Hello. My name is Alberto and I'm starting to blog on this Website to bone up on my grammar and writing skills. This is really a practice blog so I'll just post whatever I have on my mind. One can consider this a journal. I’m not planning on writing anything too personal… just random thoughts.
So who am I? A regular Puerto Rican attending school and living in NYC. I'm studying for a computer certification. I'll probably graduate in May 2006. That will be so awesome because I never accomplished anything with my life and now I'm starting to wake up at 27 years old. Yeah I know, it's pretty late but I can still attain a great future. I'm very book-smart, always have been.
Graduating next year will guarantee me a pay greater than $20,000 which is my goal for now. It’s always wise to have some type of skill under one’s belt even if one isn’t very interested in the trade. I realized that many relatives in my family don’t have certifications on anything and all this achieves is keeping my family in poverty. This has to change and it’s going to change with me. I’m not saying that nobody in my family has well paying jobs. But very few do.
Recently I’ve had an epiphany (I hate using that word since Paris Hilton used it). For the past two years, I have been following up on the government and the political analysis shows. You know the ones, Bill O’ Reilly, Hannity and Colmes, Scarborough Country, etc. I have found that not only have I found it easy to follow up on political news, I love to do it! Watching what congress does next is like the latest soap from Aaron Spelling. Filibusters, funding spending, border patrol, etc. It’s the latest thing that won’t ever get cancelled.
As interesting as these shows are, I always get frustrated because of the Democrats. I’ve watched democracy play out in Iraq and think it’s a success. Of course there are still terrorist attacks being carried out but that could happen here just as easy as it’s happening over there. Democracy in Iraq can’t be considered a failure just because of crime. If that’s the case, then the democratic system does not work here either.
But do the Democrats see it that way? Hell no. According to them we’re losing the war, we fought there for the President’s personal agenda, who are we to interfere with other governments in the world, etc. This is straight foolishness. Only a blind man can’t see that we helped Iraq in so many ways.
I’ve decided I want to be a politician. I want to help this country and keep the liberal agenda from running this country… no, keeping this country hostage with ridiculous laws and loony agendas. Hunter College seems to have good courses in political science. I’m going to attend an open house this Friday, see how this school is.
I don’t know how this decision to be a politician will turn out, but I’m going to give it my best. It’s all I want to do now. Since I am older, I yearn to do something better than just repairing computers.
At the moment, my goal is to get straight A’s until I get my Associates degree. From there I’ll try to enter Hunter College and get on the road to political victory. Wish me luck!
Keeping the loony left under my right foot,
Alberto C.
1 comment:
Your grammar is fine... pretty much. Your political commentary? Well, I find it's a little lacking, but I'm a lefty so we're bound to disagree. This war is/was a disgrace. Yes, Hussein had to go, but not this way. Who's the tyrant dictator when so much of the world said "no"?
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