The Vig

A phrase which drives me absolutely insane is “you’re too young to remember, but…”  I’ve heard that way too much in my life.  I’m careful to never use it around anyone younger than me.  It’s condescending and arrogant.
I’ve had a few conversations with friends and relatives about Obama over the last year-and-a-half.  Not all of [...]

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This Rolling Stone profile has been making the rounds for the last 24-hours.  In it, author Tim Dickinson goes there about McCain’s POW experience.
Soon after McCain hit the ground in Hanoi, the code went out the window. “I’ll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital,” he later admitted pleading with [...]

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The Asian markets have only been open for a few minutes, but already they’re liking what they see of the Treasury Department’s plan.  The Shanghai Composite is up over 8.5%.  I don’t get it, but whatever.  Hopefully silver gets knocked down a little tomorrow so I can pick some more up cheap.
Meanwhile, back at the [...]

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I got into blogging by answering a forum post on O-Live back in 2004.  Kevin “Velveeta” Cosgrove originally brought two of us in to give our insights into the election and blog our thoughts in what turned out to be near real time.  My partner was David B. Wright.  He’s now writing at TwoPennies.
David made [...]

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This guy is good.
Now, we’d like to welcome our newest player to the growing cast of characters in our little drama - Thomas Van Flein. Mr. Van Flein (don’t you just have to say that with an accent?!) has been hired to represent Palin in the upcoming legislative investigation into the firing of Commissioner [...]

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I turned off the computer this morning and headed out for a walk.  I had some podcasts to catch up on and wanted to burn out some carbons as well.  It was a good cleansing.
While I was out there, I thought a lot about an admonition I’d received from TeacherRefPoet.  He’s been pretty clear on [...]

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So close, yet so far away.

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I was out of town last weekend when Obama selected Biden to be his VP.  I exchanged a few texts with friends and advisers as I drove across the high desert.  Mostly they sought assurance that Biden would be a decent pick, particularly after I knocked him around a bit.  I remember thinking at the [...]

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I learned an important lesson about politics in August a few years ago.  The Bush administration got caught in something huge in the summer of 2003.  I mean it was knock you off your feet huge.  What was it?  I couldn’t tell you.  I remember writing about it.  Getting all up in arms about it.  [...]

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$51 million for Obama in July.  Only $27 million for McCain.
I know the polls show a tie, but this means something, doesn’t it?

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