In this commentary by CNN Contributor, Liz
Granderson, she talks about the racial
division of the political parties.

Sarah Palin's Facebook status saying "shuck
and jive" is what set Liz off in the
commentary. Liz saw her status as contributing
to a country that has a history of racial
issues, political and not.

Her point was that it was to have been said
and predicted that certain races were leaning
toward one particular party and that Republicans
were depending on white portion of America
to vote for Romney and that it is just not
a logical thing to do or a winning strategy
these days. She goes on to prove her point by
even saying that past Republican presidents
have taken steps or attempted to reduce or
eliminate the racial issues. Her examples were
Lincoln with the KKK and and Republicans
pushing for Congress to sign Civil Rights Act
of 1964.

I do agree with her on the racial division with
the current election. I, personally have heard
and read statuses on Facebook, comments, texts
that have implied that someone will vote to "not
have another white man in office". Yes, this
was our first African American president and yet
he wasn't the one to put an end to slavery,
previous "white" presidents were. So overall,
I agree with Liz, it is ignorant for people to
say and think that by having a different race
is going to accomplish something special in office.
It's not about color or sex, it should be
about the promises of what will be done to
help this country. Overall, ignorance still
stands strong, which is very unfortunate.

Reading this article brought a lot of issues to mind about the most recent presidential election. I agree that this shouldn't necessarily be about the two main parties, which candidate 'brought it' to the debate or even who won by collecting enough votes from a swing state.

I am all for America but I feel like this country has lost its way.  I saw more fights between people over who was voting for which candidate, more people wanted to 'not speak to someone' because of who they voted for which is absurd. Facebook is not the best place to discuss politics but I saw countless status's of people saying "Delete me if you don't agree but.." or "I found out a lot of who is really there for me over just an election". This is stupid. I feel like so much pressure is on who is voting for what that everyone takes it personally and with each election this country is divided more and more. For a country that uses the word "indivisible" in its pledge to have people signing to have their state seceded? Get it together, people. We may not all agree on race, gay/lesbian rights, or when to draw the line for welfare and education but we are all here for a reason, and I am sure all wanting the same things in life when it comes down to it.

It saddens me that at a time when this country needs to come together as one, people start turning their backs on others. Is that really the message we want to give off to other nations?

Fuel Recovery

This commentary is about Obama's recent
orders to the National Governments Federal
Emergency Management Agency to purchase
fuel to help the east coast recover from
the recent weather disaster.

The order of fuel which is for 12 million
gallons of unleaded and 10 mil. of diesel
fuel for impacted areas.

Obviously this is an uncontrollable
situation and it is good to see the national
government step up to see these states through
a tough time instead of just leaving it
in the hands of the Red Cross, volunteers,
donors, and the state governments.

As of right now, millions are without
electricity along the east coast. At the
beginning of winter and a colder time for
them, people are being forced to live
without heat. The generous donation from
the government, in addition to the
emergency diesel fuel loan that was given
by the Energy Department's Northeast Home
Heating Oil Reserve. All of this fuel should
be the beginning and a good lead for
our fellow Americans to regain electricity
and be on the road to a full recovery.