Getting political...again

So I acted like an adult today and watched the first round of presidential debates...big mistate...they just made me mad.  Not that I was ever going to vote for McCain, but he DEFINITELY lost my vote with his little plan to stop spending money on anything but defense and taking care of our veterans.  Excuse me?!  What about the rest of us?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/09/27/i-like-veterans-as-much-as-the-next-girl-but.aspx

Back to school

After a WONDERFUL two week vacation from school, I'm back to the grind again.  During my break I got a chance to play a little and work a little extra.  John and I took a trip to the Copper River Princess Lodge (http://www.princesslodges.com/copper_river_lodge.cfm) just outside of Copper Center, AK.  We lucked out and got a room there the one week that they weren't completely full (in order to get the$25/night employee rate, they have to have at least 10 empty rooms...and there's only 80 rooms in the whole lodge).  It was so nice to just relax and not have to worry about anything.  I will post pictures as soon as I get them onto my computer.  We took a couple of walks, a late morning walk down to the Klutina River (about a mile each way) and an after dinner walk on the "Back 40" Trail...but that one was cut short by a torrential downpour, in which we got completely soaked.  We warmed up by ordering some chocolate fudge cake, sitting in front of the fire in the lobby, and playing cribbage.  On our way home the next day we went to the Tolsona Mud Volcanoes (http://www.nps.gov/wrst/planyourvisit/upload/Mud%20volcanoes.pdf).  It was a short trip (and a long drive, 3.5 hours each way), but exactly what I needed.  

Two weeks John and I hiked up Powerline Pass from Indian (usually people start in town and go out to Indian, we went out and back from Indian).  It was nice to get out in the almost fall weather.  Again, I will post pictures when I get them onto my computer.  It was supposed to be a "training" hike for me because I was going to run a race that goes over the pass (13 miles total).  However, last week I was running with a dog (who shall remain nameless so as not to tarnish her otherwise spotless reputation) and she decided to stop dead in front of me.  I proceeded to trip over her and fly through the air and landed smack onto my knee.  So now I am nursing and injured knee...and will not be running the race.  

Anyway, I'm back in school now.  I start my Psych rotation in clincal tomorrow and on Wednesday's I'll be in Pediatrics.  Those should both be good for some stories...

Please make it stop...

NOTE: If our relationship will be greatly affected by the fact that we may have different opinions on certain sensitive subjects...please do not read this. However, I will respect your beliefs if you will respect mine.

I hate politics and I try not to get too worked up about political issues. But recently that's gone out the window. I am tired of hearing about Sarah Palin. Really, I'm just tired of her in general. As a woman, I'm offended at McCain's choice of Palin for VP. He needed a woman...any woman would do...so why not chose a good-looking woman that's much younger than him and 75% of the people who are going to vote for him. Who cares if she knows what she's doing, people will be so distracted by her looks that they won't care what she is or is not saying or doing. Makes perfect sense, right? I'm even more annoyed that the whole "hockey mom" role is being played up as a good thing. When do you think was the last time she took her kids to a hockey game or school? I'm pretty sure she's been a little busy running the state and now she's a bit preoccupied with this whole VP thing. Yes, she's a mom, but she sure is heck isn't BEING a mom right now. I'm pretty sure she's too busy traipsing across the country trying to win an election.

McCain and Palin's take on many things scare me. They are definitely for abstinence only sex education...because IT WORKS. And now her daughter is pregnant. Sex ed is not condoning pre-martial sex, it's simply a way of telling young people how to protect themselves from disease and pregnancy whenever they do decide to have sex. How many teenagers (ourselves at one point in our lives included) do you know that wouldn't do something if you told them not to? I don't know that very many would. We don't let kids drive cars until they are at least 16, but we teach them how (with a learner's permit) before we let them loose. Sex ed is kind of the same deal. We are simply teaching them how to be safe even if we aren't going to allow them to participate is such activities.

Let's also take away a woman's right to chose whether or not she can have an abortion. And make birth control even more expensive then it already is. Expensive birth control + abstinence only sex education + the outlawing of abortion = more overpopulation, illegal/botched abortions, lots of pregnant women who can't afford or don't care to get prenatal care (which is dangerous for babies and mom's), and abandoned babies. That sounds like a world I want to live in. Not to mention the fact that Palin's daughter CHOSE to have her baby (or maybe it was Palin who chose since she thinks minors should not get to make that decision on their own either)...but if McCain and Palin were in charge SHE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A CHOICE! Interesting article: http://www.slate.com/id/2199258

Wait...don't Republican's tend to believe in less government involvement...but let's get the government involved in really important things that affect women's bodies. I don't want the government to decided what I can and cannot do with my body. While we're at it, we should outlaw obesity, alcoholism, and smoking.

I think I'll move to Canada.