Obama congratulates Taiwan’s incoming leader

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Michael Turton posts on the letter Obama writes to Ma congratulating him on the inauguration. There is wording in this letter that has some interesting insight into this candidate's perspective on Taiwan's political situation. Many I've discussed this with see the wording as being positive for Taiwan's position, and it shows ...

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.