It's obvious that one of Clinton's selling points is nostalgia for the good ol' days of the 1990's under her husband. At the rally I went to last week, Bill actually said something like, "Do you remember the prosperity of the 1990's? How would you like to go back to that ( Read more... )

Has anyone else ever been watching Obama speak and thought to themselves, "Thank God he's using his powers for good"? Seriously, he'd be a great cult leader or dictator.

Or should I think like this? Most Americans seem to vote on whether they like somebody or "with the gut" (a la Stephen Colbert's truthiness). Obama appeals to the gut. Therefore, Obama appeals to voters and can win the election and move everyone forward through the mysterious power of inspiration. Is this a good argument? Are the premises true ( Read more... )

I had an interesting discussion with my sister last night about Obama and Clinton. She's an Obama supporter. Out of that, and an article posted by mar1nka, I came up with the following thoughts (based on an email to my sister ( Read more... )

In the last few days I have seen Bill Clinton (Thurs. on campus), Barack Obama (very briefly before a bigger rally on Fri. I couldn't get into due to overcrowding) and Hillary Clinton (at a rally tonight at Highland High - and since Mike Judge grew up in Albuquerque, this is probably THE Highland High of Beavis and Butthead. Awesome.). I saw ( Read more... )

It was interesting to watch the Iowa coverage last night, but I've always felt really disconnected from the caucus/primary thing. It feels like the least democratic part of the process, since by the time the majority have any say whatsoever, a few states, the party big whigs, and the media have already pretty much decided the candidate. I did ( Read more... )

Since the department puts our email addresses on the website, we get some interesting spam. I'm not entirely sure what this is about, but it involves mathematical equations that have something to do with how you're going to hell:

http://www.frankhatchiii.com/

I wish I were one of those linguists that knows 25 languages fluently. If I were, I might know all of these:
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Has anyone else seen the Game Show Network show, Without Prejudice? It's a bit hard to explain, but basically a panel of people decides which of several contestants gets $25,000 solely based on who they are. The first contestant is voted off based only on their five-second introduction and the rest are voted off based on answers to various ( Read more... )

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