Category: mccain
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No astronomy for average Americans!
Someone apparently showed John McCain — and by “John McCain”, I mean, “one of his aides” — how to twitter. So we’ve been treated to a list of his Top 10 Porkiest Projects in the 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill. Most of them are science projects, but nothing makes me more irate than his #2 pick:…
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Ohio will always haunt me
Right now, I am so mortified to be from a small town in Northeast Ohio. Strongsville is a mere 12 miles up the road from where I grew up, and I haven’t watched the video, because I’m afraid I’ll recognize someone. This is no exaggeration — I am not surprised at all by what people…
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I don’t understand 25% of the country! But not the 25% you might think
I don’t particularly care or worry about the 20-25% of the population who still approves of Bush. They’re lost causes. What does concern me, if you believe the polls, is the 25%-ish of the population who disapproves of Bush but is planning on voting for McCain. I am baffled by them! When has there been…
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Those are some elitist bootstraps, I guess
Plenty of bloggers and journalists, not to mention McCain himself, have called Obama “elitist” at various points throughout the campaign. I would just like to point out that in politics right now, the two greatest examples of living the American Dream — of starting from nothing and working hard from there — are Bill Clinton…
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That was MY template!
So I was distressed today to see a blog posting on the McCain campaign PowerPoint on a “Path to Victory” (warning: NSFW). Apart from the ridiculous strategizing going on at the McCain camp (I’m not too worried after seeing their plan) I was surprised that the McCain people don’t actually use PowerPoint…they use Keynote! And…