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Archive for October, 2008

October 31, 2008

What’s Torture?

Over the last few years, there’s been a lot of talk about how the United States supposedly has tortured people. One of those supposed torture methods is something called “water boarding.”
Basically, it makes the person being “tortured” feel like they’re about to drown. But get this: they’re not in any real physical danger at all!
The [...]

October 30, 2008

The Ideal Feminist

It seems to me that Sarah Palin is the ideal feminist. For years we’ve heard that women shouldn’t have to depend on men, or that it was great that women could aspire to have their own careers in addition to havingĀ  a family.
So, here comes Palin, the very embodiment of those sentiments.
You’d think, if the [...]

October 29, 2008

Shut Up and Entertain

I heard someone the other day complain about how the Dixie Chicks were treated by country music. I thought to myself “they’re a good example of an act that takes its audience for granted.” They thought they could say anything they wanted to about this country and the President and get away with it. They [...]

October 28, 2008

Post Racism

If Barack H Obama does indeed become the president elect on November 4, then I don’t want to ever hear the word racism again.
Obama’s supporters are constantly claiming that if he’s not elected, it’ll be because of racism. Therefore, if he is elected, to me, that’ll prove that racism wasn’t a factor.
If, by some miracle, [...]

October 27, 2008

College Costs

A few years ago here in Tennessee, one of the state representatives (who’s now a US Congressman) finally got a lottery passed (they actually had to amend the State Constitution to do it). The idea was to give scholarships to needy kids so they can go to college.
Since then, college costs have gone through the [...]

October 24, 2008

It’s a Judgment Call

People say Obama shows his lack of judgment by not condemning or being slow to condemn folks like Rev. Wright or Ayers.
I’m not sure what I’m worried about most: is that a naive lack of judgment or an informed judgment?
Either way, if Obama gets elected along with a Democrat majority in the House and Senate, [...]

October 23, 2008

“Affordable” Housing

Congress urged Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack to relax the requirements for loans so that Americans could have access to affordable housing. That fact alone shows a lack of understanding (to be generous) in how the economy works. They didn’t make houses more affordable, they made loans seemingly more affordable.
So, more people are able to [...]

October 22, 2008

NASCAR Chase Thoughts

Chase This - NASCAR couldn’t have done a better job of keeping Kyle Busch from winning the championship if they’d tried. A driver who would still be in the hunt under the old system is now pretty much out of the race. The new system came about because people complained that the driver with [...]

October 21, 2008

Curses! Foiled Again!

Those waskellwy Iwanians have caught two spies and their fate is unknown at this time. This could end up being a serious international incident.
Perhaps in two weeks the Iranians will see that America has come to its senses and elected Obama, and release those two spies (like they released the hostages when Reagan won). [...]

October 20, 2008

Suppressing Voter Turnout

Obama by 5%. Obama up by 11%. McCain’s down in the polls.
You see these kinds of headlines all the time; so-called news organizations publishing public opinion polls about who’s leading in the Presidential race.
It seems to me that the goal of these polls is to suppress voter turnout, especially if that voter plans on voting [...]