Posts Tagged: News, Politics, Events
US Election Day
Posted by on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in - 46 comments
If it were up to me we would vote all the time. Never mind the expense or the inevitable lack of interest in the process it would generate. I just think it makes for great entertainment. As far as I can tell, today's vote in the USA boils down to three likely outcomes: • A last minute retraction …
My Mid-term Pool Picks
Posted by on Monday, November 6, 2006 in - 9 comments
Will they play "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" somewhere tomorrow night? Who knows now? No one. But we can guess: • “1. Democrats 49, Republicans 49, Independents 2. • 2. Democrats 239, Republicans 196 • 3. A Sonnet • “"Let me not put it to you in any other way: • In this campaign I …
Last Minute Races
Posted by on Monday, November 6, 2006 in - 4 comments
The last minute races in the east north country seem to be the race for Jefferson County Sheriff, judging by the amount of TV and radio ad money being spent by Dan Larkin, the Republican challenger. I like his URL of www.nodonuts.org. I'll be tracking that one for the internet tomorrow night. Also …
Mid-term Election Pool 2006 Update
Posted by on Sunday, November 5, 2006 in - 7 comments
OK, simply because there was no Syracuse football game this weekend, that doesn't mean I don't get to rehash the material I have posted when I want on a Sunday. So here again are the questions for the US Mid-term election pool: • Name the total number of seats in the US Senate that the Democrats …
Saddam Wonders Where His Doubles Are Now
Posted by on Sunday, November 5, 2006 in - leave a comment
"...this would be a great time for a double..." • Even with the great joy that accompanies the day dictators get their due (with the Ceausescus having a special place given how public it was) we do have to recall their awareness of what might have been and what they have lost. Saddam has mislaid …
Friday Chat With Buckleys...Again
Posted by on Friday, November 3, 2006 in - 62 comments
It looped. Whatever I had a couple of weeks ago looped back. The head is a bongo left in the hands of a three-year old. Everyone is hacking. I drink the blood of pine trees for comfort. • For some reason I needed to record Omega Race, a big part of my early undergrad, here on the blog today. If …
Election Pool 2006 - Political Capital Now Spent
Posted by on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 in - 41 comments
Seeing as we are on a roll, let's have an election pool. Not a tough one, not like the sports pool. Nice and simple: • Name the total number of seats in the US Senate that the Democrats, Republicans and Independents have...not win as not all are up for election. You are ranked by your deviation …
US Political Blogging?
Posted by on Saturday, October 28, 2006 in - 20 comments
Is it fair to suggest that this US political season, where Michael J Fox can sum it up by saying he needs neither the pity or permission of Rush Limbaugh, is a dead zone as far as the blogging goes? Is it truly the case that is is no bombast left in the bloat? • Remember in 2004 when this was …
What Is Winning?
Posted by on Thursday, October 26, 2006 in - 1 comment
I heard this bit on the news last night: • “Mr. Bush’s comments were the latest iteration in a recent rhetorical evolution that has seen him move from vowing to "stay the course" in Iraq to promising flexibility. But Mr. Bush also said, "We cannot allow our dissatisfaction to turn into …
Speaking Of Campaigns
Posted by on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 in - 3 comments
Speaking of political campaigns, a subject most facinating, what we are witnessing to our south is even more interesting than questions Iggeriffic. Consider this: • “As this country's most outspoken and polarizing social conservative, the two-term Pennsylvania Republican senator has been in …
