Democratic Primaries, Ralph Nader ..... and Britney Spears?

I was out of town for a while, so I haven't been able to blog from where I was. I know you all missed me a lot...so here's what you've missed.

1. I said in one of my previous posts how Obama is more conservative than Republicans due to the fact that he would do less defense spending, which is still true, but something occurred to me while I was listening to Talk of the Nation on NPR , and that is that if Obama does bring troops home, then we still don't technically have the money for social spending, because all of the money that we spend on Iraq is borrowed. While it will work to bring down our national debt, if we keep borrowing money at the same rate as we are now, but on different things, than we're going to be in the same position that we are in now.

One thing to debate about this, against myself, as I always try to see both sides, is that if the money's spent at home, it may stimulate the economy, so we'll see. What needs to happen is to put more tax burden on corporations.

Side note: Obama has the great idea of removing the cap on social security, because after $90,000 of income, you stop getting taxed on that. I'm against the Federal Income tax, but I don't mind paying more social security tax, and there has been years (well, one) that I've made over that much. I would have been fine having that withheld for social security.

2. Ralph Nader is running as an Independent this year. This is great, because if I suddenly don't like Obama, or if Hilary wins, I can still vote for president. I've always been against the fact that, for all intents and purposes, we are stuck with 2 parties in the United States. This is a travesty. Any other party, pretty much, gets shut out of everything, including debates. There was a time when the Republicans were a third party against the established Whigs and Democrats, in the 1840's. Now they're one of the monopolizing parties. If it's Clinton/McCain, Nader's got my vote, just like the last election, it was either Nader or abstain. I'm above Dem/Rep politics and encourage other people to look into third parties, and realize that you do have a choice other than these two parties. By the way, Nader is WAAAY more liberal and against corporate interests than Clinton or Obama could ever be. (which is a reason that he can never fund his campaign too well).

3. Oky, although this isn't directly about politics, it is, but Britney Spears? Come on, who cares. Why are we so enamored with celebrities in the news. People are talking more about Spears' mental breakdown than a Turkish invasion of Iraq. These news channels pump this crap into our brains and it makes us more stupid. Why do we care what drugs she's on, or what country Angelina Jolie's adopting children from now? This is embarrassing to our country that people know more about, and talk more about, methed out pop stars who molest children, than know that Turkey's invaded Iraq and destabilizing the only stable region there...with U.S. support.

GEEZ I HATE CNN AND FOX NEWS!