Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize? Give me a break!

First off, I can say this because

I voted for him
I have a right to free expression
I have to laugh

So lets get this straight.  Nominations were due on Jan 30, 10 days after the inauguration…so singlehandedly without most of his transition done, in 10 days Barack Obama changed the world peace situation.   What did he [...]

Obama’s Need for a Blackberry…Mil Spec…

So a friend of mine is interviewed on this Bloomberg clip about the new super secret NSA style phone that they are going to allow President Obama to have.
I thought I’d cross-post this from youtube in Michael’s honor. He now joins the Armenian speaking Chinese guy on my blog hall [...]

The full text of Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address…we have finally lived up to it…

Fellow-Countrymen:
AT this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been [...]

Politics…

I tend to take a philosophical view of a Presidential election. I try to go through history and see if there’s a pattern emerging.  Well this year there are a few interesting things going on:

All three major remaining candidates are Senators, and have no executive experience (although Sen. Clinton gets the sniff vote)
2 of the [...]