Category Archives: Politics

The Million Dollar Text Mesaging Plan

By Gib | Thursday, September 4, 2008

Do you think your texting plan sucks?
How about the stiff bill Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick just received for his text messages?
Mr. Kilpatrick’s troubles began in January when the Detroit Free Press published text messages between the mayor and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, that appeared to contradict their sworn testimony in a whistleblower trial [...]

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Hillary Clinton Won’t Be Obama’s VP

By Gib | Friday, August 22, 2008

According to Politico. One of the best quotes from an unnamed source close to Hillary Clinton:
“She’s waiting for the text message like everyone else.”

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Do the time & forget the viciousness of the crime

By Gib | Thursday, August 21, 2008

The California Supreme Court ruled that Governors cannot deny parole to criminals because of the viciousness of the crime.
These ten inmates have a pretty gruesome history.  Murder by sledgehammer.  Escape car driver for a hit man.  Killing a pregnant woman.
The ruling sets a precedent and undermines a rule that allowed California Governors to deny parole [...]

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Baracky II

By Gib | Friday, August 15, 2008

So corny it’s great.

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Bon Mots of the Day — Activist Legislators

By Gib | Tuesday, August 12, 2008

I’ve been reading KipEsquire’s excellent blog A Stitch in Haste quite a while now. Besides his self-identification as a “part-time pop scholar,” this has got to be one of my favorite phrases of the day. This favorite and the others appear in bold below (empahsis is mine):

The only reason the Supreme Court handed [...]

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Dennis Miller Calls DC Dexter Town

By Gib |

I’m loving this quote from the Dennis Miller interview by Jeffrey Ressner over at Politico.
Q: Was there ever a point in your life when you considered running for office?
A: … when I was in grade school there was always one kid who, two minutes before the end of class when no homework had [...]

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Clinton Memos on The Atlantic

By Gib | Monday, August 11, 2008

Here is a link to all of the memos on the Atlantic’s site.

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Hillary Clinton Atlantic Article Online

By Gib |

If you’ve been following the blogosphere and pundit talk, you won’t want to miss Joshua Green’s article.
My thoughts later.

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McCain & Obama — Age Appropriate TV? Or PR?

By Gib | Thursday, August 7, 2008

Marc Ambinder comments on the John McCain’s report pop taste in EW and also Obama taste in EW:
In some ways, Obama has the tastes of a 72 year old man; McCain has the tastes of a 47 year old whippersnapper. Who knew?
In reading his post, which focuses on the young and hip, au courrant choices [...]

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The Internet Has Voted! Gay Marriage Not Such a Big Deal

By Gib | Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Google Trends is pretty cool.
You can pop a term or phrase into Google Trends and see the spikes in news coverage and searching for various terms.
Below the bump is the graphic. Notice how in 2004, the lowest point of interest for searching looks roughly as high as the highest point in 2008.
If it’s still [...]

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