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I am a recent college graduate who just moved to Chicago and am looking forward to life in the real world. I am passionate about so many things, from politics to wild weekends, that I figured a blog would be the best place to organize and share my insight.

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Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Unforgettable and unforgivable nation leaders: 1 of 35

Where Is Our Bobby Kennedy? "All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity." -Bobby Kennedy I will never forget it, I was about 9 years old and the History Channel ran a Biography piece on ...
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the United States have universal health care?: 2 of 66

Why Wouldn't We: Many in the United States are turned off by the idea of Universal Health Care, some due to the over saturation of media hype claiming it to be a path towards socialism, others because their family is in some way or another, getting a piece of the ridiculously high profit margin which the insurance and pharma...
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues What are civil liberties?: 3 of 23

Those Pesky Things Called Civil Rights: Rasmussen has released their latest rounds of public opinion polling of the American public, and saying there were some "shockers" would be an understatement. Most of the numbers were more or less, status quo. For example 25% of Americans say they followed news of the Congressional deb...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) The many woes of the Bush Administration: 3 of 16

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: Recently two independent journalist groups began a study into the claims which came from Bush and his Administration in months leading up to the invasion of Iraq. Claims that ultimately ended up being no more then blatent lies. The study has since been concluded and the findings are not pretty, esp...
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology What it means to be a democrat: 4 of 21

You Want Democrats to Win in 08? Well They Better Take Note: It seems as though Democrats in this day and age have become somewhat naive about what it takes to win elections. Just day's ago I was commenting on a speech George W. Bush had given pointing out the absolute lunacy of what he had said with a hint of satire and ang...
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Pros and cons of the Democratic and Republican parties: 2 of 7

The Best Of "You Know You're a Republican/Democrat If.....": As I sat on my couch laughing to myself, and it was then that I decided to share a couple of my favorites here. I mean the current race has everyone either stressed out, or deadlocked in debate over who will win, who should win, and everything else surrounding the ...
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology What it means to be a republican: 3 of 8

The Truth Behind Republicans: "True Colors of the Conservatives"- The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) is an ultra conservative think tank whose mission statement reads: "that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; and that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and ...
Relationships & Family > Love & Relationships How to tell if your relationship will be a good one in the future: 3 of 7

The Truth About Relationships. This may come across as close minded, and sexist but I promise to you that it is not either. What I am going to reveal is fact, all drawn from personal experiences I have seen and lived through. Over the past couple years I have come to the conclusion that relationships are something males in t...
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) The politics of outrage: 7 of 16

Democrats Better Take Note if They Plan on Winning. It seems as though Democrats in this day and age have become somewhat naive about what it takes to win elections. Just day's ago I was commenting on a speech George W. Bush had given pointing out the absolute lunacy of what he had said with a hint of satire and anger in my ...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections US elections 2008: A critical appraisal of the candidates for US president: 11 of 23

Campaign Strategy: McCain's Plan to Beat Barack Obama: TIME Magazine's Mark Halperin reveals and interesting 16 point strategy in which he believes Sen. McCain will utilize in the general election against Senator Barack Obama. The McCain campaign is staffed with savvy, experienced operatives who have closely watched the rise...