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Saturday Night Live: 9/27/08

On: September 29th, 2008 at 9:50 am | Number of Comments » 0

Someone’s Been Listening to our Political Discussions

On: September 26th, 2008 at 7:24 pm | Number of Comments » 0

7:15 p.m.
Me: Owen, are we gonna watch the debates? And we’ll say, “Go Obama, Go Obama”!
Owen: No, I will say “Go McCain!”
Me: What? McCain?
James: Owen, are you a member of the young republicans association?Owen: (pointing at me) You will be McCain, and Daddy will be Obama, and I [...]


“Palin is Committed to Life” – huh?

On: September 24th, 2008 at 2:45 pm | Number of Comments » 3

Today on a discussion board someone made a comment about voting for McCain/Palin because of Palin’s commitment to life. This person said that we should make stopping abortion our number one priority. I disagreed. Here is how I responded:
Palin is only committed to fetal life, she’s rather anti any other type of [...]


Politics and News Links

On: September 24th, 2008 at 2:07 pm | Number of Comments » 5

The Twelve Lies Of Sarah Palin These are not hyperbolic claims or rhetorical excess. They are assertions of fact that are demonstrably untrue and remain uncorrected.
FOX News Producer: Restrictions On Palin Access “Unprecedented” There’s not once chance that Governor Palin would have to answer a question. … They’re eliminating even the chance of any kind [...]


The Quote That Could Ruin McCain

On: September 20th, 2008 at 10:02 am | Number of Comments » 2

“Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.”
Source: The New York Times: McCain on Banking and Healthcare


Life Updated

On: September 18th, 2008 at 11:20 pm | Number of Comments » 1

Sick Cat
The matter of our very sick cat has seen some new developments. We ended up spending a grand total of about $600.00, give or take a bit. (We didn’t spend it so much as add it to our already insurmountable credit card debt.) For some inexplicable reason, he did not recover [...]


Yes! Bring it on Obama

On: September 17th, 2008 at 2:30 pm | Number of Comments » 1

The Irony is Killing Me

On: September 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pm | Number of Comments » 3

In this article, McCain adviser Carly Fiorina is quoted and calls Tina Fey’s depiction of Sarah Palin, get this, sexist! If you watched the skit, then you will understand why that is so funny.
Carly Fiorina’s statement was, “The portrait was very dismissive of the substance of Sarah Palin, and so in that sense, [...]


Saturday Night Live Clip: Palin/Clinton

On: September 14th, 2008 at 8:23 pm | Number of Comments » 2

He Came Back! He Came Back!

On: September 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm | Number of Comments » 2

And I didn’t even put the hummingbird feeder out yet!