This past week, everybody and their dog have been up in arms about Sarah Palin and the controversy over her brand new wardrobe. Spending $150,000 on suits, shoes, boots, even a makeup artist and hair stylist is not sitting too well with the population. Spending that money from the Republican National Committee, some from Republican supporters, is not the best way to promote oneself.

Looking back at photographs of Palin from when she was campaigning in Alaska, anyone can see the difference; it is like night and day. Frumpy sweaters, and dull coloured suits; Sarah Palin was less appealing than she is now.

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Here is a little song I wrote
I hope you sing it note for note
Don’t Worry, Vote Johnny

In the world there is some trouble
A young Obama could make it double
Don’t worry, vote Johnny, vote Johnny now

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Next week’s presidential election gives me serious heartburn – not because I’m concerned one way or another who is going to win. That’s been obvious for months now. I frankly think I could blindfold myself and push a button in the voter booth on Election Day, and it wouldn’t make a darn bit of difference. Call me a cynic. That’s the way I feel.

What gives me heartburn is this: Whoever wins the White House is facing perhaps the most treacherous uphill climb in American presidential history. The economy is faltering. Our health care system is woefully inadequate. American workers are losing jobs right and left. Immigration is out of control, and no one in power seems to know what to do about it.

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People will not only believe everything they hear on TV or radio, but how they only hear the messages they want to hear or the parts of the message that back up their believes and ideas. It kills me on how media illiterate we have become. We take everything at face value, and we never delve beneath the surface. This leads to people being miss and under informed.

Any time you look at ANY media artifact (article, blog, TV show, website, radio show, advertisement…basically any piece of media), you need to be thinking critically. You need to know who made the artifact, what they stand for, what’s their angle, background and goal. Even as you read this, before you take anything I say at face value, do you know who I am, what credibility I have, or what I am trying to accomplish? You need to know these things so you can evaluate the artifact properly and then assess its value and merit.

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I read a compelling statement in Lisa's article on an independent's perspective on voting. In that article, Barb convinced me to seriously consider voting for my favorite choice regardless of whether he/she is the Republican or Democrat nominee.

We've all heard the arguments against wasting the vote before. It's a typical ends justifies the means type argument. "If you don't vote for either the Republican or Democrat candidate, you will have no say in the outcome of the election. One of those two candidates WILL be elected, and your vote will have been wasted." Granted. But let's discuss reasons why we SHOULD waste our vote.

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In the last debate we heard a lot about Joe “The Plumber”, I would like to talk to you about Michael “The Relationship Manager”.  Michael “The Relationship Manager” believes that the government has an important role in society but believes that too much government gets in the way of progress.  Michael “The Relationship Manager” understands that taxes need to be low but at the same time we must have a tax system that is fair to lower class workers.

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Since I had the right to vote, I have viewed politics from afar. Politics have never really interested me in the least, mainly because I observed it as run-around and empty promises. I have found it hard to follow, or keep interested in laws and bills, campaigns or slam ads. Politics is just not my forte.

However, with the recent presidential election going on right now in the United States, (yes, I am completely disregarding the upcoming Canadian election) I cannot help but stick my nose in this business, and here is why. It is pop culture if it's anything.

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