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There are four types of situations in life: things that make sense, things that are stupid and utterly moronic but make a little bit of sense, things that seem like they make sense but are born in borderline insanity, and things that are off the wall bat shit crazy!

Granted My Space is a great place to talk to people who are otherwise VERY difficult to get ahold of, and talk directly to people you admire. Some of these people are even gracious and kind enough to write to you [thank you Jane Monheit, and Jeff Lindsay], thus showing what truly decent and amazing people they are.

But people like that are few and far between. Most people just have other people manage their site for them. Which makes sense, due to their busy schedule, but guarentees you'll never get a response. But that's not really my beef. Although it does seem a waste of time, and defeat a MAJOR purpose of My Space.

My beef is with politicians. What the hell are ANY of them doing on My Space?! My Space may be for any one, but NOT for politicians. They're suppose to be representing us voting Americans in government, not dicking around on the internet! Sitting down, chatting with random people, even if you're trying to get votes, is NOT an adequate use of time!

No wonder we can't find Osama, these clowns are too busy trying to meet new people and reminding them to vote. Which in it's intention, is a good thing. But, that's something we all can do. By doing something as simple as...[gasp] opening our mouths!

Hey, guys! Does it ever occur to you that the people you're meeting may not actually be the age they say? Joe Miller my actually be little Joey. This is a place to meet people, and sometimes [I'd imagine more often than not], people will go to any lengths. Not everyone has good intentions. Some people are so lonely, that they'll invent entire personas, just to have someone to talk to.

They'll inflate their ages, and their egos, to have the kind of conversation they can't have in their real world. Eventually these things get out of hand, and suddenly a 40 year old man who's created his own persona as a teenager tries to solicit them.

What I'm saying is, if you're trying to get voters, My Space and sites like it, are the stupidest waste of time. Not only your time, but ours as well. All you've done is created another way to lie to us.

Every year some politician makes a promise they may have thought they could keep, but really never intended to. And I'll clue you in to something else here, no one wants to sit down and have a simple IM-LOL-BRB [if any politician knows what any of that means] chat with a politician.

By the time most people are at the point of wanting to chat, the first thing on their mind is NOT "good job," it's "what the hell happened, and what are you gonna do about it?" If you want us to listen: 1. get off My Space and sites like it, you're not cool or hip and never will be, 2. tell us what you're gonna do about something and ACTUALLY DO IT! and 3. stop saying we made a mistake [no shit! We figured that out!], making excuses for what didn't happen and FIX the situation NOW!

Which brings me to my next point, the President. Or, YOUR president, I should say. My America has no president! Any man, or woman for that matter, who waits 7 SECONDS when they're told that two planes were flown into two tall buildings, has no business calling themself American, much less our president.

I don't mean to de-value the World Trade Centers at all, they were icons to our way of life, but it was they people in them that gave them life. And it was the passengers on those planes who are true heroes.

When you freeze up, and stare for ANY amount of time after news like that, it says one of two things: either you had some idea something was amiss, or you had no fucking clue what to do. I don't think Bush is a conspirator, but I do think that if you have ANY inkling [even a hair out of place or standing up on the back of your neck] than you have an OBLIGATION and a duty to say something, ANYTHING. You're the president for christ's sake, someone will listen!

On my second point, if you had no fucking clue what to do: what the hell are you doing as the head of state?! You were elected [in what I'm convinced was a twice over massive brain injury] to represent us and defend us in times of attack and tragedy. Yoo hoo! Mr President! That was an act of war!

The appropriate response is: "let's find these fuckers and drop kick 'em into a new dimension," not "uhhhhhhh, what now?" Get off your ass, walk in front of Congress, and demand [not ask] that your freedom and way of life be defended. That's your response! And it's not one to think about, it's automatic. If I know that, and all of my family and friends know that, than you better know it too.

When you find a reason to march us into war, make sure you prove it. Don't make shit up, and insist it's the truth even when millions of people [your own people] catch you in the lie. Make sure you can prove to those who'll doubt you, cause there will be A LOT, that you made the right call.

Oh! And that "storm" in New Orleans...no one's kidding! It REALLY was a hurricane! There was water in the streets of one of this countries greatest icons! New Orleans is a signature of our culture, our music, and our future. You just let it go. What kind of person lets his own citizens suffer?

It may have been mostly on FEMA's shoulders, but you're the president, everything comes back to you. YOU are responsible.

In summation: if you want votes, go some where else. You look phony, and you come off trying to be something you're not....hip. When people try to be something they're not, it's pathetic. Not everyone on here is who they say they are. When you are President you defend your freedom and way of life automatically. You don't second, or even first, guess yourself. And you DON'T neglect your own citizens. It's insulting and disgraceful. I am not trying to cause any kind of an uprising, I'm just venting my frustration and views.