Category Archives: Politics

NaNoWriMo Day 4

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Jeff

Even though I only need 774 words to stay on pace, I’m not sure I’m going to get it. The elec­tion cov­er­age is going to be pretty much all-​encompassing, unless things wrap up early.

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It’s Election Day!

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Jeff

Get out there and vote, people!

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In defense of liberalism and taxation

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Jeff

On a mail­ing list with some local and not so local acquain­tances of mine, we’ve been dis­cussing pol­i­tics recently, and because I’m as left wing as Rachel Mad­dow and some of the oth­ers are as right wing as Sean Han­nity, it … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Yay! I voted!

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Jeff

For me, this elec­tion is essen­tially over. I dropped by one the early polling places (two, actu­ally) yes­ter­day and cast my vote for Barack Hus­sein Obama (and Joe Biden, Mark Udall for Colorado’s sen­ate seat and Ed Perl­mut­ter for my con­gres­sional … Con­tinue read­ing →

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More dumbass white folks

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Jeff

Two igno­rant crack­ers got them­selves arrested today after plan­ning to assas­si­nate Barack Obama. Law enforce­ment agents have bro­ken up a plot by two neo-​Nazi skin­heads to assas­si­nate Demo­c­ra­tic pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Barack Obama and shoot or decap­i­tate 88 black peo­ple, the Bureau … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Redistribution of wealth

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Jeff

I over­heard a dis­turb­ing story at the office today. A woman went out to din­ner over the week­end, and noticed that the waiter was wear­ing an Obama tie. She didn’t say any­thing through­out the meal, but when it came time to pay … Con­tinue read­ing →

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One of us

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Jeff

I’m dis­heart­ened at how many working-​class peo­ple are still out there that have been deluded into think­ing that McCain, the mul­ti­mil­lion­aire with seven house, is one of them, while Barack Obama is a “Har­vard elit­ist” who doesn’t under­stand the “real … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Need more proof McCain doesn’t understand the middle class?

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Jeff

The Wall Street Jour­nal (a pretty good source of infor­ma­tion if you avoid the edi­to­r­ial page) has an inter­est­ing break­down of the eco­nomic pol­icy changes pro­posed by both pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates. To respond to vot­ers who want imme­di­ate eco­nomic help, both … Con­tinue read­ing →

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October surprise?

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Jeff

Help me out with some­thing, peo­ple. Con­ven­tional wis­dom says that one of the rea­sons Obama is doing so well now is that the econ­omy is in the tank, and Democ­rats are gen­er­ally thought of as doing bet­ter on eco­nomic issues … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A nation of hopeful idiots

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Jeff

Far be it from me to blame a fel­low nov­el­ist for our trou­bles, but Hor­a­tio Alger may have done Amer­ica more harm than good. You’re prob­a­bly famil­iar with Alger’s legacy if not his work. He wrote over 270 dime nov­els in the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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