Archive for 'politics'
Revolution
4 November 2008Change in generations — baby boomers are retiring.
Change in regime — I am no longer embarrassed to be an American.
Change in politics — The end of the conservative government that has reigned since 1980.
Change in culture — The united states just elected an African American president.
Most importantly, we have unseated the worst president in history.
McCain - don’t give up hope, you can still win
24 October 2008Dear John McCain,
Fret not Mr. McCain. All is not lost. Even though the current tally from elections.yahoo.com shows that Barack Obama has 355 electoral votes to your paltry 156, I have some advice for you that can turn things around.
It’s pretty simple really, just do what George W. Bush did to win the 2000 and […]
Sarah Palin Foreign Policy
25 September 2008Sarah Palin says she will make a good vice president because, well, Alaska is you know, close to Russia and stuff. I actually like this logic. Because I used to live in San Diego, and because that’s close to Mexico, that means I can be vice president. Cool.
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Democracy is only as good as the voting
23 September 2008There are plenty of other people that may argue against democracy. Stodgy old republicans, and myself, find humor in this quote from Winston Churchill:
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Overall I think democracy is on the right track, and I wouldn’t have anything else. However, my confidence in our […]
Can a beauty queen be VP?
7 September 2008Why not?
I live in a state where a body builder/movie star is the governor.
Why Obama should be elected, but can’t be
14 July 2008From news.yahoo.com:
"Iraq is not the central front in the war on terrorism, and it never has been," he said. "I would not hold our military, our resources and our foreign policy hostage to a misguided desire to maintain permanent bases in Iraq."
That’s the best damn thing I’ve heard any politician say about Iraq. It’s time […]
