Category: Politics

200 Days – Happy Birthday America!

Bush's Last Day, Travel

Peoria R25Greetings from Glasford, Illinois! We’re here visiting my in-laws over the holiday weekend, and really enjoying the summertime change of pace. I’ve just returned from a nice 5.43 mile long morning run along country roads like the one shown here (without any stopping!), and now after some muffins for breakfast and helping Dad with some yardwork, I expect we’ll visit the old family farm this afternoon and find some fireworks to watch tonight. I have also done some good family hunting this week, tracking down many distant relatives of my wife’s in Glendale Cemetery in Washington, Illinois, and posting the results online at Find-a-Grave.

But the best part of all?? We only have to endure 200 more days of Bush!

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275 Days

Bush's Last Day

So I’ve found that here in my blog, on entries that are in this category of ‘Bush’s Last Day’, you are likely to see a nice graphic Google Ad for John McCain’s campaign. Please click on it and consider how a McCain presidency would essentially be a third term for George Bush. And if a third-term for George Bush appeals to you. Well, please, bite me.

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Obama’s Online Fundraising

Politics

Since Super-Tuesday, Barack Obama has raised $5.8 million dollars online. I’m very glad to have used my little chart provided by his web site, and helped contribute to that total. Thank you to my friends and anyone else who helps with a contribution.

It’s Obamania! Keep it coming!

Obama Raises $5.8 Million Online After Super Tuesday
Bloomberg, 2/7/08

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349 Days – Super Tuesday

Bush's Last Day

There are 349 Days to go now until Bush’s Last Day, hang in there baby!

Today 22 States will hold their primary elections, making today Super Tuesday. We have a week yet before we get our turn here in Virginia, when we’ll be joined by Maryland and the District in voting on what I’ve heard called The Potomac Primary, and Chesapeake Tuesday (‘Potomac Primary’ turns up 1,010 results in Google, while ‘Chesapeake Tuesday’ returns only 596, so I guess that race is won). Good luck to all the candidates (ok, not really, just trying to be a good sport).

As you can see from my fundraising graphic, and the new sign in my yard, that I’ve made my choice. You can probably tell by the amount also that I’m not exactly yet having a big impact on Barack’s behalf. Hopefully that will change some over time. If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look at the ‘Yes We Can‘ video on Obama’s site. Powerful.

BTW, delayed congrats to the Giants. That was an amazing finish, and an excellent Super Bowl!

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Groundhog Day & The State of the Union

Humor, Politics

This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address occur on the same day. And as it has been pointed out, “It is an ironic juxtaposition of events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, while the other involves a groundhog.”

Thanks to Alec for the laugh

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365 Days to Go!

Bush's Last Day

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A much delayed posting to correct an oversight, but I see that my ‘Bush’s Last Day’ category in my blog has no mention of the ‘One Year to Go’ party we had back in January. And since it’s never too late to fix history online, I’m adding this post in December 2008, to appear as if it was posted back in January 2008. How about that?! Check out the party photos here.

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Huckabee: amend the Constitution to Gods standards.

Politics, Rants

Holy crap! (or maybe ‘unholy’ crap!) This guy is scary…

Huckabee: ‘amend the Constitution’ to ‘God’s standards.’: “

At a campaign stop yesterday, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee recommended — to a cheering audience — that the Constitution be ‘changed’ to fit ‘God’s standards’:

I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that’s what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than trying to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family.

Watch it:

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Rawstory notes that in response, MSNBC’s ‘Mika Brzezinski was almost speechless, and even Joe Scarborough couldn’t immediately find much to say beyond calling it ‘interesting.’’

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(Via Think Progress.)

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