Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
…but they do want to remind those petitioning The White House to “Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016” that they are trying to reduce the national debt, Obama doesn’t want to blow up planets, and they don’t want to build it with the current design flaw in the thermal exhaust port. While the US doesn’t have (and never will have) a Death Star, they do have a floating robot assistants on the Space Station.
Loving this look back on the Obama campaign by the New Yorker. Definitely worth a read over a nice hot cup of tea: During the debate, Obama was asked, “Would you be willing to meet separately, without preconditions, during the first year of your Administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?” Obama answered simply, “I would.” Hillary Clinton pounced on the remark as hopelessly naïve, and her aides prepared to emphasize what appeared to be a winning argument. Obama’s aides
I know a lot of my blog readers are American, so can I simply ask that you make sure you vote today. While I know who I would like to see victorious tonight, to a certain extent that doesn’t matter. What is important is that you cast your vote and the population makes the result decisive, either way. My one worry, which I’ll voice here just so I can be thankfully proved wrong tomorrow, is that the vote is incredibly close, in a sort of Kerry/Gore close vote, and the perception (rightly or wrongly) is that McCain and the Republicans
