It’s not uncommon to hear complaints about the Electoral College every four years. It’s an anachronistic system to be sure, one designed for a time when average citizens had no direct say in who became president.
But now, for better or worse, we each have the chance to cast a ballot for our presidential candidate of [...]
I apologize to my loyal readers that may be faint of heart but I’m going to have to scare you the day before Halloween. Witness this political ad courtesy of Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC):
There have been some ridiculous political advertisements this year (I’m talking to you, John McCain), but this one really takes the cake. [...]
If you’d like to go ahead and vote early or need a sample ballot or whatever, try visiting Vote411.org for information about voting in your area.
ACORN and the topic of vote fraud - actually voter registration fraud - have been in the news a lot lately. This is because of John McCain and other Republicans want you to crumple into the fetal position whenever you hear “ACORN.”
McCain said this during his 3rd debate with Barack Obama:
[ACORN] is now on the [...]
Remember how we’re shoring up weaknesses in our economy by bailing out failed banks and doling out $700+ billion to prevent further failures? Well, it looks like all that money isn’t going to help us average folk anytime soon.
Part of the problem with the economy is the credit crisis. Banks have lost so much capital [...]
Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court struck down a law preventing same-sex marriages because it violated the state constitution. You can count me among those people who thought the California Supreme Court’s ruling would usher in a wave of similar court rulings or legislation across the country. California is, after all, the most populous [...]
Great news for the depressed real estate market, there is a big new player shopping around:
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plans soon to sign a major lease of office space in Orange County, probably in Irvine, where as many as 600 people would liquidate the assets of troubled banks and thrifts based in California and [...]
BEFORE:
“I’d like to close Guantanamo.” - George W. Bush, June 2006
“The President has said, and I fully agree, we would like nothing better than to close Guantanamo.” - Condi Rice, October 2007
NOW:
“We’ve long said [Guantanamo] won’t be closed before the end of the president’s term.” - White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, October 2008
Apparently our Imperial [...]
McCain and Palin have recently added a new smear to their regular roster of attacks on Obama. They say that Obama is a socialist because he wants to “spread the wealth” and would seek to do that through small changes in our tax code.
Devastating!
First a little background. Our Republican led government has just given $25 [...]
It’s pretty screwed up that we don’t have good medical records for either of the presidential candidates. Especially since one of them is ancient and has repeated bouts with cancer. Even worse, neither VP candidate has released any medical records at all? What are Biden and Palin hiding? And Palin, where is your press conference?
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Obama [...]