Tag: politics

  • Someone obviously doesn’t know me at all

    I got into a brief internet dustup with someone about something. The original Facebook post was about 47 millions people going hungry in America, but one of my friend’s friends responded with a barely coherent comment that can be distilled to “I have a job, quit complaining and go out and get yours. Man up!”…

  • One Example Of A Weird Voicemail Message

    I just checked the house phone voicemail for the first time this week. All of the household members older than 13 have their own cellphone and the only reason we have a land line is because our cable provider charges less for their services if you have phone service as part of the bundle. Very…

  • Did You Know… People Are People?

    Did you know that the line AFTER Mitt Romney said “Corporations are people, my friend.” was “They are made of people.”? Puts a whole new perspective on what he was trying to say. I hate having to defend the guy, but this is definitely one of those “taken out of context” moments. That said, I…

  • My thoughts on “Radical Obama”

    I read in a thread on right wing Facebook page that President Obama is a socialist with ill intent towards the United States of America. This isn’t a direct quote because for some reason, right wingers call it “the country” or “our country”, instead of being proud of being from the United States of America.…

  • MI State Rep Tim Bledsoe’s Protest of RTW

    While the Michigan Legislature was kneecapping the unions in the state with their “Right To Work” law, State Rep Tim Bledsoe made a statement to protest the passage of the bill. Tim Bledsoe represents the 1st District in Michigan, which contains some of the richest people in the state, and isn’t someone I would have…

  • WTF Video

    Have you ever seen something that made you go “WTF?” I had that exact feeling when I saw this video of a political ad from California: This thing is so over the top offensive that I find it difficult to believe that it is serious.

  • The Reason Behind The Union Busting?

    Has it occurred to anybody that the reason the Conservative governors are trying so hard to bust the public unions is because they cannot outsource those jobs overseas, like private corporations have done to weaken the private unions? When the unions are busted, the Democratic Party will then get rid of all pretense of caring…

  • Japan Votes For Change

    Image by abuckingham via Flickr I have been reading a lot about the recent Japanese elections where ruling party for the last 50 YEARS lost their majority. The people saw where their country was heading and decided they didn’t like it. They decided the leaders they had in place were lacking the foresight to get…

  • I Voted

    I voted and I found myself overcome with emotion. I didn’t think that the simple act of filling in a circle would affect me as much as it did. If you haven’t voted and still have time to vote, then by all means, do so. If you haven’t voted and it is too late, then…

  • Forget Bradley, worry about The Blanchard Effect

    I am not worried so much about The Bradley Effect as I am The Blanchard Effect. The Bradley Effect posits that an election can be lost despite a large margin due to silent racism. However, despite what some people might think, there is nothing that can be done about that. Those who want to vote…