A Political Glimpse from Ireland

I have come to the realization that the only truly impartial personality on television is Jon Stewart, as last night’s Daily Show episode demonstrates how he can make fun of everyone. I honestly believed Jon Stewart kind of favored Senator Obama but after watching last night’s episode and thinking back to other previous episodes, I  have come to the realization of his impartiality. That may be debatable because I believe that most conversatives would not argue with me when I say we can term Jon Stewart as “left-leaning” but he is truly an asset to a world where some of us take politics too seriously (me included).

Well I have been thinking about reorganizing the sidebar of this blog to move up the Twitter Applet so that more people can take notice of it. I am not sure if many people are aware of Twitter but the nice thing for me is that I can blog my thoughts from my mobile if I am out and about. I have a really bad memory when it comes to remembering good idea’s which is why I have a mobile phone with a keyboard to write all these sorts of thoughts down when they happen.

The other thought I had today is that I have been trying to get this site W3C certified which I am not sure why I need to do this but apparently I have been told by some other bloggers that it helps. The problem though is when I tried to validate site, I have 64 xhtml errors. I dislike programming with a passion but I am going to have to slog through those errors at some point this weekend. The good news is that by the end of today I should hopefully have transcribed this interview I did with a friend of mine who is studying for her Masters in Economics in Canada. We had a fascinating discussion about the global food crisis and the possible solutions for the medium-short term.

I watched this video this morning and found it quite hysterical but a little sad at the same time. The Daily Show had some clips of some people when they were asked about why they did not vote for Barack Obama. Some people honestly replied because they thought he was muslim and one lady even said: “his people and our people do not get along…” Seriously

I have to admit that I really was not too clued up on the Jeremiah Wright story and was one of those people who was subjugated to the never-ending bombardment of cut video clips. Yesterday’s Daily Show was great though because it affirmed the one thing that I had been thinking about all day and that is the Main Stream Media is really out of control. Instead of reporting on the issues yesterday, on every single news channel we had stories about Reverend Wright hurting Senator Obama. Now if you were the typical human being sitting at home and everytime you switched the channel and saw an isolated clip of Rev. Wright; it would be pretty easy for you to dismiss the man as a “nutter” as they say here in Ireland. This dismissal might also cause you to believe that Senator Obama is some sort of closet racist that was brain-washed by this man but this is far from the truth.

Having properly listening to what the good Reverend has said, I didn’t find a single problem with any of it. He is the real “straight talker” with some eccentric views I give you that but the one important thing that he stressed was that the differences that make us White, Black, Latino, Indian, and Chinese are what makes the United States of America strong. I thought this man bore some hatred towards white people or the United States but I am happy to say that I have changed my mind. To put it simply: “This dude ain’t that bad.”

Edit(2230 GMT): Given the events of the past day, and Senator Obama’s adamant denouncement of Jeremiah Wright, I will still agree that Jeremiah Wright is not that bad and he has done alot for his community but his hogging the spotlight as seriously hurt my candidate therefore I hope in all sincerity that he stops his “tour” and enjoys the rest of his retirement.

This video particulary goes out to some people on the right who might believe that Obama is some sort of closet racist. Beyond being incredibly funny this shows a side of the Senator that we don’t often get to see, a man who is real, down to earth and fundamentally a good person. Senator Obama may have lost Pennsylvania by 10 points but if we look back at the race for the democratic nomination so far, we can say that the races he has lost, he has done so with honor and courage. Could the same be said for Senator Clinton?