Pavlov's Reaction

I performed a scientific test today.  I deliberately identified my hypothesis, selected a sample size large enough to provide reliable statistical conclusions, and performed my analysis using the proper "double blind" methodology.  The results were amazing.

The Candidates Speech

I stand here asking for the majority of you to vote for me, with all of my promises and all of my flaws, this November.  I am asking you to cast your mark by my name not because my opponent can be easily abused by a TV commercial or a reporter trying to make his own name, but because I have something to offer this nation.  More than “he can’t”, I offer “I will”.  And here is what I will do for you:

Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign

They truly are everywhere this time of year.  Election signs litter the corners of our intersections and the front yards of our politically vocal.  It is our way to encourage others to not only vote as we will vote, but to also communicate something about our ideologies to passers-by.   I enjoy the signs.  They speak to the voter in the house just up the drive.  But they also speak more to the basis of our political process, they ask you to vote for a person, another citizen, and another voter just as yourself.  When we place the “Vote Joe” or “Re-Elect Johnson” sign out front we offer our own personal endorsement of Joe.  We probably know Joe, or at least are locally educated about Joe and his history, beliefs, and stances on the issues closest to our hearts.  These are the good signs.  These are the signs that flat out tell those that drive by, who we like.  We don’t have to hide our vote as we do when we donate to campaigns.  This is out in the open.  This is honest.

One Question, If I May

I see the promise of a better tomorrow in a fiscally conservative (socially liberal) America.  That was the promise of my Tea Party in October 2008.  But what happens to us if the GOP-absconded Tea Party of October 2010 is successful?  The political redresses of the Tea Party are now standard-fare partisan-rhetoric and have provided for very radical candidates and ideas.  They have lost the simplistic beauty of their initial battle cry.

Job Creation is So Taxing

If I hear “Did you ever get a job from a poor person” again, as support for cutting the tax rates of those who make over $250,000/year; I may puke, literally.  This argument is so easily unwound in todays’ recessionary environment that it belies the continued use in political and media circles.  I think it discredits the voices who shout it.