Presidential Debate

I am not very interested in politics but will attempt to analyze the presidential debate in a truncated way. Firstly, the debate was a little boring and had a lot of repetitions both in the questions asked by Jim and the answers given by McCain and Obama. For most of the debate I felt like the candidates had difficulty answering the questions directly.
Both candidates lacked specifics in all their answers. The debate focused on national and foreign policies.

Obama accused his opponent of intending to carry on the Bush administration. On the question of international affairs McCain showed mastery of facts and names and history.I was so appalled by this as I wondered what the heck knowing these folks names will do? Obama was confident and commanding in his responses. I think McCain used mainly emotions.McCain went on to make' memoirs' about his time when he held captive....I did not see this argument relevant and the question was about the war in Iraq presently. Obama suggested that American leaders move swiftly to save the drowning economy. He also suggested that accountability be valued for the money they plan to use for the bailout. He was also very concerned about the middle class people of America. I was very happy with Obama's responses as he tried more to stay on target and he was more concerned about citizens and also concerned about preventitive measures.
Obama was the only one out of the two candidates to mention plans for education. This was a plus in my opinion. He questioned the financial situation now asking how did America get in this mess in the first place. He thinks that plans must be put in place to prevent these occurrences.Kudos for Obama to be caring about education. Without an educated nation we have nowhere going.
McCain proposed that spending needs to be under control in order to help the failing economy. Well this could suffice. He plans to veto some of the spending bills if he should become president. He wants to keep taxes low.
Obama spoke about health care and his concerns. He wanted to help the elderly and others to have better access to reasonable health plans. He also stressed the point of America needing to use alternate energy. I think Obama was being more realistic and consistent in his arguments than his opponent . McCain was being more emotional and using the past to relish about how many foreign personnels he has met. How can this be of valid use to the country?
The next step is to listen to the vp debates and see if there will be much difference to the presidential debate. Maybe these debates may help to shape our decision come November 4!

Gummy, Sticky Habit!

Have you ever been in an office and tried to speak to a reception who is chewing gum? I eat chewing gum and I really like many and various flavors. My issue with chewing gum is the inappropriate timing some of us choose to enjoy it.
I have noticed that many people (women) especially, who work in the front of an office have been chewing gum in a high fashioned kind of way. They will pop it while greeting guests, make loud noises with the gum, and just be so annoying to others while eating their gum! Why? Some 'chewers' have this incessant smacking with the gum with absolutely no consideration for the person they are talking to.
At a particular children's clinic that I have to visit often, the ladies who work at the reception area are ALWAYS chewing gum! They do it in such a disgusting way I want to scream. Oftentimes I have to ask them to repeat what they say to me because I think the gum gave him speech impediment. Also at the dentist (where I go), one of the receptionists would eat gum all the times as if her life depended on it. Today I went to one of the Financial Aid offices at the university I attend and I was so turned off by the person speaking to me. She kept chewing the gum with no discretion and reacted as if she was having a serious battle with the chewing gum because he chewed it with what appeared to be vengeance!
Come on. This is annoying and seems to be obnoxious. Could you please just eat the gum with a little courtesy or try to be a little discrete, especially when working in the front of an office, where you are expected to meet and greet people. Also people working in the front of offices are expected to represent their companies; so... Think about it. By the way, Is there a chewing gum etiquette? If there is, it would worthwhile to post these up in all office area plus distribute to workers.