This is my last post about the election.  I don't remember how many I did. 
Here is the quick recap-

Taxes - I think taxes should be more progressive.  I think more taxes should be collected to lower the national debt and thus remove a big inflationary pressure.  I don't think higher taxes = slower economic growth, it just depends what the money is ( Read more... )

I've been going to a bible study/small group for a few months now, and it's been nice.  There's a recognized leader, the discussion sometimes has to be prodded but is usually good.. and I feel like I know these people.  My college minister once said, and these aren't his words, that if there isn't a little bit of pure blasphemy being said at a ( Read more... )

We're less than a month away from actual debates. I watched the RNC on CNN today after being surprised that Fox News would rather show Sean Hannity instead of Mike Huckabee or Linda Engle.. you know, people who have or have had real power. Watched the RNC last night as well. Not that interesting but it beats John and Kate + 8. By a mile ( Read more... )

I recently was reading about the crisis in Zimbabwe. Most of what's been in the news lately is their abortion of an election that they just had. The article wasn't about that; it was about the white farmers that are still there - I was surprised that they haven't all been deported or left on their own yet. The article is basically about the ( Read more... )

Today we're going to look at a little slice of Education.  The candidates, predictably, both say that our education system is flawed and that they know how to fix it.  Unfortunately, they cannot even agree as to what the problems are ( Read more... )

I just wanted to add some personal notes to this political maelstrom of logos, ethos and math I've been in lately. What follows are perhaps vain, cheesy, and self serving confessions but here goes ( Read more... )

This begins what will be a series of brief comparisons between our two presidential candidates (congrats, of course Barack Obama, for joining this exclusive club of 2 today).  It is easy to get distracted by the fact that the background of our two candidates has never been more different on so many levels.  Barack Obama has written an entire book ( Read more... )

Back when I didn't know if I would be a mechanical engineer or a singer/songwriter (seriously), I used to work at Taco Bell.  All of 16 years old, I rode my bike over there nearly every day.  People would ask me, "Bet you'll never eat the food again, now that you know [insert disgusting story about rats, grade-f meat, unwashed hands]." Well, I ( Read more... )

Hopefully in a week the fiasco of nominating a Democrat for president will end. I just want to get a short post in before that happens. I have been following the race closely and the three remaining candidates are just completely out of touch with a lot of things. Maybe the American people are too, so they're pandering to them. Anyhow, here are ( Read more... )

I went to two weddings this weekend. They are the first weddings I've been to since I was 5 or so. My big bulky expensive camera lost its battery charge right at the beginning of it all. :(. I hope someone caught pictures of some of the (especially) interesting stuff that happenned ( Read more... )