Archive for April, 2008

Obama Denounces Wright

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Following Wright's unapologetic press conference today, Obama had his own, and he strongly denounced Wright's words. From Salon: "I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the spectacle that we saw yesterday," Obama told reporters about Rev. Jeremiah Wright. "The person that I saw yesterday was ...

How Would a White Vote?

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I'm sick of the way pollsters and news people talk about the electorate. They're always talking about "the white vote" or "the black vote" or "the female vote" or "the whatever vote." To me, it seems somewhat absurd and insulting. They look at how poor white people ...

Come on PA, end it for us

Monday, April 21st, 2008

On this PA-primary-eve-day one might consider writing a scathing post about team Hillary's latest bs, but that's been done to death. What I'd rather do is issue a desperate plea to the people of PA to please, please end this horrible primary. There is only one way that ...

BSG The Ties that Bind Review

Friday, April 18th, 2008

As always there are spoilers for the episode in this review, don’t read if you haven’t seen it That episode was pretty crazy.  Let's see, in the search for Earth, I didn't realize there would be so many military people on that ship, like Gaeta?, but I guess it makes sense.  ...

Debate Debacle

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

What was with that debate last night? I thought CNN was bad, but wow ABC takes the cake for most terrible news network (Fox isn't a news network). Or at least worst debate moderation ever. Right off the bat they asked Obama about the bitter remark. ...

98.2% of Historians Think Bush’s Presidency was a Failure

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

According to a (unscientific) History News Network poll, 98.2% of historians questioned think the Bush presidency has been a failure. 1.8% think it was a success. It's not too surprising, this just means the historians are doing their job. This has been a sad week for Mr ...