Analyzing John McCain :: RNC Acceptance Speech

Since I picked on Guilliani, Palin, and Obama, it is only fitting that I take a close look at John McCain’s remarks when accepting the nomination for president at the Republican National Convention.  The speech can be read here and McCain’s introduction video can be found here.  Here are some comments which I found to [...]

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Facebook, Politics, and the Sound Bite

Last night my wife Molly and I watched the coverage of the Republican National Convention, in large part to catch the remarks of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.  You can read the full text of her speech here, or watch here.  To view the full speech you’ll need to click through a few links [...]

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Update :: PickensPlan

Back in August I wrote a short item on the PickensPlan here.  You may have seen ads on television in recent weeks increasing public awareness about the Plan and what they are proposing.  PIckens’ proposal centers largely on increased utilization of wind energy and switching our transportation fuel of choice to natural gas. Today a [...]

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Obama Resigns Church Membership

This article from FoxNews has announced that Barack Obama is leaving Trinity United Church of Christ because of distractions to his campaign resulting from controversial sermons preached by Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the Rev. Michael Pfleger.  If you’ve been paying attention to the campaign, you know what I’m talking about.  Pfleger, the cause of the most recent distraction, [...]

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