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Final Tribute

Chris — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:20:40 EST

With a mere four days to go, I've come up with a final tribute to this reign of error and it can be downloaded/viewed <a href="http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5586/dope1ii2.jpg">here</a>. If you do download it, please feel free to use it any way you like, because I've released it into the public domain!

Barack, go see your grandma!

Chris — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:45:49 EDT

Hey Barack,

I remember the year 2000. Thats the year that both my grandmothers passed away, and I will always remember the last times that I saw both of them, and I'm glad that I did, because your grandmother is a special, important person in your life and you will regret it if you don't get to say goodbye to her properly.

And while you're there, please don't worry about the campaign, we will keep it going for you while you're gone, and our thoughts and prayers will be with you and your grandmother.

Sincerely,

Chris

An Idea for an Ad

Chris — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:33:45 EDT

You know those Mac vs. PC ads that Apple runs? I think our campaign should put out a spoof of that ad wherein Obama plays the Mac guy and an actor portraying McCain plays the PC guy. I think this could really work:

OBAMA: Hello, I'm Barack Obama!

McCAIN (trembling, scratching head): And I'm John McCain.

OBAMA: You look a little confused...

McCAIN: Well, I keep changing my positions so often that I can't keep track of them anymore...

The GOP Wants Another North Korea!

Chris — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:53:55 EDT

I usually take my morning news in the form of RSS feeds on my nifty little Firefox toolbar, and one of those is the KCNA, which stands for Korea Central News Agency. It's the cheaply put-together propaganda mouthpiece of the despicable regime that runs North Korea. I read it because I find the venomous hate-filled vitriol and cult-like worship of Kim Jong-Il somewhat amusing. Yes, I can be a sick puppy, but if you're looking, the best place to find it is nk-news.net (be sure to check out the random insult generator). I'll get to the point now.

The 419 on Hillary Clinton

Chris — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:00:21 EDT

It has become increasingly apparent that Hillary Clinton's bid for the Democratic nomination is finished. There's also evidence that her campaign is in serious debt and she's becoming increasingly desperate to find a way to pay it off. Perhaps we'll soon be seeing something like this popping into our inboxes:

Dear _____,

My name is Hillary Rodham Clinton and I am a former candidate for President of the United States. Unfortunately, my campaign foundered on the shoals of principle and decency, so now I am hopelessly in debt.

I Finally Did It!

Chris — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:59:25 EDT

Yep, I finally got a little bit of money so I could send a $10 check to the campaign without it bouncing. This, by the way, is the first time I've ever donated to a political campaign (aside from the caucus and county convention where I dropped some cash). Anyway, I couldn't help but to enclose a handwritten note which said:

Hey Barack-
We already have this in the bag! This $10 should help with those "3 AM phone calls" and other miscellanea though.
-Chris
P.S. Good luck in PA!

Just thought I'd share that with all of you in blogging land.

Putting Their Money where Our Mouths Are

Chris — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:28:13 EDT

It seems there are these little known enterprises called prediction exchanges. In a nutshell, they act somewhat like stock markets, where traders buy and sell contracts on the likelyhood of future events. Apparently Barack Obama's win in both August and November is a hot commodity in these prediction exchanges the world over.

Anyway, here's a link (opens in new window) to the story in Reuters I found this in. It's much more exciting the way they tell it than the way you read it here!

Let's Keep Our Eyes on the Prize

Chris — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:52:21 EDT

Note: All links in this post open in a new window.

There seems to be a lot of plog posts around here expressing outrage over the behavior of the Clinton campaign. This is fine, as it's proper to be outraged over outrageous behavior. But, as Obama supporters, we need to constantly step back and look at the big picture.

First of all, the purpose of this contest is to choose the candidate whom we, as Democrats, feel is best equipped to beat John McCain in November. The thrust of Hillary's ~~shrill slander-a-thon~~ campaign is that Barack can't win. Obviously, the majority of voters in the primaries that have been held so far disagree. To date, Obama is winning. He hasn't won yet, but he's closer than Hillary "You Owe Me" Clinton.

Here's Something Interesting

Chris — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:14:45 EDT

If you have Google Earth, point it to the following coordinates:

35°29'57.13" N, 135°44'40.72" E

My trip to Bosnia, Summer, 1996

Chris — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:45:11 EDT

After an enjoyable week on Krk, my secretary Bilijana and I took the ferry to Rijeka and boarded the ancient twin-engine prop-job. It was the best we could do on such short notice and the Croatians needed me to be in Pale right now to aid in negotiations with the Republika Srpska.

The flight was uneventful until we were right over Bihać, just inside Bosnia, when the plane started shaking wildly. Turbulence, we thought at first, but no! It was enemy antiaircraft! "Govno!" cried the pilot in his thick Dalmatian accent, "We have been hitted!" Out the windows on the right, we could see thick black smoke sputtering past. There was a thud from the cockpit. The pilot was out. Damn! I didn't know how to fly, and neither did Bilijana!

John McCain Makes Career of Foreign Policy Gaffes

Chris — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:28:26 EDT

Those of us who have been following the campaign so far know about John McCain's big gaffe on Iran. He made the claim that Iran's regime is supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq. The problem with this, as Barack Obama pointed out, is that the Iranian regime is Shi'ite and Al Qaeda is Sunni. Shi'ites and Sunnis form the two main rival sects of Islam and fundamentalists on one side certainly would not be supporting the other side. This might seem to be a bit of arcane knowledge, unimportant in the day-to-day lives of most Americans, but for somebody like John McCain, who is running for the position of Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the United States, this kind of thing matters, especially since our country is extremely involved in that part of the world.

This wouldn't be alarming if it had been an isolated incident, but it appears that McCain has a history of establishing conspiracies where none exist. Here is another example. Like many of the hawks in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, he was vocal about Saddam's regime and al Qaeda being in cahoots, even declaring that they shared ideological goals. Again, if I, a college undergraduate at the time, knew better, why didn't McCain, a U.S. senator, whose job it was to make important decisions on the matter?