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August 6, 2008

McCain/Obama Realization

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The wonderful thing about the technology, the internet and blogging in the 21st century is that there is a record of everything. These records were recently examined by two users at the DailyKos and they found some interesting information concerning Senator McCain and Senator Obama. The first user, ...

The Speech I Missed

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Yes, I missed Senator Obama’s speech yesterday and actually totally forgot about it as I was sitting in work and my phone buzzed. Trying to make sure my manager did not see me since there is a very strict no cellphone use policy during working hours. I opened up the text message to see that it...

Life Expectancy Going Down

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My dad started an online course with the University of Arizona recently educating doctors in the practices of Ayurvedic medicine. Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient Hindu system of healthcare that is quite different from the traditional western medicine that we all love and trust. In recent years, the...

Energy Everywhere

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With the price of oil dropping briefly below $120 a barrel today, are we still in an energy crisis? Certainly so, this momentary lull in the price increase is because of a reduction in consumption combined with favorable environmental factors. Imagine if American’s start to see a reduction in ...

August 5, 2008

Yes John Can!

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I have finally replied to all the recent comments and it just hit 1am here in Ireland so I am going to try to keep this short and sweet tonight despite my tendency to ramble. I promised I would steal this video from by buddy Jay over at the Progressive Politics Examiner and so I have: http://www.y...

Does He Still Have Time?

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Its 1213am, Tuesday Morning here in Ireland as I am trying to keep cool in some unusual Irish humidity. Let me tell you, it never gets humid here, ever…but for the last few days, the best place to sleep was outdoors unless you happened to work in an office building with an AC. Regardless of th...

July 31, 2008

China’s Choice: A New Human Rights Record

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As much as I would like to talk about the burgeoning federal deficit, the endless series of funny McCain viral videos, universal healthcare; today is about the suppression of human rights in China. How many of us  know about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? I spoke to some of my colleague...

The Fox Switch

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I was watching some CountDown clips this morning and was at a loss for which clips to talk about since there are so many. The one clip that struck me as incredibly funny was the Worse, Worser and Worst count down that Olbermann does on every episode (part because of the funny voice). In this clip, ...

July 29, 2008

Zogby’s Colin Powell Idea

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A recent telephone poll conducted by Zogby international seems to indicate that the best potential Vice President for Senator Obama is actually a Republican. Former Secretary of State Powell gives Senator Obama a 12% edge over likely voters as opposed to a choice of Senator Clinton. This data is not...

Why The Press Likes Obama

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Senator McCain recently launched a new advertisement on his website entitled: “Obama Love” in which Senator McCain asserts that the media is totally in love with Senator Obama.  This statement may be true given the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s weekly monitoring citing th...