The Sunshine Empire

“Look, I owe the American people an apology. If I had beaten the old man you’d of never heard of the kid and you wouldn’t be in this mess. So it’s all my fault and I feel that very, very strongly.” -Michael Dukakis (Former Democratic Presidential Nominee at the 2008 DNC)

From the great guys at Uhh, Yeah Dude.

Hurricane Gustav is approaching New Orleans, and a good friend of The Sunshine Empire is going to ride the storm out. A former member of our brain-trust, who is responsible for many of the features of this site that have been added during it’s initial construction, returned to his hometown of New Orleans some five [...]

I spent today in Gainesville taking in the Florida vs. Hawaii college football game and I came away with only a small portion of my forearms sun burnt. This along with just my kneecaps due to my folded arms during the game. I have been sleeping very little lately with all the political conventions and [...]

We wanted to take a brief moment away from the U.S. Presidential race to comment on the political turmoil in Thailand. I know we have readers in Thailand and it was commendable when they and the military rose up and ousted the corrupt former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Sadly the replacement PM was nothing more [...]

The Right is reacting with measured tones to the Sarah Palin choice, yet Andy McCarthy at NRO had a curious reaction. “Man, what a dumb move. Reports say Obama people are ridiculing McCain for choosing a little known figure with no foreign policy experience to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. The response almost [...]

Thick political news is happening all across the fruited plain today as John McCain has apparently picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate in the fall election. Now as much as conservatives attacked Barack Obama’s pick of Joe Biden as his running mate because they said it undercut his message as a [...]

Senator Obama’s speech was nothing short of amazing and was a stinging indictment of John McCain and the Republican party. For all the Democrats that have been screaming for blood this week, Obama certainly bloodied some noses this evening. It seems after that speech that the fall election going into November, is going to be [...]