Posted in Politics on Sep 25th, 2008
It is easy to view McCain’s and Obama’s responses to this crisis as predictable but this maybe the most important law making session in the last fifty years. It is very possible that this piece of law making will severely restrict the political agenda for the next four years. If you are not part of [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 13th, 2008
One of the fascinating aspects of this presidential election is the decision making by both candidates and the comparisons these candidates are inviting to previous Presidents. John McCain says Teddy Roosevelt is his favorite president and I think Barrack Obama has a lot of admiration of John Kennedy. By selecting Sarah Pallin as his vice [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 4th, 2008
Political conventions are necessary evils. I despise them because they are so boring. Both parties shared a pressing problem of unifying their parties. I would have to say that the Republicans succeeded beyond their wildest dreams and the Democrats are hopeful. In this area McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin was a stroke of genius. She [...]
Posted in Politics on Aug 19th, 2008
I think it is fair to say that my mother-in-law was leaning toward Obama before last Saturday. After she heard the answers from both candidates at the Saddleback Civil Forum, she is now leaning toward McCain. She said she is getting used to the cadence of Obama’s speech and is being swayed less by Obama’s [...]
Posted in Politics on May 24th, 2008
Terrorism is a lot less common than one in a million and automated “tests” for terrorism – data-mined conclusions drawn from transactions, Oyster cards, bank transfers, travel schedules, etc – are a lot less accurate than 99%. That means practically every person who is branded a terrorist by our data-mining efforts is innocent.
Cory appears to [...]
Posted in Politics on Apr 6th, 2008
Just after I had finished reading a FactCheck.org article called Winning Ugly in Wisconsin, I see this post on Ann Althouse’s blog. The premise of the FactCheck article is:
In Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race the winner was on the side that threw the most mud.
Ann points out that John Fund at the Wall Street Journal [...]
Posted in Politics on Mar 19th, 2008
A black community activist was interviewed recently by a local radio station and was asked what she thought would be the impact on the community if Obama was elected president. She said,
I think we will have to come up with a new excuse. We can’t blame it on the man if he is one of [...]
Posted in Politics on Mar 2nd, 2008
Recently I have been overwhelmed with cynicism towards Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Living in Ohio we have been inundated with political ads for these two candidates. What some may view as entertaining and thought provoking last week is extremely annoying after you have seen the same ad for the hundredth time. My son and [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 23rd, 2008
It is my understanding that the primary purpose of this bill is to “allow the intelligence services to conduct surveillance of communications between persons located outside of the United States when the communications happen to pass through domestic networks”. With this bill the NSA can go up the road to AT&T and run a wiretap [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 20th, 2008
Question 1) What percentage of global births go unregistered?
Answer: C, 40 percent.
Read the rest of the answers at The FP Quiz.
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT
On this day, the Virginia Tech community reflects on the vibrant lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from us a year ago. Through light, art, and music we pay tribute to each and every person we lost. We gather to honor our friends, colleagues, and family members. We will never forget.