politicking time bomb.

i have a huge exam today.
which means it would've been a good idea to study a lot last night.
but nope.
i watched election coverage for a good 5 hours.
utterly pointless considering i already knew the outcome.
without further ado, here is my blog on the 2008 election.

this is the first time i've been able to vote, along with millions of other young adults. i wanted to be an informed voter so i did a lot of research. it wasn't until the VP candidates were picked that i was able to firmly decide which duo i would want to run my country. i'm not gonna waste words bashing sarah palin (or sarah failin as brother eric lovingly calls her) because i think she is a well-intended person.

i firmly believe that barack obama is an excellent candidate and will do great things for this country. i've been hounded by some of my christian friends for choosing a "pro-choice" candidate but i will be upfront about the fact that i am also pro-choice. [quick reminder pro-choice does not mean pro-death]. not only am i a christian, madly in love with Jesus, but i intend to spend the rest of my life teaching the love of Jesus unto others. and the Jesus i see in the NT isn't marching down the streets with signs condemning those who are taking advantage of their free will. i take advantage of my free will every day and ya know what..i screw up. a lot. daily in fact. but i refuse to make laws that put God's earthly work in a box to save Him from working through people that have had abortions (!). i personally will never have an abortion, but i'm pretty certain at some point in my life i will use birth control. so where do we draw the line? if my IUD blocks a potential child, does that make me an abortionist? let me just say as a follower of Jesus Christ, i will be the last to point fingers. that's what the pharisees did, and i don't think Jesus liked that too much.

last night when it was announced that barack was our president, i couldn't help but feel proud to be an american. 50 years ago this country was segregated, blacks and whites couldn't even share a sidewalk. and here we are, a black man is now the president of this country. what a huge step, a final move in securing the freedom that everyone deserves in this country. b-rock came from nothing, and now he is president of the greatest country in the world. that's pretty great to me.

finally, this morning i scanned through the dozens of updated facebook statuses since last night. needless to say, i was fairly appalled and offended by the ignorance. people declaring obama un-american, announcing their moves to canada, or overall fear for this country during the next four years. for those of you christians crouching in fear, where is the trust? granted, i am in support of obama, my allegiance is in God alone. i trust that He will lead us and that His will shall be done on earth. you should too. pray about it.

those are my thoughts on politics. see you in four years.