World and Global Politics BlogPolitics from different point of viewsConstitutional Underpants- September 17, 2008 A Florida judge has proclaimed a constitutional right to show your under drawers in public. A Florida judge has deemed unconstitutional a law banning baggy pants that show off the wearer&8217;s underwear, local media reported Tuesday. A 17-year-old spent a night in jail last week after police arrested him for wearing low pants in Riviera Beach, southeast ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/constitutional-underpants/ Quote of the Day, Nationalizing AIG Edition- September 17, 2008 &8220;No, no. Relax. We couldnt possibly be socialists. Socialists only nationalize successful businesses.&8221; &8211; John Scalzihttp://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/quote-of-the-day-nationalizing-aig-edition/ The Candidates China Policies- September 17, 2008 It&8217;s gone largely unnoticed here in the States but both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama have produced position papers on the U. S. policy with respect to China. The papers are materially the same and without much in the way of concrete proposals, lauding China&8217;s growth in wealth and influence in recent ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/the-candidates%E2%80%99-china-policies/ This is the Voice of a Unifier- September 17, 2008 In the same video where Barack Obama agrees that age-appropriate kindgergarten sex education is the &8220;right thing to do,&8221; he makes fun of those who choose to get their news from sources he doesn&8217;t like: As I travel around the country, the American people are a decent people. And they get confused sometimes. And they listen ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/this-is-the-voice-of-a-unifier/ McCain Campaign Not Sleaziest!- September 17, 2008 One of the sillier memes trotted out in recent days is that John McCain&8217;s campaign has been unusually dirty. Politico&8217;s David Mark and Avi Zenilman have asked the experts learned otherwise. David Axelrod, Barack Obamas chief strategist, said Sunday that John McCain is running the sleaziest and least honorable campaign in modern presidential campaign history. ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/mccain-campaign-not-sleaziest/ How Much Impact will Obamas Money Have- September 17, 2008 In the final primaries of the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, while Obama was raking in the cash, he wasn&8217;t raking in the votes. According to one source, he outspent his spring rival, Hillary Clinton, by a margin of 4-1 (other sources peg the ratio at 3-1 or 2.3-1 on ad buys alone) in ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/how-much-impact-will-obama%E2%80%99s-money-have/ Does Hayden Know His History- September 17, 2008 Amy Zegart points out a really strange statement made by CIA Director Michael Hayden in a speech yesterday. As eventful as the world may be right now, the development that is likely to have the most far-reaching consequences will be a domestic one &8212; the election of a new American president. From the standpoint of the ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/does-hayden-know-his-history/ 3-Play Toilet Paper- September 17, 2008 After decades suffering through a mere two plies, the toilet paper industry has finally come through for us: If two-ply toilet paper is good, then three-ply tissue must be better. At least that&8217;s what toilet-paper researchers in northeastern Wisconsin hope. Yes, there is such a thing as a toilet-paper researcher. And a team of them at Georgia ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/3-play-toilet-paper/ Barack Obamas Celebrity Story Line- September 17, 2008 &8220;Politicians held captive by their big-money contributors or succumbing to interest-group pressure&8211;this is the staple of modern political reporting, the story line that weaves its way into just about every analysis of what&8217;s wrong with our democracy.&8221; Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope Looks like the Democratic presidential nominee is doing what he can to get that ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/17/barack-obama%E2%80%99s-celebrity-story-line/ Just the Facts (by Jim Wallis)- September 16, 2008 Most of you are too young to remember Jack Friday, the tough inner-city police Sergeant on the old television series Dragnet, which I still see sometimes in syndication. The no-nonsense cop was famous for a line he almost always used while conducting his investigations into a crime. To the many eyewitnesses he would interview, he ...http://politics.boogietrain.nl/2008/09/16/just-the-facts-by-jim-wallis/ |