Hey brad, I have just seen your protesting Obama pictures. I wanna ask you something... here in Brazil, we get the news that America loves Obama, is there just a small group of people that doesn't like him or its a large thing and we get manipulated information?As I'm continuing to receive messages like this from interested friends, I may just open this up as a future feature. You can feel free to message me at facebook.com/bradtidwell1 with any political questions you may want to ask. But without further ado, this was my reply-
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Obama and International Perception
On the heels of my last blog based on a facebook conversation I had with a friend, I received this message from a high-school friend who is now living in Brazil-
Friday, October 2, 2009
The Healthcare Debate, Simplified.
Recently I received a Facebook message from a friend I hadn’t heard from in a while, which started off with “you have to be the most vocal person on my friend list about all things politics.” Intrigued, I read on.
My friend was concerned about the healthcare crisis, and he had a problem I’ve found all-too familiar with other friends I’ve talked to about the issue. There are so many contrary messages being put out by both sides it can be hard to distinguish between them.
The last part of the message read “I just want your opinion and feedback, I don’t keep up with the news or politics too much so I don’t know what details or lies have been proposed by either side.”
As I’ve spent a good amount of time looking into this, I decided to take the time and answer his question in a straightforward manner, with some level of depth, but without the technical language or assumption of shared knowledge/philosophy. After writing it, I felt I should share it with everyone as more people should be able to understand these issues. While it’s different from many of my other posts and has fewer direct links and less in-depth discussion, I feel it fills a need for straightforward talk about the healthcare situation.
So without further ado, my reply.
My friend was concerned about the healthcare crisis, and he had a problem I’ve found all-too familiar with other friends I’ve talked to about the issue. There are so many contrary messages being put out by both sides it can be hard to distinguish between them.
The last part of the message read “I just want your opinion and feedback, I don’t keep up with the news or politics too much so I don’t know what details or lies have been proposed by either side.”
As I’ve spent a good amount of time looking into this, I decided to take the time and answer his question in a straightforward manner, with some level of depth, but without the technical language or assumption of shared knowledge/philosophy. After writing it, I felt I should share it with everyone as more people should be able to understand these issues. While it’s different from many of my other posts and has fewer direct links and less in-depth discussion, I feel it fills a need for straightforward talk about the healthcare situation.
So without further ado, my reply.
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