Because Democracy is Not Free — we all have to work at it
Here’s a CNN article in its entirety: (CNN) — The $700 billion financial plan for Wall Street failed in the House of Representatives because people are not convinced it is a “rescue effort,” Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain told CNN’s “American Morning.” “We haven’t convinced people that this is a rescue effort not just [...]
And veterans always vote veteran, right? Not so, say veterans: From the debate transcript September 25, 2008: John McCain: As far as our other issues that he brought up are concerned, I know the veterans. I know them well. And I know that they know that I’ll take care of them. And I’ve been proud [...]
The American public may be smarter than I gave them credit for. While I called the debate a draw, it appears that many viewers saw right past the words, and right into the eye contact — or lack thereof. John McCain can’t stand Barack Obama. He can’t even look him in the eye and give [...]
From CNN transcript: MCCAIN: How about a spending freeze on everything but defense, veteran affairs and entitlement programs. LEHRER: Spending freeze? MCCAIN: I think we ought to seriously consider with the exceptions the caring of veterans national defense and several other vital issues. LEHRER: Would you go for that? OBAMA: The problem with a spending [...]
. . .and Johnny won’t be able to come to school on Friday. Sincerely, His Mother (and on that note, having written the one post below, I am also suspending my campaign for the next few days. A couple of things have come up and I’m a tad busy. ) addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fcivilservicechange.org%2F%3Fp%3D467′; addthis_title = ‘The+Dog+Ate+My+Homework’; addthis_pub [...]
This would be funny if it wasn’t true: Republican County Clerk Robert Balink falsely informed Colorado College that students from outside the state could not register to vote if their parents claimed them as a dependent on their tax returns. When confronted with the complaint, Balink replied that he had “mistakenly published information that was [...]
Guess what? Our buddy Dan Ketter is back! He left me this note on a Sarah Palin post: Its your blog so its your opinion that counts. You were wrong on the first Sarah post as regarding the trooper and your wrong here as well. Why is it that unattractive women always go after very [...]
Well, they did it. The Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), that is. According to CNN: Vice President Dick Cheney must preserve a broad range of records from his time in office, a federal judge ordered Saturday, ruling in favor of a private watchdog group. Some readers — self included — may not [...]
I’ve been glued to events unfolding on the financial front. I tried to link to the candidates speaking, but I think it’s too early for the websites to post permanent videos. For now, I’ll leave you with this video of Sarah Palin speaking on America’s energy concerns: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fcivilservicechange.org%2F%3Fp%3D462′; addthis_title = ‘Economic+Literacy+is+the+Foremost+Concern+Today’; addthis_pub [...]
I ran across this funny article from CNN. Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she “put the government checkbook online” in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington. . . There’s just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online – somebody’s already [...]