Devin T for VP!!!

My name is Devin T. Adams and I am happy to announce that I am running for Vice President, Class of 2011. I have decided to run for Vice President because the next two years here at the Academy must be better than the first two years. I have served as the Class Committee chairman and Co-Chairman of the Class Ring and Crest Committee alongside Dan White during our first term. In this position I have worked for our class and directly for our Class VP. Not only do I understand the rigors of making class events successful, but I have the experience needed to make our last two years even more successful than the first.

Every member of 2011 deserves the best representation and I am able to provide that representation. In our Cow and Firstie years, the role of Class Vice President must be to ensure that matters pertaining to the class are well-planned and to ensure the Class President is provided with a capable organizer and planner, and that an exceptional job is done on behalf of every member of the Class of 2011. I ask you to join with me and make our next two years at the Academy better than our first two: DEVIN T FOR VP!!

As Vice President, I plan to first and foremost provide assistance and guidance to our Class President but to also address and resolve specific issues, to include, but not limited to:

CLASS WEEKENDS
We have had two highly successful class weekends thus far, but the fun has only just begun. With 500th night, Ring Weekend, and 100th night all ahead of us, I am committed to getting interesting and successful speakers to our banquets. Our class deserves to hear from the best and I will work my hardest to make this happen. DEVIN T FOR VP!!

PRIVILEGES
Thus far in our academy careers, the Class of 2011 has managed to have the best reputation amongst the Brigade Tactical Department and with the Commandant, Dean, and Supe. I am committed to capitalizing on this reputation and securing as many privileges and exceptions as I can for our class. I plan to propose an initiative to change the rules of when Cows may have cars here on post to after Christmas break rather than after Spring Break. Also, I plan to make a push for full year civilian clothes cow year. We have heard nothing but glowing reports about our class since plebe year. This is a team effort and I know our class is up to the challenge of continued excellence. DEVIN T FOR VP!

CLASS UNITY
As a result of scrambling our class has gotten the opportunity to split from the familiar scenes of plebe year and be thrust into a brand new situation. This has been an overall good thing for our class as it affords us an opportunity to maintain the friendships from our plebe year companies but also to forge new ones in out new academic companies. My plan as a Vice President hopeful is to hold a class event such as a Barbeque, Tailgate, Party, etc. once per semester for the remainder of our academy career. I ask you to help me help you: DEVIN T FOR VP!

As Vice President, I will ensure that every member of the class is well represented. Let me reassure you that you will not find a more determined and capable candidate. Join the winning team, and let’s make our tomorrow better than our today. Let’s make a difference.
VOTE DEVIN T FOR CLASS VP!!

Barack the Magic Negro

Tennessee Republican, Chip Saltsman is under fire for a Christmas CD he sent to other republicans. The CD included such favorites as “Wright place, wrong pastor”, “Ivory and Ebony”, and the “Star Spanglish banner”. All these are disagreeable in their own right. However the track that everybody focused on was “Barack the Magic Negro”, yes, “Barack the Magic Negro”.


As with all things Wikipedia has a definition for this:
The magical negro (sometimes called the mystical negro or magic negro) is a supporting, often mystical stock character in fiction who, by use of special insight or powers, helps the white protagonist get out of trouble. The word negro, now considered by many as archaic and offensive, is used intentionally to suggest that the archetype is a racist throwback, an update of the "Sambo" and "savage other" stereotypes
So think God( Morgan Freeman) in Bruce Almighty or Morpheus in The Matrix.

Wow…..just wow... or "Absurd"- Devin T.

Full Story here: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/rnc.obama.satire





~Humbly Yours,
Rob Weir "R.A.W"

