“We are the real Americans; Obama doesn’t know what he is talking about.”

We saw a documentary made by a democrat last week. It was about the republican people in the US thoughts and disappointment true the election in 2009. It was a very interesting documentary, where we got to see how "these people" believe that they're the only real Americans, and how they compare Barack Obama to both the devil and Adolf Hitler. They cried, they shouted and they where really upset when Obama won the election. Many of the republicans believed that the whole world would go under if he would become the new president of the United States.

One of the things that shocked me the most was when she interviewed a man from the south. He said that most of the people in America were too far ahead of the time, compared to what was realistic. "If it was up to me, you would not be able to vote yet" he said to the reported. "Why", she asked. "Because you're a woman" he answered light. He also mentioned, amongst with many of the other men she interviewed, that "we from the south are not ready for a black president".

It may be wrong to write this here, but in my opinion most of the men and women the interviewer talks to through the documentary seems crazy. They do not think outside the box, and lives many years back in time. The priest in one of the churches talked about Obama "killing" all babies, and I actually reacted strongly to the fact that a priest talks about politics in his own church. This seems unethick and wrong in my eyes.

I was in London last week, and started to talk with a man from South-Carolina. He was a Christian republican, but not at all as "crazy" as the people in this documentary. He said that many of the republican people reacted with tears and hate when Obama won the election, but many of them did not think of it that way at all. He was not against homosexuals or black people, and thought that both Obama and McCain were smart men with good intentions. The woman that created the documentary is a democrat, and of course she used the most extreme examples when she made this documentary. I think it is very important not to judge all republican people out of this film.

Senior Project - teen drug abuse in USA

This semester all students in the class of English Social Studies have to write a senior project. I chose to write about the increasing drug abuse amongst teenagers in the US. I read an article where the headline said the following: "Teen Drug Abuse Triples in 10 Years in USA". My main question will probably be why the numbers of teen abusers in USA has increased so drastically the last years. I will post more updates about my senior project later, but this is what I've decided so far.

Happy New Year!! Here is my first blogpost in 2010..

This post will be about the new health reform in the U.S.

I watched a video of Obama where I spoke about the new health reform plan, and I was asked from my teacher to write about it here on my blog. Obama starts his speech with making it clear that if you already have health insurance, and you’re happy with it, no one will make you change it. Under this new plan it will be against the law for an insurance company to deny you coverage because of a preexisting condition. It will also be against the law for insurance companies to drop you’re coverage because you get sick or water it down when you need it the most. They will no longer be able to place some arbitrary cab on the amount of coverage you can receive in a given year or in a lifetime. He also says that no one should go broke because they get sick, and something needs to be done. Insurance companies will also be required coverage for preventive care. These are only a few of the main points he covers in his speech about the new heath reform. I believe Obama has understood the importance of a safe health system, and the changes he does can make a great difference in the American society.