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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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

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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 -- [...]

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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 [...]

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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)...

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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.

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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 [...]

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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.)

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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...

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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.

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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 [...]

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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: [...]

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