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By
Jim on
November 5, 2008
Scalzi has a nice little reality check over on his site this morning:
1. It was Obama who won, not necessarily the Democrats. Which is why, while the Democrats gained in both the House and the Senate, they don’t appear to be having the blow-out additions to their numbers some folks seemed to think would happen (note [...]
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| Tagged Barack Obama, politics, Scalzi
By
Jim on
October 20, 2008
Purdue University is currently running a Vote Early campaign to encourage their students to get out and vote this election cycle. A great idea if you ask me. The student political organizations are campaigning hard for their chosen candidates, of course, and sidewalk chalk graffiti is in abundance.
Here’s the thing I’ve noticed – nowhere I’m the past week [...]
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| Tagged McCain, Obama, politics
By
Jim on
June 25, 2008
Ok, I’m sorry – but our President and his administration are a bunch of idiots. [via: Scalzi]
Posted in Asides
| Tagged politics, Rants
By
Jim on
April 29, 2008
It’s incidents like this one that demonstrate to me that there is a general sense of paranoia in American culture these days that borders on insanity. In the article linked above, you have a father who mistakenly ordered a hard lemonade for his 7-year-old son, followed by the hysteria of the ballpark guard and the [...]
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| Tagged politics, Rants, social services
By
Jim on
February 5, 2008
Is it just me, or does the Qualified Candidate pool get smaller, shallow, and more stagnant with every election cycle?
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| Tagged politics, Rants
By
Jim on
January 28, 2008
xkcd has a rare political post today about why Barack Obama may well be the best presidential candidate we have this election cycle because of his commitment to open government. It’s a compelling read, and I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on it. (Comments are closed on that entry, but please feel free to [...]
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| Tagged Barack Obama, politics, xkcd
By
Jim on
January 25, 2008
I love today’s Non-Sequitur:1
It does seem like we elect government officials based on emotions and popularity and how pretty we think they are, rather than electing them based on whether or not they’re actually qualified for the job.
I don’t really care much for politicians. By and large I think they’re all a bunch of crooks [...]
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| Tagged comics, non-sequitur, politics
By
Jim on
June 7, 2007
I try very hard to not pay attention to the world of politics, but seriously – the worst presidency ever? Even the second worst presidency ever? C’mon – I don’t buy that.
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By
Jim on
April 19, 2007
I’m having a day of snark – one of those where everything I want to write about involves some sort of sarcastic response toward ridiculous opinions and viewpoints. Hazards of coming off a couple of sick days, I suppose – I tend to be a little less patient and tolerant.
For starters, in response to the shooting at Virginia Tech the [...]
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| Tagged gun-control, kurt-vonnegut, morality, orson-scott-card, politics, religion, science-fiction, shooting, snark, stephen-lawhead, worldview
By
Jim on
March 16, 2007
“Non-sequitur” is real close to getting the boot from my list of comics on my daily read.
Posted in Asides
| Tagged comics, Humor, politics, snark
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