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Why I Will Vote for Obama
[Preface: Please read beyond the first couple of paragraphs before tar and feathering me. My point of this entry is to give everyone some last-minute ammunition for friends who may be thinking of...
View ArticleGay is the new black
Mississippi is one of 27 states that currently has a constitutional ban on gay marriage (this may change after Tuesday). The ban can be found in Art. 14, Sec. 263-A of the constitution and reads as...
View ArticleCabinet and Senate replacement speculation ...
In reading over various op-eds recounting the Obama victory (because, let's face it, reading them does not really get old), I came across an interesting piece from this past weekend. In it, there is...
View ArticleWhat can Obama learn from Bush?
One of the smartest things the Obama camp did during the election was figure out how to top the Karl Rove, grass-roots Republican machine. From my own experience, I can say that going to a place with...
View ArticlePalin's Church Burned
CNN is reporting that a "suspicious" fire burned Sarah Palin's hometown church:A "suspicious" fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on...
View ArticleThe Educated Poor: Reforming Financial Aid
As covered by other diaries, on Monday the House will be introducing legislation to take private lenders out of the student loan equation.This is a good first step, and it's one that needs to be taken...
View ArticleThe Trafalgar Square Stunt
A few weeks ago, a young man by the name of Alex Kearns got a job after a stunt in Trafalgar Square.When I read that, my first thought was "Why didn't I think of that?" See, much like Mr. Kearns, I'm a...
View ArticleWhat's really going on with the ACORN rider?
Like many who support financial aid reform, I'm tentatively happy about H.R. 3221 making it through the House. It's not enough, and it fails to address some of the fundamental issues of financial aid...
View ArticleOct. 18 March for the Public Option
Disclaimer: I'm in no way affiliated with this event - a college classmate's father is putting this event together.For those of you in the Pacific Northwest, there's going to be a march for a STRONG...
View ArticleRewriting the Obama Plan Email
There's an email going around right now about Obama's Plan in the context of a college-level economics class. While politically slanted emails are hardly new, what's surprising to me is that friends...
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