Greatful to WordPress

Many may wonder why I have not been posting blogs lately.  It is because I have been in school and working on many projects.  I will be busy again this coming spring semester.  I will be doing research and continue working on projects from the last semester.  Blogging about politics is a hobby for me but not my true passion.  My true passion is the environmental but unlike the tree huger most people thing of when they heard the environmental.  I am an engineer and I would like to use Nature to solve many of our problems.  Nature have many tools that we have not tap into yet.  We do not have a full understanding of our natural world and there is need for research to understand it.  As an engineer I don’t research just to found “why” like scientist but to found an answer to an problem.  Engineers are problem solvers.  I am hopeful that we will found an answer to global warming because I am sure we know little about our world which the knowledge is floating around for us to grasp.  I have the feeling like the knowledge is under our noses and that we are searching everywhere else.

However, I would like to thank many of you who have read my blog.  I have improve on my writing skills because I have been blogging.  Most engineer students have a hard time with writing.  I am thankful that I have readers who can deal with my sometimes not perfect blogs.

Bye to 2008, Hello to 2009

Boy, 2008 is a year to remember. Economy crisis, gas price going up than going down very fast, someone throw two shoes at Bush than people made a game out of it, and that governor from Illinois selling the senate site of Barack Obama. It was not a boring year for sure. Of course it had it go points like for one Obama was election as the President of the U.S in a land slide and so right now that is all I can think of.
Hopefully, 2009 will be a better year for all of us. It would be nice if someone lock up all the slime balls in Corporation America. It would be nice if the government help those people who would kick out of their home because they did not understand what the lenders was giving them a mouse trip that lead to them foreclosure on their house that the lenders profits from. It would be nice if the government pass a bill to improve the roads and bridges so many of us wouldn’t have to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on car repair from pot holes damage and we wouldn’t have another bridge collapse that take several people lives. It would be nice for government to restore the damage to the constitution that the Bush Administration dish out. It would be nice if some slime balls in the Bush Administration would be send to jail for the crimes that have been done against the America people. It would be nice for their to be more jobs so that people would have a choice if they want to work or not work on Christmas day and any other holiday. It would be nice if people would not be kill over some stupid TV, toys, and other material objects on Black Friday. Well, I can go on forever what would be nice, however, that is a mouth full as it is. So people, don’t be stupid and careless this year. Think of other people instead of yourself and don’t value stuff more important than humanitarians.

What’s up?

Well, I have been very busy with school.  I am working on a project.  I am learning how to write a proposal doing this project.  So I have not had time to blog about politics.  Nov is a busy month of school so in Dec. I will being blogging again.  Until then I may drop in to update everyone.

I have to said real quick that Nov 4 was an awesome day.  It is a joy to see people vote for change. Just so you know what I was doing on that day, I was campaigning in the rain for a small candidate for county commissioner holding a sign up.

illegal or legal, It does not matter (Abortion)

The real issue of most people who get abortion is over look. Many who get abortion are those who are hopeless. Young teens who are worries how their families would response, and women who are worries how they can afford to feed another person. Those are the most common. If we solution these issues then we will see less people getting abortion. I did not think the government have to make it illegal or legal to have abortion. For it is the churches job to change the hearts and minds of the people and not force others to do what they want them to. Churches should spend more time servicing women needs like what Jesus told them to do. Helping teens prepared for motherhood and mentoring them. Help provide the basic needs for soon to be mothers and keep helping them until they are able to stay on their own two feet. Also, churches need to have support groups for these women. I am not for everything to be done by the government but the churches have drop the ball on their roll in our society. There are too many fat and rich pastors who do nothing to support their community. Church is not about all about preaching to their people but helping the poor, hopeless, worrier, guilty, and etc. It is annoying to see all these pastors to be politically correct.

