I’ve seen a fair amount of convention wisdom chatterers (Morning Joe today, among others) complaining that Obama demanding a vote for actions on gun safety and other things “is too small,” and acting incredulous: “That’s all he’s asking for? A vote?” They’re inside the Beltway and pay total attention to politics. They forget most people [...]
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State of the Union thoughts
Posted in culture, politics on February 13, 2013 | Comments Off
…and so should you, if you haven’t already. One of the things I’ve always treasured with Dori is how she values voting (and to a lesser extent, politics) as much as I do. Other than the very occasional elections where it’s only local judges or school boards where I don’t know enough to vote intelligently, [...]
2012 Presidential debate #3 Bingo cards!
Posted in politics on October 21, 2012 | Comments Off
Monday night is the last in this year’s series of Presidential debates, focusing on foreign policy. Consequently, here’s the latest version of our Presidential debate Bingo Cards And as always, if you use a mobile browser or you want to print cards out, we recommend this direct link.
2012 Presidential debate #2 Bingo cards!
Posted in politics on October 15, 2012 | Comments Off
Once again: Bingo cards for the 2012 Presidential Debate are now available. If you use a mobile browser or you want to print cards out, as before, we recommend this direct link.
2012 VP Debate Bingo
Posted in politics on October 10, 2012 | Comments Off
Now available: Bingo cards for the 2012 Vice Presidential Debate If you use a mobile browser or you want to print cards out, as before, we recommend this direct link.
More Bingo to Come!
Posted in politics on October 4, 2012 | Comments Off
Thanks to everyone who pointed to and enjoyed our Debate Bingo Cards. We’ll be doing them with additional and adjusted content for the remaining three debates, so make a note to check back here on each of those evenings.
2012 Presidential Debate #1 Bingo
Posted in politics on October 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Those who’ve been reading this site for many years might remember that I’ve previously done up Bingo cards for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates. This year is no different, so here you go: Debate Bingo Tell your friends, and enjoy!
Mitt Romney: Mr. Neutron Bomb
Posted in politics on September 8, 2012 | Comments Off
Romney keeps trying to wriggle off the hook from his infamous “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” op-ed in the New York Times. But it’s way worse than you think, as this piece from Booman Tribune shows. He was actually advocating using the bankruptcy process to completely screw every auto worker, past and present, by busting all existing [...]

