From Boggs to Bongs: The Hypocrisy of Marijuana Laws
Posted by Sean J. Palmer on February 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Food for thought: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Michael Bloomburg, Al Gore, John Kerry, John Edwards, Howard Dean, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Bruce Babbit, Bill Bradley, Eliot Spitzer, David Patterson, George Pataki, Clarence Thomas and Dan Quayle have all admitted to using marijuana. All of them have campaigned for or held the highest [...]
Filed under Domestic Issues, Economy, Featured Articles · Tagged with Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Bill Clinton, Boggs Act, Bruce Babbit, Clarence Thomas, David Patterson, Eliot Spitzer, George Pataki, George W. Bush, Howard Dean, John Edwards, John Kerry, Marijuana, Michael Bloomburg, Michael Phelps, Newt Gingrich, pot, Sarah Palin, weed
Well, now that THAT’S over…
Posted by Sean J. Palmer on November 9, 2008 · 1 Comment
Now that the general election is finally over, after 22 long months of campaigning, mudslinging, debating, discussing and stress eating, it’s finally time to sit back, crack open a cold one and forget about politics until 2012…
Filed under Featured Articles, Washington · Tagged with 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Thomas Jefferson
Ninety-Nine Red (White, and Blue) Balloons
Posted by Sean J. Palmer on July 29, 2008 · 4 Comments
99 days.
Both campaigns are gearing up for the long haul ahead, the big final stretch before September 4th, when the media lets us know that we have only two months left. Then it’s only 30 days until October 4th, the last home stretch before the last week of campaigning, and then October 28th, and then [...]
Filed under Washington · Tagged with 2008 election, Barack Obama, Election, January 20, John McCain, Negative Campaigning, November 4
Dedicated to the Proposition that All Men are Created Equal…
Posted by Sean J. Palmer on July 18, 2008 · 6 Comments
Today is Nelson Mandela’s birthday, and I thought it would be nice to take a look at his legacy, and what it means for race relations in the United States. It’s tough to look at race relations, regardless of where you are, and think it’s nice to look at – frankly, it’s a problem [...]
Filed under Social Issues · Tagged with apartheid, Barack Obama, equality, Nelson Mandela
Diplomacy Gets a Push: Score One for Diplomacy
Posted by Jacob Cohen Donnelly on July 15, 2008 · 3 Comments
According to a report by CNN, a U.S. Diplomat is being sent to Switzerland to meet with Iran. William Burns is currently the third highest ranking envoy in the United States government and he will be meeting with Saeed Jalili. However, the Bush administration has made it perfectly clear that this is not a mission [...]
Filed under Diplomacy · Tagged with Barack Obama, George Bush, Iran, John McCain, United States, War in Iran
We’re Not Conquerors: Time to Go
Posted by Jacob Cohen Donnelly on July 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Since his start eighteen months ago, Barack Obama has time and time again said that we need a time table withdrawal from Iraq. It has been said, though, by President Bush and John McCain that a timed withdrawal could be catastrophic and very dangerous for American soldiers. However, what happens when we are told not [...]
Filed under Diplomacy, War · Tagged with Barack Obama, John McCain, Prime Minster Maliki, War in Iraq
Barack Obama’s Battle Plan
Posted by Jacob Cohen Donnelly on July 1, 2008 · 1 Comment
Barack Obama has made it clear that he intends on having a full, 50 state battle for the Presidency. Unlike previous elections where there were some states that were considered red states and there were some states that were considered blue states and then you battled in those states that you had a chance, this [...]
Filed under Washington · Tagged with Barack Obama, John McCain
