Politics
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Signs that democracy has run it’s course
The candidates are appearing on wrestling shows.
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Friday links
- Everybody kills Hitler – quite good
- Interesting bit by David Friedman on public education
- Bob Barr might be running for the LP nomination, that would be strange
- The best cartoon I’ve seen in quite some time, everybody check this out…
- The ocean is cooling… – Global warming enthusiasts are sounding more and more like defense lawyers.
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Random insight not yet noticed by the media about Obama
Given his pastor’s speeches coming to light, can anyone thing of a better way to convince people he’s not a secret Muslim? I can’t.
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The internet says I agree with Ron Paul
Via Dan, check out Glassbooth, it’s a decent political survey tool. I scored
Ron Paul – 81% – Huckabee – 68% – McCain 62%
Medical Marijuana and Drug Policy very similar
Trade and Economics very similar
Taxes and Budget very similar
Gun Control very similar
Civil Liberties and Domestic Security similar
Iraq and Foreign Policy very differentHow about y’all?
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This is no ordinary Tuesday
My predictions are Obama and Huckabee here in GA. On a related note, I met my first Ron Paul door to door guy on Saturday, he seemed very nice. He gave me a bumper sticker too.
Before I go vote, here are some links that caught my eye:
- Barstool Economics
- Leading denominations by location
- Your tax dollars by at work – Atlanta cop and Duluth cop in shoot out
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Lost sleep and mixed blessings
So, my week continues to suffer, as I’ve been going on less than two hours a day of sleep for since Sunday. Work however goes very well. On the political front, both Guiliani and Edwards have dropped out of the race, and I got my first robocall from the Ron Paul campaign.
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Quick New Hampshire predictions
They’re not very earth shattering, but…
Democrats
- Obama
- Clinton (a close second)
- Edwards (a distant third)
Republicans
- McCain
- Huckabee
- Romney
- Paul (somewhere over ten percent, but not much)
- Thompson
- Giuliani (happily low in the standings)
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Who would have thought it?
Unmentioned by the commentariat thus far is that the primaries (so far anyway) concern only domestic politics. Who would have predicted that four years, or even four months ago? This is the best proof of the the surge being seen as working I suppose.
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Wyoming
Here’s a little known fact, Wyoming is holding it’s caucus on Saturday.
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Iowa picks based on gut feeling
Democrats –
- Clinton
- Obama
- Edwards
Republican –
- Huckabee (by a margin that will surprise everyone)
- Romney
- Paul – maybe wishful thinking, but all of this money and energy has to translate into something.
Clinton and Huckabee are hardly my preferred choices, but neither of them are Edwards or Giuliani, who (I think) would do America irreparable damage.