Most of the time, the churches are the ones who cast these pregnant women out in the dark because they are not prefect ( example: having sex without being marry at 14th). It does not made sense. Do anyone go to the doctor when he or she is well? So do you go to church when you are perfect? There would be no need for religion if everyone was perfect. Most of these problems are in mega churches for you can get lost in one of those places. These mega churches are around because most will look around first before they join a church. Most people do not go to the church in their neighborhood anymore. So churches have became politically. So if you are a conservator then you go to a conservative church. If you are a liberal then you go to a liberal church. It is like we can’t get along with others who are different. It is like we are not living up to the standard of our religion.

Growing up in a Christian family, I was told about the I, me, and my test. The test is If you had I, me, and my in your sentence then you was thinking about yourself and not others. For being a Christian is not about pleasing yourself but God. The church communities have became a lot of self interests instead of helping others in need. I am not roofing in my church community but in my school community for that is a place when I can help others. I have a three year old girl and a two year old boy who make it hard for me to service in my church community. Like I said church community are so politically to the point that if my kids did kids stuff I would get the look (other parents thinking, “she is a horrible parent.”). So I am very active in my student organization while I am at school and my kids are in child care.

Baracky II

I same the most awesome video on YouTube. The whole video was well thought out. I really like the video and here it is for you.

Mountains of Paper Work

Mountains of paper work after Mountains of paper work, that is what I have been dealing with this past week. I have been getting ready to go back to school. There is so much bureaucracy in the higher education system. Colleges are no longer about shaping minds but making money. Financial Aid does not ready help student but cause more headaches. The school finds all kind of ways to bill you for things you will never use.
I believe that schools need to be left accountable by the government, more if they are a state university. I mean how much of the tuition is going to paying the general bills of the school or for fashion court yards? I mean some school are what call grant schools, for they was giving land my the federal government. So they make money by building houses and renting them out. How are they ready hurting if they no one pay them the tuition and fees?
What responsible do the government have in this whole matter? I believe they need to have a watchful eye over the schools to make sure the schools are playing fair. I know some say that university should have freedom to run their own school but who is watching out for the students who are getting screw with mountains of debt that they can never climb out of? Giving students more money through loans and pell grants will not help for the cost of tuition and fees keep going up.
If the question about money for research that come through grants by the state or federal government or sponsors.

G.I. Bill

I don’t know if many of you have been keeping up with Congress on what bills they pass for veterans.  They last passed a bill to increase the G.I. Bill for soldiers sign up after 9/11.  However, no one who currently get money from G.I. Bill will not see the increase until August 31, 2009.  So in the mean time it does not help us who is receiving the benefits and we will have less months of the increase.  I really do wish they would have made the bill in effect at the change of Fischer Year (October).

The G.I. Bill is the only way for me to go to school with me being a mother of two kids.  For it is not the tuition for I can get finance aid.  However, it is the living cost to go to school beside working full time.  I have a husband who works but his job does not pay the differences of me not working. However, going to school is a must for me.  My family will be better off when I get my degree in Biological Engineer and I can make a big different in the world.  However, if I run out of G.I. Bill before the end, I will still be okay for the fact that I am an action person on my college campus will help me to be in good finance hands.

Also, the school I go to hold any refund from loans and grants until like the end of the year which totally such.  If any of you are going to an university or college, are your schools holding your refund check and how long?  I would like to know for not all school does this.  I am not liking the way my school is doing this.

Does university and college have too much of policy on how finance aid, admission, or etc?  I really believe that they do when it come to finance aid for they are out to make money and not to help students.

“Surge” Myth

The idea that the surge is a decided by the commanders on the ground is a myth. President George W. Bush has been repeated, “Will be decided by our commanders on the ground, not by political figures in Washington DC.”

