2016

Josh & I had a date night, so we thought we would go and see 2016.  It is a documentary about Obama, why he believes what he does, and what in his past has brought him to those opinions.  Much of the movie is in his own words--through his book, Dreams from My Father.  For the most part, the movie didn't have anything that I hadn't already known about our president, what truly scared me about the movie is that most Americans don't know this.  It is truly a scary thing that in about 2 months Americans will vote for a rock star, a look, more than the content of one's character, their experience, or just on a whim that their hope & change is the same as 'that' guys, when in actuality it is very, very different.

And the sad thing is, I have fallen for the trap.  I have been reluctant to speak up because (especially in education), I was looking for a job or wanting to go to NASA, and I feared that I would be labeled by others for not supporting our first black president.  This is not to say I haven't had opinions, or haven't voted, because I have, but I have remained low key in a way.  & well, I just started a new job, finished college, all of which have been time consuming . . . . but no more, I'm back.  :)  This country that I love--I don't want it to be equal in the world, I want us to continue to be the best, the light on the hill, and I know with every factual and emotional bone in my body, it will not be if we continue down the path that Obama has started in his first four years.

"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." Abraham Lincoln