Matt Wendus - Instablogs
Mar 24 2008
I have a message for Hillary Clinton. If you’ve never seen “Cool Runnings,” then move it to the top of your Netflix queue. In case you have your heart set on “Atonement,” then I’ll condense the pertinent parts of the movie for you. The...
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Mar 19 2008
John McCain is making further rounds on a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, along with two representatives of the U.S. government, a whispy turncoat (Joe Lieberman) and a whispy dandy (Lindsey Graham). Pegged essentially as “The Untouchables Go...
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Mar 18 2008
With all the hullabaloo in the media about which of the three presidential frontrunners will make the best leader of the United States, we often miss what ordinary Americans want in an American president. Let’s examine the ideal American...
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Mar 17 2008
When I was in high school, in order to add extracurricular compost to my future college application, I volunteered to help out on freshman orientation day. It was perhaps the single most pointless student body function in a heap already piled high with...
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Mar 15 2008
The most incendiary piece of Congressional business of the past several weeks has involved an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Contrary to his broken-record sermons about national security, President Bush has nonetheless...
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Mar 14 2008
Republicans in the House and Senate have vociferously favored earmark reform in recent months. As a political maneuver, it was extremely shrewd and came at a very favorable time for the minority party. However, the method and execution of earmark...
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Mar 13 2008
Thank goodness. Eliot Spitzer, who managed to set a world record for political turnover from point of scandal to point of exit, has now resigned from office. Lieutenant Governor David Paterson is set to take over New York gubernatorial duties early...
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Mar 12 2008
Geraldine Ferraro is a historical footnote, a blurb in high school history texts in the chapters that the students never get through because of the constraints of the school year. Although it’s regrettable that the average adolescent enters...
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Mar 11 2008
Steve King is an odd little political animal. Physically, he manages to mix more caricature fodder than even Richard Nixon. He’s got the mighty stature of a Tom Tancredo, the dour steel face of a Westernized Putin, and juxtaposed Paul Newman blue...
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