Ted Stevens: Another Case Of Voter Misinformation?

For ages, politicians have been accused of being unscrupulous crooks.  However, voters have managed to keep from putting a known crook into office. But that track record may come to an end. Alaska Senator Ted Stevens [who has served 40 years in the Senate, was often quoted when he regarded the internet as a "series ...

Why I Voted For McCain

You've probably heard the old business adage about the three most important factors in the success of a business: Location, Location, Location Similarly, in the “most important election anyone in the universe may ever experience” between McCain and Obama, there were three key factors for me: Policy, Policy, Policy Regardless of who gets elected, we ...

Need Someone To Run Your Redundant Department of Redundancy?

Is it just me or does every presidential debate sound the same?  Almost like they have the catchphrases they want to drive home because they don't believe Average Joe can handle the complexities of an actual policy stance… I guess it's not just me…Synchronized Presidential Debating

Campaign '08: It's A Shame You Can't Pick And Choose

As election day draws nearer and nearer (only 32 days away as of today), I am becoming less and less clear about who I favor in the coming election.  Right now, I'd love to be able to take stances from each of the four Presidential and VP candidates, and combine them into one ideal candidate.  ...

4 Problems With The U.S.'s Current Political System

While there are a lot of things currently wrong with the American political system, there are several that jump out at me which appear to be holding us back from bettering this country: The Two-Party System – Besides limiting the choices of the American public, the two-party system is extremely polarizing.  This means that any ...

What Makes For A Good Politician? 2

In order to sort out this mess being called as an “election” and “campaigns”, I was doing some more reading about McCain, Palin, Obama and Biden. That's when I got to thinking: What makes for a good politician? When I began to think about it, it became a much more difficult question to answer. After ...

Pushing Off The Inevitable Economic Collapse

Anyone who is interested in the current economic situation of the United States should take a few minutest to read Too Big to Fail? by Peter Goodman in The New York Times.  It's a very terse look at the current American situation, and some of the questionable things that have been done in an attempt ...

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Thanks For Wasting More Taxpayer Money, Senator Spectre

Thanks For Wasting More Taxpayer Money, Senator Spectre
So, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spectre seems intent on wasting more of Congress' time and taxpayer money into figuring out why the NFL destroyed the “Spygate” videos.  I mean, it couldn't be as simple as not wanting other teams to be able to get their hands on them as well to the expense of the Jets.  ...

Politically Speaking: My Take On The Issues

Before you have any serious political discussion, especially regarding presidential candidates, I believe that it is important to identify where we are coming from.  Therefore, I am going to present here my take on a number of the key political issues that have and will continue to come up over the next nine months. ——————————- ...