Election Recap

Like millions of Americans, I attended an Election Party, was frustrated by the network’s unwillingness to actually say the words “Obama won”, while instead showing how there was no way that McCain could win…

But, they finally did call it, and then there was the awesome concession speech by John McCain. Of course, Obama’s speech was [...]

Christopher Buckley: Goodbye, NR

Chris Buckley has written that he turned in his resignation (which was “briskly” accepted) at the National Review. His recent article recounts his experience after writing an endorsement of Obama, and the journey toward his resignation.
So, I have been effectively fatwahed (is that how you spell it?) by the conservative movement, and the magazine [...]

Political Data Visualizations

Pointy Haired Dilbert has some pretty cool visualizations for the ‘08 Election featured on his blog. I really liked this one:
 

Government passes bailout, adds tax shelters, cuts, Fed lends money directly to companies. Stocks drop anyway.

While watching the debate, I happened to read this article. How much lower can it go?

The bailout has passed

Today President Bush signed into law a $700bn bailout plan(Actually closer to $850bn with plenty of Christmas treeing) to allow the Treasury department to buy up “toxic” assets from failing financial institutions. The DJIA immediately reacted by falling nearly 500 points by days end, to close –157 over open that day, and nearly 818 points [...]

The Last Great American

Right here, folks, the Greatest Living American.