politics
prescient politico headline
“Obama Ruling Could Prove Moot, Backfire”
The article makes it clear that Obama (and surrogates) never promised that he would use public funds in the general election. Their promise was to return funds exceeding the limit if both candidates accepted public financing. Different promise. I’m sick of reading all sorts of claims that Obama lied or [...]
wsj ed page oddness
Honestly I haven’t read enough of the WSJ’s editorial page to pass judgment, but this article definitely doesn’t fit the picture that had been painted for me by others. It’s a happy dissonance for me, though I do have to say that the headline is really misleading. The casual observer will not take away the [...]
Orange Politics, audio of the call
That robocall I posted about earlier also got posted on Orange Politics, where it got a lot of reads and a lot of comments fairly quickly. I started a tumblr blog to be able to easily post the audio of the robocall.
robocall from a realtor
I just got a robocall from a group calling itself “Citizens for a better Orange County” that opposes the Transfer Tax. It calls the tax the “Home Tax,” which is clearly wrong on two levels. Firstly, the proposed tax is on all land sales, and secondly it is an attempt to falsely personalize this tax [...]
it’s always been a war crimes trial ready to happen
Keith Olbermann: If there’s a paper trail regarding this, Jon, is this a War Crimes trial waiting to happen somewhere, someday?
Jonathan Turley: It’s always been a War Crimes trial ready to happen.
in touch
I spent two hours this afternoon canvassing for Obama. Part of why I’m willing to walk around with a clipboard on a rainy Saturday:

