Flametoad

They say one should avoid politics and religion in polite conversation. This video is both. You’ve been warned.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090202/pl_afp/uspoliticseconomytrademcconnell
Does this sound fishy to anyone else? I can see the point about setting off trade wars, but if this bailout is supposed to be pumping money into the economy then how does letting it go overseas help?

Dear Mr. President,
Congratulations on becoming of one of the most powerful leaders on Earth. I am incredibly proud that a country with such diverse values can engage in peaceful transition of power decade after decade. It is something that Americans take for granted, but one only has to look around the world or in one’s history [...]

These days I identify myself as a Libertarian, which means I generally sit back and watch the fire and vitriol between supporters of their candidates with a certain amount of academic disinterest. But this? This scares the hell out of me.

“Those who beat their swords into plowshares… will be ruled by those who don’t.”
As partywhipple [...]

Can I even begin to explain how tired I am of this election? How tired I was of the last election? And the one before that? I’ve come up with a list of what I want to see from candidates before I engage in another election. I call it the Contract with the Electorate. As [...]