The Benefits of Being Smart

If you have been reading the news for anything other than the Blagovich scandal, the recession, or how the Kennedy clan is trying to take over the world again, you would have heard about Obama’s cabinet picks here and there. The purpose of the presidential cabinet is to advise and assist him in the administration of the government. It includes everything from the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Interior (what??). Needless to say the cabinet is important.
As Obama stocks his administration with experts who are competent in their jobs no less (Hilary as Secretary of State, Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior (what??), it is clear that America is going back to being smart. I mean intellectualism and not acting dumb. The trends of past presidents were in order to appear to relate to the population. In order to distance themselves from being elite presidents such as Reagan and Nixon made their images into, dare I say it, Joe the Plumber.
Of course the people ate it up in 2000, compared to lame but brilliant Al Gore, defiantly ignorant George Bush was your homeboy (much like Jesus). For some reason everyone has hated the smart guy for over 50 years. I don’t know if its human nature or an American trait but everyone distances themselves away from the nerd. I think this trait because we as human beings have a fear of being patronized and proved inadequate. Thankfully, America is coming around. Sometime between the debacles of Iraq, Katrina and the recession America woke up and realized that maybe (and this is a crazy idea), that people who don’t know much about government don’t run it very well. Prime example is (my favorite person) Sarah Palin, when she spoke, ratings tumbled.
Are there are dangers to stocking the government with braniacs? Sure there are, but I trust a person with intelligence to weather the ship of our nation through a storm of crises rather than a fun guy who falls asleep at the wheel.

Withthat said….Devin T. for governor of Virginia 2028.

Humbly Yours,

~ Rob Weir "R.A.W"

"yall slaves to my rhymebook...illmatic with some common sense, cassius clay, confidence, conscious, overated yet understated."

Catching You Up

Long time no see. My sincerest apologies for being ghost for the past month. Luckily Devin T. has been holding down the blog with the rhythmic genius and artistic genius. Now we shall add some intellectual fortification to the heady mix of enlightenment we call Ancient Fortification.
This post is dedicated to catching you up on the goings on in our nation (mainly about Barack Obama). It would be poor form to start discussing politics and philosophy without first giving my readers a good background in the current events. I would be remiss if I was the sole cause of the Palin generation, a group of anti-intellectuals that have cravings for moose-burgers (I shudder at the thought).

Here is a post by Slate that summarizes Barack Obama’s first month as president-elect in two minutes. Enjoy!

Humbly Yours,
Rob Weir “R.A.W”

Palin 2012?

If you watch or read the news regularly you have been overwhelmed by the amount of coverage over the past election and its participants. Get used to it or it’s going to be a long four years. There has been one key, conspicuous figure leading the articles. None other than Sarah Palin herself. As the Republican Party goes through a bout of “soul searching” due to their resounding loss, the argument of whether Palin was good/bad for the election is just beginning. She even went into an interview with Wolf Blitzer and declared she would be honored to help out the Obama administration. If you’re curious she didn’t botch this one and even managed to hurl some sly comments, saying Obama hung out with an “unrepentant domestic terrorist” (William Ayers). Sigh…and so it continues.

Along with this tension is the radical notion of a Palin 2012 campaign. Once you think about it a Palin presidential campaign seems a rational idea. After all, McCain’s only leads in the polls came after Palin was chosen as his running mate. From then on she drew huge crowds and press. The successes were tempered by her poor performance during debates and interviews (Russian vista outside her backdoor???). The question is can she garner support and pull together a Republican Party that is splitting over the issue of its identity. The republicans are struggling over the choice of whether to be defined by religious moralism, libertarianism or neo-conservatism (too many –isms). Palin’s grassroots populism and moralism have the potential to divide the party further, but hey…the Republicans might have no choice but to court a radical leader in the guise of an Alaskan governor (Mooseburgers). That is, until a centre-right leader can effectively lead their ailing party.

If you’re interested in what the public thinks about this, a little more than half of the American public has an unfavorable view toward her. Indeed history works against her as the track records of past vice-presidential hopefuls running for the top office is dismal (John Edwards anyone?)

Humbly Yours,

Rob Weir "R.A.W"

Super Obama World

http://www.superobamaworld.com/

Gather round boys and girls and try out the latest sensation among the Obama products following in the wake of his election. You may have heard of the Obama condoms (seriously there are some) or the Obama blowup dolls but I would like to introduce Super Obama World. It is basically a video game that allows players to move President–elect Obama over the state of Alaska (super Mario style). Watch out for Sarah Palin because she is keeping me stuck on level 1.

