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11.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

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 [...]
Life, Politics
11.04.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

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 [...]
Politics
10.16.08 | Permalink | 23 Comments

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. [...]
Politics
09.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

The economy is in shambles and even President Bush and Senator McCain have finally noticed. The president has proposed his oversightless $700 billion bailout, but McCain and his GOP colleagues at the crisis summit came up with a less-regulation-more-tax-breaks counterproposal. Let's look at that again. The proposal is from Bush and the counterproposal is from [...]
Politics
09.24.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Dear Congressman: I am writing to you because you are my representative. However, in the matter of Bush's bailout plan, I feel I speak for most Americans and therefore I am also addressing your peers in the House as well. The bailout plan cannot be allowed to pass as currently proposed. Perhaps there is a [...]
Politics
01.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

By and large, the New Hampshire recount is playing out as expected it would. Numerous little problems have been brought to light and they should be fixed. But there has been no major swing from one candidate to another. Hillary Clinton won in New Hampshire not because of fraud, but because she has spent giant [...]