Sarah Palin Resigns as Governor of Alaska

What a surprise! Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, has recently made an announcement to resign as a governor. The resignation caught Americans off guard and sparkled new debate among the critics on Palin's resignation.

Here are some of reasons for Sarah Palin's resignation:

• To Avoid Becoming As A Lame-Duck Governor - Sarah Palin's approval rate and image as a strong governor has been severely damaged during the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Now, there are many critics stating that Sarah Palin diminished the chance for John McCain to win the Election. Hence, because of poor public image, Palin found herself difficult to govern the state.

• To Protect Her Family - Again, Palin's downfall in campaign became media's theme for a political satire. Unfortunately for Sarah Palin, her unmarried daughter became pregnant. The incident also turned into embarrassment, and turned into a topic for a satire. Recently, Letterman accidentally made a joke on Palin's younger daughter, assuming that it was the pregnant one. Palin has national attention to the point where her family itself is becoming a topic for a satire.

• Preparing for 2012 Presidential Election - Palin never stated that she wouldn't run for the presidential campaign for 2012. Back in the day, Ronald Reagan disappeared from public appearance for a while to travel around the country to learn more about diversity of culture and issue. The travel ultimately helped Reagan to win the election because he had personal ties with many counties. Hence, there is a suspicion that Palin is conducting the same strategy.

For any reason, Sarah Palin will have a break from public media. Many American has negative image of Sarah Palin, but we all know that she is not a quitter.

I can hear Palin saying, "I'll be back"

What if North Korea Launches Missile Toward Hawaii

There was an announcement that North Korea might launches nuclear missile toward Hawaii. The rumor is not confirmed, but the United States spy satellites will probably validates whether North Korea is planning another missile launch or not.

If North Korea launches it's missile toward Hawaii, there are several scenario.

• Missile launch fails - This is probably the best outcome for UN and the United States. The UN still has to punish North Korea for violating UN resolution again.

• Missile launches successfully, but misses Hawaii - No one gets killed, but people in the United States will most likely show anger towards North Korea. However, the United States will most likely not declare the war against North Korea.

• Missile launches and hit Hawaii - With U.S. technology, the missile will be shot down, but the United States will most likely enter the war against North Korea despite the fact that China will most likely support North Korea.

• Missile launch never happens - Like this would ever happen.

This sounds bad for many of us, but diplomacy will most likely fail. Even if diplomacy works, it only means that the war has been postponed just like how Henry Clay postponed American Civil by compromising.


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Hillary Clinton Fractures Elbow | Obama Kills Fly

Well, I guess American public needs some comedy in politics.

Yes, American Secretary of States, Hillary Clinton has fractured her elbow by falling in State's Department Garage.

Meanwhile, President Obama killed an innocent fly.

North Korea Detained Two American Journalists

Recently, two American journalists got detained by North Korea's border patrols for trespassing into North Korea.

According to North Korea, these two journalists have attempted to illegally film the poor living condition of people in North Korea. After the journalists got detained, the patrols have found out that the film was apparently planned to be used for smear campaign against North Korean government. If the claim from North Korea is true, then the world has all the right to criticize these American journalists.

The standard of living in North Korea is indeed low since the government prioritizes their spending on military rather than for it's people, and the world should be more informed about the humanitarian issues in North Korea. However, that is not a good justification to enter this dangerous terrain to "help" the people in North Korea since the world's relationship with North Korea is extremely unstable. Hence, no one should take the tension with North Korea lightly.

Instead of helping out the world, these journalists have put the entire world into risk because North Korea can now dare the United States and the rest of the U.N. to attack North Korea in exchange of the life of these two journalists. In other words, North Korea can conducts more test with weapons because they have those two journalists.

Someone clearly needs to learn that breaking laws in North Korea is different from breaking them at the United States.

This post is based on what general population knows so far. The world cannot rule out that North Korea has kidnapped these two American journalists.

Possible Outcome with North Korea:

• Allows possession of nuclear weapons in exchange for releasing the journalists - This will most likely not happen since it will put the entire world into bigger danger

• War with North Korea - This sounds like easy option for U.S., but people should never forget that China covers North Korea's back.

• Peaceful diplomacy with North Korea - Best outcome, but like that would ever happen.
  

