help, someone? (and no, i'm not bothering to ask obama or mccain)

the presidential election is one week away. pretty hard to believe. and i am becoming convinced that none of the political candidates for any party deserve my vote. i am unconvinced that any of them have the "kingdom values" that i have. so it becomes a decision of either aligning myself with a candidate with whom i dislike but dislike slightly less than the other candidates, or aligning myself with the only person to share my values, Jesus. if anyone has a convincing argument on why i should align myself and give my vote to another messed up human being who will, like every president before and to come, mess up our country and world more, feel free to share. i just feel like rebelling and not voting for unworthy candidates.
if it's about choosing the lesser of two evils, tell me, why even bother choosing an evil, albeit lesser? seriously now. i am on the fence about even voting in this election.
i'm also reading an interesting book, Jesus for President, which I am sure is not helping my undecided-voterness.

what iraqis are saying.

Leading up to the presidential election in 2004, I read a lot of various blogs about the war in Iraq. There was an American journalist who kept a blog as he followed around a squadron in Baghdad, there were the angry and angst-ridden Iraqis who produced diatribes day in and out on the political situation, and there were reasoned arguments (pro-America and con-America) and observations made by other Iraqi citizens. It was a big melting pot of those both informing and opining.

One blog I always came back to time and time again, Iraq the Model.

Recently, I've been revisiting their stuff. It's interesting to say the least, to read the opinions of Iraqis. Here's their latest installment.