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Obama / Biden 08

Been VERY busy!

Elise really crunched hard to knock out a large Bach performance at her church this weekend, as well as create Agnes Scott rehearsal music for while she's in Mass (this week), finishing the data collection portion of her dissertation. With all of that, she hasn't had any time to sit and relax.

At this performance, which was really impressive, I served 140 currywurst. My friend Scott came out and helped me slice them up. I'm gonna get a currywurst slicer -- a "currywurst-schneider", as they call them. A "hand-currywurst-schneider", to be Germanically precise about it. Scott also made his salt taters, which are a no-fail recipe: Potatoes boiled in salt water and then covered in butter. Yum!

Jim Martin

Bryan reminded me, in a comment in the other post, about Jim Martin.

Perhaps some of you remember the 2002 GA Senate race, where Saxby Chambliss ran ads conflating Max Cleland (who left three of his limbs on the battlefield in Vietnam) with Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. A rather scummy and dishonest move, another nail in my personal Republican coffin. It's difficult to describe the mix of astonishment, rage, and sadness that the incident conjures up for me. Well, 2008 is the year we get to send Saxby packin'. Jim Martin is his competition.

I have to be honest, I haven't researched this race much because Martin has had my vote all along. But now it turns out that Saxby's on the run. I'm glad to see it. We need to kick him to the curb.

So when you go to vote for Obama/Biden, punch the button for Jim Martin too.

Oh, and it was not an oversight that I didn't mention McCain's VP pick in the last post.

Two Weeks To Go

In 2000, I was pretty fed up with the two-party system. I thoroughly detested Bush (mostly due to his father's sending me to Desert Storm to enrich himself) and thanks to the media filter, wasn't so hot on Gore. In 2000, I said "they're both the same" and voted for Harry Browne, Libertarian.

I was flat wrong. I'm not sure I've ever been more wrong.

There are plenty of things I dislike about the national Democratic Party, but there is absolutely nothing I like about the national Republican Party. Not only are they criminal, dismissive, abusive, racist, sexist, and prone to violence, but they're also thoroughly incompetent. Their arguments are based on hating the other guy; they have no vision of forward progress. The best they can offer is to roll back progressive things done by the Democrats.

Now we're here at another election. I'm pulling for the Democrats. It's not just because I hate the Republicans so much; I'm finding myself very, very impressed by Barack Obama. He's eloquent but he also has a very broad view of what's going on, and his analyses tend to be very penetrating and illuminative. Biden's no slouch, either. I disagree with Biden on copyright issues and credit card issues, but even where I disagree, it's obvious that Biden has thought about it a lot. I think Obama's choice of Biden was very savvy.

Don't stay home and sit it out. Go to the polls and punch the button for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. I don't think John McCain is stable enough to be in charge of the nuclear football.

Obama/Biden 08

Heart Attack Sandwich

Now I love a burger as much as the next guy, but my mind just reels at this one. Check it:

A bacon burger with two bacon grilled cheese sandwiches as the bun:



I stand in awe of the bacony goodness.

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman, professor of economics at Princeton and an op-ed writer for the New York Times, has been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for economics. Couldn't go to a more deserving recipient -- Paul's perceptive analysis and excellent writing have been invaluable to millions in understanding the current crises. Congratulations, Professor Krugman!

Palin

They say she won by not losing.

Then they say if you actually go on substance, Biden clearly won.



IMHO, Sarah Palin lost. She is unfit for this office.


OBAMA/BIDEN '08