Thoughts on our country

I was watching 60 minutes this week and Leslie Stahl interviewed Justice Antonin Scalia (of the US Supreme Court.)  Now I fundamentally disagree with Justice Scalia on just about everything, but I was really fascinated by his passion with which he really believes in the US Constitution and that he believes in his role in interpreting the Constitution.  I hate to say it, but it was actually inspiring to see someone so passionate about the laws of our country.  I think that’s what should be driving this upcoming election.  Which candidate is passionate about the laws and policies of our country.

When Gov. Palin talks, that’s what I see is missing.  I don’t see this passion for our COUNTRY.  I hear her talk about firing the executive chef, putting the governor’s jet on ebay and being an advocate for special needs children.  But she has no concept about what it means to represent our nation.  I think that John McCain has this passion, but again, fundamentally I disagree with almost everything he stands for, which is why week after week, I get more and more excited about seeing what Barack Obama and Joe Biden are putting forth.  I think that these two really care about America as a nation, the citizens of the country, the environment (locally and globally) and also how America is not just a lone nation, but also has an important role on the global stage.

Watching the Pack

Since I joined Facebook a couple of weeks ago, I’ve reconnected with a lot of my friends from high school and college.  Since I used to live in the Midwest, I was a total Green Bay Packers fan.  (I think I posted sometime last year that my dad would be in heaven if the Packers and the New England Patriots would play each other in the Superbowl.)  Well, I was checking my facebook account this afternoon and I saw that many of my friends were watching the Packers game this afternoon.  Since the Patriots weren’t scheduled to play until later, I decided that I too wanted to watch or listen to the Packer game.  Unfortunately, unless I buy a special football package either on cable tv or on the internet, this would be impossible.  But I went to the NFL website and they have something absolutely cool.  It’s a live action animated play by play of every game as it happens.  So I got to watch the Packer game animated live with the commentary written under the little moving lines.  If you want to catch the games online go to nfl.com and click on the game centers button and then click on the game that you want to watch.  Really cool.

Now it’s time for the Patriots game (on live tv!)

P.S. The Patriots and their new Quarterback Matt Cassel beat Brett Favre and the NY Jets.  Yeah!!!