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August 26, 2008

Obama’s Technology Edge

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I watched an interesting clip on CNN today talking about the difference between Senator Obama and Senator McCain as far as technology goes. I had written an earlier post about Senator Obama’s heavy investment in technology and concluded that this was because a significant portion of his base w...

Michelle Obama’s Speech

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My aim to stay up and watch the DNC didn’t quite pan out last night, it started at 12am and I watched the first hour on TV. For the second hour I was listening to NPR on my PSP. For the rest of the convention I was fast asleep but the first thing I did when I woke up this morning was listen to...

Why I’m A Democrat

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Well today has flown by for some reason and I am pretty sure I didn’t get to do everything I should have done, anyway I’m going to move down stairs to watch the convention as soon as I make this post. First of all I wanted to apologize to The Griper for not completely replying to all of ...

30 Minutes Into The Convention

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Watching the convention so far, it seems like a pretty good time, I really wish I had bought a plane ticket to go down to Colorado. John Legend is singing as I type this, never liked the guy except for one song whose title leaves me at this moment. Hope you guys are following my Twitter updates, Sen...

The McCain’s Wrong Round-Up

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John McCain’s campaign has been hitting a constant theme in his most recent attacks, stating that Senator Obama is going to increase the size of the federal government. This theme resonates with conservatives who believe that a larger government is inefficient and wastes the tax payers money. ...

August 23, 2008

American Prayer

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Its a pretty good morning as far as Ireland goes, no rain and the expectation is no rain for the rest of the week though I am not sure how accurate that is. Waking up this morning I found out that Senator Biden is Senator Obama’s VP candidate, I am a bit mixed on that choice but I will withhol...

The Convention Bounce

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For some reason in the past week, the spam has been hitting this blog thick and fast. Two weeks ago I was unlucky enough to get 1 - 3 spam comments a day, now I am getting over 10. It’s not really a big issue but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this kind of issue? The good news ...

August 22, 2008

The Last VP Post

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Well I was just watching a bit of a CNN a few hours ago when they announced that we will definitely hear Senator Obama’s pick for Vice President this week. I would probably not believe this statement if it wasn’t for the convention next week that I took off two days off of work to watch ...

The Facts on Affordable Health Care

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I can’t promise this is the last post about healthcare but the Center For American Progress recently published a comprehensive article on Healthcare and its associated costs: With health care costs escalating four times faster than wages, it’s no surprise that both ends of the political ...

August 18, 2008

Ditching McCain

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Senator McCain has been hemorrhaging republicans of late with a few GOP members actively supporting Senator Obama: The group, called Republicans for Obama, is led by two moderate Republicans — James Leach, a former U.S. representative from Iowa, and Lincoln Chafee, a former U.S. senator from R...