Tag Archives: '2008'

• Bipartisanship

  You’ve got to love the republicans, or at least respect them. They got trounced in the election. They lost the presidency in historic fashion. They lost seats in the House. They lost seats in the Senate. They lost governorships. The American people soundly defeated their principles, and their politics. The republican time of rule was [...]

• The Music Died

  Amidst the democratic primary in April 2007, Jake Tapper made reference to the day the music died on his blog… “I’m told this is the airport where the plane crash took place that took the lives of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. Their last show was at Surf Ballroom in nearby Clear [...]

• Post Office

  As readers of this blog know, from time-to-time (or “time after time” depending on your affinity for Cyndi Lauper), I like to prove how smart I am, and not just how smart I currently am, but how smart I was. If you’ll recall, it was me that suggested the NFL should stage its Pro Bowl [...]

• MacBook Presser

  I’ve been peppered with a lot of emails since my hinting and then confirming of my recent purchase of a MacBook. And longtime readers have known of my desire to return home for a long, long time. Instead of answering these emails individually, I have decided to host a press-conference on the subject. Here goes…

  Thank [...]

• Electors Should Be Replaced By Robots

  I don’t mind the electoral college. I would rather it not be winner-take-all and that the number of votes for any given state equal the number of congressional districts in that state, however it is a workable system. It has only failed four times in over two hundred years.
  But I do think that electors should [...]

• Debunking the Obama Election

  This post is not going to make readers happy (well, most of them anyway), and it is not supposed to. It is time for some real honest truths in response to the truly historic election that we have witnessed. Well, most of us. I was flat-out drunk-and-stupid that evening.
  Obama won — in record fashion, not [...]

• Martin

  Jim Martin should have done the right thing. He lost on November 4 by approximately 110,000 votes. The state of Georgia’s silly law required an automatic run-off because no one received at least fifty percent (plus one) of the votes. (Martin’s opponent, the detestable Saxby Chambliss, garnered 49.8 percent. Round up, my friends; round up.)
  Run-off [...]

• State

  I would personally like to see Chuck Hagel or John Kerry in the role. After that, I wouldn’t mind Hillary Clinton. It certainly makes sense politically for Obama, although the fear of a Secretary of State going “rogue” would persist. And last, at the very bottom of the list, only if everyone else in the [...]

• Changing History Room

  You voted; and you changed the world. Now own the t-shirt…

  Image: BuzzFeed

• Free Markets In Question

  So this is what it has come to for President George W. Bush. In the waning days of his two-term administration, following a resounding defeat of his policies at the ballot box, the following headline on MSNBC… “Bush to defend ‘free market’ system.” Well done, sir.
  How bad do you have to be as president — [...]

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