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Republicanism Explained

Okay … now this is some funny shit … I’ve just snipped an except, but you’ve gotta go read the full thing.

First Draft: Republicanism Explained

Well, I’ve done a lot of observing and thinking, and it seems to me that the Republican party stands for two things.

Tax cuts are the cure for everything, [...]

February 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Current Events | Comments are closed

Loving the Obama Kool-aid, so far.

Knowing that many of the Obama faithful (and a number of skeptics) have been disappointed with some of his choices to fill various Cabinet positions, I found this article in Thursday’s Financial Times to be quite astute.

FT.com / Never mind the team: the president does the moves

The campaign poetry is long forgotten. [...]

December 6th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Current Events | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Great expectations and great challenges

Three more great articles from The Economist on this past Tuesday’s election excerpted below. The first article deals with the expectations that President-elect Barack Obama will face once he takes the Oath of Office on January 20th.

Great expectations of Barack Obama | The Economist Nov 6th 2008, From The Economist print edition

Barack [...]

November 7th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Current Events | Comments are closed

I can see Russia from my house!

Sarah Palin’s Foreign Policy credentials, based on Alaska’s proximity to Russia and Canada:

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Yeah, yeah … it’s an old joke at this point. But the interview with Katie Couric is still important. Watch it. Listen to what Sarah Palin says. Do you really want this woman to be a heartbeat away [...]

September 28th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Current Events | Comments are closed

Biden it is, unless it isn’t.

Obama picks Joe Biden as VP candidate – CNN.com

(CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama has picked Delaware Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate.

The longtime Democratic senator was long considered a likely choice for vice president, but the buzz surrounding him intensified after he returned earlier this week from a two-day trip to [...]

August 23rd, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Current Events | Comments are closed