Why Canada's Just Better ... at some things

I'm a proud American, don't get me wrong. But Canada has definately put us to shame with many of their policies and advances. Canada is known to be a less-discriminatory nation that is friendly to its poor and actually tries to help them. This is something America doesn't believe in.

But really, Canada is better for one reason: it is one of the most Socialist-like democracies in the world. And, Socialism is the greatest political ideology ever created. For that reason, I name Canada the nation that was the best in 2007.

Haha, wow ... I'll actually make a list of the Top 5 countries of 2007.


1) Canada
Semi-Socialist agenda, one of the lowest crime rates

2) Iceland
Named the happiest country in the world, low crime rate

3) Mozambique
Awesome name, never making the news, low crime rate

4) Norway
Very low crime rate, has not adopted the Euro or joined the EU

5) Ghana
One of Africa's most stable economies, moderate crime rate, English-speaking

Hillary Clinton for President

So, with victories in the New Hampshire and Nevada primaries (or maybe Nevada is a caucus), Hillary Clinton is starting to look like an early leader over biggest challenger Barack Obama. Personally, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are interchangable. Their beliefs and goals are so similar that it doesn't matter who wins; as long as a Democrat does.

I'm sick of people making the following statements:

"Hillary Clinton will ruin this country..."
"No one will let a black man be President..."


Here are my responses:

1) How could Hillary Clinton destroy this country any more than her predecessor?
2) America may be historically racist, but we need a strong leader. More people will vote FOR change than vote against it for racist, biggoted reasons.

I have been a Clinton supporter for a long time. She really will make a great President. It's too bad, however, that we'll have to wait for a monumental nomination. With only Democrats having the guts to nominate either an African American or a woman, it seems we'll have to wait until 2016, after Hillary has served for 2 terms, for an African American nominee. I'm sure Barack, who will only be in his 50s, will make a great Presidential candidate in 2016. It will help him being the first African American Vice President ... hopefully.

Clinton/Obama, 2008

Actually, I have more

For some reason, that last post 2 minutes ago put me in the mood to share some more stuff. Please stay with me as I share 2 very interesting and powerful Bible passages [sic?]. I have started to read it lately, and I find it is actually full of useful information.

Such as:

Psalm 1:

Blessed is the man

Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

Nor stands in the path of sinners,

Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

And in His law he meditates day and night.

He shall be like a tree

Planted by the rivers of water,

That brings forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also shall not wither;

And whatever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so,

But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,

But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Also, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8:

To everything there is a season,

A time for every purpose under heaven:

A time to be born, And a time to die;

A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;

A time to kill, And a time to heal;

A time to break down, And a time to build up;

A time to weep, And a time to laugh;

A time to mourn, And a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones;

A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to gain, And a time to lose;

A time to keep, And a time to throw away;

A time to tear, And a time to sew;

A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;

A time to love, And a time to hate;

A time of war, And a time of peace.

Nous Parlons Francais

Don't really have anything new to say. So, here's a poem I like:

Do not stand by my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am a diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle Autumn rain.
When you awake in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft star shine at night.
Do not stand by my grave and cry.
I am not there − I did not die.

I Am Legend

WARNING: Contains some spoilers of the movie

So on January 4 I went with a couple friends to see 'I Am Legend' starring Will Smith. Initially I expected it to be the generic human vs. creature movie ... good guy finds creatures, they fight, good guy wins in the end and everything gets better. While I won't give away too much from the movie (in case you decide to buy or pirate it), but it definately did not follow that typical path.

We're introduced to Smith's character, who is living alone with his dog Sam in NYC. Through flashbacks at various points in the movie, we learn about his family and find out what happened to them. We also find out how he came into posession of the only surviving normal canine in NYC. He behaves in many ways how most people might. He drives really nice vehicles around, he goes and gets CDs and DVDs from a local store to play on his TV (which he probably didn't buy), and just tries to get through his life, to find a cure for a disease that has left him one of the sole survivors of a genetic holocaust.

Basically it's broken down this way: there were 6 billion people on the earth, and about 3/4 instantly died from the disease. Then out of those remaining, more than 500 million became these nighttime creatures that fed off of many of the remaining 12 million normal humans. In the end we discover that some of these statistics are flawed, but I won't give away too much.

Overall I would give it an 8 out of 10. I thought the storyline was unique and interesting, but the script was weak. At only an hour and forty minutes, it sort of seems like they feared going too long. I would have sat through a two hour movie of the same storyline if was a little more interesting. Also, if you don't like "crappy" endings, you probably won't like this movie's ending. Despite this, I say the film as a whole was good.