Bush.

Okay. So I really feel like this has gotten out of hand. I'll admit, it was funny the first billion times I've heard it but like really? Enough. George W. Bush COULD arguably be the worst president America has seen since it seems like NO one likes him. But I mean really? Do we really still need to be bashing him? With like, four months left of presidency? Of course it's natural to make fun of our Commander-in-Chief because this is America and hell, we can say whatever the fuck we want. The guy with the most guns is the most amusing to us because he doesn't have shit on us. Yet every time I see a new joke bashing Bush, it's too easy, therefore, it has officially turned into a "your momma" joke. Whole lines of t-shirts, coffee mugs, greeting cards, websites, Youtube videos, comedy episodes have sprouted up during Bush's time as president and by now, it's so Goddamn old.
"Hey look Paul, it's a monkey."
"Hey Jim! That's not a monkey, it's our President, George Bush!"
"Hey, you're right!"
So. Bush was a dumbass. Alright. Cool. Accurate representation of more than half this country anyways so get off your high horse and get some new jokes. Jesus Christ. The top three things Bush has been critizied. Let's break them down.

1. Invading Iraq: I realize that this was extremely damaging to the image of America in the International community, but let's flash back to 2001. EVERYONE screamed for action in America. So when Iraq was brought up, I don't really recall anyone saying anything bad about it. Even though, there was very clearly, no correlation between the country of Iraq and the terrorists who attacked America. Which we, of course, didn't figure out until later. And don't even get me started why we were attacked. Because it was not completely unwarranted and it's time we own up to our actions.

2. OMG HE LOOKS FUNNY: Wow. That's real mature. Do you know what his political agenda was for tax breaks? Or maybe his position on international terrorism? Oh who gives a shit. MONKEY HE LOOKS LIKE A MONKEY! -_- That's interesting, coming from a nation that has a population of a few million, 63% of which are grossly overweight. That's right fat boy, laugh it up.

3. He can't speak: I would of course, like to remind the very same people who critize George Bush probably said something like this, 'OMG wat a dumbass. like, he cant say nuclear. HAHA wat a tard'. The same people who laugh that Bush can't pronounce 'nuclear' are probably the same pricks who don't know the difference between then and than, and are probably more used to typing 'lol, omg, lmao, ur, rite'. Grammer and spelling in America is atrocious. Most people can't string together a coherent sentance without chopping it up with 'like' every two words in front of a classroom, let alone on global T.V. or a general assembly of several thousand people.

Citius Altius Fortius

Gold. The international monetary standard, the amount of which, we depend upon to give a value of worth to any given thing. Even talent.

I am of course, referring to the Olympics. Ah the Olympics. A time for athletes around the world to show their stuff in hopes of bringing pride and honor to their team, their country, and maybe even a little for themselves. Citius. Altius. Fortius. Swifter. Higher. Stronger. Congratulations by the way, to Michael Phelps for achieving something that no one has done in the history of the Olympics. The advertising endorsements he could milk out of this will probably ensure that he is set for life or at least until the next Olympics where he can break another record.

It's a bit sad though. The Olympics have strayed far from what their original purpose had been designed for by the ancient Greeks. Each ring, as you may know, is linked together with a variation of colors. There are five, which signify the five known inhabited continents and the colors red, blue, white, green, yellow and black were chosen because every flag in the world has at least one of those colors. What all this symbolism means, is that the Olympics were meant (and still meant) to represent international cooperation through traditional sports and sportsmanship that every nation can understand, no matter what their color, religion, ethnicity, or language.

Yet the Olympics have been used, simply as an event on a larger, grander, political agenda. Unfortunately the Olympic committee thought they could do the same thing to China as they did Korea back in 1988 or many other countless examples where the Olympics were 'strategically' placed to pressure the given country into moving foreword in whatever fault they seem to be stuck in.

This is no fun. Especially when human right violations and the whole fact that China's government is still very much like the communist government we got into so many ideological wars about. Reporters being kidnapped, the audiences being either shunned or censored, Chinese athletes being younger than they're reported, and of course, shamming even the opening ceremonies by having a more attractive Chinese girl lip syncing the opening song while the 'ugly one' was back stage. Of course, I'm sure to a certain extent the U.S. is guilty of doing these same things but back to my point.

The Olympics are about international unity and sportsmanship. Which is also why America should stop with the Michael Phelps. Here's my take on Michael. He did great. I'm proud an American accomplished such a feat and I realize American media is all about seeing which AMERICAN won in each event so let me ask everyone to realize that Phelps was awesome, but we should not let his accomplishments take away from everyone's else who competed in the Olympics. I was watching Women's crew and America kicked ass. Woots. They won by a landslide and it was EPIC. Next up was Men's and I think they won as well, I can't remember. But NBC decided instead of having an interview with either team, they went straight back to talk about what type of pasta Michael Phelps ate when he was a kid.

"As unbelievable as Michael Phelps’ 8 gold medals are, let’s keep things into perspective: he competes in a sport where they hand out medals like free lunches. He obviously is dominating his sport unlike anyone since Mark Spitz, but we should hesitate on handing him the title of “Greatest Olympian” because of how many medals are available to win. Someone like Lisa Leslie has 4 golds in as many Olympics because she can only win one every year, but she’s not even in the running."

-Rene Ramos

President.

Elections are coming up. And as we get down to crunch time, candidates have a tendency to resort to measures of campaigning that really bring out the worst in people. Also, if truly taken in perspective, lowers the reputation of each candidate.

For example: John Mccain (Or his campaign staff) came up with the brilliant idea for an advertising campaign to compare Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears...to Barrack Obama. Now. While I am an Obama fan, I find this particular bit of advertising to be childish and hurtful to Mccain's image. Unfortunately, the vast majority of American voters who don't know jack shit nothing, are going to be voting because of characteristics and letting bad characteristics sway their decision.

Barack Obama will lose votes because he is young, inexperienced, and is a bit of a wussy. Not only that but he trumps the race card every oppertunity he gets, which kind of makes him seem like an arrogant ass. John Mccain is a saggy old man, who's bitter at the world because he was a POW in North Vietnam. Which he also trimps in every oppertunity he gets which makes HIM seem like an arrogant ass. Unfortunately, Mccain will most likely be hurting his image than helping it with the release of his campaign ad in an attempt to devalue the image of Obama.

And unfortunately. What I wrote above is ALL of what the majority of voters will see and base their vote upon. It's ridiculous.

On a lighter note: George Bush is doing his best to save face as he exits the White House. And he's doing a pretty decent job. Recently, Bush compromised with North Korea by taking North Korea's name off of the "Terrorist Nation" list in exchange with North Korea dismantling it's main nuclear reactor. Strategically, this is a huge step foreword in American-Korean policy as before this, America has given no ground or compromise when dealing with North Korea. Furthermore, in light of the Olympics, Bush has begun cornering China over their human rights violations, a touchy subject with the Bush administration because up until now, they've been too diplomatically tied up to make any moves on China over their rights violations.