Posts Tagged: US Election 2008
Are You Really Ready For An Election?
Posted by on Thursday, August 7, 2008 in - 9 comments
I don't know. I mean I like an election as much as the next guy but, you know, I kind of have a date this fall with the US election. It's always great fun to look forward to a campaign between two people who both have good sides and maybe each have a bit of an unknown factor. What's happening down …
Things I Didn't Know About Until Today
Posted by on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 in - 9 comments
When you think about it, blogs really should be just Friday Bullets. No one really wants to know the half-baked opinions of strangers. No one really is interested in how many ways the unhappy and unintelligent drop-outs and dopes who post comments can insult. They want to know about the stuff that …
Is Obama Really The Next Paris Hilton?
Posted by on Thursday, July 31, 2008 in - 15 comments
While I have to admit I still really have no idea what the policies of an administration led by Mr. Obama might look like, I really had no idea that this sort of thing was what would be going on: • After spending much of the summer searching for an effective line of attack against Senator Barack …
Friday Bullets For Stay-cation Week
Posted by on Friday, July 25, 2008 in - 20 comments
Well, I suppose that the promised break in the days of rain that have been mid-July in Easlakia has to stand for something. I can't think when I last took a summer week off and did not load the family for somewhere - which is just as well as a van full of damp is not a happy van. It has been a …
Friday Bullets Without The Pain...Except For The Pain
Posted by on Friday, July 18, 2008 in - 5 comments
I need a new back today. Despite the sit up and other exertions of unbelievable dedication, the back still goes. And it is quite prepared to go before just before the summer holiday begins. Such is life. Good thing I plan to do nothing. • Nevermind those who 3% of folk who think George W. Bush …
Group Project: McCain's Visit To Ottawa
Posted by on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in - 7 comments
I don't usually get caught up in the bashing of various news sources. The Toronto Star gets its share of grief from folks with a variety of levels with incoherent thought - leaving the brighter stuttering when they see the error of their ways. But this column/article/piece, for me, is worth a bit …
Friday Bullets In Under Eight Minutes
Posted by on Friday, April 4, 2008 in - 31 comments
That's what happens when you get up at 7:40 am. People think you work at blogging! Hah! • Years from now, we'll all laugh about political blogging as a flaky exercise and none will be laughed at as this sort of flake. I have this little idea: before you adhere to another's point of view, think …
Nobody Reached Out To The Canadians To Try To Assure Them...
Posted by on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in - 3 comments
Nothing fills a Canadian with pride more than a passing reference by a politician in another country. We go all giggly and forget ourselves. This thing with Obama and NAFTA, though, is a bit different. As Ben points out, it seems to be a bit of collateral damage from the Canadian Federal …
Uncomplicated Voting Systems Be Damned!
Posted by on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in - leave a comment
This little sketch of today's events in the US primaries from the Votemaster is a lesson in how complicated these things can get: • “The electorate has been so unstable this year so far it is hard to predict a lot. People are changing their minds at the last minute, the number of undecideds is …
Strengths, Weaknesses and Pillows
Posted by on Monday, March 3, 2008 in - leave a comment
Interesting tidbit in the NYT's article about Saturday Night Live writer, James Downey: • “Mrs. Clinton even cited one of Mr. Downey’s "SNL" sketches during a debate on Tuesday, when she complained that she seemed to be receiving tougher questions than Mr. Obama. "If anybody saw 'Saturday Night …
