McCain vs. Obama: Getting Answers on the Adoption Tax Credit
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Adoption, Behold, the Internet, Politics | No Comments »About a week ago I was talking to a friend about the adoption tax credit that offers a $10,000 credit when you adopt. This friend claimed the credit was George W. Bush's idea and lamented that if Barack Obama gets ...
Barack Obama vs. James Dobson
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Politics | 1 Comment »During the Tuesday, June 24, 2008 broadcast of Focus on the Family, James Dobson talks about a speech presidential candidate Barack Obama gave about religion in June 2006 (CNN story). I’ve never been a fan of Dobson (being blacklisted doesn’t ...
Repeal Big Oil Subsidies
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Transportation | 1 Comment »With gas over $4 per gallon and big oil companies raking in record profits, why are politicians pitching complicated ideas like a windfall profits tax? Wouldn't it be easier to just repeal the billions of dollars in oil subsidies? I'm not ...
Shattering Barriers
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »Yesterday while watching Barack Obama's speech and seeing the unbelievable crowd in St. Paul it started to dawn on me just how ground-breaking it is that the Democratic nominee for president is a black man. Seeing that diverse crowd (and ...
Is the Democratic Primary Over Yet?
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »Tomorrow could be the day Barack Obama declares victory and the Democratic Primary is finally over. Maybe. Two observations on the eve of whatever you call that: 1) What's all this talk about who is winning the popular vote? Hilary has ...
Ignore Those ‘Elitist’ Experts
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »The Democratic primary campaign is getting kind of silly. When asked to defend her plan for a summer long gas tax holiday (which will save you $28) by naming a credible economist who think it's a good idea, Hillary Clinton ...
Truthiness of E-mail Forwards; Or, Pray to My God or I’ll Heckle You
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Politics | 4 Comments »Today I received another one of the questionable forwards. The story in a nutshell is that a court ruling had prohibited prayer at a graduation ceremony. When one of the speakers approached the podium, the entire graduating class simultaneously sneezed. ...
Michele Bachmann: “We’re Losing Our Country”; Or, Immigrants Steal Country, Hide it Behind Big Fence
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 5 Comments »I'm not sure I want to keep blogging about politics, but sometimes I'm dumb that way. Here I go again. U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann from Minnesota was recently speaking in Monticello and had this to say about immigration: “We’re losing our country,” ...
Barack Obama & Jeremiah Wright: Weirder & Weirder
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 4 Comments »Presidential candidate Barack Obama said if his pastor Jeremiah Wright wasn't retiring and didn't acknowledge that his comments were offensive, Obama would have left Trinity United Church of Christ: "Had the reverend not retired and had he not acknowledged that what ...
More Secret Service Protection for a Black President?
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »My Twitter friend Anjuan Simmons posted an interesting blog entry wondering if more Secret Service protection would be needed should Barack Obama become the first black president. The answer seems like a resounding 'yes' to me, which is basically ...
