December 2008
41 posts
“T.V. is chewing gum for the eyes.”
-Frank Lloyd Wright”
Thoughts and Ponderings
1) Problem: Citizens of the District of Columbia are being taxed but not represented. While D.C. was never supposed to be a state, the citizens still deserve representation in Congress. To not allow them their democratic rights is oppression. To alledge that they are represented by representatives of other areas, is to endorse the British Imperial concept of Virtual Representation; when the...
I see your point! What's good about conservasism,...
The only way to start this discussion off is to clarify exactly where I stand in the political spectrum. I’m sure it’s pretty easy to tell from this page that I am a Democrat, and that I am unusually, and almost creepily, interested in politics at only 16 years old. I generally classify myself as a liberal. I often see the merits to conservative ideology however, and consider myself a...
Year's End Reflection
Kids and Electric Feel by MGMT could defenitely be theme songs to my life. I am really happy with the way 2008 turned out. I did a lot of soul searching, growing, and thinking. I’ve become more in touch with myself, and I think a better person. There is still a long way to go in maturing and growth, but I think I am on the right track. I hope I haven’t done too much to isolate myself...
“Just suppose with me for a moment that an Ivan and an Anya could find...”
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the...”
Turning Texas Blue
Obama lost in Texas in this past election by a margin of 12%, John McCain earning 55.5% of the vote, and Barack Obama earning 43.8%. In 2012 Texas will gain an additional 4 electoral votes after the results of the 2010 census are released.
Texas has a history of voting Republican in recent years. In 2004 the state went for George W. Bush 61.1% to John Kerry’s 38.2%. In 2000 it went red this time...
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