Legalizing Pot....Sort of.

In the states of Colorado, Washington and Oregon had a recreational legalizing marijuana initiative on the ballot in this past election. In the video of the Rachel Maddow Show, shown on MSNBC, Rachel gives a detailed explanation of the initiatives presented to the people of these states.

The issue with the initiative is, in Colorado and Washington the use of recreational marijuana was passed, resulting from this past election. However, officials are now trying to figure out how this initiative will get an approval from the federal government. The Governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper reminds the state that "...federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don't break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly."

How can this be? Why was it even possible to have this initiative added to the ballot if it directly conflicts with the laws of the federal government? It is matters such as this that brings on the confusion regarding laws and the "loop holes" in these laws, as to there effectiveness but have no true validity. I believe this should have never been placed on the ballot, as ultimately it could amount to be a complete waste of time. 

What are your thoughts?

Click here to view the video of this issue, it starts at about minute 3:35.

"Runway to Win" Obama's Designer Clothing

Obama took campaigning into your closet with the 2012 president campaign fundraising. The "runway to win" initiative was a high-fashion clothing line campaigning effort that brought in $40 million of the $644 million fundraising dollars for President Obama's campaign. Various clothing designers such as Marc Jacobs, Vera Wang, Tina Knowles and Sean John; and many more joined in this effort to produce the clothing that had a variety of price tags from $45 for a t-shirt, $75 for a tote and $95 for a scarf. This brilliant idea to sell bumper stickers, pins, mugs as well as designer items paid off greatly.

Click Obama's Designer Clothing to view the article. Or click here to visit the Obama for America store, and  select the designer's name to view the now "sold out" items.

See a few of the designer items below:

Sean John

Tina Knowles

Vera Wang 

Phil Fung

Derek Lam

Leaving So Soon....It's about time!

Recently I read a blog by one of my classmates on the state of Georgia and approximately 20 other states that have began to petition to segregate themselves from the United States of America.

Below was a hilarious cartoon published in the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" by Mike Luckovich regarding the request for petition.

Only question I have is: Why are you leaving (petitioning)? The petition details are very vague as it quotes the Declaration of Independence and indicates that the petition is brought on from issues involving: Civil rights and Liberties, Government Reform and Human Rights; as well as they would like to create a "new" government.

Well if you want out so bad, leave, but they should go out and find available land that has not been claimed, and began there own country, with their "new" government.  






The petition can be viewed by clicking here.

C-SPAN: Congressional Chronicle

Did you know that the Congress sessions; as well as other governmental related matters are recorded and can be located at.....http://www.c-spanvideo.org. C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is the broadcasting network the broadcast the federal government proceedings.


In March 2010, this video library was created and has audio and video recordings from as early as 1987. The "Congressional Chronicle is a section with searchable transcripts of House and Senate floor debates and pages for current and past members of Congress, with biographies, voting records, campaign finance records, and a timeline of House and Senate sessions. The site also provides episodes of Book TV and Booknotes, its now discontinued series of author interviews."
I believe that this find is a treasure for those who are interested in knowing: what's is going on in the Congress sessions and understanding the flow of this process. Although this strictly informational, non-entertaining site serves its purpose; it is still important to be informed and knowledgeable. 




Several videos can be found on this such as the one below, the full 2012 DNC Bill Clinton speech:

The more informed you are, the greater the possibilities. 

Congratulations President Barack Obama

Congratulations to the President of the United States of America,  President Barack Obama!

And the results were ......

Election Results

1. Candidate	Popular vote	Percentage	Electoral votes (270 to win)
   Barack Obama	60652149	50%	303
   Mitt Romney	57810390	48%	206

   Control of House 218 Balance of power
   193		233
   Control of Senate 50 Balance of power
   53		45

   Last Updated: Nov 7, 2012 10:15 PM

   Source: AP

   
   

Political Ads for the 2012 Presidential Election

Political Ads from the 2012 Presidential Elections. As with everything in life, it is the perception of the individual. The ads below certainly are perceiving a deliberate message to it's audience.

http://occupyilluminati.com/how-political-ads-can-elect-a-president/

http://www.toonaripost.com/2012/08/us-news/political-parties-release-criticizing-ads/

http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/cmag-and-advertising/page/4/

http://929jackfm.com/do-you-change-the-channel-when-you-see-a-political-ad-survey-of-the-day/

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/171543/jumptap-rolls-out-new-political-ad-options.html

Last day for EARLY Voting

Today, November 2, was the last day for early voting.
Did you cast your vote early? Not me, I allowed the day to get away from me and did not take this opportunity to EARLY vote. However, a friend of mines did take the opportunity and stood in line for 2 and a half hours. Whew!

I located an article about the 2012 Presidential Election Early voting, and it stated the following:
"The United States Election Project, shows that across the country there have been 17,311,920 early ballots cast. In Georgia, there have been 1,159,980 people to take advantage of the early voting." And counting....of the approximate 9 million plus people in Georgia, of that 5.2 million are registered to vote.

http://www.barrowcountynews.com/section/13/article/18263/