NEW BLOG

After the end of the Democratic Primary and a brief hibernation period, we are off and running again but this time with a more general approach.
We wanted to focus more on politics in general, GOP and Dem. We wanted a forum to talk about the wide ranging issues of our political landscape.
Please join us for [...]

Why We Fight

Senate Republicans blocked a proposal today to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America’s anger over $4 a gallon gasoline.
The Democratic energy package would have imposed a tax on any “unreasonable” profits of the five largest U.S. oil companies and [...]

Obama Won: Do I Effing Care?

So today is Wednesday. I came home from work last night, stopping to pick up some spicy Thai noodles with tofu, and slumped down onto my post-modern sofa. I contemplated opening up the bottle of pinot noir I had just received in my wine club shipment, a quarterly reminder of just how drunk I got [...]

Has Barack Obama Won the Nomination?

Obama has more than enough delegates to be assured of capturing the nomination. The delegates are not finalized yet, as they are able to vote however they wish at the convention, but for all intents and purposes the primary is over and Obama is our nominee.
I am disappointed that Senator Clinton did not make more [...]

Motley Crue for Barack Obama

Don’t Go Away Mad
…That’s alright, now that’s okay
We were walkin’ through some youth
Smilin’ through some pain
That’s alright, let’s turn the page
And remember what I say girl
And it goes this way
Girl, don’t go away mad
Girl, just go away
Girl, don’t go away mad
Now girl, just go away
Here we go
Don’t go away mad
I don’t want you to stay, [...]

Voter Suppression in Michigan and Florida

The Rules and Bylaws Committee will be meeting this weekend to to determine what needs to be done with the delegates from Michigan and Florida.
Hillary Clinton’s people have been pushing for every delegate to be seated. She has demanded that every vote be counted and every voice heard. I agree, but unfortunately that will never [...]

Obama is our Mulligan

Golf – I don’t do it. I might even go so far as to say that I have an aversion to it. I am at an age at which the time and money needed to bring me from a fumbling novice to someone other people might actually want to play with is prohibitive. That, and [...]

West Virginia Results: Hillary Loses

DING DING DING!!  Round 19 is over!  The candidates have gone to their corners.  And the winner is????
Now honestly.  Do you actually think that’s a legitimate question?  It’s like considering the repercussions of a fly bumping against an elephant.  There is no winner in these battles when the fight is already over.  But, my oh my, [...]

Bake at 350 Degrees for Duration of Primary

When is done, done? When is over, over? When do grains of sand become a pile? When do two separate entitities capable of endlessly dividing the distance between them actually meet?
So many questions tonight need answering. To fall back on hackneyed phrases, ‘where there’s smoke there’s fire.’ We have smoke filling up the kitchen because [...]

5 Out of 5 Economists Agree – Clinton Idea is Dumb

The McCain-Clinton Gas Tax Holiday proposal is a monumentally bad idea and just another example of the short-sightedness of these two candidates.
Do people care? I am not sure.
We have a knee-jerk, band aid fix that will arbitrarily force down the price of gas encouraging Americans to drive more over the summer. I am no economist [...]