Entries Tagged as ‘politics’

February 5, 2008

Super Tuesday!

My posts recently have been very brief. I will write something longer and hopefully more profound soon.

Meanwhile – Go out and VOTE!
PS – This just in. Huckabee has won West Virginia. Hurrah!

January 23, 2008

The Wall is Down…

All I can say is that the order by President Mubarak to troops to “let them [palestinians from the gaza strip] come to eat and buy food and go back, as long as they are not carrying weapons”. Is just a little ridiculous, considering the state of the border.

November 29, 2007

You Tube Debate

The Republican GOP debate was last night. After some uncertainty, I was able to gather together a few people, and we enjoyed watching, discussing and laughing at the GOP candidates.
A few things I gathered from the debate. Romney is rather touchy. He came across as edgy and not able to control his emotions. Rather frightening in [...]

November 17, 2007

The word of the day is…

restive \RES-tiv\, adjective:1. Impatient under restriction, delay, coercion, or opposition; resisting control.2. Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn.

November 17, 2007

Privacy and Defending the vulnerable

Quoting Senator Obama “The role of the [supreme] court is to protect people who may be vulnerable”.
From the Democratic presidential candidate’s debate a few nights ago… I find it particulary interesting that the primary democratic defense against abortion, is the woman’s right to privacy. The candidates continually cried out for privacy! Privacy! Simultaneously stating that the [...]

November 10, 2007

Now Thats Mature…

 What’s really happening during international summits…
Chavez called Spain’s prime minister a fascist and a snake.
The King of Spain responded with “shut-up”
Somehow I had always thought that behavior was more likely to be found on an elementary school playground, but hey…

November 9, 2007

Will we compromise?

This next presidential election is clearly a little frightening. With a republican in office for two terms, the historical pattern is for the country to swing in entirely the opposite direction and vote in a democrat. Conservative evangelicals are a little jumpy.
The candidates are such a random group, all hungering for that position of power [...]