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Eye On The Blogosphere

The Internet is constantly in the fearful grip of trolls: someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of baiting other users into

Why I'm A Democrat

A while back I was asked which political party I've aligned myself with and why.  This is the answer I gave:I'm an ultra-liberal so naturally I favor the Democratic Party. I'm for true equality among all people and ensuring those people have the

McCain's stab @ the economy

Oh believe when I say I used that "at" symbol purposely in the title of this blog entry.  A while back I criticized McCain for being out of touch with the Internet community based on his campaign blog.  Well technology isn't the only thing that

Smear Tactics

In an earlier blog, I praised Senator Obama's decision to set up a website specifically to debunk smears.  Now I know from experience that webcrawlers move in slow, mysterious ways so just for fun I did a few searches to see what I would get:Search

McCain's Latest Energy Musing

The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology.It's statements like these that make me wonder if Republicans truly understand

Hungry For Change

This weekend I gave a little time to participate in a local event initiated by MoveOn.org.  The theme: Hungry For Change; a bake sale to benefit Barack Obama.  I don't have access to an oven at the moment but I was able to loan the use of my

Kobayashi Maru

In Star Trek lore, Kobayashi Maru was the name of a space vessel used in a computer simulation.  In the simulation participants are tested on character, behavior and thought processes in the face of a no-win situation.  Today, Barack Obama took

Energy Crisis: ANWR and Offshore Drilling

For those of you that don't know, ANWR stands for Arctic National Wildlife Reserve.  Republicans have been chomping at the bit to ruin it for years.  Why?  Well apparently there's oil in dem dar hills.  President George W. Bush has

It's About Time...

But I understand why he took so long. :) Gore endorses Obama By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago Al Gore is endorsing Barack Obama and promising to help

Weekend Update

Hey everyone.  The site was down for a couple days for unknown reasons.  I knew it would come back up eventually.  Happy Father's Day to all the daddies out there. I think I may have finally figured out how to post video in this thing. 

Speaking of blogs

I heard through the grapevine that McCain was using ABBA to entice disuaded Clinton supporters.  Yeah, I also thought that was too silly to believe.  Being the net-savvy and cynical person I am I went in search of John McCain's new blog. 

Not So Super Anymore

With the Democratic primaries ending (allegedly) and Hillary Clinton's concession (allegedly), the focus of this race has shifted to Barack Obama and John McCain.  But what about the people who at one time held so much power?  The Super Delegates

Welcome Aboard! *gut punch*

Did you see Rocky Balboa?  Well, here's the short version: Legendary boxer now past his prime wants to prove he's still got one good fight left in him.  So against the better wishes of...well...everybody, Rocky gets his boxing license and challenges

Barack IS the Nominee!!!

In case you live under a rock and haven't heard the news: Obama clinches nomination; Clinton seeks VP spot By TOM RAUM and NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writers 1 minute ago

The Finish Line: Montana & South Dakota

At long last we've come to the final contests of a unusually long Democratic nomination process.  Right now *checks watch to note the time zone differences* yep, right now Montana and South Dakota are casting their votes in their primaries. 

Puerto Rico Goes To Clinton: What It Means

No numbers have come in from Puerto Rico but right now, but CNN has already called Puerto Rico for Hillary Clinton by a huge margin.  Knowing island politics, I'm quite sure they're right (plus they have exit polls :) ).  As a result of this,