Archive for the 'politics' Category

“We just wanted to choose a really large number.”

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Greetings,
That quote is from a Treasury spokeswoman, quoted by Forbes, on why the bank bailout will need $700 billion.  A spokeswoman who probably has joined the unemployed today.
There’s a lot of people suggesting that we should let them all die (including me, in a fit of deep fury, when the bailout first was proposed).  Others […]

The Daily Show!

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Greetings,
Melissa and I got to see the Daily Show! June 4, 2007, with Ron Paul (the Republican’s Kucinich). Melissa found out about 2 days ago that tickets had become available, and we jumped on it. We got there in line about 3 hours early, and were about 10th in line.
It was AWESOME!
They […]

And so it begins…

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Greetings,
McCain/Guiliani vs. Edwards/Clinton, 2008.
Unless one (or more) of those four do something distinctly career-suicidal in the next 2 years, at least.
For now though…  It was a good day.
–  Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!