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• Aid for Myanmar Mobilizes, Mixed With Criticism

“A powerful cyclone that destroyed a vast swath of coastal Myanmar and left many thousands of people dead prompted the country’s military leaders to allow some foreign aid groups to deliver relief supplies on Tuesday.”

• Photographs From Myanmar
• I.O.C. Rules Will Limit Protests by Athletes

“Athletes who compete in the Beijing Olympics will not be allowed to wave flags, make gestures or alter their external appearance to make a political statement, according to guidelines issued in April by the International Olympic Committee.”

• Global Economic Minute: Immigration’s past and present

• Senator Clinton stays in the race despite lackluster Tuesday, are there Rewards For Dropping Out?
• Iron Man (movie) gets generally favorable reviews
• Poll: Only 2.5 percent of Americans are LGB

“Hunter College released the results of a groundbreaking poll Wednesday that found only 2.9 percent of Americans older than 18 identify as LGB, lower than the 4-5 percent often cited in voter exit polls.”

• The Sustainable City–Ecological Dream or Technocratic Nightmare?

“And while the little boy in me thrills at the science-fiction stylishness of some of the architects’ renderings of these cities of the future (of which the picture above is a sample), another part of me wonders whether the promises now being made about these projects have even a chance of being fulfilled.”

Like how Iraq was mission accomplished 5 years today, I too felt accomplished. I was just about to finish high school and I hadn’t even decided on a college. I was though flying high, mission accomplished. I had recently regained trust by my parents and summer “adult” freedom was ripening on my tongue.

I forgive Hilary for voting for the war. If was voting on mis-information too. Grownup had arrived. Today I know I have a lifetime of growing up to do.

So I am reemerging not to fill the spaces of the pages but to fill some parts of me that I too often look elsewhere to. I know that my mission isn’t accomplished and that I’ll consume lots of coffee to get there. The reset button is close by, could you push it? No, just a soft reset. I don’t want to lose everything.

Lets not fault Bush for calling a war or even calling it to a close super early, lets fault him for not listening to the experience and learning from it. Get out of there!

It is hard. It is what defines his stay in office. Victim to simple quick fixes, time is a difficult illusion. The longer you stay in it, the further you fall face first into reality.

I have spent a lot of time recently on MBA applications. It has been a while since I had to so craftily praise myself in front of others; it was never this specific. I am defending passion and my future career plans. In definition, I have gone through a transition. Unlike the addictions of war, I have turned the red tide. What are you surfing on when you need something else to keep the momentum?

We are not alone for a reason. Use your developing intuition and growing heart in sync to determine self-motivation. Look to those you know to be real sensors of your being. At the very least there is a technique that is simple to surf through the rougher and lonelier times.

List accomplishments of your day, w/o your minds side commentary; if any slips in, you are forbidden from making further note of it at all.

Today:
•  Entry to baited blog
•  Made progress on scholarship guidebook at work
•  Speedily organized home office
•  Felt reemergence of China-fondness
•  Large Mexican latte instead of small

Find your coastline and ride…summer is coming whether you want it to or not.

In my first national election that I could vote in, I remember supporting Dean and then going Kerry. It seemed simple. I switched out my buttons and stickers, but I don’t remember the mess that is running around today. Even if you aren’t following the campaign trail closely you are probably still inhaling the exhaust. So much hot air, there is too much to choke on.

Different candidates winning each state’s primary/caucus, it can all be a bit dizzying…

Iowa:
D- Obama
R- Huckabee
New Hampshire:
D- Clinton
R- McCain
Michigan:
D- Clinton via “empty” ballot
R- Romney
Nevada:
D- Clinton, but Obama won more delegates for the Democratic National Convention. I don’t get it either.
R- Romney
South Carolina:
R- McCain
D- next week
Florida:
Upcoming, but Rudy Juliani has been camping out here for two weeks. It’s a good chance he has the power to pull an upset.

Finally, lets not forget Mayor Bloomburg, and how he “isn’t” going to enter the race as an independent.

Below are some quizzes to help you figure out which candidate’s issues most align to your own.
(I’m sorry for any ads and some of the quizzes warn they may have some inaccurate information)

1) Pick Your Candidate
2) Select A Candidate: President
3) SelectSmart.com 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SELECTOR - this quiz includes Bloomburg

My results were similar within each quiz.

Hopefully this will help you breathe easier.

In the land of the free, the early election crap has reason for such an early start this year. Obama and Huckabee take the Iowa caucuses! If you put me to vote, Huckabee would probably be the last one I’d vote for out of all of them. As for Obama, he knows his politics, but does he know the White House? I’m actually a Clinton fan. Richardson second for me and then a tie for third with Obama and Edwards. To give the the Republicans out there a shout out, I’m actually feelin’ Rudy.

To get some great commentary on the Iowa action check these out:

Iowa Changes Everything

“After last night’s Iowa Caucus results, some are saying the GOP is now in total disarray, and others are expressing shock that the once seemingly unstoppable Clinton train has gone off the rails, with the New York Times calling her performance a ’startling setback.’”

Obama Takes Iowa in a Big Turnout as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Victor

“Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, a first-term Democratic senator trying to become the nation’s first African-American president, rolled to victory in the Iowa caucuses on Thursday night, lifted by a record turnout of voters who embraced his promise of change.”

The Daily Dish - This whole blog is doing a bunch of great personal commentary

A reader here wrote, “And the people won. I never thought I’d be so happy to see two people I completely disagree with win. This election transcends policy positions. It’s about who we are as a county. Can we be conned? Bought? Blinded by prejudice, fear or “inevitability”? The answer tonight was a resounding NO.”

Obama’s victory in Iowa sheds light on today’s workplace

“Millennials are fundamentally conservative…Baby boomers are being forced out, in a non-disruptive way…The gender divide is an antiquated view of the world…”

See you in New Hampshire and Super Tuesday