“Judah Benjamin” Concedes Barack Obama Is A US Citizen

The infamous “Judah Benjamin” admits in a post at the TD blog that:
I have always claimed that he was a citizen of the USA by birth. I have always said that I believe he was born in Hawaii. I have stated that I do not believe he has ever lost US Nationality and indeed I [...]

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Sarah Palin Hates Hockey Moms!

Sarah Palin dropped the puck at the Wachovia Center to open the Philadelphia Flyers season.  The Flyers have since gone on to have the worst start in franchise history.  Sarah Palin traveled to St. Louis last week to drop the puck at a Blues home game.  St. Louis goalie Manny Legace tripped on the red [...]

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Palin’s Wardrobe and The Problem of Campaign Money

Much has been made about the RNC spending on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe which has totaled $150,000.  The story has elicited the predictable angry reaction from the Democrats and Obama supporters.  It’s become another piece of partisan fodder that marks all presidential campaigns.
The number is meaningless without any form of context.  Amid all the reporting of [...]

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How To Be President of the United States of America

So, you want to be President of the United States of America?  Well, I’ve got your sure fire ticket to the Oval Office.  Run for President against an incumbent party that presided over either an unpopular war and/or an economic recession.  Getting on the ticket is your problem.
I alluded to this previously in a post [...]

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Ted Stevens Is Not Human

The trial of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens is approaching it’s conclusion this week with Mr. Stevens himself having taken the stand for several days of the trial.  Judging by the details of his testimony it’s evident Mr. Stevens is not human.
In one exchange with the federal prosecutor, Stevens repeatedly claimed that he was unable to [...]

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The Presidential Race Not Immune To Randomness

I have sobering news for all of the political fanatics out there feverishly consuming every tidbit of news around the presidential race as confirmation or refutation for the support they’ve thrown beyond their respective candidate.  The presidential race will not be decided on the laundry list of pros and cons for each candidate that you’ve [...]

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Bad News Buffalo

Today began with plenty of bad news for Buffalo as a national sports city.  A Wall Street Journal article noted that Buffalo Bills fans are
…some of the worst-behaving fans in all of sports.
Later in the afternoon, a Forbes magazine article pegged the Buffalo Bills as one of the top ten sports franchises likely to move.
I [...]

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Blogging’s Correlation To Crisis

I’d like to put forth the contention that the any increase or decrease in blogging is directly correlated to the occurrence or absence of crisis’.  In fact the birth of blogging can be attributed, to a degree, to the occurrence of a crisis.
Blogs have been around for nearly 15 years.  At its inception, blogs were [...]

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Foreign Policy: A Test In Tolerance

The contexual success of a democracies foreign policy is directly related to the relationship between pressure and tolerance.  Pressure defined as the degree of force with which the policy nation implements it’s foreign policy towards a target nation, and tolerance as the threshold at which the target nation can no longer bear the pressure of [...]

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Buffalo Sabres New Season Brings Air of Hope

The Buffalo Sabres kick off their 08-09 season tonight against Montreal, and with each new season brings a new sense of hope.  That is one of the magical elements fans find within sports.  Every year hope springs anew.  The anticipation is endless.  The possibilities infinite.
More times then not, as a season gets underway and as [...]

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