I know that the use of language in today’s mass media is geared toward a fifth-grade (or thereabouts) comprehension level. Surely, though, the folks we elect to serve in the highest offices should be at least a little smarter than a fifth grader. Perhaps we should have Jeff Foxworthy come and test the entire lot [...]
Posts Tagged ‘congress’
It’s beginning to look a lot like pre-school…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, bush, congress, gay marriage, news, obama, politics, religion, wtf on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Obama’s choice for Army Secretary
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged congress, fort drum, john mchugh, josh lyman, mchugh, new york, obama, politics, the west wing on June 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Looks like it’s Congressman John McHugh.
Although I get the ‘team of rivals’ philosophy, any time Obama nominates a Republican for a post I find myself looking for the benefits to the Democratic party. Naming Jon Huntsman ambassador to China, for example, takes a potentially credible 2012 GOP contender out of the public eye quite handily. [...]
Any other politics geeks out there?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008, congress, election, geek, mccain, obama, politics, senate, spreadsheet on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In order to help me keep my electoral math straight, I created a spreadsheet to track the likely winner of the Presidency next Tuesday, entering my own projections plus data for about a dozen relatively realistic alternate scenarios.
I’m sure I’m not the only one.
I also added in worksheets to track the House, Senate and gubernatorial [...]
Legoslation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged congress, lego, politics, salad on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The legislative process in this country (and likely others) is positively out of wack.
(Note to self: find out where exactly wack is and look into living costs, because things seem to work pretty well in there)
Any bill passing through either House gets all kinds of crazy amendments, many of which have nothing to do with [...]