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Republicans Attack Sotomayor On Race

The Republicans have begun their attack on Sotomayor in attempt to block her nomination for U.S. Supreme Court Justice. They try to convince the American public that the race or ethnicity should not be part of the process for nomination.

A Texas Republican, Senator John Cornyn argued that,

“The American ideal is that justice should be colorblind...” -John Cornyn

“As we see people like Barack Obama achieve the highest office in the land and Judge Sotomayor’s own nomination to the highest court, I think it is harder and harder to see the justifications for race-conscious decisions across the board.” - John Cornyn


In other words, the Senator is persuading the American people that the judicial nomination is different from the General Election. The race may be part of criteria for executive and legislative branch; however, the race should not be Judicial branch since the judge must be bias free toward any races.

Republicans are also concerned about the Sotomayor's long record as a liberal activist. But they haven't argued about that point yet.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/us/politics/30affirm.html?hp

previous posts on Sotomayor:

Obama Nominates Sotomayor
Sotomayor Expects Opposition
Abortion Right Activists Skeptical of Sotomayor

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Comment By Taka Laka:

Again and again, why are Republicans attacking Sotomayor based on her race? They are right that the Supreme Court Justice shouldn't be voted based on race, but their attack strategy means nothing in politics. For this reason, Republicans are only assuring the public who already opposes Sotomayor nomination.

Meanwhile, their arguments are doing nothing to persuading the supporters of Sotomayor's nomination. In fact, the Republicans arguments will be questioned by its opponent because majority of American History shows that the Supreme Court Justice was biased towards the other race, and most of them were Whites. Hence, the arguments make the Republicans a hypocrite in the general public eyes.

Yes, the actions from the past shouldn't be used as arguments because the world is different now. But in general, the Americans will look into the past and they will be persuaded by it.

Like I have been saying, the Republicans need to move away from their old political strategy. Well, I don't want them to use the dirty strategy that they have been using in the last 2 General Elections.

Anyway, after looking into her judicial records, I believe Sotomayor is qualified as Supreme Court Justice. I am still little skeptical about her, but her overall records are fairly strong. After all, someone has to balance out Justice Robert.

Boies and Olson Challenge Prop 8

A day after California Supreme Court upheld Prop 8, David Boies and Theodore B. Olson, two prominent lawyers that fought against each other during Bush vs Gore 2000 General Election. Boies represented Al Gore, and Olson represented George Bush. Even though these individuals disagreed in many issues, Boies and Olson agreed that Prop 8 was unconstitutional.

Olson stated,

"[gay marriage] is not something that is a partisan issue. This is something that is a civil rights issue.” (nytimes.com)

In other words, the opposition to Prop 8 is not about being conservative or liberal. Overturning the Prop 8 is about giving equality to same-sex couples, and equality is fundamental rights for every citizen given by the American constitution.

Hence, Olson and Boies filed the lawsuit at Federal Court on behalf of this one same-sex couple. Neither Olson or Boies had personal connection to same-sex couples. However, both individuals were emotionally moved by the story of same-sex couple who are not able to get married after California has passed Prop 8. Reacting to the story, Olson stated,

“If you look into the eyes and hearts of people who are gay and talk to them about this issue, that reinforces in the most powerful way possible the fact that these individuals deserve to be treated equally,” (nytimes.com)

For this reason, Olson and Boies is planning to bring the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Many gay right activists might be thrilled by Olson and Boies intervention, but some are rather annoyed mostly because of the timing of the lawsuits. Currently, the U.S. Supreme Court is leaning toward Conservative. Therefore, there is a high chance that Supreme Court might ban same-sex marriage across the America.

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/us/28marriage.html?hp

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Comment By Taka Laka:
This news was totally a surprise to me. As I stated before on article about California Court upholding ban on gay marriage, the best way to overturn Prop 8 is to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. But I did not expect the movement to happen this quickly. As a supporter for a same-sex marriage, I will hope the best for Boies and Olson.

But like the campaign strategist for same-sex marriage stated, the timing of the lawsuit is concerning me too. If the issue goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and if Boies and Olson loses the case, it will take decades for the activists to undo all the changes.

Either way, we will probably witness the nation wide battle for the same-sex marriage earlier than we have expected.