If the world could vote Obama would be a shoe in.
According to a BBC survey global opinon puts Obama ahead of McCain by a margin of four to one.
The view from the 1st tee towards the first hole. The “greens” are covered in a mix of sump oil and diesel. This apparently stops the greens from blowing away.
I don’t play golf so I didn’t give it a go.
Apple says no to farting iPhone on 'utility' grounds
Apple doesn’t seem to like the old “Pull my finger” joke. They claim the gag doesn’t have broad enough appeal, so they are stopping an app which produces the sounds of flatulence from appearing in their App Store.
Participating In Religion May Make Adolescents From Certain Races More Depressed
“One of the few studies to look at the effects of religious participation on the mental health of minorities suggests that for some of them, religion may actually be contributing to adolescent depression.”
It depresses me and I’m neither religious or an adolescent.
“John McCain sounded like the vestry board chairman speaking at the church social about the success of the raffle. Or, as a colleague just put it: he looked like the guy who’d been the office accountant for 40 years giving his retirement address. After he’d eaten a little too much Chicken Kiev.”
“The Republicans have turned her [Palin] into an attack machine. The very things that make her popular among Alaskans make her unsuitable to run for high office. She’s just like one of us. The problem is that I don’t want someone like me leading the country.”
“First of all she [Palin] offers an opportunity for an ailing Republican party to reconnect with ordinary Americans. She’s conservative, but her conservatism is not that of the intolerant, uncomprehending white male sort that has so hurt the party in recent years. She is much closer to a model of the lives of ordinary Americans - working mother, plainspoken everywoman juggling home and office - than any Republican leader in memory.”
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Gerad Baker, “Sarah Palin: it’s go west, towards the future of conservatism”
I hope you US Democrats are taking this thing seriously. From where I’m sitting Obama (or Clinton) was never a shoe-in and things are looking to be getting a lot tighter.
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“What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?”
“One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let’s be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.
“The other kills her own food.”
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New South Wales politics just got interesting again.
Last night the Premier (like an American Governor but more disposable) of New South Wales told his Treasurer he was toast. Today the NSW ALP caucus told the Premier he was toast.
So in less than two days with no election required the state of New South Wales of Australia now has a new Premier.
The yanks have being beavering away for close to a year now and they are still several months away from picking a winner.
And in case your wondering the same thing has happened to a Prime Minister of Australia eg, when Paul Keating replaced Bob Hawke via a caucus revolt.
“The invective hurled at Palin is not so much directed at her politics but principally at her lifestyle. It shows that the real dividing line in the US election is not between Left and Right but between lifestyles.”
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Frank Furedi, professor of sociology at the University of Kent, “Moralisers on a PC witch-hunt”
And this guys on our side.
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