How men grade women...

I thought I would venture into the land of the untouchable conversation...that which I cannot win. Actually, I can't even pull off a draw...the conversation is one that all guys have. How do we rate women. As most guys know, and many women, there is the heavily used and abused scale of 1-10. This is common and practical. Where Jennifer Garner might be a 9 or 9.5, Rosie O'donnell comes in around a 2...on a good day. On this scale there is no personality because, well, personality doesn't matter! It's solely based on looks. Which at first is all that matters. If you are not talking to a girl a 5 is a 5. Period. Now this brings us to personality. This can add or detract from a woman's score quite significantly. An 8 can become a 5 and a 5 can become a 7 or maybe a 7.5. You can go down as many points as are available, however, in all honesty, you can only get about 2, maybe 2.5 points for personality.
This scale is still pointless. What if you have an 8. What does that mean? Nothing. One person might be ecstatic to get with an 8. Another may not stoop to that level. Here in Iraq it has become much simpler. No need to get emotions and points of view involved. This persons a 7, no an 8, no an 8.5...It doesn't matter out here. We score women as either a 1 or 0. For you computer geeks you understand. Its either 1, "Yes I would"; or 0, "No I wouldn't." That's it. I know pretty archaic right? I beg to differ.
This is actually more respectful of women. Now we are not grading you against your competition, I mean peers. You are your own grade. Either I like you or I don't. It's no, she's prettier than her. Its just yes or no. Simple and honest. I think more guys should grade on this scale. Then women wouldn't need to worry how pretty they are, just if they are pretty enough...

Who's your President?

So I've been paying a little bit of attention to the Presidential race since it may affect my immediate future drastically. There are some good and some bad about each candidate.
Hillary has lived in the White House before. I guess that is her good. The rest is bad. That's all I am going to say on that topic...
Senator McCain is another interesting choice. I like his toughness...he's an American hero and an ex-POW and leadership is in his blood. (Both his father and grandfather were both 4-star Admirals in the Navy.) I think he would make a very good President. The downside is his lack of a business background. I don't get the feeling that he understands business very well and that may be the most necessary quality at this time in our country's history. Yet, his viewpoints on the mortgage crisis we have are the exact same things I was thinking..."If you can't afford the payment don't take out the loan..." This philosophy is common sense...however it isn't very "business-savvy" speak and definitely not what many home-borrowers want to here. (People rarely want to hear the truth..."Does this make me look fat?")
Then there is Senator Obama. At first he seemed like the obvious choice. Charismatic. Good-looking. Youthful. Great speaker. He looks the part. He also wants there to be a change. Change is good and probably needed in the Beltway. However, the further into the Democratic dogfight we get, the more Obama is changing into a bitter, angry politician who wants to win by any means...which means more of the same. So much for change. He also lacks the business experience of Senator McCain, yet has not been in a beaurocratic system quite as long so his ideas can still seem fresh and youthful...
All in all we have our hands full right now. The more the Democrats battle it out, the more Senator McCain looks like the guy...

JD