For a few months now, I’ve been referring to tomorrow’s inauguration of a new President by quoting Gerald Ford’s famous phrase from his address to the nation upon taking the office at Nixon’s resignation — “Our long national nightmare is over.” But that’s not exactly true. George Bush will be leaving office tomorrow at NoonContinue reading “On the End of the Beginning”
Category Archives: Politics
On New York’s Potential Next Senator
On TrekBBS yesterday, a poster, perhaps as a joke, perhaps in all seriousness, floated the idea of novelist Keith R.A. DeCandido to fill New York’s vacant Senate seat when Senator Hillary Clinton is confirmed next month as the next Secretary of State. Keith was left speechless by this turn of events. What say you, NewContinue reading “On New York’s Potential Next Senator”
On Some Political Musings
Something has been nagging at me for days, and it took a column by E.J. Dionne in today’s Washington Post to crystalize my thinking. Dionne asks, is the progressive Left disappointed in Barack Obama, a month before his inauguration, for not being Left enough? At the same time, I’ve noticed the belief on the RightContinue reading “On Some Political Musings”
On Bush and Pardons
I was reading this morning an article on a rumored pardon President Bush is considering — a blanket pardon for anyone involved in his administration’s torture policies. Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, extraordinary rendition — all of that would be covered. On the one hand, a blanket pardon for anyone involved in the interrogations could be viewedContinue reading “On Bush and Pardons”
On Sgt. Obama’s Hopeful Hearts Club
This is really quite neat. Artist Michael Cuffe has taken Peter Blake’s famous cover art for The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and reworked it into a nifty Obama/Biden poster. Here’s a large version of it. Some personages on the poster are a little mystifying to me. Why Robert Downey, Jr.? Why J.K.Continue reading “On Sgt. Obama’s Hopeful Hearts Club”
On Sarah Palin and the Failure of the Media
We begin with this, noted by my friend Keith — Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin could not have passed a fifth grade civics test. Her handlers in the McCain campaign knew how unsuited and unqualified she was for the position for which she was running. They leaked to reporters — background, off-the-record, not-for-attribution —Continue reading “On Sarah Palin and the Failure of the Media”
On Post-Election Thoughts
Yesterday, I voted after work. I got to the polls about 7 o’clock. There was no line. There were a few straggling voters. Outside the school that is my precinct, a young man wearing a red Obama/Biden t-shirt was handing out flyers. It was the only lobbying going on outside the polling place. The flyerContinue reading “On Post-Election Thoughts”
On the Fifth of November
Remember, remember The fifth of November I can say that with a halfway decent Hugo Weaving voice, to which I usually append “Frodo Baggins.” But that’s just because I’m silly. 😉 From this day forward, the fifth of November will be remembered for two reasons. It will be remembered for Guy Fawkes and the GunpowderContinue reading “On the Fifth of November”
On Lucky Finds
I have located my Voter Registration Card. I’m not certain that I will need it tomorrow, but just in case, I have it. It was in my stack of Doctor Who Magazines! Because, really, isn’t that where it should be?
On Ruining Halloween
Halloween. It’s a day when children (and some adults) dress up, go around, and get candy and other treats. (I had gummies and comic books to give away. I had no kids come by, however. Means more gummies and comics for me!) It’s a fun holiday. It’s certainly not an occasion for political grandstanding. UnlessContinue reading “On Ruining Halloween”