February 20, 2008
All right, that's it... I've been holding back, trying not to write about politics on this thing. Trying to stay open minded, trying to view all the candidates, not make any decisions yet. And I have, I must say. But there comes a time, when I just get completely freaking annoyed with the candid...
go to article »February 19, 2008
With the race for the White House down to the Big Three (all apologies to Mike Huckabee fans, but facts is facts), the international community is starting to take an interest. It shouldn’t be forgotten that even though we don’t hold the power or the right to vote in U.S. elections, the outcome d...
go to article »February 18, 2008
Another Republican campaign has fallen foul of liberal rockers. Former Boston bassist Tom Scholz has written to Mike Huckabee asking him to stop playing the band’s mega-hit More Than A Feeling on the campaign trail. Mike Huckabee enjoys a jam session in Iowa “You have taken something of ...
go to article »February 17, 2008
Now I know I am Australian and what I know about US politics you could write on the head of a match. I do read the newspapers and online journals and I do listen to the radio/tv. I have already read one report that describes McCain and Huckabee as ‘frenemies’. It seems to me that if they do h...
go to article »February 16, 2008
Barack Obama’s sweeping victory this weekend - he won all 3 states, Washington, Nebraska, and Louisiana, overwhelmingly - was an opportunity for him to show humility, to speak a little more about our shared responsibility to strengthen our country and our world and be global stewards to each other...
go to article »February 15, 2008
Russia isn’t the only place holding a Presidential election in 2008, you know. The more eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that there is a rather trivial contest currently taking place in America. It’s Super Tuesday today in the US so, in the interests of making sure that all elections a...
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9.30pm I should modify that last post a bit. If Huckabee ends up winning all three contests today - he could add Louisiana and Washington to Kansas - then I think his nuisance potential rises. A McCain defeat here or......
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At Least 48 Dead in Storms Across 4 States - New York Times: high winds and hail swept through the South Tuesday night and Wednesday morning killing at least 48 people, injuring at least 100 more and leaving authorities searching for others who may be trapped in rubble. ...
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This morning, while I was trying to avoid doing all the busy work I have piled up on my desk, I decided to click on one of those website ads and do an IQ test for the hell of it. If you want to see what test I did, I took the one at www.iqtest.com. After a couple of minutes of trying to work out ...
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Yesterday the US presidential elections just got interesting. With the withdrawal of Rudy Guliani and John Edwards from the Republican and Democratic races respectively, both the nomination contests are in effect down to two candidates each, which I find much more fascinating than the erratic multi-...
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