What is anime?

I love anime, and sometimes forget that not everyone knows what it is. I usually assume the older generations don't know about anime, but think that it's universally known among teens. Silly of me, since, two years ago, I had no clue myself.

So, here's a new poll. Not that anyone actually visits this blog to participate...

Did President Lincoln Overstep his bounds as President?

During the Civil War, President Lincoln took swift, decisive action to preserve the Union and the public safety. Some believe he acted outside of his Constitutional power. His controversial actions included the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus and the Emancipation Proclamation.
Do you think his action was just right for the times, or did President Lincoln go a bit too far?

Change in Design

I've made some pretty big changes to how the blog looks, and I'd love to hear your opinion on it. Please poll and comment!

Rallying vs. Immature, Useless Words

I don't mind discussing, debating, or even arguing politics. In fact, I love it! And rallying, joining together with like-minded people is great. However, some people take it too far. On Facebook, I became a fan of "Being Conservative." With Reagan for a profile picture, you'd think the group made distinguished posts and warrant good discussion. Unfortunately, that's not usually the case.
A recent post by the "Being Conservative" group stated, "Dear Obama: take 2011 off and don't come to work. 'Like' if this is one of your New Years wishes." This post turned into an outlet for my fellow discontented conservatives to voice their... disapproval of our president. I understand the need for an outlet, but got fed up with the seeming lack of thoughtful, issue-related comments. So, I thought I'd post my comment here, and create a related poll: Do you get fed up with political "discussion" that's just immature insults and unfounded arguments?

Look, I don't like President Obama either, but my friends and I have more mature discussions about him and other politics... and we're teenagers! If I were a liberal, I'd look at these comments and think, "What argumentative, insulting, broken records these conservatives are!"
Obama is liberal, and the most pro-choice president we've ever had. But he's still the president, and comments like these help no one. The American people woke up a little during the last Congress election, and we're not helpless. Let's use our passion towards something useful - like research, writing, intelligent discussion/debate, protests, letter writing... something more productive than showing a nasty face to our fellow facebook users.
I know I'm younger than most of you, and I'm sorry for the lecture. I just get frustrated when I see a bunch of unproductive, immature comments on political issues. I get even more frustrated when the comments are coming from my fellow conservatives, since they hinder our cause more than help.
Oh, and this comment doesn't apply to those of you who are just happy to imagine a world without the negatives of Obama and aren't supplying useless immature comments. There's a difference between rallying and spouting unintelligible words. Sometimes that difference is a fine line.

Maybe I'm taking it all too seriously, but I think most of the other people who commented weren't thinking enough.

Fourteenth Amendment and Citizenship

Should the Fourteenth Amendment be added to or changed to reflect different or additional criteria for citizenship? Go ahead and vote in the poll, even if your opinion is still open to change.

The Fourteenth Amendment's current definition of United States citizenship is as follows:

“All persons born or naturalized in the United Sates and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside.”

Tax the Rich?

With the recent controversy over the "tax cut" bill (a procrastinated extension of Bush's ten year old tax cuts), and the omnibus budget/tax bill, I thought a poll on appropriate taxes on the rich would be fitting. How much do you think is fair to tax the millionaires? The billionaires?

What's your favorite holiday?

Christmas season has come again, and I've added a fitting poll. Out of the four holidays I listed, which is your favorite? I'd love to hear why, or if there's another holiday you think deserves more recognition.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas season! Even though, at this rate, you might not visit my blog until next Christmas. If ever.