Michigan Wins!

Well, it may not have been pretty, but the score is what matters...and the Wolverines pulled it off! Way to go, Blue!!! I had planned to spend today studying (which I did), but I did have to turn the game on, too! Don't worry...I muted it (a little). :) Unfortunately Lon had to work and missed the game. Next week...Notre Dame. We'll see how that goes. :-S

As for the presidential choices and their running mates...well, McCain helped me like one candidate's team more than the other...and it wasn't his! Sarah Palin scares me...pro-gun, anti-abortion rights, pro-drilling up one of our nation's wildlife refuges, hmmm...no, I don't think I want her running my country (McCain is 72 and not in the best health!).

• We have multiple renewable resources for oil and gas that we are not using...why then would we want to go and drill up one of our states and use up MORE of our irreplaceable fossil fuels and filthy up the environment in the process? That doesn't sound like a good idea. Has she not heard of bio-diesel, hemp oil, used corn oil, etc. (people are already using these!)
  
• And why does she see the need to take away a woman's choice regarding her own body and/or embryo/fetus? She was able to make her own decisions (CHOICES!) about her 5 kids and her daughter had a CHOICE to keep her baby, as well. That doesn't seem fair that they had choices, but others shouldn't. "Mom-of-five Palin is anti-abortion (even in cases of rape) and opposed to sex-education classes (she believes in abstinence instruction for teens). From USmagazine.com Well, we can see how well that would work since our country is one of the leaders in teen pregnancies. And how many kids/teens do you know that do EXACTLY what they are told and don't do the opposite just because they want to? (I would think not very many!) Isn't that what is being taught anyway...and not working? And no, I'm not influenced by the fact that her daughter got pregnant. Accidents happen and parents can't monitor their children 24 hours a day, nor do I think they should. They have to grow up sometime and life is a VERY good teacher...
  
• Pro-gun...what the heck does that mean? I know that 'guns don't kill people, bullets (or people) kill people.' Yes, I've heard it, seen the bumper stickers and t-shirts, but that doesn't mean I want it to be so easy for anyone to get one. Unfortunately, there is crime and a black market and the wrong people can get them no matter what restrictions are placed on law-abiding citizens. But to say you are 'pro-gun'...I would really like to know exactly what is meant by it. Still doesn't appeal to me...since having been shot myself, I'm not a fan. If there was a way to get them all off the street and only in the hands of military and security (police) personnel, I would be all for it. Hunters can do it the old fashioned way...ever heard of a bow and arrow? A spear? Those worked for thousands of years and you actually had to exert yourself in the 'hunt.' Might not be a bad idea for our rampantly obese nation to put a little more exercise into our 'fun' and sport. :) I'm not dissing hunters, just making the point of how they could have fun IF only military and police had access to firearms.
  

I apologize for my rant...didn't realize I had all that pent up inside! :) I really am having a great Saturday and my honey will be home any minute! Yeah! I will still watch the debates and make up my mind by November. There's still a lot I want to hear from both sides that nobody is saying...like how exactly they are going to make all these changes they keep talking about (both sides).
Til next time...