Ausborne Blog » Politics

Expectancy

jmaus — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:42:03 +0000

No, we’re not expecting. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Does anybody else see the irony in this? First, we get this huge health care debate thing going on, and then we see this article with a headline like “U.S. Life Expectancy Reaches All Time High.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32477402/ns/health-aging

Bumper Stickers

jmaus — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:34:28 +0000

Debt Star

jmaus — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:23:02 +0000

I’m not sure where this originated but somebody sent it to me today.

The Debt Star

Bailout

jmaus — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:34:19 +0000

Fun stuff.

electile dysfunction

jmaus — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:34:54 +0000

Some things I think I think:

I wish I were heartbroken about McCain losing.
I wish I were even remotely happy about Obama’s victory.
I wish there were even a little bit of investigative journalism into Obama’s and Biden’s backgrounds like there was with Palin.
I cannot believe that Bush’s approval rating is so low.
I cannot believe that Congress’ approval rating is even lower.
I cannot believe we elected one of those congressional yokels to become the next president.
I wish there were a major party candidate for whom I could have voted. Neither one was worthy of my vote.
“Change We Can Believe In” will result in more of the same. The Republicans and Democrats will still hate each other. Congress will still suck like nothing else. Bush will still get blamed for everything that goes wrong in Obama’s first two years as President.
Make that only two years if Bush is lucky.
As unexcited as I am about an Obama presidency, I will give him the respect that many on the left never gave President Bush. From day one, Bush has been blamed for everything under the sun and much of it has been completely unfair. I certainly don’t agree with a lot of what he did as President, but I’m certainly not under the delusion that he’s the most evil person in history. Remember the Bush = Hitler signs and all that garbage? Well, c’mon people! Bush is not Hitler. Hitler was Hitler and there’s a huge difference. If that’s not apparent to you then you need to take a step back, take a deep breath, choke down a chill pill, and get a grip. Don’t get so worked up about stuff.
We need a strong third political party in this country. It will help keep the other two honest. It will force them to actually work for us as our representatives rather than for themselves.
I don’t think Sarah Palin was a bad choice for McCain’s running mate. My mom, on the other hand didn’t like her. She couldn’t give any actual reasons for this, though, so I don’t know what else Palin could have done to gain her vote. “I just didn’t like her.” Hmm. Sounds like great political discourse. Am I allowed to just not like Obama? Nope. Then I’d be racist.
I’m just glad it’s over. I was sick of it a year ago. Imagine how sick of it I am now.

blowout

jmaus — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:57:32 +0000

So, Obama won. I think everybody saw THAT one coming.

First Ever

jmaus — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:05:11 +0000

I just made my first ever political donation. I donated $10 to help elect William Russell, who I had never heard of until this evening. When Glenn Reynolds made the suggestion of helping the opponent of John Murtha (D-Pennsylvania) in their battle for over Murtha’s congressional seat. I just plain don’t like Murtha and thought, “Hey, why not make a political donation to help him get unelected?”

Palin Speaks

jmaus — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:12:54 +0000

I’m watching Sarah Palin address the Republican National Convention right now. She seemed a little nervous at first, for which I don’t blame her. I was rather impressed with her, overall. She had a few fun little digs on Obama, which is something that we were definitely expecting. I didn’t know, though, what else to expect. She seemed down to Earth and seemed to enjoy her time on stage. That’s a good thing because she has picked the wrong profession if she doesn’t like speaking in public.

All in all, I think she could have good future and would like to see her do well.

For the History Books

jmaus — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:28:48 +0000

This is a rather entertaining detail.

Public Property not for Public Use

jmaus — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:55:03 +0000

I’m a little surprised at this.

Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.

Well, maybe I’m not too surprised.