Obama Wallpaper
November 3rd, 2008
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I’ve designed an Obama wallpaper and I’m throwing this out there for anyone that wants it in the last 24 hours of the presidential campaign. Several sizes available in the zip file. Enjoy!
McCain: “In the 21st century nations don’t invade other nations”
August 14th, 2008
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John McCain seems to have a terminal case of foot-in-mouth disease. In a recent news conference where McCain spoke to reporters about the Russian invasion of Georgia, McCain is quoted as saying, “In the 21st century nations don’t invade other nations.”
Apparently McCain is oblivious to the fact that the United States unjustly invaded Iraq in 2003, overthrown its government, and is currently occupying it. If you recall, it was Afghanistan and its Taliban-backed government that supported Al Qaida, not Iraq. McCain also advocates staying in Iraq “for 100 years.” When Senator Obama visited Afghanistan earlier this year, McCain dismissed it as unimportant to the supposed ‘War on Terror.’
Interestingly, the media doesn’t seem to be making much of this comment. The so-called liberal media, which is actually wholly-owned-and-operated by the right (NBC/GE anyone? CNN/TimeWarner anyone?), seems to be doing all it can lately to protect McCain from any kind of scrutiny and bad press, while giving him carte blanche to attack the Obama campaign.
I’m interested to see the Obama campaigns’ response to this comment. I would like to see them turn this whole “But is he ready to lead?” argument around on McCain. Personally, I don’t think he is ready to lead. He’s proven time and time again that he’s clueless, has lost touch with problems that Americans face at home, and really has no idea what he’s talking about when it comes to foreign policy. Ask yourself, “Is he ready to lead?”
Ya gotta love Chicago elections
February 8th, 2008
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Voters are told pen had ‘invisible ink’
From the Sun-Times article:
By Annie Sweeney/Staff Reporter
When it comes to election shenanigans, Chicago has been accused of just about everything.
But invisible ink?
Twenty voters at a Far North Side precinct who found their ink pens not working were told by election judges not to worry.
It’s invisible ink, officials said. The scanner will count it.
But their votes weren’t recorded after all.
“Part of me was thinking it does sound stupid enough to be true,” said Amy Carlton, who had serious doubts but went ahead and voted anyway.
As it turns out, Carlton was one of 20 voters at the precinct who were given the wrong pen to use. They were also then told, apparently by a misinformed judge, that the pens have invisible ink, elections officials said.
As a result, the votes were not counted. But officials insisted there were no dirty tricks involved.
“This one defies logic,” said Jim Allen, a spokesman for the Chicago Board of Elections. “You try to anticipate everything. But certain things just … they go beyond any kind of planning you can perform.”
By late afternoon, five voters had been contacted and told to come back to the polling place to vote again. And elections staff had left messages at the homes of the rest, Allen said.
Carlton and Angela Burkhardt, another voter who was told the same invisible ink story, spent a good part of the day calling and e-mailing the Board of Elections to get answers.
“I am furious and devastated and I just feel stupid,” Carlton said. “I feel so angry.”
Both women agreed that this election meant a lot. They had spent a good deal of time researching candidates.
“I have been voting since I was 18,” said Carlton, 38. “This is the most important election of my life so far.”
Burkhardt planned to go back to vote late Tuesday. She worried about those who might not be able to return.
“I worry about the other people who were there,” she said. “Maybe [they] can’t get off work. I am a person of privilege. I can go back. What if you couldn’t?”
Daley unleashes on Chicago City Council
February 8th, 2008
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Source: WGN
How can the media call it for Clinton?
February 8th, 2008
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I’ve been hearing a lot of media punditry lately that are all but calling Hillary Clinton the nominee. How can they even seriously entertain this notion? There are still well over 2,000 unawarded delegates. Yes, she has a marginal lead, but I think at this point in time it’s simply too early to take this stance.
It seems this is just another case of the mainstream right-wing media trying to decide things for us, rather than letting us decide. I get the feeling that they’d almost rather have Hillary Clinton win than John McCain. Probably because she’s business friendly.
One day later, no closer
February 7th, 2008
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We seem to be no closer to having a clear answer as to who will pick up either the Democratic or GOP nominations. Less than a dozen states remain in upcoming primaries, and it’s still up for grabs. This should make for an interesting next few months. What’s your bet that things will get nasty — I mean truly nasty?
I’m calling McCain for the GOP
February 5th, 2008
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With a comfortable lead over rivals Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, I think it’s safe to call the GOP primary race for McCain. McCain has 383 total delegates, versus Romney’s 135 overall delegates and Huckabee’s 87 overall delegates.
On the Democrat side, it’s still a tight race for Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. The California polls have been closed for 42 minutes, yet with only 10% of the precincts reporting, it’s still a tight race.
If there is only one thing that is for sure this election cycle it is that nothing is a sure thing.
Missouri still too close to call for Dems
February 5th, 2008
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Missouri is a very tight race tonight. CNN Politics is reporting with 87% of precincts reporting that Sen. Clinton is slightly ahead of Sen. Obama with a 50% to 47% lead.
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