down down down down.
money makes everything in life such a tricky situation.
i’m sad — kucinich is out of the race. not that he had a chance to begin with, but who am i going to vote for now? i rather side with ron paul on a lot of things but a lot of other things i don’t agree with him on at all. but if it’s ron paul vs. clinton or obama, i’d definitely vote paul.
as far as a democratic nominee goes, i think i’d actually vote edwards, but i don’t think that he really has a chance, either. le sigh. nor do i know if he’s honest, but i do know that clinton and obama are bickering little kids.
every night when i’m leaving work these days, i listen to democracynow.org — the war and peace report, with amy goodman!
as much as i love democracynow, it’s highly depressing… today’s show is talking about the first guard who spoke out about the torture @ abu-graib… yesterday’s talked with palestine and israeli journalists about what’s happening on the gaza strip right now, where palestinians are getting OWNED. and the americans are supporting them. and so are all the democratic candidates, with the exception of formerly kucinich and presently paul (and perhaps smaller people, like gravel).
now, what is going on in palestine is practically genocide… so… what about it could POSSIBLY be alright with american politicians?? and they’re not the only one.
israelis are blockading the gaza strip and the palestinians are starving and such. yesterday, about 2,000 palestinians went on their own accord to egypt to get food, diesel, and electricity. initially, the egyptian military shot upon those people — who were generally women and children. but then, as more and more came, they let them in temporarily just so they could purchase food and supplies. they are without electricity, food, and medicine in the gaza strip. but unfortunately, egypt is on the side of the israeli’s, and as of today, they will be closing their borders to palestinians once again.
here is how much land palestinians have lost through the years (click to open bigger). you will see the gaza strip in the leftish portion of the map.
so…
how is this okay?
how is no one concerned?
perhaps they are both to blame but who are we to arm israel? we shouldn’t even be paying attention. we shouldn’t be arbitrarily choosing a winner. the united states’ arming of other countries — iraq, israel — is such a huge cause of all of the world’s turmoil yet we continue to do it. why why why. why.
but the worst thing is… what can we do? people are speaking out about this… people write about it non-stop… but nothing happens. nothing gets done. we are powerless. the issues never end. the injustice never stops. it’s all just so depressing. it really is.