Archive for February 2008

The monthlies.

• Obama’s Texan Support Spans Both Aisles

  The word on the street is that Barack Obama will be receiving a lot of votes in the Texas primary from republicans. This I do not like. I more than welcome voters coming across the aisle on election day — in November, not in primaries. The primary is for us true-blue party-members. We’ve worked for [...]

• Prediction Naught Eight

  I should take advantage of the miserable predictions I make. This email comes from a reader… I’m hoping that “one” of your political predictions will be correct and Hillary drops out next Wednesday. Yes, if only “one” of my predictions come true. However, I think I am now prepared to make my boldest prediction yet, [...]

• Michael Clayton

  Overall I think this movie is a bit overrated. There is clearly good acting, and is worthy of praise, but I can see why it didn’t win Best Picture. Also, this film is a tad on the slow side, so don’t watch this too late at night. (Returned 02/29/08.) Rent with Netflix.

• Leap

  The year two thousand and eight (in the year of our lord, Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary and Joseph) is a leap year, which makes today — February 29, 2008 — a leap day. This is a pagan’s Mardi Gras. The calendar has finally caught up with the Earth’s revolution around the sun. If [...]

• Old Media, Meet New Media

  From Harper’s Magazine’s ‘About’ section… “In more recent years, the magazine published Woodrow Wilson and Winston Churchill long before either man became a political leader.“ Yes, in more recent years. The magazine currently has three correspondents covering the looming savings and loan crisis.

• Liveblogging the Bush Press Conference

  7:43amThis just in, the president and his administration believes “in a strong dollar policy.” This is, of course, counter to the historical long-held policy of the Unites States government advocating for a weak dollar. 7:45amOoh, a difficult question on the funding of his library at SMU. 7:48amHere’s a crazy idea: The U.S. should boycott the [...]

• My Wish To God

  This is my wish to god, if there were one, or if there ever will be one. Please have the White House press conferences be scheduled around west coast bloggers. This is ridiculous; it is almost halfway over.

• One-on-One

  Earlier in the election season, Barack Obama seemed flustered at debates. His answers were verbose, full of rhetoric, and that clashed with the eight or nine other candidates delivering more specifics and certainly less rhetoric. Obama didn’t lose the debates, he simply did not win them. Now the debates are one-on-one, him against Hillary Clinton, [...]

• George, George, George of the Jungle

  I spent this past weekend snowboarding at Squaw Valley, host city of the 1960 Winter Olympics. There were near-blizzard conditions, and I surely got my ass-kicked. I am still sore in my legs, but I had one helluva fun time. Then I caught this story this evening: “Skier dies after hitting tree at Squaw Valley.” [...]

• Debate Night

  With the news of the evening being the possible last debate between Obama and Clinton (does Barack need a pillow?), I would like to make note of some very important news. The San Francisco Zoo has announced the birth of a baby giraffe. I’m sure my wife and I would be lining up to see [...]

• Made Or Broken

  Tonight’s democratic debate between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama is being reported as “make or break” for Clinton. But what could Hillary do to change the perception of the race? As much as Hillary needs to convince democrats (and Americans, in general) that she is the one best-suited for the job, and that [...]

• Hillary’s Numbered

  There is growing evidence that March 4th will be Hillary’s last stand in this nomination. A new poll finds that Barack Obama has a “huge 16-point national lead over Hillary Clinton.” Is this significant? Hell, yes. Even if Clinton can eek out victories or near-misses in Ohio and Texas, and trudges all the way to [...]

• Subliminible

  “So Hillary says, in 2005, the United States Congress adopted the Bush-Cheney energy bill, which gave $27 billion in subsidies to nuclear, oil, and gas and coal. The only thing that was justified was clean coal, because countries are going to be using that. We have to figure out how to take the carbon dioxide [...]

• TPM

  Although the look and use of Talking Points Memo needs to be refined, or better yet, needs to be completely overhauled, Joshua (Micah) Marshall finally gets his due in the New York Times. I have been a long-time reader of Marshall, and I truly value his additions to the online world of blog-based journalism. As [...]

• Pass the Salad

  How fitting. My wife and I spent seven hours driving home from Lake Tahoe yesterday (it should take three) because of a massive snowstorm. The same day, the man who we have to thank for mandatory seat-belts, Ralph Nader, has decided to run for president. I do not necessarily believe that Nader was the reason [...]

• Morning Exercise

  As of Tuesday, with my review of the third installment of Shrek (so far), I am finally caught up with my Film Retrospective series. Therefore, I do not have a standard early-morning post. It is interesting how one comes to rely on what would seem to be a trivial activity, but that first post has [...]

• Headlines You Can Trust

  You’ve got to love this headline: “N.Y. Times defends McCain-lobbyist story.” Alright, well I do. The most reputable newspaper — worldwide — is defending an adequately-sourced report, and that’s news.

• McCain Enjoys The Attention

  Alleged ethics violations. Potential infidelity. A day in the life of a politician, right? But for republicans, it is an opportunity. John McCain, who has been ineffectively courting the base, now (finally) has an opportunity to gain support from core conservatives, who spew endless venom at the New York Times (even though it helped trump-up [...]

• McCain

  Woah, woah, woah… A John McCain ethics scandal? Wait a minute, it’s also a sex scandal? And McCain is denying it? (Quite the surprise on that last one.) It seems the far right is hell-bent on derailing McCain as their nominee, because despite any of the perceived bias or political leanings of the New York [...]

• Snapple Judgment

  I realized this morning while waiting for breakfast before work — a sesame bagel toasted with cream cheese — how much I’ve grown since college. In college, my preferred Snapple flavors, in order, were… Peach, Raspberry, Lemon. And now, as a working man, I prefer, in order… Lemon, Raspberry, Peach. Needless to say, I enjoyed [...]

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