June 30th, 2009 | Posted in democrats, elections, politics
We have finally learned who the newest Senator for Minnesota will be…. Al Franken has been officially announced the winner of the highly disputed Senatorial race from this past November.
The state Supreme Court announced today that it was going to force Republican candidate Norm Coleman to concede the race to Franken. The decision to add Al Franken to the Senate is a big win for Democrats. Franken gives the Democrats 60 votes, which is enough to prevent any Republican attempt at delaying legislation, also known as a filibuster.
Definitely a major blow to the Republicans, and another major win for the Democrat party.
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October 31st, 2008 | Posted in Obama, politics
Lawrence Eagleburger, who was Secretary of State under George H Bush, has been a pretty vocal supporter of the struggling McCain campaign, but as to his thoughts on McCain’s Vice President selection, Sarah Palin … well, Eagleburger doesn’t seem too optomistic about her ability to run the country.
When asked yesterday if he thoughtPalin’s had the ability to take over as President should something happen to McCain, Eagleburger stated that obvious with three simple words… “Of course not.”
But surely Eagleburger thinks that Palin would be able to learn and grow into a position where she would be able to lead the country in these tough times. Not so fast! Let’s see what he had to say about the possibility of her taking over control:
“Give her some time in the office and I think the answer would be, she will be adequate. I can’t say that she would be a genius in the job”
Not that big of a deal I guess… afterall, America has managed to survive the last 8 years with a less than genius mind at the controls!
As of today, polls are showing Obama is probably going to win by a pretty sizable margin… depending on what polls you look at, it seems like political analysts are thinking he will win by an ectoral vote of 338 to 178… but you never know how elections in America are going to turn out. Should be interesting to see!
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May 23rd, 2008 | Posted in China, George Bush, Russia, news, politics
The new Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, is currently on his first official foreign trip since taking over the Presidency of Russia, and he is currently in China. In a joint statement, both Medvedev, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, stated that the missile shield defense program that George Bush wants in Europe jeopardizes to undermine and any trust left between the two countries and Washington.
Washington claims that the shield is imperative to national security but China and Russia are afraid that the system could be used against them (and they are probably right). The Bush Administration continues to use the same excuses that it has used for the past 7 years whenever they are questioned about anything, stating that the system is necessary to protect itself from attacks from countries like Iran. Call me ignorant, but maybe they should look at options on how to convince Iran to not acquire nukes instead of ways to defend against them once they have them. But then again, it would weaken American’s position in the world if we were to actually try to communicate with countries that dislike us and work out our problems verbally.
OK, enough about that, I don’t want to get into a rant over Bush politics, let’s get back to the basics here, and what exactly all the fuss is over. The system that Washington wants to put into place would involve a radar base in the Czech Republic and an interceptor missile site in Poland. China and Russia have both been vocal in the past in their disapproval of this plan, but this marks the first time that the two countries have fused their feelings into one statement. Russian and American ties have already become very strained since Bush took office, and this is pushing the two countries even further apart.
Russia and China have both stated that the American plan to deploy this defense system would undermine any efforts that are currently underway at controlling global arms and weakens trust between the countries and America. Arguably these are the three most powerful countries in the world, so to have them teaming up against America brings back memories of the cold war, and no one wants things to return to those days.
In addition to the statement of the missile shield, the two countries also inked a deal in which Russia will begin to build a new nuclear power plant inside of China.
What are your thoughts on this issue? Do you think Russia and China are overreacting to Bush’s plans? Or is Bush stepping over the boundaries of trust here?
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May 15th, 2008 | Posted in George Bush, environment, oil, politics
While the debate of global warming is still “undecided”, the effects the supposedly liberal imagined global warming are definitely being felt, and now the effects have led to the addition of one more animal to the threatened species list… the polar bear.
As we know, one of the main impacts of global warming can be scientifically shown to be the reduction in polar ice. For now they went a bit short of actually declaring that polar bears were an endangered species, but noted that if the situation continues to accelerate that an endangered listing could be coming in the future. By putting the polar bear on the threatened species list, this marks the first time any animal has recieved protection from global warming.
According to the Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, “this listing will not stop global climate change or prevent any sea ice from melting. Any real solution requires action by all major economies for it to be effective”. Don’t hold your breath on that happening any time soon. According to some people that are close to the current decision, the decision comes packed with provisions specifically aimed at protecting power plants and other energy-related entities. Should not come as a surprise seeing as how the Bush Administration still refuses to recognize global warming as the biggest problem facing our planet.
Some experts are predicting that at the current rate of ice melt, about two-thirds of all polar bears in America and Canada will vanish by the middle of the century.
So what does this really mean for polar bears now that they are on the threatened list? You would think that the decision would mean that they would be given the protection they needed, but before jumping for joy, head over to jwharrison.com and learn more about the fine print regarding the oil industry.
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May 15th, 2008 | Posted in George Bush, politics
It has been a long four months since John Edwards dropped out of the Democratic race, and since his departure both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been hoping to win his valuable endorsement, and the winner is… Barack Obama.
While Clinton is refusing to drop out of the Presidential race, it is pretty much a forgone conclusion that Obama is going to be the next Democratic candidate to take over the White House in this year’s elections. One of the repeating themes out of the Clinton camp has been that in a head to head battle with Republican candidate John McCain that Clinton has a much better chance of uniting the Democratic party behind her than does her counterpart Barack Obama. Obama is definitely hoping that the John Edwards’ endorsement will put those worries to rest.
In a speech yesterday Edwards put forth the following words regarding Obama:
“The Democratic voters in America have made their choice, and so have I” stating that “There is one man who knows and understands that this is a time for bold leadership. There is one man that knows how to create the change, the lasting change… and that man is Barack Obama.”
While the writing definitely appears to be on the wall, Clinton is not through fighting just yet. She is riding high off of a landslide victory in West Virginia this week, but with each day that passes it appears that Obama is going to be the man fighting to retake the White House from the Republican party and the rule of George Bush, who will without a doubt leave the position as one of the most unpopular Presidents to ever have enjoyed the position.
It should be an interesting few months heading into the next election, when the American people have to decide if they want to continue on the same path we have been on for the past 8 years under the Republican leadership, or if they want, as Obama has stated, “A different America”.
For me the answer is a simple one, but then again, I thought the same thing 4 years ago, so who knows what the American people will decide this time around, but for now it looks like Obama is going to be champion for the Democratic party this time around. Whether or not he will be able to lead the Democrats back into the White House remains to be seen.
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