WARNING: HIGH POSSIBILITY OF NOSTALGIA IN THIS POST!! ENJOY!

Every time I go home and see my nieces and nephew watching nickelodeon, I realize.. today's Nick shows really are horrible.. So.. Let's go down memory lane, shall we?

(I don't pretend to own ANY of these videos.. Don't sue me, Viacom. Thanks)

Blog Improvements??

I'm slightly getting bored with the format of my blog; I need to change things up on it. So lemme see:

- I'll put more pictures up
- I'll include my twitter mini-feed on it
- I'll network with more bloggers; including some of you guys reading this
- I'll change the background and layout
- I'll add comment boxes directly under the articles so you don't gotta open any screens
- Add a general feedback comment box
- Record and Leave videos
- Include and discuss more topics outside of politics like I originally said I would
- Start a weekly internet radio discussion on air (Ustream, Maybe?)
- Interview people on random things


What are some other things as an audience might keep you coming back to Davidjaviersolis.blogspot.com ??

Thoughts please, people!

Always adapting,
David Javier Solis

Questions for the World to ponder

In class, history is a topic of which I enjoy learning more and more about. Those of you who know me; Politics is my passion. Politics is local; and while many of us reading this dislike political discussions and conversations, these conversations matter. Here's a few questions that I have asked myself recently that maybe some of you might want to put :

1. Does the U.N. work for what it's designed to do?
2. Does going into politics require you to get your hands dirty?
3. Is it time for a third major political party in the U.S.?
4. Where does our education stand in comparison to the rest of the developed world?
5. Is political correctness what some call 'intellectual tyranny'?
6. Will my generation see a third world war?
7. What will be the U.S. stance be on the war on drugs in the next few decades?
8. What's the difference between federal rights and constitutional rights?
9. Over the next 50 years, will Puerto Rico still be a commonwealth?
10. Will we ever switch over to a popular vote system as opposed to an electoral college system?
11. Will we see Congressional reapportionment (e.g. more Representatives added to congress)
12. Will the American right to bear arms be gradually taken away over the next few decades?
13. Will the undocumented immigrants in the U.S. one day see amnesty or mass deported?
14. Is education, tax, health and governing reform going to take place during this decade?
15. Has post-racist America become a 'classist' America? (i.e. has class bias replaced race bias?)

Bored in class,
David Javier Solis

People Over Politics, Mark Boughton? (Part 1)

I've lived in Danbury, CT for a good 20 years... I've seen the places, I've met the people, I've visited the landmarks, I've talked to the local leaders; including Mark Boughton a number of times. I've never left with a good impression of him or anything he's had to say. He's made the claim that he puts "people over politics". My friends, he's lying. He'll tell you to look at his record and ask the people themselves who live in Danbury and they'll tell you how great of a mayor he's been. He, Mr. Boughton, likes to say and/or believe that he is responsible for the success of Danbury as a city. He couldn't be more wrong. My greatest fear is that the true Mark Boughton will be so hidden behind the political smokescreen, people will genuinely believe his claims and not hear the truth of what type of mayor he has been for our city. Some of us here in Connecticut are upset with the conditions of our state as we should all be. I'll tell you one thing though.. You think things are bad now? I'm not sure Boughton's the shot in the arm our state needs now or in the coming years. More to come in the following days.

Principles before Party,
- David Javier Solis