Almost done!

I am in the thick of studying, completing papers, and packing. It is the end of the semester and I will be making that long 1000 mile drive back home to the land of enchantment. I am ready to go home. I miss my grandma's red chile colorado, my moms salsa, and the mild evenings watching the sunset over the Mesilla Valley. I am also looking forward to getting involved in the local political scene. I have recently attained an opportunity to work with the citizens of Las Cruces in one of the district offices of our representation in Washington D.C. I want to investigate more on this spaceport and the economic and environmental impact study(if one is available). Since I will be on summer break, I will work on this blog and try to give a young New Mexicans perspective to the social, political, and economic climate of our great state and country. I want to discuss why the Democrats have been the superior political party in the state since 1912. I would also like to learn why the Republicans of New Mexico are so inefficient and disunited that in turn allows a one party system in this state. I think Mario Burgos offers a clear commentary on the subject. I want to know who and what is behind the sanctioned urban sprawl of the East Mesa in Las Cruces. I want to endorse my candidate for president by the end of the summer, right now I am leaning towards McCain or Richardson. I also would like to analyze the future of the new Las Cruces downtown. Is immigration really that big of a problem and why do we have these racist vigilantes from back East and up North here on OUR border telling us what is American and what is illegal aliens; if they want aliens they should go to Roswell.

I better get back to my paper on how British Empiricism and Skepticism influenced modern philosophy. Keep checking for new posts in a couple weeks. Carpe Diem!

AHD

Irritated with Ignorance

I would like to know how many New Mexicans will be blasting off to space in the next couple years? Ok and how many will be going to college? Which one is more realistic, please help me figure this out. This increased tax is plain stupid. The federal, state, and corporate companies have more than ENOUGH money to finance this bad investment. Our taxes are high as it is, and if were approving a tax increase it better be going to a good investment, a promising investment, our EDUCATION! I read NMSU had to increase their tuition, and I am sure UNM will follow. Las Cruces High School is ghastly over crowded; there is a teacher shortage because our salaries are not competitive enough and we haven't had a quality school board and superintendent in years! Oh but our brilliant county commission and selfless servant of the public Bill Richardson were touting them horns for this tax increase; well those horns were loud and clear. What is going on New Mexico? We need to get our priorities straight, quality education is the key to progress in our beloved state. We have these self righteous "community planners" on the county commission with Harvard mouths and sugar gum drop smiles and everyone thinks, "oh they must know what is best for my community". No you are wrong! Only you know what is best for your community, you grew up here, worked here, raised a family here! We have the tainted Eastern money and political sharks that are developing our beloved New Mexico into their very own money trees. I really am worried for our state and for our people, the good life we all have lived may not be there for our grandchildren. Let us invest into our future a smarter way, let us preserve our history, let us defiantly make a stand together against the outsiders free hands at our wallets, Let us cut those free hands right off! Progress is natural and needed in a society, but progress un checked is dangerous. The man with biggest pocket book will choose what progress is necessary for the rest of us "ignorant" locals. Vote wisely my friends. Vote New Mexican.

AHD

Snow In April

Today a couple of inches of snow came our way, in APRIL!!! This weather is so unpredictable. I was reading that back home there was dust storms affecting New Mexico and Arizona. Oregon reportedly received 12 inches of snow, and the South had freezing temperatures! Mr. Gore isn't this ironic?! That is one issue I need to investigate a little more in detail. I understand the central issue of global warming, but there is no clear truth about it. There is a consensus that it exists, but no scientists or meteorologists will prove its true reality. Not that they are incapable but merely they cannot, it is not possible to get a true record of Earth's climate history. I have read notes of great detail that tell us when the great Vikings settled Greenland hundreds of years ago they grew a wheat crop and they had a long summer season; this indicates that there was global warming back then! Greenland has no wheat crop and no suitable Viking villages anymore as well. Everyone should seek a balanced source to find their answers, and I am not referring to Fox News.

Tsk Tsk Madame Speaker

Why did Nancy Pelosi go to Syria? Correct me if I am wrong but she is not a formulator of foreign policy. There are four formulators: The President, Secretary of State (State Department), Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Public Opinion. Sorry Madame Speaker, you don't fit in any category. Her shadow presidency is going to hurt our national integrity. Her actions were clearly counter-productive to our current foreign policy and she has no business or entitlement to initiate conversation with a terrorist supporting government.

The New Mexico Politico

"In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes." - Adlai Stevenson

Since I was a kid I have always been intrigued by politics. I remember watching CNN with my grandfather Sheriff Henry B. Diaz in 1992 and asking who was running for president. My grandfather a staunch Blue Dog Democrat replied,"President Bush the Republican and our favorite Democrat William Jefferson Clinton." I think that was my first inquiry into politics. Soon after that I attended the political rally held outside the Ol' Dona Ana County Court House and being hoisted up onto my Father's shoulders to get a look at this Mr. William Jefferson Clinton and Mr. Albert Gore. I was so enthused to finally see these men I had been watching on the news with my family. My Grandparents thought it was adorable and would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I innocently responded, "The President."

I am now a double major in History-Political Science and an attentive observer of current events and our political world. I started reading blogs about a year ago and I finally decided that I would start one mainly concerned with World events and New Mexico politics. I purely want to give my perspective and the perspective held by many young Americans on the World in which we live in. I admit I am not the greatest writer but I think this is a tremendous opportunity to for me to be a "citizen soldier" and initiate a dialogue on issues that affect our society. We must be active participants in our governments, if we choose not to it is tantamount to condoning a democratic dictatorship.

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." Plato

- Aaron Henry Diaz