There’s a good reason for the idea that you don’t discuss politics and religion in the company of strangers. Both can inspire passionate debates and sometimes, when facts and opinions aren’t necessarily equal on one or both sides, that passion can overflow into outright hostility. It can interfere with one’s sex life, too!
That said, I’m [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2004
Playing it safe
23-Jan-04The most unfortunate victim of the Iowa caucuses was last night’s lackluster debate in New Hampshire as everyone decided to play it safe with cautious, uninspiring performances that were unlikely to change anyone’s minds or spur the undecideds in any particular direction. It actually made me feel sorry for Howard Dean as the way-over-the-top criticism [...]
Nine random reasons that I’m addicted to this blogging thing:
Thought I saw him there tonight. Could have sworn I saw something like him kneeling and waiting. My heart jumped a bit thinking that maybe he knew and came. But when I blinked, I realized that it was someone else’s him waiting for another her. I [...]
Presidential Match
21-Jan-04Found another Presidential Match site that has you rate various issues and, in a nice twist, at the end it lets you rank the general categories (ie: Social Issues, Security and International Policy, etc.) by personal importance. It then lists the candidates by how closely they match what you’re looking for:
1 Kucinich Score: 100%2 Sharpton [...]
A break from politics today as there’s really nothing that needs to be said about Dubya’s speech last night. He obviously thinks he’s playing D&D or something because he’s certainly not living in the real world. (PS: Dubya may be a dope but the Democrats really need to come up with better than Pelosi and [...]



