Thursday, October 28, 2004
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
How to Stop Terror
Vladimir Putin, Czar of Russia, has proposed a new way to stop terrorist acts -- elect anyone but Bush:
"I consider the activities of terrorists in Iraq are not as much aimed at
coalition forces but more personally against President Bush (news - web sites)," Putin said at a news conference after a regional summit in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.
"International terrorism has as its goal to prevent the election of President Bush to a second term," he said.
Okay, maybe that's not what he meant, but I hear what I want to hear. And frankly, I agree that Bush is the reason for increased terrorist attacks, though I don't really see it as a personal thing. I think it's a bit more nuanced than that.
Thanks to a good blog. The best blog. The fafblog.
-Matt 11:32 EST |
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Conspiracy Theories
Could it be reasonable that a certain unethical campaign is just waiting to spring on us some big news about capturing a certain high-profile terrorist? Like, say, with a week or so to go until the big decision. Is this at all a possibility? And, if it happens, is there any hope at all?
-Matt 18:36 EST |
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Monday, October 11, 2004
Say It Ain't So
Some pro-Bush television syndicate is airing an anti-Kerry film two weeks before the election. Tell me this shit ain't possible. Tell me there are laws to prevent this sort of thing. Tell me where I can submit my film, Bush, the Man Who Would Be King, for airing in millions of households.
-Matt 13:52 EST |
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Sunday, October 10, 2004
Debates and Numbers
I want to run a debate. I want to lay down the ground rules and ask the questions. And my only rule would be this (cursing, spitting, biting, and folding chairs are all fair game): NO NUMBERS. Foolishness, you say. How can a candidate possibly back up a claim on jobs created or money spent or field a question on the budget? Well, you have to put it in terms relevant to, oh, anyone in the entire country who is not a politician (or, the political equivalent of a roadie -- a pundit, or worse, a wannabe pundit. Guilty as charged). 1.3 million jobs. $200 billion spent. Increase from $10 billion to $30 billion. These numbers are entirely meaningless to me. They could be speaking Hebrew (a language I'm not familiar with) and it would make about as much sense. And the real problem is that you must rely on an opinion of the candidate or his opponent to understand what these numbers mean in context, which is the only real way to understand them. Or you could figure it out yourself, but, really, how many people are gonna do that, assuming that half the people in this great land of ours can't muster the energy to vote? This leaves you with two opinions of a figure that are entirely opposite, not to mention the fact that the context used by both sides to explain things is not entirely (or, often, even partially) accurate.
So that's the debate I wanna see. But I must admit it was kinda fun watching the vice-President and Edwards play "Password". Maybe have a whole debate like that, where there are buzzwords you can't say.
-Matt 13:58 EST |
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Friday, October 08, 2004
Things Are Looking Up
This, from the Las Vegas Advisor:
Presidential Odds Update Following up on last week's report on the odds for
the Presidential election, the price on Kerry has dropped to +156 (bet $100 to
win $156) at the offshore Pinnacle Sports. The line was +200 prior to the first
debate. Meanwhile, some of the off-shore joints are getting creative with
propositions tied to tonight's debate. We've seen the following (these are
actual propositions that you can bet on): Bush will sing Amazing grace using
falsetto, +15000 Mrs. Kerry will jump on stage and curse at Bush, +15000 Bush will
announce plans to invade Iran, +1000 Kerry will use the word "Colossal" during
the debate, Even
-Matt 16:11 EST |
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Thursday, October 07, 2004
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Monday, October 04, 2004
There Goes the Coalition...
Well, the most important country in the world (to hear the President talk about it. Well, okay, he did mention America's bitch, the UK, but that doesn't really count. Blair would jump off a bridge if Bush told him to.) to be in our "coalition" just skipped town.
-Matt 13:37 EST |
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Post-Debate Analysis
This analysis by the best news team in the country helped me better understand what, exactly, happened during the debates.
-Matt 13:01 EST |
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Friday, October 01, 2004
Who Won the Debate?
I'm kind of wondering what you all thought, considering you're the most unbiased, balanced and fair group of people I know concerning politics and the current administration. No, I'm serious. How sad is that?
-Matt 05:55 EST |
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