for the playoffs in October.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | E# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 52 | 83 | .385 | 30.5 | E |
| Pittsburgh | 57 | 78 | .422 | 27.5 | E |
* GB: Games Behind
** E#: Elimination Number
This has been a very interesting year. A month ago, Jason Bay was playing for the Pirates who just got eliminated and now he is on the Red Sox playing to try and win the division. The division that is being destroyed by the Tampa Bay Rays. A team that this exact date last year, was three games away from elimination. When all the other teams were at least 10-15 games from being eliminated. (except the Red Sox who won the division on September 29th…I was inside “Game On” watching the Yankees lose giving us the title).
Currently the Red Sox are 4.5 games behind the Rays and the Yankees are 11 1/2 with 17 games as their E#. The Red Sox need to get JD Drew, Sean Casey and Josh Beckett back in so that we can finish the season off with another Division Title.
GO RED SOX!!!!!!
First of all, I know that I am not the first person to think this, but she looks a lot like Tina Fey (formally SNL and currently 30 Rock).
Sarah Palin is the current Governor of Alaska who is in her first term. She is a Republican pro-life gun Lover. She may help John McCain to come close to the White House, but this country needs change and John McCain isn’t going to change at all. He is hoping to “change” the politics that put the people of this country second, however, he voted with George Bush 90-95% of the time.
McCain is hoping to get the women vote, however, not many women will agree with someone who thinks that guns are more valuable than having our troops come home on a realistic and set timetable. If she agrees with John McCain, than she is for the war in Iraq and for making the rich richer. As a mother of five, she sure doesn’t seem to care about their future to let John McCain continue to run this country like it has been over the last 8 years.
John McCain may be a veteran of this country and for his sacrifice we should thank him, but he will not help the families who are struggling to pay the bills in an economy that has decreased drastically over the last 8 years. With Bill Clinton and the Democrats, we had 22 million new jobs and a surplus. Under the direction of George Bush and his equally incompetent Republicans, we only have 5 million new jobs and an economy that would make some countries laugh. While we are spending billions of dollars a month on the war, Iraq has a 80 Billion dollar surplus. Why should we let a country that doesn’t want us there make money while Americans are losing jobs, homes and family members because of our national debt.
By the way McCain, you turn down offering the position to the candidates that everyone knows (Romney) and offer it to someone who no one knows and don’t have any experience. Good job stating that Barack Obama, who has been in the Illinois Senate since 1997 and the US senate since 2005, isn’t ready to be Commander In Chief, but suddenly Palin who has been Governor for not even 2 years does have enough experience to be your running mate. I know that one of them is running for President and the other for Vice President, but if McCain wins, we might see a woman President because McCain is currently 72 years old. I have heard others state that he could “go” during his term and then the VP would take over. Palin isn’t ready for that responsibility and pressure. Alaska politics isn’t that intense and a change to the White House might be too much. Obama might be able to overpower McCain, but Biden can definitely stand up to Palin in the debates over the next two months. She doesn’t have any experience in Foreign Affairs and she didn’t seem confident when she spoke at McCain’s VP announcement.
Here is John McCain announcing Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Tonight in Denver, CO, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in front of 84,000 people. He had an amazing speech and hopefully rallied the party together after a roller coaster like ride between Hillary and Barack. He bought up all the hot topic issues that are really affecting this country.
Barack Obama (fingers crossed) is going to be the next President of the United States. He has the plan and the heart to change this country as we all remember before George W. Bush. I am not saying that he will be a FDR or JFK, but he will be better than what we have now. We have a corrupt government who is saying that America doesn’t have any problems and that we are whiners. Barack Obama is someone who has been proving his stances in the Senate since 2005. However, he was in the Illinois Senate from 1997 creating change in the state. He has helped average Americans and not the privileged few that Bush and McCain make friends with who have the money.
As far as Joe Biden, I take back my previous statement about not thinking it was a good idea. After watching him speak at the Democratic National Convention, I realized that he is a good pick for Obama’s VP. His foreign relations are going to strengthen the ticket and hopefully help him win. When I talked about Hillary being VP, I was actually just looking for the votes, but when her and Bill spoke to the Dems at the DNC, I am hoping that their convincing arguments will turn those equal numbers from recent weeks back onto Obama’s side show McCain and his “advisers” that America wants change and not more of the same. As Obama put it, “Eight Is Enough”, but for me, Four years was too much.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY UNITE AND ELECT BARACK OBAMA AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT