“In each of these moments, enough of us, enough of us have come together to carry all of us forward. “- Joseph Biden Watching the inauguration today I quite literally felt a great weight lift from my soul. It feels hollow and trite to say that but its true. I Read more…
The world is undergoing a period of remarkable change right now. This global pandemic is right on track, historically. Famine and/or disease go hand in hand with most major changes throughout history. But what change are we undergoing now? There’s a lot of positives and negatives to consider. On the Read more…
*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…
The election has happened and we’re all still here. Good job democracy. As predicted, Obama won and the Texas senate seat and my Congressional district went to the two Republicans. it’s sad how in the bag those were. It looks like the Democrats will remain in control of the Senate Read more…
Many of you may have seen this video of Mitt Romney talking to other rich guys at a fundraiser event. If not, watch that first. To highlight a few things, here’s the remarks in quotes, though you really need to watch to fully understand the contempt with which he says Read more…
Romney announced his VP pick this past week, Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan. I can’t say I’m at all surprised. Ryan does a lot of things to help Romney shore up the conservative base. Among many conservatives he’s well respected and they tend to still like his budget plan. So for Read more…
I’m torn between hating and respecting the primary/caucus system here in America. On one hand, it’s just the way a political party picks their candidate and it gets far to much attention by the media. On the other, we do live in a two party state (as much as this Read more…
One of my degrees in college was Political Science. I’ve forgotten 90% of what I learned and probably distorted the remaining 10%. Despite that, I think I got enough of a background to be able to separate at least a reasonable portion of the BS. And this next topic, I’m Read more…