I’ll show you the life of a mind.
For someone who might have begun reading this blog at its inception, over half a year ago (give or take), I’m sure their thoughts may likely, upon reading my latest posts, turn to the question: “wasn’t this a political blog?” Yes, during the 2008 pre-election phase I had a lot of material to spew out. [...]
I am not going to try to pontificate on President Obama’s inauguration. There are plenty of other, better craftsmen who will pen poetic personal testimonies of their various inaugural experiences from their own unique viewpoints. Some, for instance, have captured “the moment” on video. Others posted photographs. I will simply post the full CSPAN video [...]
I am still drifting along in a combination of post-election denouement and increased workload. This blog has new areas to delve into now that Barry O. is assembling his transition team. In short – Lonely Blue Boy, the political arm of the grammaticalaxy, will be transitioning as well… from cheerleader to watchdog. Now that we [...]
Well, here I am. I voted at lunch today – all for Democratic candidates with the exception of the congressional race, where Republican incumbent Spencer Bachus is running unopposed (I wrote-in Nick Saban). I have gone against party lines before – two years ago I voted for our Republican governor Bob Riley – but not [...]
This will be a fairly transparent attempt to make up for not posting anything yesterday. I tried. The MSG in my thrice-warmed-over Chinese take-out finally caught up with me last night, and I ended up lounging, eyes bleary and half-closed, heart beating erratically, sleeping wife and dog and cat beside me, listlessly browsing through my [...]
Public Radio:
WBHM (90.3 FM) began their Fall fundraising campaign this Wednesday. So far it seems to be less intrusive under the new station format – they do not seem to be as willing to interrupt the national news programs with the pledge drive info as they were when they played classical music all day. So, [...]
Oh. Your. God. That was a brutal smack-down.
You will notice that I am a day or two behind on my weekly political screed. It is mostly due to my wife not being in town. You would think I would be MORE productive when I have the house all to myself, but that theory was debunked [...]
Last night, in what might have been Brokaw’s only interesting question, he asked the candidates whether they considered health care in America to be a right, a responsibility or a privilege. Let’s assume that none of us think that “privilege” is the correct answer. McCain answered that it was a responsibility, while Obama said it [...]
A short, running commentary on the second McCain/Obama debate.
McCain sounds small and petty tonight. He has mentioned this earmark for a Chicago planetarium projector twice already? Here’s the McCain strategy – dumb it down and make the other guy seem scary.
He is forcing Obama to hit back, and the result is that they both [...]
I think a week-in-review post might be in order. Oftentimes I find myself with an overabundance of potential blog topics and no time to flesh out all of those ideas into respectable articles. So, as this is, indeed, a receptacle – here is this week’s mental purge.
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Politics:
There is a lot going on this week – [...]
