This year I have been thrilled to be involved with Xander (5th grade) and his classes science program. It’s an interesting program that is trying to teach the Scientific Method through simple experiments. Xander’s teacher (Miss Hopper) is doing quite a good job guiding the kids through the curriculum. The amount of science being done [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Health care reform
I just finished listening to Meet the Press and a good portion of the hour was on health care reform.
My problem with the direction that Congress and the President is taking is that they are talking about compromise and secondarily about the ultimate cost.
I, as a voter, don’t care about compromise. I care about a [...]
Taxes
Yes, as an individual I would love to have less taxes. Less taxes give me more spending and saving money which makes life simpler.
In reality though, I am a bit of an altruist. This streak in me makes me want the appropriate amount of taxes for everyone.
I bring this up for 2 reasons.
First, [...]
Bailouts
In watching various interviews regarding the US Government Bailouts of the Financial Industry and the one being discussed for the Auto Industry, I have some thoughts.
One assumption that seems to be at the center of all of these bailouts is that these companies are too large to fail. I don’t agree. When a [...]
What is Change?
Ok, we’ve just elected someone who defined himself and his candidacy based on change. What is it or really, what should change be?
I’ve heard and read discussion that change is about bringing new approaches to everything. I think these written and spoken conversations define new approaches as something truly new and never been [...]
Dear Mr. Obama
I voted for you.
I saw and heard lots about hope and change. I certainly believe in these times we could use both.
I saw and heard bits and pieces of your policies. Many of them sound smart.
What I hope that you can deliver on though is something else.
I would like to see [...]
Politics are aggravating!
In my few years of voting, I have rarely seen that voting for one candidate versus another would radically change things. First, most candidates have little leverage to do things. Governors and Presidents may be an exception, at least somewhat. Next, even if a candidate can do things the views of one [...]
Imperfect Candidate for President
I was talking Presidential politics with my brother today. My brother is very opinionated and even passionate in his cynicism…errrr…viewpoint. I can’t say that all that cynicism is unfounded though.
As I’ve stated in past posts, I am rooting for Barak Obama. I even spent a bunch of time this week watching the [...]
Decisions
I’m not the sort that loves to discuss politics (outside of this blog of course) but I also don’t steer away from it.
In my occasional discussions, I find there are a few sorts of people with regards to political discussions.
One type are people that seem to relish talking politics. Sometimes, these people are knowledgeable [...]
Politics and Family
I touched base with my folks yesterday. I probably talk to my Mom (sometimes my Dad though he’s not much of a talker and never really has been) once a week on average. They travel during the summer (since living in a dessert gets really hot during the summer) so it may be [...]
Pixar doesn’t care about Copyrights
What a great post that Crunchgear made regarding how Pixar violated copyright law.
Apparently, they don’t respect the current copyright laws and are, by example, telling us to not respect the laws either. Maybe we should re-write the existing laws so they work in today’s world to increase content creation rather than limit it.
The Pixar [...]
FISA, Renewal, and Obama
There have been some negotiations in Congress regarding the FISA renewal.
FISA is the law put into place after 9/11 that gave US Government agencies extraordinary powers to investigate people. To me, the law is not only not necessary but also puts our government on a direct path to a police state. No, it’s [...]
Hillary Clinton
I’ve pointed out before that I’m a supporter of Barak Obama. With regards to my support, nothing as changed.
With regards to Hillary Clinton though, I’ve recently discovered something has changed.
First, a few things have not changed regarding Hillary.
1) I would support her if she were the Democratic Nominee.
2) I do not like her much [...]
Running Thoughts
For most of the week, I’ve been busy with working on the multitude of Guitar Scale Sheets (I talked about them in the last post) and so had no clear ideas for posts. I’ve always worked with the notion that I must have some additional ideas to bring to any conversations that I jump [...]
Clinton caught but redirects
I don’t get to watch news programs much because my boys are busy with homework and such around news time. I did read on a few blogs that today Hillary Clinton was asked about Reverend Wright. Up till now, she has deftly avoided answering these questions. It was the right thing to [...]