Did you see Debate II – McCain vs. Obama last night? I didn’t get to see this one and from the commentary I didn’t miss much. Both candidates are playing it safe and not sticking out their neck. Is this the time to make your move to win the race. It’s like watching a NASCAR race where all the drivers are afraid to take the lead and they’re all coasting safely around the track waiting for the finish line. Come on guys take off the gloves and get nasty already or lets get Hillary and Sarah to go a few rounds. That would be a pay-per-view bonanza!
If you save a ton of time you can watch the debate and select the parts you want to watch by keyword. MSNBC has a video replay sorted by keyword. Select your favorite keywords and the video plays only those moments of the debate related to those keywords.
Check out the keyword-sorted video replay at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/#scroll_debates
This is the web 2.0-based version of Cliff Notes and will change the way we surf the internet. No more having to watch the entire video or read the entire article. We can rent movies and watch only the parts that relate to our favorite keywords and save hours of time! We can live our entire lives based on our favorite keywords and ignore the rest of the garbage out there!
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It’s Sunday and I feel like ranting so watch out!
Hurricane Ike roared through Texas over the weekend creating billions of dollars in damage. For days we’ve been hearing the warnings over and over again to evacuate if you live in the Houston area. The warnings were even blunt enough to say “Death is certain if you stay in your home” and we will not put rescue people in harms way if you chose to stay. The words “death is certain” were repeated over and over.
This morning I was watching the news and the reporters were interviewing people that chose to stay and try to cheat death. These people were complaining that nobody was coming to help them. One woman even said “I didn’t think the storm would be as big as they predicted so i stayed”.
Duh? Did you watch the weather lady? Ike was bigger than Texas on the weather map. You didn’t think that giant white blob heading right towards you was a big one? What would it take for you to evacuate? And why the hell are you bitching that nobody’s here to help you when they told you they weren’t going to risk their lives to protect idiots that ignored the warnings. It really is true that most
Americans have an IQ lower than their age!
On another note, why do all politicians lie constantly? Is it because they spew so much crap that they don’t realize they’re lying? Both the Democrats and Republicans are constantly ignoring the truth and making up stories as the go along. I guess they’ve known for a long time that they’re dealing with a bunch of idiots (see rant above about people ignoring warnings about certain death) so why tell the truth.
I keep hearing Sarah Palin repeating over and over that she has never sought earmark spending while she’s been Governor of Alaska. She even said she told Congress “Thanks but no thanks” for the $400 million for the bridge to nowhere. It turns out she never spoke to anyone in Congress about the money and she did accept the $400 million and used it for other projects in the state. The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article that breaks down all of the earmarked money Palin has accepted as Governor while John McCain is running around telling everyone that she’s never accepted any money. Lies, lies, lies. Check out the article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122143893857134389.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news
Tomorrow we’ll talk about the little white lies coming out of the other side of the campaign. I won’t bother to bring up Hillary’s claim to have to duck under the gunfire as she arrived for a speech a few years ago!
Enough ranting for now. Have a good evening.
Sphere: Related ContentI don’t know about you but I’m sick and tired of this presidential election. The media scrutinizes every syllable the candidates speak and twist everything out of context. The simplest phrase is blown out of proportion and spreads like wildfire around the internet. It’s hard to tell fact from fiction making it harder to know what each candidate stands for.
John McCain comments about the war in Iraq and Barack Obama responds almost instantly in a speech a thousand miles away. Sarah Palin makes a speech in Michigan and Joe Biden responds instantly from Florida.
People are twittering day and night about the election and creating their own facts about the candidates. Wikipedia is changing by the minute with new “facts” about each candidate. Facebook conversations are burning bandwidth faster than we’re burning gasoline. This will become known as the Web 2.0 election.
Well, since Sarah Palin can come out of nowhere and become a instant celebrity, I thought I could use the power of Social Media to make a difference in this election. Take a look at this video and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
I want to thank Pat Townsley of www.ptre.net for convincing me to run!
Vote early and vote often for Ted Prodromou!!
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