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Response to Palin Spending in Alaska
Posted by: scott 15 years, 6 months ago
The AP just released a story last night that Sarah Palin was charging the State of Alaska for trips where she took her kids, even on events where her kids were not invited. One example is a trip to New York where she was at a conference for about two hours and her daughter stayed in a high end hotel for five days. She also apparently billed the State to fly her kids out to see a snowmobile competition that Tod was in. She also charged ‘per diem’ expenses to the State while she was at home in Wasilla.
Wealth Redistribution and Socialism? Fair Tax?
Posted by: scott 15 years, 6 months ago
McCain and Palin have been calling Obama’s tax plan as wealth re-distribution and both have even gone so far as to link it to socialism. They commonly cite a small snippet from Obama’s talk with Joe the Plumber when he mentions the phrase “when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everyone.”
Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama
Posted by: scott 15 years, 6 months ago
Colin Powell endorses Obama
McCain learns lesson about Net Neutrality from YouTube
Posted by: scott 15 years, 6 months ago
It’s no secret that YouTube has become a major media source for our culture. Any politician looking for a cheap medium for advertising would be foolish to ignore it’s wide user base. So it comes as no surprise that political advertisements end up filling these tubes as well.
Meet Joe the Plumber
Posted by: scott 15 years, 6 months ago
Everyone remembers Joe the Plumber from the last presidential debate. Remember how I commented that I was surprised to hear of a plumber that makes $250,000/year? Well, after all the hype, what do we know about Joe (whose real name is Sam)?