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Carly for VP? Are you joking?

Over the past 24 hours, rumors have been mounting that Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and the ‘Victory Chairperson’ of John McCain’s Presidential campaign, will be McCain’s pick for the Vice Presidential slot on his ticket. This is ...

Echo Chamber Alert

In case any of you care, here are the blogs I’ve found most interesting and relevant to my life over the past few weeks: Bert Stephani - Confessions of a Photographer - Great easy-to-follow discussions on off-camera lighting. Dare Obasanjo - 25...

Jul 02, 2008
Politics

Where's the Beef? Fighter Plane Edition

Wesley Clark said the other day “‘riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down’ is not ‘a qualification to be president,’” per US News and World Report, and countless other sources. As you can see in this video from TPM Media, the media immedi...

Jul 01, 2008
Politics

Obama's brilliant when it comes to religion

Let’s face facts: the majority of Americans are not like me. Accordingly to religioustolerance.org, over three quarters of the United States (i.e. about 225 million Americans) are Christian. About 3% follow other faiths. 14% of Americans are, more...

Jun 19, 2008
Politics

Barack Obama Travels by Forklift

Slate has a list of tongue-in-cheek ‘rumors’ about Barack Obama up right now. Some of the highlights include:  Barack Obama wears a FLAG PIN at all times. Even in the shower. There's only one artist on Barack Obama's iPod: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. B...

Jun 09, 2008
Politics

Shark-Jumping

E.D. Hill, host of America’s Pulse on Fox News, further demonstrated that her network has completely lost its marbles, jumped the shark, and should not be considered to be news by anyone. On June 6th, she mused about the Obamas’ fist-bump in St. ...

Jun 04, 2008
Politics

That's Not Change We Can Believe In

I’m eating lunch and watching TPMTV’s recap of the McCain trainwreck from last night, and I was struck by how much McCain blinked and stumbled over his words. A cursory glance at the current information on the psychology of lying suggests that lia...

Jun 03, 2008
Politics

Forty-Four

[W]e may call ourselves Democrats and Republicans, but we are Americans first. We are always Americans first.