A manic depressive named laughing boy
Got some stuff on politics for this post. First, Jon Stewart is my hero. He took on Hardball, made the guys look like idiots, and made himself look great. I enjoyed when one of the interviewers asked him if his job as a comedian or a citizen was more important and he replied that his comedian job was more important; the interviewer then blithely proceeded to not notice that he was being sarcastic. Here are some links to transcripts and videos.
On the whole draft issue, there's a couple of funny things that have happened. (Here are more links courtesy of dailyKos): First, MTV's Rock The Vote brought up the possibility of the draft as an issue in the campaign. This pisses off the RNC because they don't want it as an issue, so they are sending a cease-and-desist letter to the Rock The Vote campaign. Now this is a real issue because there is a definite possibility of a draft if troop levels are expected to be sustained (especially with this "backdoor draft" already happening to the National Guard). Here is the exchange of letters with Rock The Vote coming out on top, IMHO (though they need new writers - the guy who wrote the letter sounds about 15).
Also amusing is this quote from Bush:
I made it very plain we will not have an all-volunteer army.
Quite clearly a mistake, but it still raises questions.
And here is a link to the newspaper endorsements for Kerry versus for Bush. Although Kerry only leads 15-13, the circulation lead is 4 million to 850,000. Quite a lead, neh? I also saw The Corner worrying about the endorsements; apparently The Oregonian has one of the best records for endorsing the future president and this year they endorsed Kerry (there were other papers they targeted, as well, and only one of them had picked an endorsement: also for Kerry).
Found an interesting article on how political polling works and how, depending on your assumptions, either Bush or Kerry is ahead. Nothing earth-shattering, but still informative.
I haven't read the following article, but it seems interesting (I guess this is more a reminder for me to read it later). Something about globalization and prosperity and all that. I'm pro-Globalization, so I guess I should become as educated on the subject as I can...
Finally, I found an interesting article on ketchup. Now, I don't actually like ketchup, but it was interesting for the view into the food world and the history of said ketchup. Read and be learned!
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