Mutterings

Some people say Obama is like Jesus. Others apparently believe he is closer to the Antichrist. Personally I think he’s bigger than the Beatles and thus, transitively, bigger than Jesus.
Obama > Beatles > Jesus
Barack Obama the Antichrist
Who says religion and math don’t mix?

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Tammy and I went downtown last night to wait and watch Barack Obama speak in front of the Capital. The night was pleasant, the crowd was large and in good spirits and the speech was good. Here’s to our next President!
We didn’t RSVP for the secure area so we were about a block [...]

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Find out what pork your Congress(wo)men have been cooking at your expense. Looks like Sen. Lamar Smith is the king of the Texas politicians I checked.
The Seattle Times: Earmarks

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Jon Swift is some funny, funny political satire.
Jon Swift: Can John McCain Be Stopped?

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At what point does the President need to do anything anyone says? As far as I can tell, the only reason the President follows any laws is to prevent outright impeachment. He adds signing statements to a good majority of the bills he signs “interpreting” them so the statement often neuters or even [...]

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Great commentary about security from Bruce Schneier. I really hope that these bureaucrats are given the boot in a year and reason comes back into vogue with the new Obama administration.
What Our Top Spy Doesn’t Get: Security and Privacy Aren’t Opposites

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is idiotic. The problem is government spending and deficits. If you’ll indulge me, I’d like to address the Prez directly:
You are just going to make things worse with a tax cut. Cut spending, you moron. Start with Iraq and the defense budget. If you want to give $100 billion in [...]

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Overcoming Bias: When None Dare Urge Restraint
I had the exact same thought and in a way, the terrorists HAVE won. Our President completely overreacted and kept Americans in a state of fear in order to remain in power. In return, he’s devastated the economy, plowed us into an unwinnable war, wrecked any semblance [...]

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Hahahahahaha

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider God-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, wrongly believing that he has the Gods on his side.
–Aristotle, Politica bk v (ca. 340 BCE)

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