“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” said Barack Obama, speaking Saturday to a crowd estimated at 60,000 in Portland, Ore. “That’s not leadership. That’s not going [...]
Obama Fears World Might Turn Against USA
May 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Great San Francisco Quake Anniversary Today
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Is this ironic or what? On the same day as people in the Midwest experienced a rare 5.4 earthquake (see links below for details), the lead story on the “This Day in History” RSS feed from History.com is about an earth -shaker that took place in 1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake At 5:13 a.m., [...]
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Former Clinton Cabinet Member Endorses Obama
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama campaigned in Portland, Ore., today and received what many are calling an important endorsement from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Hispanic who served as Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton. It came, according to an AFP report, as Obama grappled with a row over incendiary racial remarks by [...]
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Senate Hopeful Opens Beer Bottle in TV Ad
March 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Steve Novick is one of six Oregon Democrat hoping to unseat Republican Sen. Gordon Smith. Using a differentiate-or-die approach, his campaign put together this memorable and kind of strange ad. I thought was worth sharing only because of it’s strangeness and lack of a real message.
Tags: · gordon smith, novick, one-handed candidate, one-handed politician, oregon, oregon democrat, oregon senate race, political ad, republican sen. gordon smith, sen. gordon smith
Sooners Control Own Destiny After Ducks’ Fall
November 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Today, five months after writing and publishing a decidedly anti-Oregon Ducks post, I deliver positive news for the Oklahoma Sooners football team: The number two-ranked Ducks football team got spanked last night by the Arizona Wildcats who, by the way, are coached by Mike Stoops, brother of Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. As a result of [...]
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