throwback thursday

So I've just recently begun packing to move my entire life into my apartment in two days, and I came across my old CD case. I was using it to move my DVDs into it so it saves space not only packing wise, but it's a pretty practical idea (I think). Now I'll admit I've been a little bit of a millenium kid and deserted my CDs for awhile, but I came across this mix that I had made entitled "Tunes '04". It sparked my interest and I decided to check it out while I packed my life away. Here is what I came across:

1.) "Divided Sky" - Phish
2.) "Oh Yoko" - John Lennon
3.) "Sample In A Jar" - Phish
4.) "Dog Faced Boy" - Phish
5.) "Her Town Too" - James Taylor
6.) "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
7.) "Crazy Game of Poker" - OAR
8.) "You and I Both"- Jason Mraz
9.) "Caught Up In Your Love" - Ari Hest
10.) "0% Interest" -Jason Mraz
11.) "How Sweet It Is" - James Taylor

The CD brought back a flood of memories and good times. I actually teared up a little when I heard the solo mid-Divided Sky because it had been forever since I'd listened to that song and just made me think of a lot of things. I also found a bunch of LIVEphish CDs that my brother passed down to me which was fucking dooooooooope. Considering Trey made his recent comments I hope that when the reunion does occur I can attend more than one show. I would probably shit my pants twice and see stars the whole time. I'm waiting.

By the way, I think I might be the only person my age who was more upset when Tim Russert died as opposed to the dude from Dave Matthews Band. Both are unfortunate losses; LeRoi was a really dope sax player and far too young. However, despite the tragedy, hopefully this means Dave Matthews will stop making music.

three hundred meelion dollars

I honestly think that Barack Obama is a leader. I think that he is a good problem solver; I think that the universal health care plan is legit. I think that he is going to take a careful approach to bringing the country out of the rut that we have been driven in. I think he has an actual agenda and I think that's what we need. He has gotten shit done in the past. He's been a leader for twenty years. I'm sorry but I'm not that impressed with the fact that McCain was a POW for however many years, or the fact that he has promoted his family through this campaign (his daughter just signed a deal to write a book which should be interesting..) I'm also not impressed that he feels he needs to take the pussy way out to bring himself on top by not only demeaning his opponent but taking a completely erroneous approach to the subject.

In a time when three out of every fifty home owners are behind on their mortgages and foreclosures are becoming regular, I think it's time we need a real leader in this country. It is one big cycle.

- When a home is foreclosed a bank takes over and repossesses it.
- The houses are typically worth less than the mortgage, and the bank is then bound to that home.
- This has resulted up to billions of losses.
- The bank losses than affect stock prices.
- The lending gets tight which then means less spending by consumers and companies.
- Due to anticipation of lower profits the market drops.
- Companies begin to lay off employees and the sales get shaky and investors then press for their returns.

McCain has said that he will "demand" less government spending to create a balanced budget, he never really gave a concrete way that he planned on going about that. Recently, Obama held an economic conference with his advisers, all of whom have experience in cleaning up an economic crisis. If raising taxes to bring a balance pisses the people who haven't worried about taxes for the past eight years then let them be pissed off. There are people living in this country without any form of health insurance or hope for tomorrow. I think it's incredible that we have a candidate that is speaking out for the people of New Orleans. The same people who are so small on the map that they are nearly voiceless. We need someone to run this country that is willing to see things from all aspects. Sure, he has some skeletons in his closet, but who doesn't? And I'm sure that if Obama was born in Panama while his parents were living on a US Army Base, there would be an uproar from the right-wings as to why he should be allowed to be president.

I don't disagree with the issue of McCain being able to run. I am pretty sure that anyone born to American citizens while in another country (even including the Panama Canal) you are considered an American citizen because the reason you are there is because they are serving the country. Some shit like that. I don't know what I'm talking about anymore or if any of that even made sense.