J & E: April 2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The RDS extending to Politics

So some of the sheen has finally worn off of Mr. Obama, and the media and a large portion of the blogosphere are acting like they were somehow betrayed by the fact that this man that they supported has revealed himself to be human. I don't know what people were really expecting. At the end of the day, I think there is now a legitimacy to some of the questions that are being asked, even in regards to his former pastor. However, it's telling that both a) the right-wing noise machine is all but ignoring Senator Clinton's repeated attempts to turn this into a race between her and McCain, and b) while he's been fairly good at rolling with the punches, this is an issue that doesn't seem to be going away. I'm curious to see how this plays out.

Friday, April 25, 2008

You'll Never Dance Alone Again

So my friend Steve was nice enough to burn me a disc of some new music while we were visiting. I've really been digging on Swayzak lately. He managed to take what was good about house and electroclash, cut out the annoying bits (for the most part), and combine them into one good album. Give a listen if you find it.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

My Problem with Populism

So as it stands right now, Barack Obama still has a clear lead and strong contention for the nomination to be the next Democratic presidential candidate. Clinton will battle this to the bitter end, because, in part, she believes she's paid her dues and deserves the presidency...one of the things that bothers me about her (the other being her continual belief that hawkishness and down-home sentimentality is the key to beating McCain. A clue? No). But all of the candidates made asses of themselves in appeaarances on WWE Raw this past week, prior to the PA primary. I appreciate the desire to constantly appeal to "middle america" but honestly, I just don't get it. Do people really want someone in charge who constantly has to scrape the bottom of the barrel in an effort to dredge up those last remaining undecided votes? I blame Bill Clinton for this largely...his appearance on Arsenio Hall, the one that many agree overwhelmingly helped sway the tide in his favor, gave credence to the whole populist notion, spawning future hits such as Bush bike riding, Kerry snowboarding, and RAW. Where does it end? Why doesn't it end? It's not a rhetorical question.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Is it Summer Yet?

Today I turned the heater back on. In late April. Usually by this point I shut the breakers down and just leave it be until November. Not this time apparently, because For some reason Fenrir the wolf seems to keep blessing our damn city with his icy breath.

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Sorry About That...

So the Caucuses are still going on...The selection of Delegates for the Congressional District and State conventions...55 delegates allocated for Obama, based on the totals for the district, and 400 people running for those 55 seats, each alloted 30 seconds of speech time. Sufficed to say, we cut out early. It was an interesting process though, and if I had the time I'd like to go all the way, but it sounds like you have to pay your way there, and I'm just not able to at this point.

Sorry about the blurry pics. There were lighting problems throughout the auditorium, and we were seated way in the back. Good times.