{"id":12908,"date":"2008-09-09T22:50:23","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T05:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/09\/09\/potpourri-of-politics.html"},"modified":"2008-09-09T22:50:23","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T05:50:23","slug":"potpourri_of_politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/09\/potpourri_of_politics.html","title":{"rendered":"Potpourri of Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because maybe some folks want to skip over the political bits.<\/p>\n

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  1. Dave Winer: Obama: Name Your Cabinet<\/a> – An intriguing idea … though subject to the risks of not vetting someone thoroughly (and we’ve all seen how that <\/em>works out).<\/li>\n
  2. Obama Loads the Magic Bullet<\/a> – Minds are terrible things to waste.<\/li>\n
  3. Koch Backs Obama<\/a> – Always nice to see an interesting an unexpected endorsement.<\/li>\n
  4. Explaining to a 6 Year Old<\/a> – This reminds me this post<\/a>. Nifty stuff.<\/li>\n
  5. Everybody Loves Me, Baby. What\u2019s the Matter With You?<\/a> – Hey, if we can opine on elections in other countries (not to mention occasionally influence them), other countries have a right to opine on ours. And … wouldn’t it be nice to not have the world pointing at us and sadly shaking their heads?<\/li>\n
  6. McCain To Be Tested By Palin\u2019s Faith<\/a> – More importantly, the Religious Right will be demanding that McCain not only pick one of their own, but defend her against any attacks on her faith-based policy positions. Oh, and they don’t want McCain to weasel out on SCOTUS nominations, either<\/a>. But remember, he’s a maverick!<\/li>\n
  7. Heart Update<\/a> – I repeat — where’s the RIAA when they could finally do some good?<\/li>\n
  8. McCain Camp Assails Book-Banning Report as a \u2018Smear\u2019<\/a> – Right. Asking about banning<\/strike> “challenging” books was just rhetorical. And Palin’s later firing of the librarian was just a coincidence. But, that’s how personnel policy in the Palin admistration works — lack of support means firing, speaking the party line means promotion.<\/a> <\/li>\n
  9. Now Sarah Palin Is \u201cThe Chosen One\u201d<\/a> – Amusing how they lambasted Obama for his “celebrity,” but seem to revel on Palin’s.<\/li>\n
  10. The Road to the Bridge to Nowhere<\/a> – So not only did she support the Bridge to Nowhere before it became a political liability, not only did she keep the Federal money anyway and use it for something else, but she’s also still <\/em>spending money to build the road to where the bridge would have been. But remember — she’s a fiscal conservative, too!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Because maybe some folks want to skip over the political bits. 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