A few days ago Joey DeVilla blogged about the OKCupid politics test and, well…I just can’t resist a blend of politics and charts. Here’s the text the test spit out for me: Social Liberal (73% permissive) / Economic Liberal (23% permissive) You are best described as a: Strong Democrat (the test was quite American-centric) You [...]
Posts Tagged ‘barack obama’
“Why bail out the car companies when they bailed out on us?”
Much has been written about the possible bailout of Detroit auto manufacturers — by Greg Mankiw, The Economist here and here, Baseline Scenario, Salon and Richard Florida here and here, to name just a few — and nearly everything I’ve read points to the bailout being a terrible idea. The American car manufacturers have been [...]
Welcome back
Four years ago, the day after the re-election of George W. Bush, I wrote this while trying to make sense of the previous evening’s events: I firmly believe that just over half of those who voted (and those who did not vote who were complicit by their absence) had looked square at the past four [...]
OK, OK, I shouldn’t have suggested “Here Comes Your Man”
Having now played Rock Band, I can say that while the drums may be more realistic than the guitar or bass, it’ll still little like playing the drums. I almost think I should have cranked it up to advanced as that would be more like playing the actual drum part to a song. Anyway, fun [...]
I guess a resounding caucus win’ll do that for you
Five days ago I read a post on Richard Florida’s blog, in which he pointed to an expert opinion on the upcoming US presidential elections: Obama is going to win it all — Iowa, the nomination, the Presidency. And I think it ultimately comes down to the fact that he is a rare combination in [...]
