Posted by: aardvarkcola on: October 9, 2008
Barak Obama will be the next president of the United States.
In January of a new year, a black man will take the oath of the highest office in a country unrecognizable from the superpower America of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s when a black man would not be served in many restaurants. This new humbled [...]
Posted by: aardvarkcola on: September 26, 2008
When a presidential candidate’s party has conducted an unpopular war precipitated by an invasion of a sovereign country that didn’t have weapons of mass destruction or Al-Queda or 9-11 links, when it has run the world’s greatest economy straight into the ground, when it’s spending is greater than any other administration, when it took [...]
Posted by: aardvarkcola on: September 17, 2008
If you really want a very good article on the financial troubles in the United States and how it may favour Obama’s bid for the presidency, I link you to David Callaway of Market Watch, who has coined a new term, the “Paulson Doctrine”. Worth a read. Link here.
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Posted by: aardvarkcola on: September 5, 2008
Election in Canada
Governor-General Michaëlle Jean will meet with Prime Minister Steven Harper at 8:15 a.m. Sunday when Harper will tell her that he does not have confidence in parliament. The Canadian federal election is expected to take place October 14. Three Harper cabinet ministers will not run again, David Emerson (Foreign Affairs), Monte Solberg (Human [...]
Posted by: aardvarkcola on: September 1, 2008
How can you tell if Sarah Palin is from Wasilla or Wetaskiwin?
The girl seems down-right Albertan. She is about as Canadian as you can get. She likes moosemeat, she owns a float plane, her husband works in the oil-patch, she hunts, and even as the head of government she drives her own car to work.
The [...]
Posted by: aardvarkcola on: August 29, 2008
If there was any lingering doubt, after Bill Clinton’s speech in support of the young, black, one-term junior senator from Illinois, that he could be a competent commander-in-chief, the show of support by a parade of retired generals may have erased those doubts for Barak Obama.
Speaking for the generals, who were introduced by Susan Eisenhower, [...]
Posted by: aardvarkcola on: August 28, 2008
The Clinton’s double-teamed the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
The speech by Hillary Clinton Tuesday asked for Democrats to unite behind Obama, even declaring “Barak Obama is my candidate” but it was not a personal endorsement. It was a professional endorsement.
Just enough of her speech was self-promotion, what she worked for, what she would do as [...]
