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Quote of the Day

By | 1 July 2007 | Politics, Quotes | 10 Comments

“Our freedom is slowly eroding as our complacency grows. We ourselves are responsible for becoming more politically active, and changing the un-American policies embraced by our federal administration.”

Now, taking that into consideration I am not advocating a rejection of the republican party for the democratic one. Because, while the republican party has begun rotting from the inside, the democratic party has always been rotten. We are at a unique crossroads in the nation, because we are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

If only people would have listened to Washington and rejected the two party system.

Political Masturbation

By | 5 June 2007 | Politics, Rant | 4 Comments

Well, last night CNN had a democratic presidential debate. It was a joke, as was to be expected. Rather than go into a long diatribe about how all these candidates are clueless, and will help contribute to down fall of America (the republicans aren’t any better), I will end this renown sentence, and just give a brief perspective, as follows:

Democrat Debate (3 June 2007)

Theme: Disassociation, and disingenuous banter
Tagline: George Bush’s War

Republican Debate (5 June 2007) [prediction]

Theme: Retrospectivism, idol worship
Tagline: 9/11

Unfortunately, I expect that we’ll see many more of these shallow dog and pony shows between now and the January caucus in Iowa.

The Case for Nicolas Sarkozy

By | 27 April 2007 | Politics, Rant | 4 Comments

With the second round of the French Presidential election looming on May 6th, I figured I would take a moment to weigh in on the situation.

Pros:

Long service under President Chirac

Admits that France needs radical change

He is an outsider (born to aristocratic Hungarian)

He openly admires America

Is enthusiastic about economic renaissance of Britain

Plans on early legislative blitz to take issues including labor market liberalization, cutting corporate and income taxes, and trimming public sector pensions

Cons:

Embraces traditional French interventionist economic policies (such as industrial policies, and even went as far as messing with supermarket prices)

Unattractive nativism, harshly critical of immigrants

Formally “left”

Shaking stance on foreign policy (just look at opposition to Turkey’s EU admission)

Conclusion

Despite his Sarkozy stands a much better chance of repairing relations with America, than Royal. And, he is the only one to true attack convention by saying what needs to be said and accepting the consequences.

So, basically, what I am saying, is that you should vote of Sarkozy rather than Royal on May 6th. :razz:

If you would like to read a much more research article, you can check out The French presidential election: seconds away, round two of at the Economist.

300

By | 14 March 2007 | Movies, Politics | 7 Comments

300

Last weekend, I went to go see 300 on the opening day at the local theater. It was decent.

As comes to be expected, a lot of people have numerous baseless problems with the film. I am seriously getting sick of people lashing out at anyone who says or does something that is not completely “inoffensive.”

300 is the result of Frank Miller’s a heavily stylized artist vision of the events that transpired. I highly doubt that he intended to offend the Iranians, or whomever directly (although there is no doubt that he knows that he offends people). He was not trying to be historically accurate, just to tell an interesting story is an interesting way.

And, of course this is an awful post. I am really getting rusty.

*** = Recommended

If Only…

By | 13 March 2007 | Humorous, Politics | 3 Comments

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Now, if only they did not charge upwards of $130 a year to have a vanity plate, I would seriously consider getting this plate.

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