Kids say the Darndest Things
And then on a personal level, I’ve heard from 2 different friends with very young children being raised in, ahem, more homogeneous areas of the country who have taken to calling any black strangers Obama.
Unlikely Words » Obama And The Kids
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The Big Rig Begins (Voting Machines)
Voters using touch-screen voting machines for early voting in two West Virginia counties have complained that when they tried to vote for Democratic candidates, the machine registered their vote for other Republican candidates instead.At least three voters in Jackson County, West Virginia, complained that when they tried to cast a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the machine recorded a check in the box for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
Voting Machines Switch Votes; Officials Blame Voters — Update | Threat Level from Wired.com
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Obama Conspiracy
In the real world, Barack Obama seems like he’s going to be elected President. This, as unlikely as it might have seemed as little as two years ago, is easily explained: the Republicans have done a poor job running the country, have a very unpopular incumbent President, and our nation likes to switch parties about every 8 to 12 years. Plus, Obama is a charismatic politician who’s run a very competent campaign.
Nonetheless, this reality is intolerable to some, and they have created an alternative narrative. In this narrative, Obama is “a Marxisant radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists and Chicago mobsters.” Once elected, presumably, will reveal himself to be the monster that he is, in the manner of Kang and Kodos in that classic 1996 Treehouse of Horror episode of The Simpsons.
If you want to take a look at their reasoning, I recommend the work of Stanley Kurtz over at the National Review. But what I’m most interested in is the unstated but necessary conditions for all this to be true:
Peter Sagal - Blog » Blog Archive » Conspiracy Theorizing
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Many Holes in Disclosure of Nominees’ Health
Fifteen days before the election, serious gaps remain in the public’s knowledge about the health of the presidential and vice-presidential nominees. The limited information provided by the candidates is a striking departure from recent campaigns, in which many candidates and their doctors were more forthcoming.
In past elections, the decisions of some candidates for the nation’s top elected offices to withhold health information turned out to have a significant impact after the information came to light. This year, the health issue carries extraordinary significance because two of the four nominees have survived potentially fatal medical problems that could recur.
The Doctor’s World - Many Holes in Disclosure of Nominees’ Health - NYTimes.com
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McCain Portrays Himself as Buffer to Congress
This is the strategy that should worry Democrats more than anything else. Independents are much more likely to prefer a checked congress than a rubber-stamp one - especially one as unpopular as Pelosi and Reid’s (ugh.)
Rather than try to drum up support for lagging congressional Republicans, the McCain campaign appears to be trying to use their vulnerability to his advantage, asking voters to imagine Democrats with unchecked powers.”The idea of Sen. Obama checking Pelosi and Reid is really a stretch,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), a close friend of Sen. McCain. “People like checks and balances.” He said this idea will be an essential piece of Sen. McCain’s closing campaign.
McCain Portrays Himself as Buffer to Congress - WSJ.com
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Mark Cuban Announces Bailout Watchdog Blog
Transparency is key to the success of the Bailout and related loans and investments the government makes with our tax dollars. Without complete transparency, we will get from our government what we always get when it comes to finances, confusion. To do my part, I’ve worked with the folks at Sharesleuth.com to create Bailoutsleuth.com
Its job is simple, keep an eye on our taxpayer dollars and call Bullshit when necessary.
This entry was written by , posted on October 18, 2008 at 7:24 pm, filed under Uncategorized and tagged economics, politics. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Who it Takes
GQ has some good pictures of the movers-n-shakers from this year’s election.
Who it Takes: A GQ Photographic Portfolio
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Is Government Supererogation Possible?
When the government provides for these things, it may be engaging in what we can call government supererogation. Which acts we’d label as examples of government supererogation will depend on which theories of justice and goodness we accept. While there is disagreement over these theories, and thus disagreement over which specific acts are supererogatory, I believe most people would identify some acts as fitting into the category. Taken together, these acts may consume a substantial amount of public resources and attention.
VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum
This entry was written by , posted on October 17, 2008 at 9:16 am, filed under Uncategorized and tagged philosophy, politics. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Joe the Plumber T-shirt
TeeFury T-shirts - Joe The Plumber Tee -24 hours only at $9.
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Obama food stamps
C’mon, how’s that racist.
The illustration shows the Democratic presidential candidate’s head atop a donkey’s body on a bogus $10 bill referred to as “Obama Bucks.” Inscribed on the money are the words “United States Food Stamps” surrounded by stereotypical African American food.
This entry was written by , posted on October 16, 2008 at 9:35 pm, filed under Uncategorized and tagged funnyhaha, politics. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
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