However on December 16, 2006, it was reported, “Strikingly, the surge proposal has not been actively promoted by the top commander in Iraq. General Casey, the Senior American commander in Baghdad, has emphasized faster training of Iraqi security forces, an effort that would be supported in part by converting existing combat forces into trainers,” by David E. Sanger and Michael R. Gordon in G.I.’s to Stabilize Iraq from the New York Times. Also Gen. John P. Abizaid, the top American commander in the Middle East at the time, have made the point that a surge might dissuade Iraqis from doing more to provide for their own security. On the other hand, the “surge” came from a politician that is now running for President. According to the New York Times article (Dec. 16, 2006) reported, “Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said during a visit to Baghdad this week that American military commanders were discussing the possibility of adding as many as 10 more combat brigades—a maximum of about 35,000 troops—to establish some of control while Iraq’s divided political leaders seek solutions to the mounting violence.” It have been painted in the media that the surge is something that the arm forces put out there; nevertheless, Iraq Study Group rejected the idea of the surge if the order was for 100,000 to 200,000 troops, saying that those levels were not available for a sustained deployment and would feed fears in Iraq that the U.S. was planning a long-term occupation. The arm forces are having trouble recruiting new recruits.

On December 23, 2006 in the Washington Post, the article U.S. commanders in Iraq push troop surge: L.A. Times reported, “Top U.S. military commanders in Iraq have decided to recommend a surge in the number of U.S. combat force there.” However in the same article, Gen. Casey and Gen. Abizaid had opposed boosting U.S. combat troop levels in Iraq, saying that would only heighten opposition to the American presence and reduce pressure on Iraqi leaders to take responsibility for security. I see what the Washington Post is doing here; they know that most people will not real the whole article so they can make it appeal as if Bush is following the lead of the Generals. This idea that Gen Casey and other commanders wanting a surge are false. Both Gen Casey and Gen Abizaid retired in March 2007 after President Bush have decided to increase troops in Iraq. It is a little crazy how the Generals at the time of playing out President Bush commands to increase troops is not around to oversee the progress of the surge throughout the 18 months or so. In the military there is not such thing as firing high ranking personal, but instead they go in early retirement. Also after a general receive his or her second or third star, their rank is all determine by politics.

Now the idea that the “surge is succession” is crazy for there are many factors in the number of deaths going down. For the one the Sunni decided to fight beside the American instead of against to defeat Al-Qaeda. Second, the malicious groups are being pay off by the U.S. arm forces not to fight (for the Iraqis need income so they do what they have to). Third most important, Al-Qaeda have move from Iraq to Afghanistan to reclaim their home land. Now Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wants for the U.S. forces to leave so they can govern their own country. However, we are heard panic from the Bush Administration on this topic. For the Bush Administration have wanting for American contractors to come in and take over. However, the Iraqis want to run their country by Iraqis standards not American Corporations.

Update of MoniqueTHEIntern

I will be going back to school on August 18th, so I have no idea if I will be able to blog as much now.  I know I will have more to said but it will be my second year at college.  This blog was a test run to see if I like blogging about Politics and I love it.  It have been so much fun.  I hope that many of you have enjoy my blogs.  I will be writing up to August 18th and I may still be writing blog after August 18th.  But for now I have no idea.

I currently am working at night so I will be slowing down a little. I have never work night shift before and this will be a new experience for me.  I wish that blogging would pay as much but I can not wait around to find out.  When life call you, must go.

Al Gore Spoken on Meet the Press

AL Gore spoken on Meet the Press yesterday.  He suggest strongly that we switch to wind, solar, and geothermal power from coal, gas, and oil.  He argue that for cars that we use electric power instead of natural gas as Mr. T Boone Pickens suggest in his ad.  However, I would not true what Mr. T Boone Pickens have to say about alternate energy for he is a Texas oil man. Mr. Pickens said he want to switch to wind for electricity and get away from oil.  I am burn out from Texas oil man telling us what we want to hear but then doing something else.

I am for solar and wind energy.  However, I will have to do my research on geothermal power.  If anyone know much about geothermal power, please comment and tell me more.  I enjoy discussion about energy.