Archive for October, 2008
Opie for Obama
Maybe you’ve seen this before. I don’t know if it needs to be ubiquitous, but I enjoyed it. I wonder if Tom Bosley’s trying to pitch John McCain. He’s pretty good at marketing lucrative home business opportunities. See more Ron Howard videos at Funny [Read More]
Patriot Games
TIME‘s Joe Klein on McCain and Patriotism, 10/21/08: Maybe this doesn’t need to be said, but: Anyone who talks about the “pro-American” parts of the country is making an anti-American statement. Anyone who talks about the “real” parts of [Read More]
January 20, 2009: Either Way, We’re Doomed
This is quite the anti-climactic resumption of blogging following a 15-day hiatus. I’m not back by popular demand. Clearly, certain world developments are too important to ignore and deserve comment. There’s much that requires my commentary. This is as good a [Read More]
Roof of All Evil
My home got a new roof today, for reasons I won’t care to get into. Despite the title of this post, I don’t really want to write about the roof right now. I have some general questions. I know about as much about maintaining a house as Sarah Palin knows about [Read More]
Best Obama Ad I’ve Seen or Heard
Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley endorses Barack Obama in this radio ad played in southwestern Virginia. [Read More]
I’ve been at this, like, five weeks
I will try hard not to spend three hours combing post-Biden/Palin-debate threads, and I will not try to think too hard about what my own reactions. I watched the debate with a left-leaning crowd at The Broad Street Cafe. Palin “held her own” as far as not [Read More]
Unbrained Melody
I’m in love, and I have to cast my vote with what my heart tells me is the righteous thing to do. So what if she thinks humans and dinosaurs walked the earth together? There are so few people in this world who come so close to perfect. We’ve got one whom we can [Read More]
