Battle For The Spotlight

Today the attention seems to be diluting itself in a variety of
subjects. Palin's selection seems to have fizzled out into recycled
articles on the online media and mention of an ongoing investigation
of her office. Of course one is innocent until proven guilty, but in
politics that fundamental law may not apply. We'll see how she
weathers that storm. Gustav is headlining the news and reviving
Katrina's woes and failures to fix the disaster area and prepare it
for another one. (cont below)

Battle For The Spotlight - Part II

(cont from above) If Gustav hits it may mar the RNC next week.
Although as mentioned by at least one of the papers McCain may be
able to use it to distance himself from Bush, as this is a point where
he has heavily critized the Administration. Runnerups for the
spotlight are the raid by police of some would-be RNC protesters and
Caylee's mom being arrested for using money and an account that was't
hers. Granted, it is a long weekend and the real test comes after it
ends. The race goes on!

McCain VP Decision

A couple of days ago I said 'let the Games begin!' And begun they have
indeed. After the conclusion of the DNC last night there was little to
be said that has not been said over and over for the past several
weeks. So how do you offer an effective counter move? Easy, you steal
the spotlight in a big way. The move had to be done in such a way that
whatever momentum Obama generated was cut short. That's McCain's move
in choosing a woman to run with him. This will definitely be a race to
watch.

Obama Acceptance Speech

Here's a copy of the ireport just sent. Being limited to 500
characters that's all I could say, but one thing I missed was how he
made each and every person part of his plan. He actually asked for
every person to take more responsibility in their own areas. Got to
say that Al Gore rocked on his speech and presentation of Obama.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Rivera <michaelrivera0619@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:25:17 -0400
Subject: Obama Acceptance Speach
To: ireport@cnn.com

Wow! The gauntlet has been thrown. What a speach! He did cover every
point that has been thrown at him in the past couple of weeks and
handled them with style without shying away from them or seeming
defensive. He placed his plan on the table table for anyone to digest.
But the most important thing he did was he made November 4 not a race
between McCain vs Obama, it's about each and every American who is
tired of current status quo and is ready for change. - Michael Rivera
from Hollywood

Success!!!

I did it! Finished reading my two books! That's a nice win. :o) Been
playing this game so I haven't been keeping track of the 'Games' for
the past couple of days, except getting it second hand from the papers
on line. Tonight I'll try to catch the action live, most likely NPR
will be covering it. Shame couldn't keep up with it more this week,
but... oh well. I'm sure the Republican Convention will provide much
needed and wanted entertainment.

Oops...

Ok, I must confess, in my quest to finish my two books, I cheated. I
slept only 20 min. Thought that I could get by with another 20 min
but I guess my body was a bit more tired than I expected. Five hours
later the saga continues. While napping history was made when Obama
became the Democratic Presidential candidate. From what CNN and
USAToday report it was an emotional moment and it seemed that the
party is now united. Don't worry it'll be a mess tomorrow so the news
have something to say.

Super Wednesday

Wow! Another beatiful day, and what a day it promises to be. Today I
really see that any game is better than no game. First I tackled the
news for the day and there's the expected: Day Two of the Democratic
Convention, what did Hillary say? what was left out? was there a
better way to say it? what did she really mean?... Well the Olympics
are over now we have the Democrats and next week the Republicans. Let
the games begin!!

Finally!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Rivera <michaelrivera0619@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:54:58 -0400
Subject: Finally
To: michaelrivera0619@blogger.com

On 8/25/08, Michael Rivera <michaelrivera0619@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow! I was not prepared for the amount of effort to get thir right.
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not that knowledge deprived. The fact is that
> I'm doing this from an old cell phone and its browser is probably from
> the last century. Meaning I'm limited to 500 characters, guess long
> postings can go in series. Now after 3 postings lost in the matrix
> here we go. I'm sending this email and for the time being it's time to
> go back to my book. See you later with more thoughts.
>

Ted Kennedy Quote

Came across this really cool quote by Sen Ted Kennedy: "The work begins anew. The hope rises again and dreams live on."

Well, after some trial and error (more error than trial) this will be interesting. Hope it works...

Michael's Random Thoughts

Boredom is the worst killer. It tortures you and makes it last longer.
Meaning a second seems like two, a minute like five. No matter how
many times you look at that clock it is the same situation. In fact,
the more you look at that clock the slower it goes... I don't feel it
is right to open a blog this way, so I'll handle this and come up with
something else to say later.