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Your Political Compass

Here’s one of those quizzes to evaluate you political philosophy based on a questionnaire. Unlike a lot of similar ones, it doesn’t ask many blatantly obvious questions. I ended up pretty much dead center: Economic Left/Right: 1.38; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.95. If you take it, post your scores in the comments section.

This and That

Will there be a rematch after #1 Ohio State beat #2 Michigan last weekend? I don’t think it will happen provided either USC or Florida (and possibly Arkansas) wins out. The result eliminates Notre Dame’s title hopes because there’s no way they can let a team that lost by 21 to Michigan at [...]

How You Like Dem Apples?

If Karl Rove is supposed to be the architect of a permanent Republican majority, then last night he pulled off an architectural feat not seen since the construction of the New Orleans levees. For three elections he was Bush’s election zen master. Last night…not so much.

In case you missed it, the Democrats gained [...]

How Do You Make Voting Decisions?

As we got our sample ballot in the mail this week, it strikes me that making informed decisions in the voting process is obscenely difficult. There’s just way to many candidates and questions that I don’t feel that I have sufficient information to make an informed decision. So, my question is: what recommendations [...]

Concealed Weapon Permits and the Impending Apocalypse

I’m no lover of the NRA (I think they could do more to blacklist dealers known to be selling illegally), but the opposition is just clueless if this NY Times article is representative of their argument.

Sure enough, a year ago the State Legislature passed a “concealed carry” law, which means that it’s legal to carry [...]

Dude Gets Pwned by a Chair

This is the way more political debates should be…

 

Democratic Target #1: Joe Lieberman?

The Democrats have a golden opportunity in this year’s elections based on the polls that show a discontent with the Republican president and Congress. So you you’d think they’d be dedicating their efforts towards defeating Republican incumbents. Instead, their number one target at the moment appears to be Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman based [...]

Playing Politics With Religion

If there is any doubt that politicians just spew crap that they totally don’t believe in, check out Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA). He supports displaying the Ten Commandments in Congress, but then can’t even name more than three of them. And they’re important to him because?

I’m sure that there’s a ton of politicians [...]

Dover, Pennsylvania Better Look Out

If Pat Robertson has a vendetta against Dover, Pennsylvania, they should be extra scared now. Not only did God leave their city in response to school board election, but thanks to his “Age-Defying Shake”, it looks like Pat now has the physical superpowers to single-handedly wipe the city out of existence:

Did you know that [...]

New York Liberals are the Model of “Tolerance”

John McCain give a commencement speech at the New School in New York. Audience members whose views are to the left of him give a new definition of “tolerance”:

No sooner had Mr. Kerrey welcomed the audience to the university’s 70th commencement than the hoots began to rise through the Theater at Madison Square Garden. [...]

Those Pesky Approval Ratings

Here’s a well-written essay that is probably indicative of why Bush’s approval ratings are so low: An Apology from a Bush Voter.

I’m saying today, I was wrong to have voted for George W. Bush. In historic terms, I believe George W. Bush is the worst two-term President in the history of the country. Worse than [...]

The NCAA Continues Its Quest to Remove All Traces of Native American Culture

It’s political correctness that would make Orwell proud as the NCAA is evidently intent on making sure the next generation has no knowledge of the existence of Native Americans. Now, the phrase “Tribe” is forbidden from college campuses.

The NCAA has added William & Mary to its list of schools subject to restrictions on the [...]

Random Tidbits from the Web

Amidst the MySpace hysteria, Congress proposes banning access to the site from libraries and schools. Isn’t telling teenagers “No” the most effective way of ensuring that they will do the activity? In other news, I think I’ll change my career track to be a “MySpace Pedophile Bounty Hunter”. Seems like that’s [...]

Bush Must Be a Lame Duck

As if sub-40 approval ratings aren’t enough, I think you can pretty much say the nail’s in the coffin for the Bush Administration’s legislative visions when the following is written in The National Review, the flagship conservative publication:

I’ve never voted for a Democrat in a general election in my life, and I don’t expect to [...]

Tax Freedom Day Celebration

The Tax Foundation has released their annual report celebrating Tax Freedom Day. One of the most interesting aspects of the report is their table that compares the local and state tax burdens of the fifty states (in what is the most gratuitous use of Flash I’ve ever seen). Here’s a PDF of [...]

From the “Crap! I’m Supposed to Be the Commander-in-Chief?!” Department

It can’t be a good sign when questions from first year college students are helping the president with his military planning three years after the start of a war.

Can Iran please behave until 2009 and we get a new commander-in-chief? One that at least tries strategic planning. I guess you have to really [...]

Is Iran Next?

Fresh of the resounding success of an “undeclared civil war” in Iraq, it looks like the US is increasingly leaning towards a sequel involving Iran:

A government consultant with close ties to the civilian leadership in the Pentagon said that Bush was “absolutely convinced that Iran is going to get the bomb” if it is not [...]

The Societal Impact of Polygamy

I find it interesting to reason about the correlations and consequences of polygamous marriage versus gay marriage. If you’re interested in the topic, I found this article by Jonathan Rauch to be very well-written and informative regardless of your opinion on the matter. Most articles on the topic end up with more an [...]

Montage of Bushisms

Our friend Ben was telling us about this hilarious clip of Dubya telling us one of his favorite sayings. So, I stumbled across this montage which includes that clip among some of Bush’s other greatest hits…enjoy, Ben!

Is North Korea Ahead or Behind the West on This Human Rights Issue?

A shocking, but not surprising revelation from a North Korea defector.

North Korea has no people with physical disabilities because they are killed almost as soon as they are born, a physician who defected from the communist state said on Wednesday.
Ri Kwang-chol, who fled to the South last year, told a forum of rights activists that [...]