Monthly Archives: April 2009

Roundup for Thursday 4/16/2009

by Chris   –   April 16, 2009

Check out this cool BMW ad that was put up in response to an Audi ad across the street:

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Joe Klein on the alleged divisiveness of Obama:
Given the fact that Obama had to take dramatic action, at home and abroad, to start lifting the country from the mess Bush made almost everywhere–and also begin to turn [...]

So. Much. Innuendo.

by Chris   –   April 15, 2009

For those of you without sound, you can read the transcript:
SHUSTER: For most Americans, Wednesday, April 15th will be Tax Day. But in our fourth story tonight: It‘s going to be teabagging day for the right-wing and they‘re going nuts for it. Thousands of them whipped out the festivities early this past weekend, and while [...]

Obama betraying civil libratarians

by Chris   –   April 14, 2009

Senator Obama in 2006:
This is an extraordinarily difficult war we are prosecuting against terrorists. There are going to be situations in which we cast too wide a net and capture the wrong person. . . .
But what is avoidable is refusing to ever allow our legal system to correct these mistakes. By giving suspects a [...]

Pirates!

by Chris   –   April 13, 2009

This weekend the big news was the U.S. Navy rescue of an American cargo ship captain from the clutches of Somali pirates on the Indian Ocean. Bravo.
The Somali pirate issue has been brewing for some time, but it never really made headlines until an American ship came under attack. Political instability – which we helped [...]

The looting continues, Part 2

by Chris   –   April 9, 2009

Back in March I wrote about how the Bush/Obama bank bailouts are essentially cementing the power of big banks like Citi and Bank of America rather than reforming a system that’s failed so spectacularly. Instead, we’re rewarding big banks for their failure, and turning the other way while they misuse tax payer money in a [...]

Unambiguously Gay Duo

by Chris   –   April 8, 2009

On Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court shot down a ban on same-sex marriages and Tuesday, Vermont became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage through legislation rather than the courts.
Four states are now in the equal rights club: Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont.
Andrew Sullivan has reactions to the Vermont legislative victory here and reactions to the court [...]

University of National Champions

by Chris   –   April 7, 2009

Go local sports team! Go!

by Chris   –   April 6, 2009

All blogging is suspended pending the outcome of tonight’s basketball game involving my local college team (hint: I don’t live in Michigan). Actually, scratch that… I may liveblog the game… mwhahaha!
Rest assured, semi serious blogging shall return. I’m crafting another post about the financial crisis that you can look forward to reading.
On a serious – [...]

Mental health break: Jay-Z edition

by Chris   –   April 3, 2009

Sometimes I forget how much I love Jay-Z… then he releases some awesome new song and I remember all over again:

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Consider this an open comments thread. Anything you want me to write about next week?

Killing the last of my inner-neocon

by Chris   –   April 2, 2009

On Tuesday I wrote about how I thought Obama was overly ambitious with his plans for Pakganistan. Rather than continue our military occupation of Afghanistan, I thought it would be better to continue to strike from afar at Al Qaeda bases if they pop up:
We could simply strike the terrorist bases in Afghanistan and Pakistan [...]