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the cult of obama

by Ari Holtz | Moderate | Comments (15)

T-shirts with his face on them are everywhere. He briefly broke out a personalized seal for himself, reminiscent of the presidential seal. His supporters greet him with tears of joy, as they would Miley Cyrus or the Pope. Yes, he’s popular. But he isn’t, actually, a rock star or pontiff.

the paradox of “real but fragile”

by Stefan Koski | Moderate | Comments (13)

The popular way of wording the security gains in Iraq is to say they are “real, but fragile.” No phrase is more ambiguous (and few more misleading) than saying security gains are real and yet fragile.

obama/favre ‘08

by Ian Schuldt | Democrat | Comments (7)

I live on the Minnesota side of the Mississippi River, so close to Wisconsin that I could literally almost hit a golf ball to it. As a big Minnesota Vikings fan growing up, there was no more-hated human being in the world than Brett Favre.

attack of the PUMAs

by Cameron Contois | Democrat | Comments (1)

Will Bower is the 36-year-old head of PUMA. Bower states, “I have never voted for anything but a Democrat, and I feel that there has been an internal coup, and they are putting forward a candidate that does not represent the will of the Democratic Party.”

what a foreclosure relief bill really looks like

by Emma Onom | Republican | Comments (3)

That stimulus check I got earlier this year sure was a start, but it’s not going to get this looming foreclosure off my back.

baracking the casbah

by Sandra Kinne | Democrat | Comments (7)

Much to the frustration of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, as per ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, his Democratic counterpart is wowing foreign dignitaries and foreign policymakers

the badge

by Mark Hunter Mulvey | Socialist | Comments (5)

Who created this sense that one must steadily acquire more and more? Is it man’s frilly plumage designed to impress potential mates or just an indication of nature’s sense of humor? The instinct to accumulate for the sake of accumulation is, after all, humorous to watch.

framing the obamas

by Jeremy P. Jacobs | Moderate | Comments (11)

I want to buy a copy of The New Yorker, frame it and put it up on the wall of my new apartment. And I want to because it so perfectly encapsulates why the Democrats so often fail in presidential elections. Simply put, they do themselves in.

a nose dive in oil

by Cynthia Flores | Libertarian | Comments (10)

On July 14, George W. Bush lifted the executive branch moratorium on off-shore drilling. Literally as he spoke, the price of a barrell of oil dropped $9.26. That’s a 6.3% nose dive without so much as a single drop of oil being added to the supply chain.

mccain de sade

by Ari Holtz | Moderate | Comments (5)

McCain’s laudable biography needs no detailed description. But there is another McCain, a shadow of his champion-among-men image. This disturbing underbelly lies in McCain’s reflex to cruelty, violence and a frightening sadism towards others.