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Is Iraq ready for the return of big oil?
June 19, 2008 | Filed Under Government, News, War | Leave a Comment
The New York times published an article about the rise of big oil post-Saddam. Over thirty five years after Saddam Hussein ousted the major oil companies as he rose to power, our major oil companies are looking to get their hands on Iraq. I guess the bigger question is, “Is the United States ready for the return of big oil?”
Jesse Ventura For President?
April 2, 2008 | Filed Under Elections, Government, Interviews, News | 2 Comments
Larry King interviewed Jesse Ventura last night and had a number of interesting questions for the former wrestler-turned-politician.
Mr. Ventura spent most of the interview trying to turn the conversation to revolution and the sham that has become our political system. He called for destruction of all political parties and said people shoud run on their own merits and that it is the two-party system that has harmed our country, he pointed at the economy and war in Iraq as a joint effort by both parties and insisted that he would never participate as long as the only options for president are Republican or Democrat.
“I never vote Democrat or Republican,… I will pick someone else, a libertarian on the ballot. Someone else. I will not vote for a republican or democrat. I don’t do it every election — I wish they would allow none of the above on the ballot.”
Ventura says he won’t run for President because the bar has been set too high for independents.
”they make an independent like me jump through 50 different hoops,… every state has different things you have to do to qualify to get on the ballot”
In addition to the criticism of our democratic system for being unfair to independent thinkers, he insisted that he wasn’t bitter about his prior withdrawal from politics. His wife was suffering from illness at the time and he said he would put his family before anything, it was a no brainer he contended. In all, Jesse Ventura looked like a strong prospect for an independent or libertarian run.
Ventura was certaintly not lacking in enthusiasm, although some of the analysts brought a bit of their ideology to the debate and it did take some of the wind out of his sails. He wanted no part of the Hillary Clinton / Barak Obama primary discussion, although he did say he respected and admired Hillary Clinton as an intelligent politician, he had no interest in talking about the system in place.
Is it possible that Jesse Ventura will run for President? No, not very likely, but he did say that if the sham system were replaced with something fair that no candidate would stand a chance. He called Republicans and Democrats afraid of him because they know that he could beat them with his hands tied behind his back.
Barack Obama, the White House Hero
March 10, 2008 | Filed Under Activism, Elections, Humor, News, Political | Leave a Comment
Lots of pictures have been released with Barack Obama as the “star”, here are a few that went viral recently:
Barack Obama outside the White House
Barack Obama, Jedi Master
Barack Obama, All-American Action Hero
Bill Clinton is a Hope Monger
March 1, 2008 | Filed Under Elections, Government, News | 1 Comment
I’ve argued it before, and I’ll broach the topic again because it’s relevant to the times. Bill Clinton was the Barack Obama before the liberal messiah made it to the fore-front of American politics. I’ve always had an affinity towards Bill Clinton and deep inside lays this hope that if Hillary Clinton wins the nomination, he might rub off on her with his good politicking and charm. However, Barack Obama is already that person that Bill Clinton was in a lot of ways. Though Obama does knock on the Clinton years at times, the truth is that the two men are very much alike in their ability to electrify crowds, think independently and appear presidential.
Bill Clinton in 2004, on the politics of fear and hope
How Hillary Clinton Can United America
February 26, 2008 | Filed Under Elections, Government, News | Leave a Comment
Sometimes a headline just catches your attention, and this article’s title certainly caught mine. Senator Clinton can unite the country by dropping out now!
Change you can Xerox
February 22, 2008 | Filed Under Elections, News | Leave a Comment
Hillary Clinton almost had a big moment during last night’s debate
In what looked like, possibly the best moment of last night’s debate for Hillary Clinton with the audience at the edge of their seats, Clinton bombed on a one-liner. Hillary said that if this primary election is going to be made on words, then they should at least be your words. The audience was rowdy and sounded like they were going to give Clinton a standing ovation. What happened next was typical of what has happened throughout this Democratic primary. Hillary didn’t stop while she was ahead, she wanted to go in for the kill. “That’s not change that the people can believe in, it’s change you can Xerox…” After that statement, Clinton almost got booed off the stage!
Here’s a clip of Hillary’s moment with a rebuttal from Barack Obama’s supporters regarding her lifting of previous phrases.
“Change you can Xerox”
What does this segment of the debate tell us about Hillary Clinton and the democratic party? Not a whole lot because it’s a lot of the same old bickering between two prominent candidates that most Democrats share an affinity towards. We’re starting to see a trend from audiences that show up to these Democratic debates, it seems like more than anything they want both candidates to come out “winners”.
Die-hard Democrats are still holding out hope for a “dream ticket.” I’m not so sure that Hillary Clinton would be ready to play second fiddle, unless of course you take into account that she would be in a great position to be president in 2016. Barack Obama isn’t ready to be a VP either and with or without the VP slot, because of age, he may be in a position to run this campaign again if he doesn’t win the nomination.
Barack Obama “Words, Just Words?” Speech
February 17, 2008 | Filed Under Elections, News | Leave a Comment
Milwaukee - Wisconsin, Barack Obama fires back at Hillary Clinton for continuing to attack Barack Obama on his speeches. Obama calls out Clinton on the negative attacks and says that the American people don’t want this, they want someone that can inspire people to work together to solve problems.
Barack Obama “Just Words?” Speech
Up until now, Hillary Clinton has had no answers for Barack Obama’s surge in momentum. Her negative attacks are coming off as sour grapes and shooting down idealism and the promise of hope is dangerous for any politician, post-Bush.
Could One Viral Video Destroy Hillary Clinton?
February 13, 2008 | Filed Under Elections, Government, News | 2 Comments
The video below has the potential to devastate Hillary’s chances at cracking the youth vote, recall Howard Dean’s yelp heard ’round the world? This is much worse!
How NOT to attack Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” campaign:
The following is a political opinion, so relax!
Hillary Clinton needs a solution to Barack Obama’s avalanche of support
It’s no secret, Barack Obama’s campaign is inspirational and moving America like no other since JFK and MLK Jr. Barack Obama is the greatest news to happen to the Democratic party since the nation was prospering (socially and economically) under Bill Clinton’s leadership. Hillary Clinton’s biggest problem with liberals and independents is (or was) her stance on the war. Couple her conservative streak with the twinkle in Barack Obama’s eye and it is easy to see where this race is headed.
Just to be sure, let’s look at Barack Obama’s video that reaches out to youth
Barack Obama Will Win The DNC Nomination: Clinton needs a Miracle
Suffice to say that super delegates would send America into a further state of disarray if they decide the election for “the party of the people.”
Our Soldiers Are Dying
February 12, 2008 | Filed Under News, War | Leave a Comment
War kills, it’s a fact.
Our soldiers are dying, our loved ones are hurting, corporations are profiting.
Barack Obama’s Post-Sweep Victory Speech
February 10, 2008 | Filed Under Elections, News | Leave a Comment
Senator Barack Obama gave a victory speech in Virgina after his clean sweep this weekend. In addition to winning all three states, he picked up the Virgin Islands. Hillary’s campaign is rumored to be in panic-mode. We’ll see how they respond, but chances are that if either candidate sweeps Texas and Ohio, that could be the deciding factor for the Democratic nomination.