House Approves the Bail-Out
Let’s hope this works. I’m really conflicted on the bail-out scheme — asking taxpayers to patch up Wall Street’s greed is not a fair deal. The lack of oversight, and in particular the lack of regulations and controls that would prevent this from happening again, is a big problem. It means that we threw Wall [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – Don’t Call it a Comeback
So I’ve been delinquent on the FRTs for a good month now, which I attribute to traveling and now working. But this week, I remembered to craft my FRT on Thursday night (it’s not technically cheating, since it was certainly Friday somewhere) and set the post to publish on Friday. Genius, I know. So here’s [...]
...read moreSo, the debates.
Everyone is talking about how Sarah Palin did well. And she did do well — for Sarah Palin. But that isn’t saying much. It reminds me of the day after the first Bush-Kerry debate — expectations were so incredibly low for the Republican candidate’s performance that when they didn’t set the stage on fire, it [...]
...read moreVote Or Die
Shannon sends in this amusing story from her voter volunteer experiences in Canada: I was 19 and working as a volunteer for the NDP incumbent in my riding. I did election day phoning on our voters’ list to see if anyone needed a ride to the polling station, and to remind people to vote. I [...]
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