Category Archives: politics
American Martians
The joke used to be that Americans lived on a different planet to the rest of the world — and it was exacerbated by their election of George W Bush to two terms. But finally, with the result yesterday, it’s … Continue reading
Nice one
From the Washington Post today:
This tells you a lot
When Obama mentioned John McCain during the victory speech, there was quiet applause. When McCain mentioned Obama in his speech, there was boos. McCain’s speech was pretty gracious in defeat, and was far better than his supporters deserved. Maybe McCain … Continue reading
Obama wins it!
Just after 3pm Australian time, various news sites have started calling it for Obama… This is it people! I’ll write more about this as soon as the result is beyond certain (likely when I’m home from work of course!) But … Continue reading
America, go out and vote!
It’s Tuesday night here, but in the US election day is just starting (amusingly enough we had a big horse race here instead). There’s not much more to say of course, except really one thing: America, go out and vote! … Continue reading
ABC bias
Usually I think all reports of ABC (Australia) bias are a crock of shit. Rubbish made up by right wing nutjobs that can’t handle real reporters grilling them or their political charges. But after watching the news last night, I’m … Continue reading
Angry Republicans on the loose
It appears at the moment that the Internet is awash with hordes of angry Republicans, desperately commenting and baiting and ranting on every blog comment thread on every conceivable site they can find. Whether US sites, British, Australian, whatever, no … Continue reading
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Wow, the week is over
Ha… don’t think there’s much to say about that. I usually end up so stuffed and exhausted come Friday night that I don’t even want to do anything (and like I’d have anything to do now anyway!) So this week, … Continue reading
Politics, race and nutjobs in America
Republicans are really, really, sore losers. And they haven’t even lost yet. They’re already displaying a bitter, vindictive, paranoid, fantasyland anger that is quite creepy, though not that surprising. In recognising they’re likely about to lose, many Republicans have already … Continue reading