theme songs…
Well, today’s Alexander Graham Bell’s birthday (1847). Happy birthday, light bulb guy. I wonder what appeared over people’s heads when they had a good idea before the light bulb was invented… If it was a candle, people would have to be careful or they’d get hot wax on their heads.
Anyway, I was listening to Chemical Brothers on my magical iPod today while walking to school, and I realized that electronic/ambient music makes a pretty good theme for almost anything… movie opening, news show, tv commercial, etc.
I suppose it’s a bad thing that I’m writing my blog in class… though as terrible as it sounds, I’ve heard this lecture before. That’s the danger of taking classes that are specialized; my Nuclear Security teacher gave this lecture last week in my National Security Policy class. All of Latin America, all of Africa, and all of the South Pacific have signed Nuclear-Free Zone treaties… Why not Western Europe and North America? Yeah, America has to maintain the arsenal in case we’re attacked by .. um.. what.. Canada? England? Portugal? We can’t exactly lob nukes at Ethnia (the classical terrorist nation… its people are Ethnic and they speak in an Ethnic tongue)
Never heard of Ethnia? No, it’s not one of the Russian breakaway states… It’s somewhere in the middle east… it keeps moving; its borders ever-changing. It has no organized leadership, and it has no effective government. And the majority of its citizens oppose the western world. It in itself is not a bad place. It is a strong muslim nation, but a few of its citizens have a strong fundamentalist streak. A minority of these are violent. It is this tiny demographic that colors the entire nation.
If you look at it from a Jungian perspective (skip this paragraph if you hate philosophy), we’re locked, for the first time in history, in a battle between archetypes. America and Europe (tall, light, open) stand in opposition to the Middle East (dark, small, closed) based solely on the fact that we oppose each other at some fundamental level. America says we must defend ourselves against Others. The Muslim nations say they must defend themselves against Infidels. Thomas Hobbes would be so proud. Lets just hope Bush, Ridge, and the others don’t get their hands on a copy of Nietzsche… the last thing we need is Bush’s interpretations of Great and Servant-of-Great.
So it looks like Senator John Kerry (JFK…) will be the Democratic presidential nominee. Since Bush is going in a slightly different direction than I’d like (though I do support some of his policies… namely large sections of the Bush Doctrine) with the economy, certain social issues requiring Constitutional Amendment (see below) and such, and since the Libertarians have the crazies out this year, I think I’m voting for Kerry, unless Colin Powell runs.
Regarding the aforementioned Constitutional Amendment, I have my own little idea of whats going to happen. I think the San Francisco deal will be overturned and battled all the way up to the Supremes. The decision will be 5-4 and the majority opinion will state that the Constitution is a permissive, not restrictive document that never has been and should not be used to specifically deny any group a right.
I personally don’t see why anyone should feel threatened by lads or lasses marrying each other… I know of a few people that will be planning their weddings if the decision stands. Can you imagine two gay people planning a wedding? Would it be held at the Pottery Barn? Cause for divorce… And then there’s the Lesbian weddings… at Home Depot or something. If it comes to a vote, please vote for equality in marriage. Remember, only a few decades ago, the races couldn’t intermarry. Unless you support the Antimiscegenation Laws, let the gay people get married. It doesn’t threaten secular marriage at all.
Song of the Day: Star Guitar by The Chemical Brothers
