Bill’s Big Blunder
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Bill Clinton, not known for gaffes, made a statement today that will have repercussions perhaps causing the ultimate destruction of his wife's campaign for the White House. In a speech in Denver while campaigning for Hillary, he said:"We just ...
John Fitzgerald Obama?
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »I saw this picture on the Web earlier and thought it was rather interesting. I am not so sure if Obama really has that much in common with JFK or if people just wish it were the case. ...
The Long Tail Promotes Better Art: Why We Should Reject Hollywood Once and For All
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I read an excellent letter letter to the editor in Salon about the dumbing down of Hollywood. The letter makes an excellent point: Hollywood's increased focus on appealing to global market "blockbusters" has caused a dramatic increase in simplification ...
Supply & Demand at Work: Oil Slides to 3-Month Low, Expected to Go Lower
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The cooling economy is sending oil prices lower, and speculators are backing out of their futures and options contracts. As a result, oil prices have declined to $85 per barrel, and they are expected to go lower. Although ...
Losing Our Back Yard: Why the Bush Administration has Failed in Latin America
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Little commentary is needed. The Marxist-Socialist threat in Latin America has returned. Hugo Chavez has capitalized on the ineptitude of this Administration's foreign policy, especially the War and the mishandling of US-Latin American relations. These sorts of ...
Strange Change: The Establishment Votes for Reform?
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »For all of you Obama fans out there, clamoring for change and completely enthralled with the charisma of Barack Obama, I entreat you to consider something. Today, Ted Kennedy endorsed Obama. See for yourself. For somebody who ...
SmugMug: The Best Photo Utility on the Web
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in Social Computing, Technology | No Comments »I don't frequently review products, but I have started exploring a lot of the new tools available in the social computing space and I am absolutely in love with SmugMug. It is the most elegantly-designed, easy-to-use photo utility for ...
Barack’s Pie in the Sky and Romney’s Delusion
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The Romney DelusionMitt Romney praises Bush, draws inspiration from Bush Sr. and Reagan, yet in 1994 when he was running against Ted Kennedy, he said he didn't support the policies of Reagan-Bush. See for yourself:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI&rel=1]Courting the Republican base (the ...
George W. Bush, the Republican Jimmy Carter
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Marx once said "History repeats itself: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce." As we are now reaching the twilight of the George W. Bush administration, an administration I (regrettably) supported not once, but twice, on ...
What Would Reagan Do? Or Why Rudy and Romney Don’t Get Foreign Policy
Saturday, January 12th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »If you have been paying attention to the Republican presidential primary debates, you will notice that Ronald Reagan's name has been invoked many times, almost in the manner of a deity. There is this clamor to be like Ronald ...