Tag: obama

Reason Magazine – Room for Disagreement on Gay Marriage
Turnabout is so unfair.
February 28, 2011
Newsweek – Estimates Say Fewer Jobs, Larger Deficits if Republicans Were in Charge
Newsweek reports on the idea that if only Republicans were in charge would things be better.
August 29, 2010
Rolling Stone Politics – BP’s Next Disaster
BP next plans to start a drilling project in Alaska that is outside of normal engineering possibilities, anybody hear alarm bells?
June 27, 2010
NYTimes.com – On Border Violence, Truth Pales Compared to Ideas
Violent crime rates have fallen while advocates for more stringent action on illegal immigration claim crime is on the increase.
June 23, 2010
U.S. Declassifies Part of Secret Cybersecurity Plan – Wired.com
The Obama administration has declassified parts of the national cybersecurity plan.
March 2, 2010
Science and Politics, Like Oil and Water
One of my personal biggest pet peeves with regards to the current political system in America, and for that matter a large and vast number of society is how few people actually use evidence to back up their position. Rather than presenting facts we are presented with ad homein attacks, personal stories and told what […]
March 10, 2009
Keep Lowering the Bar: On Everything
Want to become a successful candidate, business, tool, whatever – then keep lowering the bar towards people interacting with you. Companies that raise the bar towards interaction with the business and the people involved in the business will eventually fail. No matter how large you are, the people want and enjoy easy access. Even if […]
November 18, 2008
This Republican Party Bothers Me
(I am a registered independent and my views align with the Libertarian, Republican, and Democratic Parties, yes, all at once. I consider myself a social libertarian, something I conjured up on my own to explain my views, which are too complex to explain here.) The Republican Party of the United States over the past several […]
September 29, 2008
Abortion Should Be Rare
Feministing has a post up today regarding abortion and the Democrats new platform (PDF warning) for the 2008 election. The whole of the article essentially focuses on how “safe, legal and rare” has become “safe and legal”. My main area of concern is as follows: The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade […]
August 13, 2008
Is It Wrong To Be Enthusiastic Over A Politician
A recent McCain political ad, emded here from John McCain’s YouTube channel. The ad compares Obama to Paris Hilton (I learned writing this post, that Paris Hilton has a website.) and Britney Spears and asks that just because someone has a lot of enthusiastic followers doesn’t make him ready to lead. This ad just doesn’t make sense to me. […]
August 9, 2008