Archive for 'Politics' Category
My Father, The Musician
For most of my life, I thought of my mother as the musical parent. She played both guitar and piano, checked out albums when we made trips to the library, and was always singing. During the holidays, she was the one who went to sing and play in the folk-music circle at a friend’s house. […]
Why/What I Voted Today
No, I did not early vote and I don’t feel bad about that (particularly since I was 1 of 3 voters at my polling place.) Also, I have been vacillating on Proposition 2 and since I believe that their is a inverse correlation between the geographic size/impact of a vote and the power/performance of […]
Tax Platforms explained
During the debate last week, both candidates spewed a lot of tax plan “details” back and forth but I couldn’t really figure out what either of them were actually proposing or how it would affect me. So, I was delighted to find this new thought leadership piece from my employer, “A familiar call for change: […]
Hilary Hysteria
As an independent, I am only involved with party politics in brief passionate affairs of surface issues. Listening to NPR this morning, I was exposed to some of the inner workings of the DNC and I can’t help but wonder when delegates say things like “if Hilary isn’t on the roll call, then people […]
McCain vs Detainees – Really?!?
The press is afraid to fully say it, but I will be glad to call John McCain’s on his interpretation of the recent SCOTUS ruling. When McCain says that the law he helped craft “made it very clear that these are enemy combatants, they are not citizens, they do not have the rights of […]
Wil Wynn On Proposed Energy Efficient Real Estate Program
For you non-Austinites (and you Austinites that don’t keep up with local politics…I know, that’s redundant) there has been a lot of churn around proposals for new regulation on selling/buying homes in Austin that aspires to increase the energy efficiency of real estate in the area. Most of it has been fodder for the […]
The Bush Recession
I really have nothing to say on the matter that hasn’t been said before, but I loved it when my man Doggett used the phrase “Mr Bush’s Recession” at the end of a speech recently, so I thought I would start spreading that phrase around.
Of course, we may need more delineation that that. Maybe […]
This American Life #353, and Horton Hears A Who
There’s a lot of things to discuss with TAL lately. Even though TSOTAL only yielded a couple dozen episodes, I remain an ardent fan. I’m preparing for the second TAL Austin Brunch Club, and just as I return from a vacation in The Big Apple, a live TAL theater event will be broadcast […]
Hope ain’t a 4 letter word
And Change isn’t something that you get from the gas station. I’ve buried most of this below the jump – it’s a bit out there, and I’d like to spend a moment thanking the good people of Wyoming and Mississippi for a bit of sense over the last few weeks.
After years of dealing with recovering right-wing idealogue guilt, […]
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Did the GOP Pick Democratic Candidate For Texas?
I think the professional analysts will get into this statistical morass eventually, but I have to consider whether some GOP voters in Texas were casting Hillary ballots as Dems since McCain has a much better chance against her.
This is the turnout for the 2004 primary.
2004 d r total registered total 839231 687615 1526846 12264663 % 6.84% 5.61% 12.45%
This is the turnout for the 2008 primary.
2008 d r total registered early 1285444 561907 1847351 day 2856813 1380907 4237720 total 4142257 1942814 6085071 12752417 % 32.48% 15.23% 47.72%
Sure, the Dems are […]
Vote Today – Twice!
I suspect that there’s no chance you’ll forget to vote today, especially given the constant tv and video ads, plus the friendly reminders from certain Obama supporters in the DC area (thanks, Alex!).
Just in case you didn’t get the handy “do the texas 2 step” mailer from Obama, here’s what to do:
FIRST – Between 7 […]
McCain Media Massage
One of the few upsides about being late for your headshrink appointment is that you have plenty of time to read the magazines you almost wish you subscribed to (but that you know you’d never get around to reading.) In my guy’s waiting room was a fresh copy of Newsweek (February 18, 2008) which […]
What’s wrong with Hillary’s head?
I’m still undecided, but if I were basing my vote on these photos of the candidates, Obama gets it, hands down.
American Apparel Wants Your Vote
I’m sure it’s no shock I’m a registered Democrat, and I’m really having a hard time deciding who I’m going to vote for come March 4. It’s an interesting (and pretty thrilling, really) field of candidates. American Apparel decided to weigh in on my choice via email this morning: