Archive for January, 2008
As we receive many visits from the far east, including the occasional visit from Jakarta, we wanted to comment on the death of former President Suharto. First, public figures in the United States that only go by one name are either pop musicians or sports celebrities, so his going by one name like his predecessor [...]
January 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
With John Edwards now out of the race it seems that both the Obama and Clinton campaigns are out in full force for his endorsement and delegates. For all of my feelings of knowing where this race was going three months ago, and even three weeks ago, I am just consistently wrong. For all of [...]
January 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Take a look at this great article from The Politico about the political death of Mayor 9/11, and the uselessness of 9/11 as a wedge issue in today’s political climate. Rudy defeat marks end of 9/11 politics
January 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
This man is a genius and you should buy all of his albums.
January 29th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present… we must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country” -Abraham Lincoln (1862 State of the Union Address)
January 29th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
I would normally not have much to comment about when reading the Forbes list of 2007′s highest grossing female musicians, but one name stood out to me. The Dixie Chicks ranked #9 on the list raking in $18 million, and I think this is indicative of the death of early ’00′s conservative indignation. For all [...]
January 29th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
It’s always a wonderful day when it’s election day in The Sunshine Empire. My civic duty was fulfilled, even though half of my ballot was a glorified straw poll (Thanks for that, fuck you Howard Dean). But with South Florida’s efforts to take away home rule for Northeast Florida it was an important ballot on [...]
January 29th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
With the coming economic downturn, and politics so depressing, now comes humor in economics. Ladies and gentleman, Dr. Yoram Bauman Special Thanks to Biggus Rickus for finding this one.
January 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
That Barack Obama won the South Carolina primary was not a shock, but how he won it was certainly a shock. That was a fine ass beat down by any stretch of the imagination. It tells us that Obama can be a force on February 5th’s giganto-tastic super enormous Tuesday. But polling in the large [...]
January 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments