were did respect go? what happened to the world?

yeah I may have been busy/forgot about this blog but someone just posted a comment and wordpress emailed me saying I had to approve it so I was made aware of the blog that I haven’t posted on in too long. So much has happened but I like to stay focused on the present so….

Well I would like to take a break from my shallow and mundane blogging about myself (even though I know I am very interesting and reading about whatever I did that day must be truly fascinating to whoever reads this blog) and I wanna write about something that I feel very strongly about and has been all over the news (and no it’s not Jon and Kate’s divorce even though I do find that troubling lol) Iran’s “election” and I wish more young people would take an interest in this issue-

Democracy is the corner stone of America. It’s the peoples right to make decisions about how they want to live their lives that make us a free and happy country but Iran is making a mockery of the democratic process. They held a (for all intensive purposes) a false election, dangling the carrot of democracy in front of it’s people and then snatching it away by (I believe) disregarding the popular vote. Ahmadinejad “shockingly” appointed himself as the victor and still president of Iran.

I consider myself a Democrat/Libertarian and I believe strong in that voice and opinions of people should be heard, no matter who they are or what their opinion might be, everyone deserves to be heard and respected. I respect the people of Iran who are standing up for what they believe in and I fully support their protest and I wish their government would give their people the respect they deserve. I have no respect Ahmadinejad nor do I believe he deserves any, he is a lying, cheating, “sob” who has stolen the rights of Iranian people and completely disgraced himself and his country. I wish the people Iran the best of luck and I hope they can win back their rights as people as peacefully as possible. 

I wish more young Americans cared or even knew about this issue. The people protesting in Iran for their rights are mostly under thirty and it embarrassing how little young Americans care about the world and even problems in their own country and communities . As a nation we have grown lazy and comfortable with the world because America is well. It’s about justice for people, everyone deserves the freedoms that were just given to us because we were lucky enough to be born Americans. What happened to the spirit of the 70’s (to be clear I was not alive in the 70’s) when young Americans wanted to change the world. I remember when a college student got tazed at a John Kerry speech for speaking his mind and no one did anything except film the incident on the cell phones. I was thinking how can you just sit there and watch this stand up with your fellow student and make a point. It makes me feel powerless being 16 in this enviroment, I want to change the world and feel like I am alone. 

I am wearing a green wrist band to show my solidarity not only with the Iranian people but for the democratic process. 

TTFN- Taa Taa For Now

Hallie