Rrrandy’s Pre-Post Bush Era “Bad Governors Quiz”
Saturday, December 13th, 2008This is a test of your gubernatorial (an odd locution which actually means governorly) knowledge. A perfect score of 15 makes you eligible for the governorship of whichever state you choose. If you get fewer than 10 correct, go straight to jail, no impeachment necessary.
1. What states have or had the two strongest governors? (Talking [...]
Palin Syrah takes a dive
Monday, October 6th, 2008Presidential election harbinger #1: “It was our best-selling wine,” complains the owner of a wine bar in San Francisco, about the recent drop in sales of Palin Syrah, an organic wine from Chile. (from The Economist, 9/27/08).
There are polls and there are polls.
Democracy as a form of government comes with one primary condition, which [...]
The Genius of Ignorance: The Sarah Palin Story
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Check out this piece by Andrew Halcro, two term Republican member of the Alaska State House of Representatives, who has vast experience debating Sister Sarah:
I’ve debated Governor Palin more than two dozen times. And she’s a master, not of facts, figures, or insightful policy recommendations, but at the fine art of the nonanswer, the glittering [...]
Agreeing w/ 2 Cons in one day: shudder! + Bail-out of the Bail-out
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Here is what conservative Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker said about Sarah Palin:
No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Ms. Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious [...]
Are You for Sarah?
Sunday, September 28th, 2008Sports fans and opera buffs, RV-livers and quaking mortgagees, workers and out-of-workers, retirees and wannabe-but-can’t retirees, worry-worts and too-dumb-to-worry-worts, voters and too-cynical-to-voters, in other words, Americans of every stripe and star, please check out the following excerpt from a recent rant by Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone ….
Here’s the thing about Americans. You can send [...]
Georgia vs. Russia: Who’s the aggressor?
Monday, August 11th, 2008Dan the Man from Allentown asked Rrrandy to explain who is the real aggressor in the current Georgia vs. Russia shooting-war. My ever-so humble answer follows:
Dan,
As I understand the situation, the Georgian government invaded South Ossetia because it (S. O.) wanted to become part of Russia, even though that would have moved a logical [...]
