Well, summer is here, and with it come the worst several months for entertainment as a whole. Summer is notoriously lacking in the video game department (the only 3 I plan on purchasing are Mass Effect for the Xbox 360, Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80's for the PS2 and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii), the TV season is over and the wait for the new season in October has begun. Granted, summer is the big movie season, but as far as I'm concerned, aside from Transformers, the big movies have come and gone already (Pirates 3, Spider-Man 3, etc).
So why, you ask, am I updating my seldom updated blog? Well, it is because of something that Jon Stewart has perfectly described as "Clusterfuck to the White House". That's right, the presidential primaries have me interested for the first time ever. Nearly 20 candidates are vying for the White House from just the main two parties alone, but according to the ever inane media, you would only think that there are 6 possible candidates (John Edwards, Hillary "the Devil" Clinton and Barrack Obama for the Dems and Mitt "Kerry 2" Romney, Rudy "9/11" Giuliani and John McCain for the Republicans). Predicting this race is about as hard as picking a name out of a hat, since at this point that's the only way to determine whose going to be our next President. It's really too bad that the media has already picked their front runners (and hell, they're even giving more importance to two people who aren't even officially in the goddamn race yet, Fred Thompson and Al Gore), because closely examining a field of nearly 20 candidates instead of narrowing it to the popular 6 could yield us a much more competent, intelligent and well rounded president.
Unfortunately, the absolute best candidate in the running is not getting the publicity and respect he deserves. That would be Representative Ron Paul from Texas, who is a straight up Libertarian that knows how to play the game and maximize his chances for getting elected (he realizes that the system is controlled by the Dems and Republicans, so thats why he's running as a RINO (Republican in Name Only) and not a Libertarian). He's for market freedom, legalized competition in every single aspect of life that the government currently controls, and is just an all-around intelligent man. I am very happy he was featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart earlier this week (and I recommend everyone seek out the episode or a clip of Representative Paul's segment), because it will get his name to the youth of America, of whom a boatload get their political information from Stewart and Stephen Colbert. I fully support this man's run to the White House, and I want to give him my full support in the Republican primary (and hopefully later in the national election).
I encourage everyone of all political leanings to pay close attention to this particular race to the White House, as the next president will more than likely define the entirety of the post-Bush United States. Ignore the media frenzy surrounding the Big 6 (as the 3 Dems and the 3 Republicans are pretty much exactly the same when it comes to the issues) and dig for information regarding the other 14 candidates. Everyone needs to get politically educated and get active. This election is too important to sit idly by and watch it happen.
