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What I’m Reading (4.29.10)

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics

DNC releases its 2010 strategy. Democrats announced their strategy to woo voters in November. According to DNC chairman Tim Kaine, “[w]e think Americans will reward results rather than obstruction, and we think we have a capacity to do much better in these midterm elections than a lot of people think.” Running on “results,” Kaine believes [...]

What I’m reading (4.28.10)

April 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Politics

Florida is Set to Have a Three-Way…Race. St. Petersburg Times reports that Charlie Crist is set to make official his run as an Independent in the Florida Senate race. As the paper points out, between Crist, Rubio and Meek, the next governor of Florida could win with just 34 percent of the vote.
WSJ reports on [...]

A quick thought on 2010

April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics

This afternoon, Gallup released a new poll showing the majority “enthusiastic voters” are leaning in favor of the GOP. While Democrats and Republicans remain essentially tied, at 45 vs. 46 percent in terms of voter preference, those most “enthusiastic” are choosing the GOP by a whopping 57 percent. This number isn’t terribly surprising and it [...]

What I’m reading for 4.27.10

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics

Sen. Kerry: Still pushing forward on climate bill.
“We’re still pushing, we’re still talking, we’re still fighting, it’s very much alive – and I won’t quit until they’re high-fiving on Main Street America not Beijing, Tehran, or Caracas.”
Despite calls for immigration reform, some in the Senate are hesitant.
According to the Washington Post, unnamed Senate aides [...]

Before Joe Lieberman, we had Chandler Bing

December 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics, TV Shows, World News

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) made news a few days ago, suggesting pre-emptive military action could be necessary in Yemen. Well Mr. Senator, Chandler Bing beat us to the “pre-emptive strike” in Yemen! You may recall Chandler, in an attempt to break up with his girlfriend, told her he was being transfered to Yemen.

Recession over? No, says Sen. Sanders

September 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics

I came across Sen. Bernie Sanders’ weekly update, Sanders Unfiltered, which appears to be a project of Sen. Sanders and Brave New Films. The concept simple and great.

A word cloud and Pink Floyd

September 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics

Today, Barack Obama talked about the financial system, its collapse and resulting crisis. Markets failed, some firms messed up and some new rules are in place. Go figure. Full text of the President’s speech can be found here. An article with a brief rundown of the speech here. A word cloud is pasted below and [...]

Rep. Joe Wilson: “I am not going to apologize again.”

September 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics

On today’s episode of Fox News Sunday, Rep. Joe Wislon, said he would not apologize once more for his outburst of “you lie” during President Obama’s address to Congress last week, even if he faces disciplinary action in the House of Representatives. While I think it is impolite and disrespectful for anyone to behave that [...]