First two weeks of classes

It seems that I am not as "bad" at public speaking as I thought I was.  I've been able to say things in class without freaking out.  Why am I taking English 250?  Well, it's required.  I could have tested out, but I figured that getting a decent grade would help pull up my GPA.  And thus far, it has been a good change of pace from my other classes of biology, biology, biochemistry, microbiology, and biology.

Our class discussion of George Carlin's sketch about how America is controlled by a small handful of powerful interestest was rather interesting.  In particular, I was surprised that there are many people out there that believe we still have any real choices in elections, especially at the Federal level.  Don't get me wrong.  There are good people out there running for higher office.  However, they have little chance of winning in a system designed to keep them marginalized.

A handful of Wall Street firms give large amounts of money to the leading candidates of both parties.  Whoever wins, Wall Street gets their man in office.