Dec - 23rd
MacBook Presser
Posted at 2:02 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
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 [...]
Dec - 16th
Electors Should Be Replaced By Robots
Posted at 3:29 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
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 [...]
Dec - 10th
Debunking the Obama Election
Posted at 3:17 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
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 [...]
Dec - 3rd
Martin
Posted at 10:24 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
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 [...]
Nov - 14th
State
Posted at 10:13 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
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 [...]
Nov - 14th
Changing History Room
Posted at 9:11 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
You voted; and you changed the world. Now own the t-shirt...
Image: BuzzFeed
Nov - 13th
Free Markets In Question
Posted at 9:32 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
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 -- [...]
Nov - 12th
Retribution
Posted at 5:26 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
I believe in political retribution. And although the dems may end up winning Minnesota and Alaska, the idea of placating Joe Lieberman in order to hold 59 instead of 58 seats doesn't make much sense. President-elect Barack Obama may want to rise above the pettiness of senatorial politics -- and he should -- but that [...]
Nov - 6th
Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are
Posted at 2:12 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
For the record, as happy as I am that Barack Obama won the election, this does not include me (via TPM)...
Nov - 6th
Still No Respect
Posted at 10:47 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Despite winning a long-deserved World Series championship, the Phillies only managed to garner 491 votes nationally in the presidential election, far below the respectable 19,000 votes Ron Paul received...
Image: CNN.com
Oh, maybe the votes were cast for this guy, and not the baseball team. The voters were probably confused though, especially those fickle undecideds.
Nov - 6th
Okay
Posted at 10:29 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Is it safe to come out and play? Or has everything been fixed already, with nothing to gripe about? World peace and hunger; health care? Have lobbyists been run-out of town? Has there been substantive banking reform?
I do plan on opining on Tuesday's historic election -- at times even against my better judgment, and also [...]
Nov - 4th
Obama Wins
Posted at 8:05 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
I'm calling it -- Obama wins the presidency. (It is 7:05 reyonthehill time.)
Nov - 3rd
I’d Say Strong to Quite Strong
Posted at 11:46 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
I am not a very good predictor (although I did predict Bush would win in 2004), but I figure I should get this down before Election Day (or my version of Christmas). Obama/Biden 318, McCain/Palin 220. You read it here first. (My numbers reflect that McCain will steal Ohio, and Obama will steal Florida, Virginia [...]
Nov - 3rd
Over/Under
Posted at 5:54 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
This past week I was thinking 125 or 130 million votes for tomorrow, however, based on the coverage of the somewhat ridiculous lines for early voting, I'm going to be bold and predict an astounding 140 million votes cast for this historic election. Although I'd put my money on the under for 140, I do [...]
Nov - 3rd
Campaign Thoughts
Posted at 3:17 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
- I wonder how Joseph Lieberman's feeling about his big gamble. He certainly should be removed from the Democratic caucus, especially if the dems can reach 60 votes without him. Lieberman not only stepped across the fine line this election season, he pole vaulted over it.
- Driving through Berkeley last week, I noticed some Obama [...]
Oct - 31st
One Positive From Bush’s Legacy
Posted at 12:53 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Al Gore lost in 2000 and John Kerry lost in 2004 partly because the youth did not get out to vote. "Youth" is typically prescribed to those between 18 and 24 years of age. If you do not fall in that range, I'm sorry, but you are old.
Obama's current "lead" and his ability to raise [...]
Oct - 31st
Obama Dogs Unite
Posted at 8:41 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Our puppy day-care place for Haley has started an Obama Dogs Unite campaign which has received some local press...
Oct - 28th
Voting For Stevens A Matter Of ‘If’
Posted at 10:34 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
"They’ve been quite clear in their contempt for [Senator Ted Steven's] behavior. I don't expect [John McCain and Sarah Palin] would cast their ballot for Ted Stevens if they were Alaska voters." -- Tucker Bounds, McCain spokesman, apparently unaware of the vice-president's state of residence.
Oct - 28th
Stevens
Posted at 8:38 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
I'm not an expert on politics. But if you are running for president, and you are demanding that a long-time senator of your own party resigns following conviction on corruption charges, the senator from the state that your running-mate resides and is governor, a running mate that hasn't equaled your admonishment of said senator, and [...]
Oct - 23rd
Election Ramblings
Posted at 12:51 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
With my work schedule ramping up, and all of the other bullshit* that life entails, I haven't been able to blog as much about the election as I have wanted to. So here goes...
- Two issues that should have been discussed at the debates, or at least mentioned once somewhere, anywhere during this election cycle: [...]