Over the past few weeks I’ve heard Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders speak out against “privatizing” Social Security. Now, I’m not sure if privatizing the program is the best way to go, I think we’ve got an awful lot more work to do with regards to that subject. But there is one thing I am sure of, these same people speaking out are railing that Republicans want to gamble with the future of Americans by putting this money into the stock market.
Investing in the stock market is absolutely not gambling. In fact, it’s not even close. Over the past one hundred years, every 10 year period in the stock market has made a positive return (even during the great …
Written by Patrick McAlister on October 30th, 2008
The New York Times finally got it. With just days to go in the election they finally published a story about the uncanny similarities between the West Wing presidential election and the real life Presidential election. I reached my conclusions five months ago as you can see here, but I’m glad they’ve finally caught up. Here are some updated predictions/premonitions from the show…and the similarities blow me away.
Vice Presidential Candidates
I noted that Santos..err I mean Obama needed to pick a party stalwart – a known quantity in Washington and somebody the party elite is comfortable with. It is obvious that Biden is roughly equivalent to Santos’ …
I don’t often agree completely with the Republican National Committee. They are extremely partisan, which I cannot fault them for because that is the purpose of the committee. However, despite my support for Barack Obama in the election in just a few days, I realize the importance of the RNC’s recent campaign against electing 60 Democrats into the Senate. They have hit the nail on the head in regard to not electing 60 Democrats to the Senate, a House Majority, and a Democratic President.
For those that don’t know, 60 Democrats would mean the Republicans would no longer have the ability to block votes by refusing to end debate (of course, the flip side is true as well). Giving one party …
Shot entirely on an amateur Canon HV 20 camera, Benjamin Reece’s latest project involved interviewing 50 random people in New Orleans. He asked each person the same question, “By the end of today, what would you wish to happen?” Reece filmed the responses from each participant, the answers range from marriage to undoing the work of the Bush Administration.
A creative idea by Mr. Reece, we applaud him for his creative project. We also hope that the residents of New Orleans can have a few of these wishes come true – they deserve it.
Whoa! I have actually written a blog post for once! I want to thank Neil and Patrick for welcoming me to their site and I want to apologize for not posting anything sooner. Their invitation to join the site landed squarely in a time where mid terms were looming and I was practically living in the library. However, now that midterms have passed and IU magically secured a victory over Northwestern, I thought it would finally be a perfect time to post.
It is crunch time for the candidates as the election comes to a close. What is astonishing to me is not the constant bickering of Obama and McCain but rather the failure of the government in securing proper election …
