I’ll show you the life of a mind.
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 [...]
The second post of the night is a reminder that tomorrow is, at long last, election day. It has been a long haul, but a fun one. I am not going to make any last minute pleas to your liberal leanings. You all know where I stand on things. I would encourage you, though, to [...]
Look. I am either overloaded or brain-dead. All I am reading about is the election, and all I am inclined to talk about is the election (and maybe Alabama football). The problem I run into while I’m perusing all of the various blogs and news articles during the day, is that I cannot possibly make [...]
It is that time again. Didn’t we just do this?
Next Thursday I will grudgingly celebrate my birthday… alone. That’s right. My wife will be out of town on a business trip. Not only do I have to ponder what it means to be striding ever closer to the death that awaits us all, I [...]
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 – [...]
