So, the July jobs report came out. I was curious as to how the different news agencies were covering it. Amazing the different spin they put on it. Can you match the quote to the news outlet? Economy’s job engine revved up in July U.S. Added 163,000 Jobs in July; Jobless Rate Ticked Up Jobless [...]
In the aftermath of the events in Aurora, Colorado the old arguments about gun control are starting to bubble to the surface again. How this is even an argument baffles me. I work under the assumption that everyone, extremists from both sides of the spectrum, agree that people getting killed is a bad thing. The anti-gun control arguments [...]
January 30, 2012 – 11:18 am
Find lines of attack that could goad Mr. Gingrich into angry responses and rally mainstream Republicans. Swarm Gingrich campaign events to rattle him. Have Mr. Romney drop his above-the-fray persona and carry the fight directly to his opponent, especially in two critical debates scheduled for the week.1 Sentiments like this, hardly unique to the Romney campaign or [...]
January 13, 2012 – 9:30 pm
My friend Ben has started a new blog, BK, you should read it. His post on diversity is very well done and I largely agree with him, but I have a small point on which I would refine. (And since I have been searching for something to write about today, I will stretch it into [...]
January 4, 2012 – 3:20 pm
I will start by saying that I (nor anyone that I have heard) would imply that the demographics of the people participating in the Iowa Caucuses last night would be a representative sample of the population of the United States. But damn; seriously? This is what is being used to cull the field? A 99% [...]
January 3, 2012 – 8:38 pm
Gingrich Calls Romney a Liar This needed more than 140 characters to link to, so I’m trying a mini blog post. This article is a perfect example of why the public (or at least this member of the public) is so fed up with politics. Of course Romney lies, but so does Gingrich, so does [...]
October 22, 2008 – 3:05 pm
A month or so back I proposed that I would post entries on the topics of this election that concern me, comparing the main party candidates. As should be obvious, I have not done so. The reasons for this are immaterial but should not imply a lack of interest in these topics. A simple example [...]
August 18, 2008 – 12:46 pm
With this year’s presidential election coming on fast, it is getting to the point where I am starting to think about more than just the general overtones of the presidential positions. While I am pretty sure where my decision will land, I don’t like the idea of an uninformed decision, or worse, a reactionary one. [...]
November 7, 2006 – 9:10 am
Yeh, I’m a bit of a dork, but at least I’m a dork who votes.
September 9, 2005 – 3:05 pm
from the Washington Post: A federal appeals court ruled today that the president can indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen captured on U.S. soil in the absence of criminal charges, holding that such authority is vital to protect the nation from terrorist attacks. Net result: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to [...]