Why I am voting this time.

Who will our next President be? Obama or McCain? Man, there's so much information out there, full truths, half truths, half lies, and all lies. Its tough to make a decision with all that crap out there. I wish the signs were more obvious like one wearing a Darth Vader outfit while the other dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi then the choice would be obvious! Pew Pew!

Personally, I've never voted before, I never planned to. I figured, like more than half the rest of you, the majority will pick who they want and I'll go along for the ride. That strategy worked out pretty well so far in my life - you know how it is, when you're young Presidents don't really have any direct impact on your life so whoever ran the United States didn't matter as long as you could do whatever you wanted. Well that's one of the greatest things about being young. Now I'm almost 30 and have responsibilities and after seeing gas prices push me into the bus everyday, my home value dropping, banks failing, CEOs partying, watching my 401k take a nose dive, and then watching everyone panic! I feel like The Force isn't working with Bush anymore and it's time for a true Jedi to take his place. The worse part is I've actually been affected this time - now that I'm a responsible person.

Being deaf isn't so easy, I'm pretty lucky to actually have a job and can pay all my bills but if these problems keep up that luxury isn't gonna last. So this time I'm voting, maybe my finger on the button will make a difference, who knows. Maybe the person I'm voting for will screw up or he will succeed I can't predict that but at least I'm going to try.

So... (ahem) Go VOTE!

Just for fun I posted a Poll on the right - vote for who you think would be a good actor as Obama in some movie someday - I'll bet that regardless the outcome there will be a movie.

Lance

Article: Fannie Mae's story on the Bailout.

I came across this excellent article that that describes how Fannie Mae failed. I find it interesting that there were a lot of players involved in the story, even congress, who put a lot of pressure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy risky loans which ultimately failed.

The media seems to point the blame to Fannie/Freddie for popping the housing market bubble while this article shows that Fannie and Freddie were being pretty much threatened to pop the bubble. The article is 4 pages long and pretty easy to read. Let me know your thoughts.

Lance.