forget US savings bonds
Monday, November 17th, 2008I am investing in merchant gift cards.
Note to my financial advisor: Liquidate my 401k immediately and invest it all in Home Depot Gift Cards.
Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has been President, it is remarkable how few gaffes or verbal blunders he has committed. If Obama doesn’t raise his standards, he will exceed Bush’s total before he is inaugurated.
Secrets of the 2008 Campaign
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Five parts of seven released so far.
Interesting wrap up if you are a political junkie like moi.
touchstone
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008I was six years old when Richard Nixon resigned the Presidency. I was born while LBJ was still in office, but Nixon is the first President that I feel I had any personal association with. Of course I never met him, but I remember watching him that day on TV, standing behind that podium, making that speech, then walking out to Marine One and giving that two handed victory salute before leaving the White House in disgrace.
Nixon, and to some extent the Presidency, have always carried a bit of a sad and sour feeling for me. Nixon was my first President.
My son will be seven years old at the end of Obama’s first term as President. I am optimistic that Toddler Smithers will have a fonder association to President Obama as his first President than I have to mine.
I am optimistic for the future of this country.
President Elect Obama
Tuesday, November 4th, 200854 -55% of the popular vote, commanding electoral college victory, increasing the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate in the face of all those stunningly unbelievable f-ing idiots who called him a Muslim, an Arab, a terrorist, a non-citizen, a socialist, a radical, anti-American, the anti-christ.
A good day for optimism and democracy.
A bad day for hate, fear and incomprehensible ignorance.
