Posts Tagged with ‘politics’
Obama’s Chief of Staff is Ari Gold’s Brother
A lot of people are criticizing Obama’s choice for Chief of Staff, but how can you not like the guy who is the brother of the real-life Ari Gold? Even better, Rahm Emanuel was the inspiration for Josh Lyman. This is the best pick ever!
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Election Day Freebies Roundup
If you’re voting today, and I hope you are, you can get a bunch of free stuff with your “I Voted” sticker. If you needed another reason to vote, this should be it.
Digital Political
A week or so ago I decided to prepare for the political debate season by doing a bit of research. I have no idea who I’m going to vote for in this year’s election so I’ve been waiting for the debates to make up my mind. While I was reading through Obama’s tax plan I [...]
I Guess It’s Election Season
It’s an election year. Surprise. This will be the third presidential election I’ll get to vote in. Who am I voting for? Good question.
The other day I was reading through a thread on an Apple forum about Obama’s potential VP (by the time this posts the cat should already be out of the bag). The [...]
High Gas Prices and Who’s to Blame
Now is the summer of our discontent. Yesterday oil closed at over $75 a barrel which is the highest it has ever been. Sure, it’s less then it was in the late 70’s and early 80’s when you adjust for inflation, but that’s all semantics. This is translating to a national average price for [...]
The Future of News and Opinion
The President’s State of the Union speech ended just a few minutes ago and already the blogosphere is a buzz deconstructing the speech and analyzing just about everything from who stood up during which point to the ramifications of what President Bush said. In many ways, the blogosphere has become the new delivery vehicle of [...]
Oil, Iran, and the Nuclear Future
The world is facing a huge problem in the coming months. Iran wants to pursue a nuclear program claiming it is to power their country. Considering how oil rich Iran is, the world stage sees through that claim and knows they want to pursue the technology for weaponry purposes. Ok, so what’s new? North Korea [...]
2005: A Retrospective, or something
The year is drawing to a close and while this means many things, it also means lists of all different sorts. From the Top Ten Failed Tech Trends of 2005 to the Top Ten Grossing Films of 2005 to the Top Ten Junk Emails of 2005 to the Top Ten Sexy Geeks of 2005 [...]
Supreme Showdown
Here we go. The fight of the decade is about to get started, and no it has nothing to do with Iraq. Today, Sandra Day O’Connor–the first female appointed to the Supreme Court–announced her retirement after 24 years of service. Shortly there after, the gloves came off.
For a while now both sides [...]
The State of the Union: Social Security
A short while ago President Bush finished his fourth State of the Union Address to the joint Congress and the country. He briefly outlined plans of action for the next year–and his final term as well. Bush also brought up his vision on a few of the key and contravention issues that will [...]
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