Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Winner: Chicago

April 3rd, 2009 5 Comments

I’ve been told that there are two topics gentlemen should not discuss: politics and sports.
Well, I’m obviously not a gentleman, and sometimes I’m a little too brash to be called a ‘lady’, but I can definitely tackle politics and sports at the same time. It’ll be easy this time because there is one clear winner [...]

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Can’t put lipstick on a… oh, wait.

October 12th, 2008 1 Comment
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The Secret of the CWA

April 10th, 2008 No Comments

I’ve spent most of my week at the Conference on World Affairs, a yearly event here at the University of Colorado, held in the spring on our beautiful Boulder campus.
The Conference on World Affairs, or CWA, is largely self-explanatory. It’s a big conference in which hundreds of panels are held regarding world affairs, generally geared [...]

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Obama supporter rocks the issues

February 8th, 2008 No Comments

This guy knows his game. I’m definitely with him on the healthcare issue; I’ve been looking at Hillary’s plan, and although it looks like a good deal on the surface, it really looks like it’ll feed the insurance companies and let them push costs higher if they wish. Props to the guy in this video, [...]

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Rock out with your caucus out

February 6th, 2008 3 Comments

When I first heard this phrase, I was sitting at the desk in the UMC and the awesome New Era Colorado kids were arranging their materials in the glass display case across the hallway. “That’s foul,” a passerby said, laughing heartily. “But it’s still funny.”
I have been psyched about the caucuses since long before December [...]

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Forest Whitaker visits CU for Obama

February 5th, 2008 No Comments

CU-Boulder attracted a little celebrity today.
After a brief caucus training with the Boulder for Obama staffers at the UMC Ballroom on the CU campus, we were treated to a short speech and a Q&A with Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, Phone Booth, The Crying Game). Not being the type to [...]

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Don’t get too excited, Hillary

January 9th, 2008 No Comments

As I was watching the coverage of Hillary Clinton’s three-percentage-point victory over Barack Obama in today’s New Hampshire primary, I have to admit that I was not terribly impressed by the media’s insistence upon this being such a huge victory. In fact, some anchors, pundits and other politicos were ready to declare this one of [...]

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