Election 2008: This Season’s Best New Show
January 14th, 2008
The NY Times ran a story today talking about how the Hollywood writer’s strike has been the best thing for CNN’s election coverage since… well, since a woman and an African-American man became the front runners for the Democratic presidential nomination.
According to the NY Times,
“This one is special,” he said. “You have the Clintons, a powerful dysfunctional family — remember they were the ones that spoofed ‘The Sopranos’ — you have this out of nowhere handsome stranger in Obama that is straight out of ‘Heroes.’ John McCain, left for dead in a previous episode, roars back to life, and Mitt Romney, who is a dead ringer for John Forsythe. And I am not the first to point out that Mike Huckabee is Jim Nabors.
“And then it all ends in this amazing ‘American Idol’ big episode on Super Tuesday. How can you not watch that? My wife had some minor surgery the other day and the nurse asked her if she wanted to just lay there in the recovery room and rest a little bit. And she said, ‘No thanks, I have to get home and watch ‘The Situation Room.’ ”
All of this is great, but what are we going to do after the season finale on Super Tuesday?
Please, Mayor Bloomberg, enter the race and keep the show going until November!
Here Comes Another Bubble
January 13th, 2008
The mantra of this blog has always been “Know better. Do better.”
Well, this YouTube video is less about doing good, but after my years spent in the first round of the Internet bubble, it does remind me that we should all know better. Plus, it’s just kinda funny.
Enjoy!
Select a Candidate Quiz
January 13th, 2008
Which candidate are you voting for in the upcoming elections?
With the endless media discussion of who cried and who didn’t, who is most likeable and who is most electable, do you really know where your candidate stands on the issues? Will they vote the way you would?
Check out the Select a Candidate Quiz sponsored by news station WQAD:
Obviously, this particular set of issues doesn’t capture the universe of reasons to vote for a candidate, but I have to admit that I took the quiz with some surprising results!
Have fun with it and remember to get to your state primary!
Rock the Vote!
November 18th, 2007
Last Friday night my husband and I hosted a fund raising event for Senator John Edwards at our home here in Los Gatos.
The Senator did such an amazing job that quite a few of my Republican friends — including my Republican husband! — have asked me about switching their party affiliations so they can vote for him! (Note the plethora of exclamation points there. This is no small thing, my friends!)
If you feel like now might be the time to switch your party affiliation or you just want to register to vote, check out the League of Women Voters’ Voter Registration Page.
With a quick and easy online tool, you can answer a few simple questions, print out the voter registration form and mail it in to your county registrar. It’s that simple.
Democracy is a big responsibility — make sure your voice gets counted!
UN Report on Climate Change
November 17th, 2007
Just in case you were unconvinced, the NY Times reports that the UN today released the final report of its panel on climate change.
According to the article,
Members of the panel said their review of the data led them to conclude as a group and individually that reductions in greenhouse gases had to start immediately to avert a global climate disaster, which could leave island states submerged and abandoned, African crop yields down by 50 percent, and cause a 5 percent decrease in global gross domestic product.
The panel, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last month, said the world would have to reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 to avert those problems and others.
Time to start washing those clothes in cold water!