We all have ’em. Things that just make us cringe, ball our fists, and want to just go all medieval on someone’s tuchus. On the other hand, there are also those things that make you happy that… well, just make you happy. Here are a few of my irks and perks. Keep in mind, this is far from a comprehensive list, just a sampling.
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It’s amazing. President Barak Obama didn’t even last his first week before one of his boneheaded policy desires started fast-tracking through Congress. Though seemingly innocuous to some, the push to delay the digital television transition is capricious and ill-advised.
Read more...There is still quite the pastiche of voting methods around the country…even within states. Clearly the situation is ripe for some misbehavin’. I’d like to think that if there were a national voting machine standard, then it would be easier to manage and verify elections. It’s time that America gets its electoral house in order, if only because
Read more...Slowly, ever so slowly (well, quicker in the past seven years, but mostly it’s slowly), the office of the president has become less executive and more strongman. Congress needs to grow a pair and get some of its constitutional power back.
Read more...As we head into the last month of the latest of the never-ending condition that is the American election process, there are a few things I want to get off my chest.
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Some people, it seems, wanted me to actually choose a candidate for president. Seems sort of silly, but here we go again.
Read more...Like most Americans, I’ve been faced with a tough choice of McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden. While the names are all nice and short, the fact of the matter is that both tickets give me pause. Who will I vote for?
Read more...A sarcastic list of the top ten modern requirements for a candidate to become President of the United States.
Read more...I’m just reading some quotes of the dubious choice of VP candidate, Sarah Palin, from a speech she gave last June to …
Read more...It’s just been reported that Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin has announced that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. Commentary …
Read more...The recent news that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain has called for the GOP to scale back the nominating convention circus to …
Read more...I think it’s fair to say that no one saw coming John McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. …
Read more...I can’t remember a time in my voting-eligible life when a political convention to select a presidential candidate was actually relevant. Instead, …
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I loathe political attack ads. They don’t contribute to the constructive debate and are often such a conglomeration of out-of-context snippets (I …
Read more...I’m spurred to scream at the political insanity that has been popping up over the last year…and I’m not restricting it to …
Read more...The recent series of ads that the McCain campaign has launched against Obama’s “celebrity” isn’t one of them. Frankly, I’m not a fan of either candidate, so I shouldn’t care, but this is so far out there that I find it galling not so much for what it says, but for how it might tilt the many sheep of the American electorate.
Read more...As we close in on February 5th’s “Super Tuesday”, when the presidential races will either tighten or be all but decided, I …
Read more...It’s the eve of the Iowa Caucuses and the start of the 2008 edition of the nuttiest reality show of all: Let’s …
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