Coming out of nearly a decade of Republican rule, in a major recession, a charismatic democrat is coming to power talking of health reform and the middle class, we've still got troops in Iraq, Guns and Roses and Metallica just released their new records, and the rest of music is in a shitty festering heap …
Category Archive: Politics
Oct 07 2008
Why I support Barack Obama
Barack Obama essentially sealed the deal on the election tonight, and as someone who said in November of last year, in response to Jessica's query of who the next president would be, that it would be Obama, I'd like to detail why I think this is a good thing. Obama can be a bit of …
Sep 22 2008
The Illiterate
Many have made light in this political season of McCain's computer illiteracy. The man has never sent an email, checked a website, downloaded a file, watched a youtube video. "Ha ha, the old man can't use the computer machine." Let us not make light of this. Let us take this as the serious issue that …
Sep 18 2008
Why I am not a Libertarian
It's hard to dislike the ideals of the (big L) Libertarians. They line up with my common-sense notions on the decriminalization of victimless crimes such as drug use and prostitution (which are indefensible positions). They talk a good line about a statement of principles, and that's certainly not a bad thing to have. Their ideas …
Sep 17 2008
Faux Republican Laissez Fair
So, we lowered taxes, reduced regulation, allowed companies to do virtually anything they wanted. Brought back the good ol' days like Reagan did. What a load of shit. The blame for the current disastrous financial situation sits squarely on Alan Greenspan and George W. Bush. There is a damned good reason that democrats are better …