yo listen up here's a story about a little guy that lives in a blue world and all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue like him inside and outside We won on election day and I am happy about that. What I am less happy about is the way that [...]
My mother and I always talked politics. Even when we were supposed to be discussing something else, our discussions inevitably wandered back to whatever was going on in the world. It was our most comfortable topic and we were both passionate about it. Not every one in my family was of the same mind. My [...]
Okay, so this is way late, but it never occurred to me until today. So, here is a logo for Lost Fans for Obama: Enjoy.
It started innocently. A McCain sign and an Obama sign. Two neighbors exercising their right of free speech. About as wholesome and American as you can get. All it took was one of them to add a second sign. I don't know who pulled that trigger first, but after that there was no turning back. [...]
During the primaries, especially during the 40 days of nothing-but-PA campaigning, my next door neighbor was a strong Clinton supporter. After Clinton won the PA primary (but not my district!), she took her Hillary sign down, although I left my Obama sign up. And then months passed. So, I was quite pleased a few weeks [...]
The Bush/Paulson bailout bill was defeated in the House on Monday, which leaves me somewhat relieved. My relief comes not from a knee-jerk distrust of government intervention. Nor does it come from a simpleminded hope that the economic mess will just sort itself out and all will be right in the world. My relief, temporary [...]