Tag: politics
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Political Commentary Part 2: Why Deciding Who To Vote For Is Tricky
(Updated: I am a terrible writer without a proofreader. Also, the reaction has been as expected. :() I will not vote for Barack Obama. My rationale is simple: he holds a vastly different ideology on what government should be than I do. VASTLY different. So that part is easy. I don’t need to take time…
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Why “They Can’t Win An Election” is a Terrible Reason to not Vote for a Candidate
Please excuse my politics, and don’t take this as a tacit endorsement for any particular underling candidate, (I’m still undecided though I am starting to lean.) “Can’t win” has always seemed circular to me. How does a candidate win? If people vote for them. Who do people vote for? Whoever they think has the best…
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Interesting Web Cites for August 12th
Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… Wait for sex and marriage? Evangelicals conflicted – Great AP article. Very well balanced and fairly insightful. Churches are setting couples up for failure if they are pushing for abstinence and then not helping equip them to be married! Similarly there are issues with simply encouraging…
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Interesting Web Cites for July 9th
Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… The Generation M Manifesto – To quote the manifesto: " What do the "M"s in Generation M stand for? The first is for a movement. It's a little bit about age — but mostly about a growing number of people who are acting very differently. They…
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Obama: The Real Change
I could resist a post about politics. My apologies. Flame away. This one was just too good. This last Saturday, SNL ran a hilarious opener skit spoofing Joe Biden who (say what you will about Palin) I believe to be the best material to come along for political humorists since… Dubya himself. The skit was…