Category: Politics Archive

While blue appears to be swelling upward, red has fallen limp. Fortunately, for Republicans, not all red is flaccid as some appears to have stood firm against stiff competition. And those are your 2006 erection returns. Read more →

Don’t forget to go and do your civic doody duty and vote. You can wait for election day or you can go to early vote now. Unless you live like half a block from your polling place (like me) and can go at 3pm in the afternoon (like me) when most of the world is stuck at work, early voting… Read more →

Good question by a reporter covering a Bush press conference in Chicago… Bush was asked why he was committed to going before the Security Council in an effort to restrict North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs while he ignored the council’s opposition to going to war in Iraq in 2003. “I have always said it is important for an American… Read more →

{The following is a political rant. Take that for what it’s worth.} Let me just state, for the record, that I am absolutely, unequivocally, 100 percent FOR the legalization of gay marriage. Marriage is a private thing between two people and, if they want to honor their love through ritual and legal union, that should absolutely be their right no… Read more →

I get really confused by things like this. President Bush is sending thousands of national guard troops to “secure the border” with Mexico. Ok, I’m not a fan of this strategy, but I’m not going on that rant here. What confuses the hell out of me are statements like this… President Bush is sending thousands of National Guard troops to… Read more →

It’s hard not to pay attention today. I can’t say that I am a die-hard supporter of any candidate or cause in this election. I have my favorites and all, but the buzz on the street is tangible. People are excited about voting and that is something. It’s an odd year. Some are predicting 60 percent voter turnout. We haven’t… Read more →

I’m not an overly political guy at least when it comes to national politics. I find the machinations of local politics infinitely more fascinating than big national elections because they tend to avoid partisianship and have better overall personalities, but this year is interesting. If you know me, you know I’m basically a bleeding heart liberal. I have conservative and… Read more →