Blatant Political Endorsement

I'm a veteran of the US Army, and I believe that Senator Obama will be a sensible, responsible, and thoughtful Commander for the Armed Forces.  We have seen how Republicans in the 90's started calling our servicemen and women "troops," a term that makes it easier to abuse them on fool's errands around the world, a term that reduces their humanity to some nameless blob.  Our service members are not "troops."  They are soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines.  They are human beings who deserve to be addressed with proper dignity, not tossed into some amorphous heap called "the troops." 
I support our servicemen and women, and that is why I oppose the Republican Party and its deceitful ways.  The Republicans talk military, but when it comes down to it, the huge "defense budget" they get unquestioningly goes to big machines, technological miracles and Pentagon fat-cats while actual service members continue to struggle in their day to day lives during and after combat, especially when they come home where they get so little help from the Republican administration that it should be criminal.  We need a new administration with new people running the departments of government, new people chosen to lead the Pentagon, and we also need a new Congress with fresh, democratic ideas.   Vote against the Republican Party and elect progressive, thinking people to Congress.


If you didn't register in time to vote this year, at least register so you can vote in the Congressional elections in 2010. 

John McCain is a Rotten Egg

I'm not a Republican for a reason. They are elitist, condescending, greedy, liars, deceivers, regressive, conservative, false patriots, self-centered, and things like that which I don't really care for. I believe that the happiness of individuals and families extends from the peace and prosperity of society in general, not in a handful of wealthy families and political dynasties dictating the rules for the rest of us. To choose John S. McCain as the next President of our Republic would be one more step toward dismantling the goals of our social prosperity in favor of individual and class greed, the continued obscenity of the rich getting filthy richer on the backs of the poor who are staying poor or, God forbid, getting poorer. I hope you will read this article and take it to heart, as it exposes what we already knew about this liar from the years and years he's been in bed with the graft and corruption that is so easily attracted to and tolerated by the Senate.

Right and Wrong

Anybody who knows me, knows that I distrust the nationalist party, what they call the "republican party," but I came across an interview with Newt Gingrich, a nationalist, that I agreed with.  Newt is socially unresponsive, but his ideas on this 700-billion dollar welfare cheque for Wall Street are right on, as far as I'm concerned.  You can see/hear the interview here.  My idea is, though, if you're going to give away 700 billion dollars, why not parcel out the money to each American household?  It's better than giving the money to Wall Street fat cats who already have most of the nation's money anyway.  Let those super-rich bastardos pool their own resources and bail out one another.  Can you imagine them dipping into their own savings to bail out their failing businesses?  I don't see it happening.  It's easier to mug the American public for quick cash.

Armature

You can see here that I have made my first claymation armature! I followed what some guy did on YouTube, though I didn't have all the same stuff he had. I told the guy at the hardware store I needed wire to make a puppet. He just stared at me. I thought I had the wrong word for puppet, so I just repeated the Korean word for wire. He grunted and walked down the aisle and stuck his thumb out at the rolls of wire as he walked past them back to some crap he had apparently been sorting before I interrupted his day. I needed a vise, too, and lo! he had a nice little one just perfect for making armatures!
I have clay, but probably not enough for a claymation puppet. This weekend, I'll go look for more of the same type of clay.
Any ideas what I should make? I was thinking of a TVangelist so I can make fun of the christians and republicans. What about that convention, eh? Those republicans are just plain nuts, if you ask me. I guess people actually do buy into all that foolish nonsense after all.
My one class today went well, just another introductory class. Each of my classes only meets once a week, so I have to go through this intro crap six times. Next week we'll get into the lessons and some fun stuff.
I'm weighing options for the next academic year already. The semester will go quickly, as they always do, and I need a plan either to stay here or take another job up in Gyeonggi Province. This university doesn't seem to care whether we stay or not; they haven't thanked us for our service, offered incentives to stay or anything.