The game is free and the developers of Zensoft plan to update and add features as Obama goes through his presidency. I’ll be tracking high scores in comments. Winner gets one of those Obama condoms. http://www.obamacondoms.com/ “Experience is Not Necessary”

Humbly Yours,

Rob Weir "R.A.W"

Response to Blueprint for Change and Election Aftermath

sSo, it is done, the president-elect has been voted into office and by a convincing margin. People all over America celebrated and continue celebrating, especially the minority, namely the black community. While on the other side of things, many of those who supported John McCain have proven to be the sorest losers in the world with such comments seen on Facebook statuses:

_____ is in the ER, dont worry, nothing too big, Im just trying to remove my foot out of the ass of any white person who voted for Obama.

Frequent threats to leave the country for Mexico, Canada, etc.

MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK!!! WE MADE IT!!! IM NEVER WORKING AGAIN.

_____ IS Thanks America, we're officially screwed.

Here it is seen as well, once the election was decided, someone started playing the Soviet national anthem, making monkey noises, and screaming "WE'RE DOOOMED, HE'S BLACK!" and pelting water balloons, milks, and rocks at Obama supporter's windows and at them.

Let's grow up. I have been criticized for my support of Mr. President as unprofessional as I am urged to stay A-political. You have not seen me say anything negative about Sen. McCain, he is an outstanding servant of America. Gov. Palin...well...lets just say I'm a Dallas Mavericks fan, just not a fan of these Mavericks. Calling the President-elect by an overwhelming electoral vote and a 7% popular vote a socialist is foolish, ESPECIALLY since there are not that many changes in certain areas.

So, Obama's 'Blueprint for Change' is posted below, read it and see what you like and don't like. If you hate it, write your congressman, this administration was created by the facilitation of democracy and the system, so USE IT! Here is my assessment of the plan. Like anything else in life I only highlighted the things that affect me most.

Veterans:

Under the last Republican 8 years, the "champions of the military" allowed our top military hospital to be a crumbling mess that reflects those of poor inner city America. Obama addresses this issues in his 'blueprint' that truly reflect the problems in the military community.

Improving the transition from deployment
Taking more care of PTSD
More assisstance for the care of wounded soldiers returning
Veterans budget shortfalls
Battling discrimination against guardsmen and reservists by employers
Battle the homeless problem for veterans

National Security/Current Military:

Improve spending for GROUND TROOPS, cut back on wasteful spending for costly AF and Navy programs

His head is definitely right here.

Education:

Few of you know my commitment to the importance of early education and its correlation to overall academic success. With that said, I am excited to see Obama also supports a reform of No Child Left Behind

Limit colleges' ability to run schools as a business for profit and refocus on actual education
Improve K-12
Establish 0-5 programs that help to educate rather than act as holding areas (daycare)

Some things I disagree with:

Minimum wage to $9.50...Its currently $6.55 since 24 July 08 moving to $7.25 soon

"Promise neighborhoods" Essentially projects which have proven to be far worse for those living in them than anything else.

Anyway, thats what I think...Read it and decide what you think. Thanks for taking the time to either read/skim this.

Thanks for visiting the blog.

Go download some music.

Blueprint for Change

Hey,

Like him or not...

Here are his plans for America...

BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE

CHANGE HAS COME

CHANGE HAS COME.

The President is the face and representation of America.

A 72 year old caucasian male no longer represents the majority and interests of all American people.

A half white, half black man who has made a name and career for himself does though. He represents the "melting pot" that is America both in his views and in his very being.

I am from the home of the Civil Rights movement. More racial ground was forged and more blood shed on the streets of Birmingham, AL than anywhere else in America. It was MLK who wrote letters from a jail there that inspired America.

I was once told by a elementary school teacher that a person with any oz. of black blood would never lead this country in response to me saying I wanted to be the first 5star general and the first black president.

We have come so far from the 60's but the scars are still deep throught America. Let us take this historic event as a step forward for America and as a chance to Unite and truly change the direction of America.

Look how far we've come:

So, whether you are an ultra conservative or a ultra liberal, I ask you to take a moment and reflect the monumentous occasion that has happened tonight.


I believe WE can do this. I believe HE can do this. America has spoken and overwhelmingly so, with a voice that has been timid and weak for decades behind the dynasties of status quo that were the Reagan, Clinton, and Bush administrations. So, say it with US, my president-elect and I and all Americans all over.

YES WE CAN.