For some time now I have been mulling over the thought of starting a blog. Seems like everyone has a blog site, blogging on everything and anything (not dissing them, just saying that's all). I wouldn't be surprised if people have blog sites for the pets. I am not going to write and proclaim that my blogs will be the greatest thing since slice bead, but hopefully it shines some light on the inner working that is my mind.
Well, on to the thoughts for today...
It has been three days since Democrats have taken control of the House away from the Republicans and two days since the Democrats took control of the Senate. And you better believe that I was sitting and watching each race closely (sad I know). In the aftermath, Bush and Cheney were both left in shock after their "thumpin'" on Election night, because both men had felt confident that Republicans would keep control of both House of Congress. Apparently looking at polls and other indicators are not a strong point in this administration. So where does that leave the us, "the people", now that the dust have settled? Well we are going to atleast have a Congress that worries about real issues rather than focusing energy on changing french fries to freedom fries. Hopefully now that we have some balance back in government issues likes Minimum wage, prescription drugs, health care, and correcting our standing in the world will finally be addressed. The only one thing I am worried are those rogue democrats who wants revenge for all the years the Republican party kept them down in the muck. If both sides can take an important lesson from the 2006 Mid-term Elections, is that people, constituents, voters, everybody is starting to get sick of the childish partisan fights and bickering that's been plaguing our institutions for the past couple of years. However, as one professor told me a while back, the House of Representatives is not really an effective institution because as soon as they are elected to office they spend the next 2 years working on their re-election campaign, well see if they prove my old professor wrong.
In another surprise this week, both Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield and RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman handed in their resignation. Even though rumors of Rumsfield being ousted were being whispered through the grapevine for a while now, the stepping down of Ken Mehlman is by the far the one that seems the most odd and shocking (even though he claims to say that his decision to leave was made before the results of the 2006 elections---yeah, okay!). What can most people take from this, well one can take that the President former rhetoric of staying the course, in his eyes is not working and that is time to infuse the remaining years of his presidency with something positive. I do have to say this, for a man worried about his legacy, he really needs to start focusing on the here and now. I doubt you'll find any historian who said that George Washington did the things he did because he was worried about this legacy and how history would view him 40 years down the road.
Well it's time to end this blog. Instead of ending on something happy and positive, I want to end it on a sad note. On November 9, 2006, CBS 60-minute reporter Ed Bradley, passed away after losing his fight with leukemia. Now, I did not know the man personally and I never met him, but he was a model of what a real educated African-American person should be in today's time. Too many times have I seen young African-Americans focus wealth rather than getting an education. Have we as a race of people gone that far down the ladder that the lessons of Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Dubois, George Washington Carver, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. are forgotten to the likes Li'l Jon and the Ying Yang Twins. To Mr. Bradley, you will be greatly missed, but you will never be forgotten!
Well, on to the thoughts for today...
It has been three days since Democrats have taken control of the House away from the Republicans and two days since the Democrats took control of the Senate. And you better believe that I was sitting and watching each race closely (sad I know). In the aftermath, Bush and Cheney were both left in shock after their "thumpin'" on Election night, because both men had felt confident that Republicans would keep control of both House of Congress. Apparently looking at polls and other indicators are not a strong point in this administration. So where does that leave the us, "the people", now that the dust have settled? Well we are going to atleast have a Congress that worries about real issues rather than focusing energy on changing french fries to freedom fries. Hopefully now that we have some balance back in government issues likes Minimum wage, prescription drugs, health care, and correcting our standing in the world will finally be addressed. The only one thing I am worried are those rogue democrats who wants revenge for all the years the Republican party kept them down in the muck. If both sides can take an important lesson from the 2006 Mid-term Elections, is that people, constituents, voters, everybody is starting to get sick of the childish partisan fights and bickering that's been plaguing our institutions for the past couple of years. However, as one professor told me a while back, the House of Representatives is not really an effective institution because as soon as they are elected to office they spend the next 2 years working on their re-election campaign, well see if they prove my old professor wrong.
In another surprise this week, both Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield and RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman handed in their resignation. Even though rumors of Rumsfield being ousted were being whispered through the grapevine for a while now, the stepping down of Ken Mehlman is by the far the one that seems the most odd and shocking (even though he claims to say that his decision to leave was made before the results of the 2006 elections---yeah, okay!). What can most people take from this, well one can take that the President former rhetoric of staying the course, in his eyes is not working and that is time to infuse the remaining years of his presidency with something positive. I do have to say this, for a man worried about his legacy, he really needs to start focusing on the here and now. I doubt you'll find any historian who said that George Washington did the things he did because he was worried about this legacy and how history would view him 40 years down the road.
Well it's time to end this blog. Instead of ending on something happy and positive, I want to end it on a sad note. On November 9, 2006, CBS 60-minute reporter Ed Bradley, passed away after losing his fight with leukemia. Now, I did not know the man personally and I never met him, but he was a model of what a real educated African-American person should be in today's time. Too many times have I seen young African-Americans focus wealth rather than getting an education. Have we as a race of people gone that far down the ladder that the lessons of Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Dubois, George Washington Carver, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. are forgotten to the likes Li'l Jon and the Ying Yang Twins. To Mr. Bradley, you will be greatly missed, but you will never be forgotten!Until next time,
GreG
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