Red Sox

Red Sox Are My Life

Hi guys. I just wanted to write this post about my team. The Boston Red Sox are, contrary to popular belief, a very good team. I know that I am a virtual loaner here in Pennsylvania, surrounded by Phillies fans, and best friends who are Yankees fans. I mean come on, you might not like the Red Sox, but they're at least better than the accursed Yankees, who just pay for their players.
The things that I like about the Red Sox are as follows. They have a sense of pride for who they are, they don't just play for the money (here I examine Yankees players "cough, cough.") they play for the team. Another good phrase I heard once was, "Play for the name on the front of the jersey, not the back." This quote is really interesting because it really makes you think about why some people (Yankees) are playing the game. Is it for money and for themselves, or is it for the good of their teammates.
Also, the Red Sox have kept Fenway Park in operation since it was built in 1911. It might be small but it is the "Green Church of Baseball." Sure it might be one of the smalles parks in the history of the game, but it certainly has the most character.
Additionally, the Red Sox aren't on steroids. I don't want to have to refer to the Mitchel Report, but there are the facts. The only Red Sox player named on the list is no longer on the team; that player was Eric Gange, a reliever from the Dodgers.
Now this is just one opinion, but with the World Series in the next two weeks, I think that this fairly sums up the Red Sox, and what they stand for.

Obama vs. McCain

Obama vs. McCain: the presidential race

Hi. Now as we all know, the presidential general elections are coming up in less than a month. Since the market tanked, both campaigns have been using dirtier and dirtier tactics in their campaign and in their speeches.

Governor Palin, at a rally on October 6th, the eve of the second presidential debate, accused Senator Obama of "palling around with terrorrsits who targeted their own country." She was referring to Senator Obama's ties to radical Vietnam protestor William Ayers, who bombed several government buildings forty years ago. The only connection between Senator Obama and Mr. Ayers is that they once served on a committee together. When Mr. Ayers was a "terrorist", Senator Obama was the ripe old age of eight.

Likewise, Obama television ads have been getting progressivly nasty towards Senator McCain, calling him, "senile, and unfit to run this country." Now this may be out of line, but it really makes people think about a senile, seventy-two year old president.

I am not going to target either of the candidates for president, I am going to target the vice presidents, the platforms, and the core beliefs of both parties.

I will start off with the Democrats and Senator Joe Biden. When Senator Obama announced his candidacy, Republicans jumped all over him, saying that he had virtually no experiance, and no qualifications to run this great nation. Then he announced that Senator Biden would complete his ticket. That shut up those Republicans. Senator Biden has twenty-seven years of foreign policy experiance, and other experiance on the Senate. He has a record of "reaching across the aisle" to quote Senator McCain's favorite phrase. Senator Biden really balances off the Obama ticket well.

Now we move to the Democrats' policies. As we all know, the Democrats are against gun rights, meaning that every "Joe six-pack and hockey mom" can't carry a .38. Now this is reasonable, becuase if you allow people to have guns at home, kids are at danger of accidentally shooting themselves, other people, the firearm could discharge, or it could be used to murder someone, should the owner want to, for whatever reason, revoke the life of an innocent human being. It is all very fine for police and the military to carry weapons, but they actually have a reason for having them.

The Democrats also believe in abolishing, or at least seriously revising, the No Child Left Behind act that was published by President George Bush. This act requires teachers to drill information into students' heads, then give standardized tests on the information that they have drilled into aforemenioned heads. The whole thing is really pointless, and is a waste of taxpayers dollars.

But enough about the Democrats. Let's move on to Governor Sarah Palin of Wasilla, Alaska. Governor Palin has been Governor of Alaska for approximatly two years, give or take. She did approve the "Bridge to Nowhere" that she denied she had voted for. Orriginally she voted for it, then kept the money already raised. She tried to sell the Alaska state jet on Ebay, told Alaskans that it had sold despite the fact that it hadn't, and then sold it to a private buyer. She has absolutly no foreign policy experiance except that "I can see Russia from my house."

Normally this would not be a deciding factor in an election, who the runner up is. But in this case, with Palin a literal heartbeat from the presidency, we have to ask ourselves if this is who we really want as our next president.

Despite Palin, the Republicans believe that every person should be allowed to have a gun. This is not only morally wrong, but irresponsible. How many kids have to accidentally shoot themselves, family, or friends before the NRA admits that it is just stupid. This is not all that the Republican party believes, but I am not going to get into all of its faults.

Thanks for your time.

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Chris