Oct/080
Presidential debates are frustrating to watch
Personally, I hate keeping up with politics. There’s too many things said that people don’t mean, too many underhanded statements, and too many people trying to get ahead.
Regardless, because I am a registered voter, I decided to watch [part of] the last Presidential debate. Needless to say… I couldn’t even watch more than 10 minutes without getting fed up.
Neither of the candidates can answer a straight question!
All I know is that from a brief look at their records, and listening to their ideas, I just don’t agree with Obama on very many things at all. While I don’t totally agree with McCain either, most of his ideas are closer to what I’d be looking for in a President. (Can you guess who I’m voting for?)
Regardless of who wins, I am very down-hearted for our future over the next four years.
Oct/080
Poverty Awareness [Blog Action Day 2008]
As a part of Blog Action Day I committed to helping spread the word about poverty! It’s time to educate yourselves, so put on your thinking caps and caring hearts…
There’s a lot of cool statistics on Wikipedia about poverty – learn more here.
Poverty.com also has a lot of resources.
So what is there to do? Here’s a list organizations trying to make an impact:
- Make Poverty History
- Solve Poverty
- Zap Poverty
- The Poverty Project
- ONE
- CARE
- Compassion
- World Concern
Some other useful links on how to help:
- 5 Ways to Help Poverty (in Africa, but I think that the ideas are useful anywhere)
- The Poverty Project: How to Help
- Holiday of a Lifetime (an interesting approach…)
- How Teens Can Help (an Islamic site)
- Compassion: How to Get Involved (a comprehensive list with links)
