Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Who Can Win?

Monday, February 18th, 2008

A compelling presentation from Lawrence Lessig on who can win against McCain, and who is the best candidate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq7VCQO5siU

Why I’m Happy about SuperFatTuesday

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

As an Obama supporter, I was originally kind of disappointed at yesterday's results. At first, all the major news outlets called SuperTuesday a huge win for Hillary. But after the final counts are in, it turns out.... not so much: The Clintons just pumped $5 million of their own dollars into ...

Get out and vote this Tuesday!

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Found this at Rebecca MacKinnon's site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebgLiU_0Ys4 Very inspiring, and I agree with Rebecca, Jimmy Carter, and many others that said that Obama will have a healing and inspiring effect that no other candidate could possibly come close to. The Obama vote is now neck and neck with Clinton. Go vote. Then go ...

Judging a book by it’s cover…

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Or in this case, judging a candidate by their web design! Let's face it - I am no political wag, and politics is something best left to other demagogues and zealotous pundits across the spectrum. However, I can claim passable knowledge in double bass, and claim a rudimentary knowledge of ...

Another great Obama speech

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0x_TpDris My favorite part is around 18:50. Hat tip to @kerim.