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31st
October
2008
If The World Could Vote
I really feel like the result of next week’s US election will have a profound effect not only on the USA but on the entire world. After watching Obama’s inspirational “infomercial” today on You Tube I am even more convinced of just how important this election is. Wish I had a chance to vote myself, but I’m afraid the closest I might get is the website above, which gives people from around the world a chance to vote, and then tallies the votes by country… and the results are overwhelming as to who the world’s choice is. Check it out, and cast your vote!
My only question is – what’s up with Macedonia? Perhaps next Wednesday John McCain may be considering retiring there…
Tags : obama, Politics, usa
Categories : Politics |
2nd
September
2008
I’ve seen noted before the eerie similarities between the current US presidential race and the final season of The West Wing (my all time favourite show). Today I discovered an interesting Australian blog about US politics, Kan Da Shan, who in this post, goes into some detail listing the similarities…
Tags : obama, Politics, the west wing
Categories : Blogs, Politics, Television |
26th
August
2008
Imagine I was a member of a local church of some variety, for example Baptist. And let’s say that some thing happened in that church that I was not too pleased with – maybe they changed the style of music, changed the carpet to a colour I didn’t like – or something a little more weighty like not electing my preferred elder, or employing a new pastor different to the one I wanted. And now imagine my response to such a decision – I kick up a big fuss in the church, complain and disrupt proceedings… and then walk down the road and sign up as a member of the local mosque! Doesn’t make sense does it? For a Christian, no matter how cheesed off I may be, I should remain within the Christian church – not go and join the Muslims.
This is how I see these Hilary Clinton supporters who are threatening to vote for McCain because she got defeated by Obama (and now also was not selected as his VP choice). I’m no expert in US politics but surely policies and party loyalties should come before personality? Obama and Clinton are not too distant from each other in terms of policies and would probably take the USA in similar directions as President, but both are miles away from Republican John McCain. So why would any person who previously supported Hilary give their vote to McCain instead of Obama? It just seems so incredibly childish and petulant to me. If they are opposed to President Bush, how could they risk 4 or more years of the same by voting republican purely on the basis of sour grapes?
Hopefully these fruitcakes are just a vocal minority (see the CNN forums if you want to sample some of their idiotic ramblings) and the majority of Clinton voters will get in line behind Obama. Will be interesting to watch the events unfolding in Denver over the next few days…
Tags : clinton, mccain, obama, us politics
Categories : Politics |
13th
June
2008
In California, a House Divided Stands Strong – NYTimes.com
This is a cool story. The California Governor’s mansion lawn has a mixture of signs supporting John McCain and Barack Obama as Gov Arnold Swartzenegger and his Kennedy family wife Maria Shriver back the respective candidates.
Nice to see that a family like this can have differing political alleigances without it being nasty. But hard to imagine this sort of situation popping up too often. Can you imagine if Kevin Rudd’s wife was openly supporting the Liberal party? Or if Laura Bush showed up at an Obama campaign rally? An article worth reading. I quite admire Arnie’s attitude in the interview.
Tags : american politics, mccain, News, obama
Categories : News, Politics |
11th
June
2008
- The Exigent City – this is a fascinating in-depth article from the New York Times on the history, sociology and architecture of refugee camps around the world. They also have a good article on the groth of new cities.
- Ben Witherington writes an excellent post on God’s freedom, love, and human free-will. I’ve been pondering some of these issues lately so this is very timely.
- On the US election, this article compares the online presence of Obama and McCain, and this article looks at McCain’s strategy in searching for a Vice President – Google!
- Apple News from the WWDC conference. A better, cheaper iPhone with 3G and GPS, coming to Australia soon (wonder how long I will be able to resist?). An upgraded .Mac service (no trouble resisting that) and a new Mac OSX ‘Snow Leopard’ next year. Read a summary of some of the buzz here. My only disappointment is that I was hoping to see an upgraded version of the MacBook Air with more storage and RAM – guess I’ll keep waiting for that one… until the next Stevenote..
Tags : Apple, architecture, election 08, free-will, iphone, Mac, mccain, obama, theology
Categories : Apple, Links, Mac, News, Politics |
27th
May
2008
On the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama – NYTimes.com
For a young, single, athletic, educated guy, this would have to be one of the best jobs in the world. This story from the NYT looks at Reggie Love, 26 year old personal aide to Barack Obama. If you’re a West Wing fan think of Charlie and you’ll get a rough idea of this guy’s job – assistant, friend, training partner. Better yet, read the article.
And not only does he have a cool job but he’s got a pretty funky name – Reggie Love. Speaking of cool names, another good one I heard last week is the Australian Indy car driver Will Power. I once worked with a doctor who’s surname was Power – now that’s a name you can get creative with. I think if it were me I’d name one son William and the other Max. Anyone else got any naming suggestions for the Power family??
Tags : names, obama, Politics, power, usa
Categories : Cool, News, Politics |
