In a post earlier today, I wrote that my waffle iron has as much “Presidential experience” as Obama does. KMike has called me out on my lazy language: To be fair, Pete, which of the candidates had presidential experience? Was Jimmy Carter on a third party ticket somewhere? And how many terms did [...]
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It wasn’t any easier to wake up this morning. My breakfast didn’t taste any better. MARTA didn’t move any faster. I’m not going to make any more money today than I did yesterday. Today is, essentially, yesterday with a new name. So, while I’m certainly not trying to rain on any parades here, to those who [...]
I finally found a platform point of Obama’s I could get behind: Down with the BCS! (Just for clarity’s sake: this post is satire. I do not actually want you to vote for Obama.)
one of the major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people must want to rule people are, ipso facto, [...]
Indianapolis is often referred to as a “bright blue dot” in a big red state. That’s why it should come as no surprise to anyone that the city has an estimated 105% voter registration. Good work, Indy! In other news, there are some internet rumblings that maybe Obama was a member of the New Party) after [...]
The “Bush’s Failed Economic Policies” is incredibly pervasive. Of course, blaming the president for the economy is a knee-jerk, if intellectually lazy, thing to do but you can’t say that the practice is not encouraged by presidential candidate’s promises to “fix” the economy. Nevertheless, it’s interesting that Bush is taking so much heat for the [...]
This doesn’t sound like good policy to me: While the Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies have covered the cost of exams, which cost between $300 to $1,200 apiece, the Wasilla police department does charge the victims of sexual assault for the tests. Of course, the cheap political move is to [...]
Biden? Really? That’s the best he could do? The biggest draw to Obama is the mostly scandal-free, “not business as usual” angle. So, what, he felt he was at a disadvantage because he didn’t have any typical Washington bullshit floating around his campaign and felt compelled to add some? He chose a law school plagiarist and resume-padder. [...]
It’s interesting, really. Anti-Obama folks call him “elitist” as though that’s something new for a politician and those who like him take such great offense as though it’s not true. If we’re going to be honest with ourselves, I think we have to admit that most politicians are tremendously out of touch with the daily [...]
All of the fear-mongering about Peak Oil and Global Warming are really funny when you stop to think about them. People have such a tremendous lack of perspective about things. You see, these problems are, in the end, market problems. Peak Oil to a much greater degree than global warming, of course, but they both [...]
