Free Health Care

I am currently a sophomore at MTSU. I have been sick this week and had to go the MTSU health services to get a note to prove to my teachers I sick. I went in, talked with a nurse, they checked my vitals and made sure I was alright. I went to the counter after the checkup to get something copied and that was it. I was shocked, I asked the women there if I needed to do anything else, and she said no. First thing I did was call my mom and said I got a free checkup. I couldn't believe that didn't charge me at least ten dollars. I know that I pay fees for school and that lets me go get a free check up but it felt good.
Why can't everyone have the opportunity to go to doctor when they are sick.

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The media picks the president, not the voters

The only way that many people learn about the candidates is through the TV and the newspaper. I believe that the media covers more people other than others. A prime example is John Edwards, who just dropped out of the presidential race. Every time I turn on TV, all I hear is about Obama or Clinton. If the media does not put your name out there, people wont vote for you. I remember in the last election when the media took advantage of Howard Dean. He was just giving a really powerful speech. The media took a little peace of the speech out of context and made him seem like he was crazy. After that, he slipped out the polls and he dropped out of the race.
I love to watch CNN and keep up with the politics on TV and the internet and I have only heard about Ron Paul once! Ron Paul raised a lot of money through online donations, but the media never picked him up. Today was the Republican debate, and the CBS did minute recap of the debate. They showed everyone but Ron Paul. I would just like to see if John Edwards and Ron Paul would of done differently if they were in the media more like the other candidates.


- work in progress--

Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday is quickly approaching and I hope that everyone else is excited as I am about this chance to vote. I am only 19 years old; I did not get a chance to vote in the last presidential election and I am ready to vote for the candidate I want to run this country. I want everyone, young and old, to go to the polls on February 5. I would particularly would love to see a huge turnout in young voters like we saw in the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire. The young voters in this country can change this election dramatically. There were 4.6 million more young voters (under the age of 30) that voted in the 2004 election then there were in the 2000 election. The young voters favored the democrat side, and I personally believe that will be the case this election.
This super Tuesday will be able to show us who the clear front runners are in the republican feild and just confuse more people in the democrat side.

The greatest gift is giving.

I just watched a news story about a bank in North Dakota that gave its employees 1,000 dollars to give away to anyone they wanted to. For me, I love to give back to the community and volunteer. It makes me feel so much better after I have done that. I wish that I could have money and document the money that I give away. Maybe one day I can start a "giving blog", that will keep up with the people and their stories that I gave money to. I think that would be a great experience for me. It would make me so happy and allow me to meet so many wonderful people. I am a very caring person and would love to make someone's day or week by giving them a little gift to carry then on. If for some reason you are reading my blog and know someone who would like to give me money,let me know. I know this concept is nearly impossible but it would be amazing to videotape it and write about it. Maybe i can throw this concept around to people and give money away by using advertising the company's name. That's all it takes for some company to donate 100 dollars or so. Maybe years from now I can come back to this concept and do it. Until next time, be safe, be informed, and blog!

Young Voters

Calling All College Students! Calling all college students! You need to register to vote! You need to get ready to choose the next president of the United States of America! Your vote counts! I hope this next election in November will draw out many teenagers. I think we(teenagers) can change to presidential election by our votes. If somehow we could get so many teens to vote, it would make me happy. If my candidate lost because of the overwhelming young voters, I will be happy. It saddens me to hear people say they are not going to vote. Then, they will go around and complain about the president. I will vote, and I hope that I can persuade other people to vote. This is going to be the closest election is some time, and everyone needs to be heard!