Archive for the 'Politics' Category

As if I wasn’t embarrassed enough to live in Illinois

March 7, 2009

Apparently the Illinois State Senate has been hard at work for the people of Illinois.  Throwing caution, science, and common sense to the wind, they have passed a resolution stating that Pluto is now again a planet.  (If you recall, in 2006, the scientific community declared that Pluto was not actually a planet.)  It just [...]

Colin Powell sums it up in 7 minutes

October 19, 2008

I think Colin Powell sums up my feelings pretty well in 7 minutes.  Okay, so 7 minutes isn’t much of a summary, but he does a good job anyway. 
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/powell-obama-en.html

Indiana helps prove Daylight Saving Time should actually be called Waste of Time and Money

March 8, 2008

I found an article the other day about an interesting opportunity that Indiana provided to some researchers who wanted to study the energy savings of Daylight Saving Time. It looks like Indiana is helping to prove that Daylight Saving Time actually wastes energy instead of saving it. As the article says, while we do save [...]

One more reason to support McCain and Obama

February 2, 2008

According to this post on CNN, apparently Ann Coulter would be willing to support Hillary Clinton if John McCain is the Republican nominee. I could probably write quite a bit about Ann Coulter’s complete lack of sanity, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be anything that somebody else hasn’t already said. Besides, her own [...]

Chuck Norris Approved

December 9, 2007

Not that I’m supporting Mike Huckabee, but this ad is hilarious. High marks to Mike Huckabee and his ad team for the perfect use of humor.