Election Update

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by Molly N | September 13, 2008 at 09:22 am
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(via johnmurray) Standing on my soapbox here. If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can move on, okay? I’m in no way an American, so it sort of follows that I wouldn’t care who America votes as its president or what happens to America’s politics. (This post means I am putting my two cents’ worth into these political debates on Obama/McCain etc.) If you do think that foreigners don’t care/shouldn’t care (whichever you think) about your country’s politics, think again. First off, let me tell you where I come from. Look at the map above, and just below Japan, above Indonesia, near Hong Kong, you’ll find this small clump of islands that looks like a baby with an over-sized head. That’s where I come from, the Philippines. Manila to be exact. For those who don’t know, our country was colonized/invaded (depending on which is the politically correct term for the reader) by the Americans before. After the Americans let us go, we still held onto ties with the U.S. government, believing them to be allies. Maybe they are, maybe they aren’t, maybe they’re only allies in business and war, or allies regardless (let’s not get into that debate, because I’ve heard both sides more than once), but the point is that until this very day, the U.S. affects Philippine politics (and the international community/politics as a whole, of course). Who the U.S. chooses as its president could very well influence our president now, our soon to be president in 2010, and other presidents, now and in the future, and in other countries. If the U.S. chooses a president who intends to create another Iraq for you guys, we and other countries would probably willingly help because you are our allies (The Philippines did participate in helping U.S. in Iraq, or something of the sort. I’m too lazy to research right now.) If the U.S. chooses a president who wants change, I’m not saying that they could start worldwide change, but I’m saying that who you people choose will greatly affect a large number of the world’s population, politics, etc, whether we like it or not. Ignore the fact that some people say that the U.S. as an international superpower can now be refuted (or was refutable in the first place), I’m not talking about that. What I’m talking about here is this hope that each and every American out there makes an intelligent vote. Not a vote because you feel it’s right, or because you’re a Republican, Democrat, Liberal and so on, not because your family and friends choose to vote for this or that candidate, but vote because you think the candidate makes sense, because you believe in the ideals they uphold, that what they give out will logically most probably help the majority not just of your country, but the rest of the world. What I’m saying (despite this really weird almost essay I’m writing) is that your vote does matter. You matter. You can make a difference. What you do will affect almost everyone in this planet politically. Please make a good choice—make one that makes sense. ———————————————————————- On other things: I think this photo is quite true. A lot of people I know here also support Obama, and personally I do hope he wins. He makes sense to me, more than McCain and Palin, although they could be onto something that’s still unclear to me. I want him to win because he believes in what he’s saying, does what he’s saying too, and so on. But ignore this postscript, please read the one up there. That’s what I really wanted to say, regardless of who you’re voting. Thank you for reading. Back to posting and reblogging my thoughts. :)

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