I had planned on ignoring Nader this year, but HijabMan has compelled me to write. What I’m puzzled by, is what I see as ‘short term’ thought. Sticking with the current two party system, shuffling between two parties that obviously aren’t in it for the human-interest. So why “anyone but Bush?” and why not “Let’s… Continue reading Magic Third Party
Category: Politics
Presidential Endorsement
Since today is Super Tuesday and there is a primary here in Georgia, may be I should go ahead and endorse somebody. There are obviously a few caveats: I am a New Jersey resident, so I can’t vote in Georgia. And the Jersey primary isn’t till June 8. Who am I kidding? I am not… Continue reading Presidential Endorsement
Pakistan and Iran are Arab?
There was a really bad article in the New York Times by Leslie Wayne about Arab Americans backing Bush in this election cycle. Leslie Wayne considers Iranians and Pakistanis as Arab too. Who knew? Fortunately, I don’t have to debunk it since Jack Shafer of Slate already has. Juan Cole provides a good summary of… Continue reading Pakistan and Iran are Arab?
Kucinich at Tech
Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich had a rally at Georgia Tech on Feb 10. I didn’t get a chance to attend. But here is a report from the campus paper. A delayed flight, however, pushed back the featured speaker’s first showing until around 8 p.m., a little over an hour after the rally began. Still,… Continue reading Kucinich at Tech
Consistency
The human mind is a strange thing. It has this enormous capacity to hold conflicting and contradictory ideas without exploding. Consider, for example, this Washington Post-ABC News poll. Barely half — 52 percent — now believe Bush is “honest and trustworthy,” down 7 percentage points since late October and his worst showing since the question… Continue reading Consistency
Gay Marriage
Reading the post on Muslims Under Progress (about American Muslim tilt to the left and how that is wrong because of the left’s support of among other things gay rights) as well as several posts on Alas, a Blog, I was reminded of a discussion Amber and I had recently. No, I am not going… Continue reading Gay Marriage
An Impressive Endorsement
Brian Ulrich has a very good and idealistic post explaining his endorsement for the Presidential election next year. One day a couple of summers ago, I was wandering with some friends through the streets of Madaba, Jordan, looking for a hotel. We met a man who told us we were on the wrong side of… Continue reading An Impressive Endorsement
Political Surveys
You might have heard of the Political Compass survey which asks you a bunch of questions and then maps you on a two-dimensional map where the horizontal axis is for left/right economic views and the vertical axis signifies libertarian/authoritarian. My results were in the left libertarian quadrant (-1.62, -5.33). Tim Lambert has a table with… Continue reading Political Surveys
Meeting Wes Clark
I didn’t exactly meet him, just attended the Wes Clark event here at Tech today. There were about 200 people there (I am not a crowd-counter; so I might be wildly off). Wes Clark gave a 20 minute speech which covered Iraq and foreign policy in general. He didn’t say anything about domestic issues. However,… Continue reading Meeting Wes Clark
Zack for President
I support Senator Hatch’s proposed resolution, not entirely for selfless reasons. Hatch has introduced a resolution to amend the Constitution’s ban on non-American-born presidents by allowing people who have been U.S. citizens for at least 20 years to be elected to the White House. The resolution text is here. There is also a similar House… Continue reading Zack for President