The Manichean Paranoia Patch

Before I forget, today is the official Day of Conception in Ulyanovsk Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.  In honor of its low birthrates, September 12th has been designated a day for couples to get off of work and then… get off in bed, if you’re willing to excuse the horrible sexual pun.  Couples that […]

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OK, I have held out long enough. Let’s talk about Ron Paul.
If you haven’t heard the name before, than you are part of a large but rapidly shrinking group of voters. Ron Paul is difficult to describe. He’s a Republican but, as a libertarian, his beliefs are increasingly out-of-line with current Republican […]

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So today I received an email asking for help on the creation and distribution of a Stop the Genocide in Darfur petition at my college.  Being the student body president, I politely declined any sort of official involvement because Student Government exists to deal with the issues of the students, not world concerns.  (I did […]

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I’m not sure why this clip hasn’t gotten more publicity but I find it interesting that more than ten years ago Cheney predicted the exact outcome of the current invasion of Iraq. It’s like a Greek tragedy about a clairvoyant king who suffers from chronic memory loss and thus forgets all his predictions… Or maybe I’m […]

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AG is an initiative by Representative George Miller to receive and answer questions about the Iraq War. You can view the video and text questions here and then vote on the ones you want him to answer. With enough votes and patience, he will post a video response addressing your question. My […]

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I missed watching the first YouTube Presidential Debate but I did read the transcript.  For those of you not familiar, for the last month anyone with a camera and a YouTube account has had the opportunity to film themselves asking a short (20-30 second) videoclip asking a candidate or candidates a question.  CNN selected the […]

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The United States of America has a permanent identity crisis.  This crisis spawns from two core values which are in constant conflict.  The U.S. envisions itself as a place of equality and a place where competition lets the competent rise to the top, in other words, a meritocracy.  Most Americans don’t even perceive the discrepancy.  […]

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I failed to get through “Yellow: Between Black and White.” It was thoughtful and made some good points, but I just couldn’t get involved enough to will myself to sit down and finish it. I got about 2/3 of the way there though and picked up some interesting analysis along the way.
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We always knew Ann Coulter was a self-righteous little monster, but this is pretty ridiculous. Apparently yesterday she was on ABC news and said, “[I]f I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.” In 2003 she wrote a column claiming […]

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Have you heard about this? It’s half MTV special, half 7th Heaven episode. Just in case you had any doubts about Mitt Romney’s credentials as a husband and father, here’s a video of their Christmas last year narrated by his wife. There are several ironic scenes, primarily the one in which Mitt […]

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