Turnout the Vote

*Texas Readers! Next Tuesday, Oct. 9th is the deadline to register to vote in November’s election. If you’re not, get registered!* Florida held their primary election not long ago. The number of people who voted early was almost as high as the total number of people who voted in the Read more…

Yearning to Breathe Free

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. I’ve never understood anti-immigrant sentiment.  Why do so many people fear and hate immigrants? I really don’t get it. I was reading an article that talked about ICE and it described Read more…

Ego-in-Chief

You can say a lot of things about the FBI’s investigation into election meddling or Robert Mueller’s investigation. But to just accept outright that Russia did nothing simply because Vladimir Putin says so, is not one of them. The fact that Trump did exactly that, in a televised press conference, Read more…

United We Stand; Divided We Fall

I came across two stories today that got me thinking. The first, is about a minor local race in Montgomery County near DC, where a former Democrat is staging a third-party challenge against the Democrat candidate. The main story though, is Joe Crowley has apparently decided to run as a Read more…

The America We Choose to Be

I’ve been pretty silent here lately. Some of that is due to business elsewhere. Some of that is a burnout with engaging in political matters via the Internet. This isn’t a political blog per say but I did like to ruminate on things from time to time. Well, the last few Read more…

First Impressions and Critical Thinking

How do you decide if you like something? Do you just roll with whatever subjective feeling you have at the time (ie first impression) or do you think about your experience later and analyze why you should or should not like something? Now that’s a pretty broad question. Objectively I Read more…

Welcome to 2017

So it’s a new year. Yay? Many people have decried 2016 as the worst year ever. For some, the seeming abundance of celebrity deaths set the tone for the year. For others, politics overshadowed everything. And of course, personal experiences always trump (pun intended?) everything else. So was 2016 really Read more…

The Four Americas

Today is Super Tuesday here in the good ‘ole US of A. That means a good number of states vote in primaries to pick a person to run for president in November. I’ve been following presidential politics since 2000 and this one really stands out as odd.  I know five primary Read more…

Vote 2014

Today is the day to vote here in America. So go forth, use your power to decide the fate of the country. I’ll wait. Okay, now that that’s done let’s talk about the absurdity of this whole voting thing. I have before me 27 different elections to vote in today. Governor, Read more…

Intervention!

Let me preface this by saying I haven’t been keeping a close tab on all the details, nor do I have a definitive opinion on the matter myself. But I do have an opinion on certain people’s opinions. So, Syria. Bad things are happening there.  The UN is paralyzed due Read more…