Archive for 'politics'
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 […]
