http://www.bestoftheblogs.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:34:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Still feeling groovy about Obama? Maybe this a contest between flip-flopper McCain and flip-flopper Obama. Or maybe it's just proof-positive that no Democrat is ready to be president. I'm sorry, but getting out of Iraq, unequivocally, is a bed rock issue for me and for about 80% ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/03/maybe-bartletts-strike-3/ I'm surprised and encouraged by the early response. Will you vote for me?  http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/03/ive-decided-to-run-make-an-independent-run-for-president/ I've tried to write this anecdote a couple dozen times and was never happy with how it flowed, but here: I had a girlfriend who, among other feats, chained herself a hundred feet in the air to virgin forest trees to protest against corporate logging, broke into labs to free cats ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/02/habits/ Not good news for McBush, but I love it. Meanwhile, the message to Obama is don't push the change thing too hard. Go back to "Yes, we can" and drop "Change You Can Believe In". Reportedly, Obama favors this emphasis. His other option is to spell out what he means ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/02/half-of-us-say-mccain-is-a-bush-third-term-and-one-third-of-us-say-change-in-moderation/ In 1964, the Surgeon General issued the first warning about the dangers of cigarette smoking. Now 44 years later, people still smoke and teenagers continue to be the worst offenders. In the 20th Century about 100 million people died from smoking: that number is projected to jump to 1 billion ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/02/the-climate-change-problem-problem-an-analogy/ OMFG! July 1, 2008! Only 126 days of daily disillusionment left before obamascendancy! We call the blackmail our overlords use against us negotiation. We pretend to demand the terms that assuage our guilt over our complicity. Those kids in Appalachia and the inner cities whose free breakfasts will increase by maybe a ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/01/obamaargh/ The oil problem is a problem that we have behaved ourselves into. We are the demand side of the equation, and until we change, not what we say, but what we do, the problem will not go away or be fixed. The current spike in gas prices does not mean ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/01/the-sky-is-not-falling/ Lost in Clark's upstage yesterday was another strong and compelling and defining speech by Obama, this time on patriotism, ironically defining it much the way Clark did four years ago. Only sound bites and excerpts are available now for the most part. Too bad. But just in time, for those who ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/01/dumbing-obama-down-so-that-we-can-understand-him/ The best thing about the Obama campaign so far is that he has seemed to understand that cowering in fear of being attacked is no way to run for president. His airy tossing-off of James Dobson's loony Bible rant last week was a great example of the way modern campaigning ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/07/01/strike-two/ Obama's refuting Wes Clark's candid and accurate assessment of McCain's military qualifications might have just cost him the election. Here's why. This is an exact replication of the events sent both Gore and Kerry into their respective slides and sent clear signals to the Pugs that the Dems ... http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/2008/06/30/when-are-they-going-to-learn/