Settling Down & Politics

For the past two to three weeks, I have been the most stressed that I have ever been this year.  As September walked in, I promised myself that I would keep things together and attempt to get through everything I needed to accomplish such as assistant teaching, Francais, interning, working, doing homework, weaving a college list, writing college essay's, and applying for scholarships.  I thought I had enough time, but it turned out not to be so.  Everyday, I arrived home from school tired and worn out and would just use the rest of my energy to talk with friends.  Working a lot made me feel disconnected.  As I struggled with all the crap I had to do, I longed to talk to a peer.

Being overwhelmed with work also touched the surface of my mood and shattered it completely, engendering a whole different Anthony.  I became stubborn, walked through the hallways and streets with malevolence, and had zero tolerance for people who would waste precious time.  I was so stressed!  The sudden change of anti- depressant medication also disturbed the flow of things within my brain causing in me a sullenness that was difficult to bear.  I hate the fact that I become so anxious and frustrated.  I was frustrated with how I was living and how I had handled previous things... I shouldn't say "I was frustrated..." I still am actually.

Anyway, I was able to endure coming out of the dense gray cloud with a bruise and minor cuts and I have turned my attention to trying to pace myself.  Just a couple of minutes ago, I completed a second draft of my college essay after weeks of writing essay's that covered different candidate topics and I feel more proud of myself.  It is really disappointing that the college essay has to be so sort.  There is nothing wrong with succinctness or condensation, but I just had so much to say as I am sure everyone does.  My essay topic is on writing and how it has made me the individual I am today.  It is a common topic, but it is what I can do and what I am passionate about.

Moving on...

I have been frustrated with the current events in the world and the presidential election.  First off, tensions continue to rise each day between the United States and the Russian Federation and I feel Washington is on it's way to provoking World War 3.  After Russian forces defended South Ossetia from the Georgian army, the United States quickly went ahead to offer a spot for Georgia in NATO.  Washington does not give a fuck about Georgia or "territorial sovereignty."   Washington wants to bring Medvedev and Putin down- that's it, thus surrounding Russia with NATO members so the Russians could stand down.  Be aware that under Article Five, NATO "guarantees mutual defense, promising a 'one for all, all for one' military response should any member be attacked.  So if Russia attacks Georgia again after it tries to recapture South Ossetia, NATO will bomb the Federation and then, the world is done.

Russia was simply protecting it's citizen's in South Ossetia and Abkhazia- they did NOT invade Georgia.  We then have Bush, McCain and even Obama saying that Russia must be punished.  Obama didn't really say that, but he was viewing the situation as everyone else was.  Bush has no right to tell anyone what to do.  He has no right to punish anyone at all.  Can anyone punish the United States?  Can the United Nations impose sanctions against America's illegal occupation of Iraq and embargo of Cuba? No.  Must America destroy it's nuclear weapons? No.  But Iran has to stop it's nuclear program and Russia "must be punished."   Something is definitely wrong with this country especially after polls in favor of McCain and Palin rose in the last couple of weeks.  Palin is a redneck and she knows nothing.  She comes from a city hall the size of a diner and isn't sophisticated at all.   She says her foreign policy is Alaska's proximity to Russia.  Is she crazy?  She never met a foreign dignitary until this week here in New York City for the UN Assembly.  That woman is terrible and is simply a monster.  McCain is about to die anyway and if that does occur, Palin will become President and at that second, America will become trash.  I am deeply saddened by the fact that I cannot vote in this year's election.  If YOU can vote, get your ass to the voting booths on November 3rd and make a wise decision.  The future the Republican Party has in store for America is not a good one.  The Democratic Party has the chance of doing some change, but please Obama reel yourself back in, you can't change everything.  The United States isn't a monarchy, but a "democracy."  I am really not sure what this nation is.  I am not sure how the US is a democracy when the citizens themselves do not elect their President, but the electoral college.  The government doesn't trust the people?  What ever happened to "For the People, By the People"?

A clip with Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin came out today.  Seriously, that bitch does not know anything, she couldn't even articulate herself as she was talking to Couric.  As she spoke I could not believe how the nation is letting her be a candidate for VP... WAKE UP!

I am glad I was able to vent... I also want to give kudos to Venezualan President, Hugo Chavez for expelling the American Amabassador this month.  I am proud of Chavez for defending Venezuela and all of Latin America and struggling to preserve it's integrity.  In the time earlier this year, an article came out with a reporter saying "Latin America used to be our third border."  I'm sorry, but Latin America will never belong to Washington.  I hope Chavez continues to tell Hispanic nations to stand up against the bully of the North.  I am aware that Chavez is a little crazy and is starting to violate human rights and freedom of speech, but I am still proud of his courage and determination to rid Venezuela of anything American.  It makes me terribly sad that my country, Costa Rica had to go ahead and sign the Free- Trade Agreement.  Now, American Capitalists are going to suck the country dry of everything it has.  Oscar Arias, the President, may be a Nobel Prize winner, but he needs to realize the big mistake he has made...

And for the record, I am not anti- American. I am anti- capitalism and anti- the current government.

Ok, I'm done.