Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Obama Campaign

I believe this campaign has been one of the greatest campaigns run in presidential history! I had my doubts about Obama early on in the primary season, thinking the country wasn't ready for an African American as president or that maybe he was too inexperienced! I was wrong! Now I have fully jumped on board and see him as a true revolutionary! The way he talks about cutting taxes on the middle class and raising them for the rich, is exactly the economic ideology I feel we need in this country! His plans for health care, the environment, and more diplomacy less war, are only going to make this country stronger! He is already liked by most the world, and isn't even in office yet. I believe he is going to make incredible changes in moving this country forward. That he will establish a legacy even greater than Clinton had left! I believe that with his likability, charisma, and ideology he has the potential to be one of the greatest presidents ever, in the likes of Washington or Lincoln.

I'm proud to say I actually got to witness the process up close, at Obama headquarters in Fort Wayne. I worked 2 hours filling out postcards to send to potential voters. The atmosphere was pretty uplifting, to see everyone so passionate about electing Obama. I met some amazing people, who had practically volunteered their lives to help Obama win this election. There were two ladies from Chicago, who had come to spend the last 2 weeks in Indiana, canvassing and calling people. They spend 12 hours a day on the phone calling people, and they do it all for Free! Its amazing dedication! I truly hope Indiana can go Blue for the first time in 40 years!

I remember reading about David Axelrod, the campaign manager, early on during the primary and admiring his grass-roots strategy. They have developed a state-of-the art system all over the country, that has implanted bases in almost every city in the country. They have truly taken advantage of the internet by developing an amazing network of campaigning. The Obama website is simply incredible, almost like a social community. And Moveon.Org is also very organized and community oriented. I receive emails and texts daily from both these sites about activities and events going on in the neighborhood. Whats even more amazing is most of the people getting involved in this campaign are volunteers. It just goes to show how dedicated people are to make a change!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Pan-Handlers in SLC

SLC always has been my favorite city to travel to, just because it is amazing looking! It is a city submerged in a gorge of mountains... Yet it has come to my recent realization that the city is over-run by bums, and pan-handlers. Outside almost any store, park, gas station, restaurant, etc is someone asking for money with a bizarre sympathetic story. It gets very old after a while! Not even Chicago is this bad, and we're twice the size of SLC. So come-on SLC... clean up your act!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Driving through Snowstorm in the Mountains

Well here i am back in the Cheyenne airport waiting for my flight... but not after a tense morning drive through the mountains of Wyoming... It was dark as could be, since it was 5am, and the roads were very slick... the higher i got, the harder the snow/sleet came down... i kept my brights on the whole time, and kept at about 50 mph... the highway was pretty ridiculous, and every time a truck passed me, my windshield was covered in snow, and i was blind for several seconds... scary? YES! especially with crazy turns without any railings, making it all the possible to fall off a 10,ooo ft mountain... I'm happy to of made it safely!

yet it has been another stressful week out here in the West... its just been a stressful season... I'm definitely ready for something new... For some CHANGE!!!