November 16, 2008
This is the first in a series of posts looking at the Presidential election results in the state of Georgia. Let’s start with the top line numbers from the last three Presidential elections: YearDemocratRepublicanVotesPercentageVotesPercentage20001,116,23043.2%1,419,72055.0%20041,366,15541.4%1...
go to article »November 12, 2008
November 11, 2008
For Pakistan, it’s not about Obama or Bush but about the Great Game, politics of intrigue, destabilization and deceit. While Mr. Bush’s departure is welcome, Mr. Obama’s victory should be received in Pakistan with caution. We have to wait and see before we judge him. He appears to be an hone...
go to article »November 5, 2008
It’s November 4, Election Day. Why Tuesday? Because it made sense in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It does need to be changed now, however. 7:12am: I am at the Obama campaign Roswell office printing walk packets, volunteer lists and directions etc for our team. I’ll be on my way to South...
go to article »November 3, 2008
I have been really busy recently and haven’t had time to blog. Volunteering for the Obama campaign has been fun but also kept me busy. We had phonebanking events every day last week with one at our home on Friday. Then on Saturday and Sunday, we went door to door contacting voters in South Atlan...
go to article »October 31, 2008
A new attack by the United States army has killed approximately 16 militants in Pakistan. The attack came after fightsty exchanges this month between Islamabad and Washington after the U.S. started carrying out crossborder attacks into Pakistan’s tribal region. The strike was, according to U.S...
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Yasser Latif Hamdani at Pak Tea House argues that Obama Presidency is better for Pakistan. ...
go to article »October 29, 2008
Yes, that seems to be what leaders of the national conservative movement truly believe. As far as I’m concerned, let ‘em believe it. Let ‘em make her their standard bearer in 2012. It will only make them the laughingstock of American politics. I particularly liked this passag...
go to article »October 28, 2008
Talk of expanding U.S. military actions has moved from the table of talking heads and into reality, again. The U.S. military was busy this weekend,launching two separate attacks, one in Syria and the other in Pakistan. Local residents in a Syrian border town said that American forces killed se...
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