A young Barack Obama supporter stood outside a John McCain rally yesterday. He was yelled at, jeered at, told that he was a no-good bum who lived on his parents’ couch – and in between all of those, managed to have some discussion with a select few supporters of John McCain about the differences between [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Politics’
October 3, 2008
Expression and insecurity
The University of Illinois – that institution of higher learning in central Illinois – has decided that the students that comprise its undergraduate population are so insecure in and unsure of their own political beliefs and philosophies that they can be changed simply by seeing a professor wearing a pin or at a political rally.
The [...]
July 26, 2008
Mayor Daley’s fighting the law
I’ve always been a big fan of Chicago’s mayor Richard Daley. Since he took office in 1989, he turned a dying industrial city into the premier destination in the Midwest. Sure, he runs the city like he’s a king. But he does it well. He, unlike a lot of mayors, knows what’s best for his [...]
July 24, 2008
Virtual insanity is what we’re living in
I think it’s time the government just told us that in order to get on a plane, we need to go through security naked. I think it’s the logical next step.
Come fall at some American airports – specifically O’Hare in Chicago, passengers will have to go through a machine that puts them through a virtual [...]
March 3, 2008
Way to go, United States
The United States seems to have fired a missile at a target somewhere in Somalia. The strike, CNN said, destroyed two houses, killed three women and three children and wounded 20.
Now, the missiles were supposedly fired at a facility where known terrorists were gathering and doing whatever it is that terrorists do when they gather. [...]
