Sep 24 '09
Favorite New Politician: Barney Frank -
I know this is really old... I have a whole bunch of fun stuff to post and will be catching up the next few days.
But I like Barney Frank and this clip, because it's refreshing to see a Democrat, when confronted by fringe supporters, stand up for their convictions instead of waver and back down.
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Aug 19 '09
Newsweek: The truth about Obamacare - A good article that clears up some common misconceptions, along with the White House website.
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Jun 18 '09
Jun 6 '09
Data.Gov - The Obama Administration launched Data.gov to try to provide more government data in easy-to-use open formats like XML, CSV, and KML. It looks like Google is starting to use it already.
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Mar 24 '09
Nov 21 '08
Civic Literacy Test - Test your general knowledge of the United States history and government. I got a 79% (without cheating!) Which isn't bad considering the average elected official in the United States got a 44%.
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Nov 18 '08
New York Times: SE - A utopian New York Times dated Saturday, July 4th, 2009 includes articles such as "Iraq War Ends" and "All Public Universities To Be Free". A million paper newspapers of this were distributed in New York back on November 12th. The elaborate hoax is attributed to a group called "The New Men".
Nov 18 '08
Graves on Madison's Speedway Road - A nice blog entry with pictures about the anti-war graves that were places down Speedway Road.
Nov 5 '08
Obama Wins, thousands fill Madison streets - More photos here.. Added 2:00pm: My friend Charlie has more photos as well.
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Nov 4 '08
Election Day in Madison
I've heard all over that lines at the voting locations weren't bad. I voted at 8:30am and the line was only 20 minutes long. For the post part it was very quiet (probably because everyone had just woke up) except for an intense discussion about the separation of Church and State prompted by the fact that our voting location was a Catholic Elementary School and they were selling cookies.
Supporters from both parties are out and about, and both were having difficulty keeping their signs upright with the occasional gusts of wind on an otherwise beautiful day.
If you haven't voted and don't know where, Google Can Help.
Added 2:00pm: My friend Kennis posted a photo of an Obama ad projected on the side of Memorial Library last night.
Nov 1 '08
Oct 29 '08
American Stories, American Solutions - Obama's 30-minute prime-time infomercial aired tonight on 6 channels. Thoughts? (If you didn't catch it live, click the link to view it on YouTube)
Oct 17 '08
McCain and Obama Roast Each Other at Al Smith Dinner - Hilarity ensues. They're both really funny.
You'll need to fast-forward. McCain is 7:00 in, Obama is 23:00 in.
Oct 15 '08
Talk To Your Parents About McCain - PSA Parody.
Oct 15 '08
Racist McCain-Palin Rally - I think the Presidential Race is closer than everyone is reporting. I think when pollsters are calling McCain supporters, they're answering 'Obama' out of embarrassment being associated with these nut jobs.
Oct 10 '08
Insane McCain Supporters - See? It's not just crazy liberal hippies being obnoxious this election year.
Oct 8 '08
Palin to play Fey on SNL? - It would be pretty hilarious. But please, do this AFTER the election is over. Edit 10/10/08: Looks like it's confirmed.
Oct 8 '08
Google Searches during VP Debate - Google tracked the political search queries during the VP debate. Biggest search term? Maverick. It looks like they just posted one from the last town hall presidential debate.
Sep 25 '08
Ron Paul on the bailouts - He had been predicting this would happen back in the primaries when others laughed at him. Who is laughing now?
"[The government] undertakes measures to keep prices artificially inflated. This was why the Great Depression was as long and drawn out in this country as it was."
"Additionally, the government's actions encourage moral hazard of the worst sort. Now that the precedent has been set, the likelihood of financial institutions to engage in riskier investment schemes is increased"
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Sep 25 '08
Google's 'In Quotes' - Compare quotes on similar topics by the presidential candidates.
