Just thought I’d give an update on my 2009 Goals post.
I finished the Obama Nation probably in either late January or early February. Scary stuff. A big part of means wants to say, “I told you so,” when it comes to Obama. It seems to the he wants us all to be completely dependent on the federal government, and that is a scary place to be, but I digress.
I would say that we are most of the way to goal #5 – successfully training Schrute. He’s learned sit, stay, lay down, up, and he can also give high fives. He still has his moments, but we keep reminding ourselves that he’s only a little over 6 months old. Although he looks like an adult dog, he’s far from it.
I beat COD: World at War probably two weeks ago now. It was a really fun game, until the last couple of levels. I got stuck on the last level more times than I can even remember, but it was still a great game.
I’ve been learning a lot more .NET at work recently. I helped out with the redesign of DeliveryMaps.com and MarketMaps.com over the last couple of months. Both sites use the .NET 3.5 framework. My friends Terry and Milton from work have been very patient in explaining the ins and outs of LINQ, handlers, master pages, and the like.
For those of you keeping score at home, that’s 5 goals down, 5 to go.
Posted by Jared Barden on Mar 17, 2009 in Politics
Does anyone else find it funny that President Obama is echoing John McCain’s September 2008 claims that, “the fundamentals of our economy our strong”?
See, back then, Obama wanted the economy to not be strong, to help him get elected. Now that he’s in, and the economy is in the tank, he needs to convince everyone that everything is just hunky dory.
The Senate is poised to pass another stimulus package at some point this week.
I’m no Economist, but it seems that these bailouts are never going to end, and we are just setting ourselves up for disaster, instead of letting the free market take care of things. Yes, it would be painful, but I believe things would work out in the end. Again, I might be wrong.
Any way, I just got done reading an article on Bloomberg that puts the price tag on all the bailouts over the last couple years to $9.7 TRILLION!!!! If you figure there are about 300 million U.S. citizens, that comes out to a check for the amount of $32,333.33 to every citizen.
Seems like a check that size would most definitely stimulate the economy.
Posted by Jared Barden on Jan 12, 2009 in Politics
Just thought I’d pass along some examples of “Change We Can Believe In”
Al Franken steals the Minnesota Senate election – how can I use the word steal? Well, here’s just one example. During the recount there were at least two instances where the recount totals didn’t match the election night totals. In one instance the board took the recount total, and in the other instance they took the election night total. It doesn’t take much to figure out that something is fishy there. Oh, in each instance the total favored Franken – how convenient.
Impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich appoints Roland Burris to fill Barrack Obama’s vacant Senate seat – I’m not even sure where to start on this one. There is so much improper behavior here it’s not even funny. Never mind that Blagojevich was just impeached and will most likely face criminal charges, in our new Senate that’s not an issue at all, “come on in.”
Obama’s “Climate Czar”, Carol Browner, is a leader of a socialist group’s Commission for a Sustainable World Society – Oh, they just favor global governance and think that rich countries should shrink their wealth in order to combat global climate change. Oh, by the way, global sea ice ended this year at the same level it was in 1979.
If you find yourself in a much different and much worse America in 2012 or 2016 than you did on January 20, 2009, don’t be too surprised.
The following interview is with the director of Media Malpractice, an upcoming documentary regarding the treatment of Sarah Palin during the 2008 Presidential campaign.
It is funny how much she and her family got hammered during the campaign. Especially considering the light treatment some of President-Elect Obama’s skeletons in his closet got (rampant past drug use, connection to Bill Ayers, connection to radical Kenyan Communists, and the list goes on.)
I recently discovered the web site, howobamagotelected.com. The director has a couple of different movies that sound interesting, especially if you lean towards the Conservative side of the political spectrum.
The following video was an interview of some Obama supporters on how well they knew their political facts. I know that anyone can edit anything to make it look however they want, but it is pretty sad. I’m no political expert, but I’m pretty sure I could have answered just about all of the questions posed.
Apparently Caroline Kennedy, in the running for the Senate seat that Hillary Clintion will most likely vacate next year, has not voted in several elections in New York since registering in 1988. One of the election includes the Senate seat she hopes to fill.
Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.
Be careful what you wish for New Yorkers. If “change we can believe in” led to a boatload of new taxes (I know, Obama had nothing to do with the changes, but Democrats do control New York), I’m not sure what having another Kennedy family member in the U.S. Senate means.
Posted by Jared Barden on Aug 30, 2008 in Politics
The old saying goes, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” Nowhere was that more evident this past week than at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO.
Of course I’m talking about the speeches of both Hillary and Bill Clinton during the convention. They both gave good speeches highlighting how ready Obama is to be President, how great he is, how he’ll change our country, etc. etc. etc. Funny thing is that just months ago they were pounding away at the fact that he was inexperienced and not ready to be President. Even his running mate for Vice President, Joe Biden, pounded away during the primaries on Obama’s inexperience, but now he believes everything is fine?
If you really believe that Hillary and Bill Clinton truly 100% support Obama for President, I think you might getting the wool pulled over your eyes. Here’s why. If Obama wins in November, Hillary can’t run for another 8 years. Unless he totally screwed up his first term, I highly doubt she would run against him as the incumbent President, so that puts her next opportunity at 2016. That puts her at 69 years old at that point, which is still 3 years younger than John McCain.
Seems to me that while the Clintons publicly profess that they want Obama to win, I can’t help but wonder if they would secretly like McCain to win, which gives them another shot in 2012, where Hillary would be the favorite due to Obama’s failed Presidential bid.
Either way, it’s going to be an interesting couple months.