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It’s funny how I vote against myself. It’s no secret that I love the stock market. I encourage anyone and everyone I can to make long term investments to secure their retirement (I’m quite serious too; contribute to your 401(k) and a Roth IRA now). And not just retirement too. I invest outside of tax-sheltered [...]
I’m a little late on this, but the corporate tax bill Congress passed this month is so outrageously evil, I’m beside myself with fury. It even has the requisite Orwellian name: “American Jobs Creation Act of 2004″. Why do people let Congress get away with this? There’s a nice list of the top 10 outrages [...]
I’ve been meaning to post about all kinds of stuff, and I just never got around to it. Sorry, Jeremy! Here are some quickies. I’ll post pictures and more substantial writing after tomorrow’s exam. Eleazar’s party on Sept. 24 was great. Read about it and see pictures at CCEBuzz. Amy left for San Francisco last [...]
As non-passionate as I am about John Kerry, I’ll be going to a rally for him tomorrow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Hill Field (34th and Walnut). He’ll be speaking at noon apparently, but the gates open at 10:30 AM. Tomorrow’s weather should be partly sunny with a high of 80. The only person that [...]
The GOP has better speakers and/or speech writers than the Democratic Party does, William Jefferson Clinton and Barack Obama aside. They’re doing an excellent job of portraying themselves as moderates. I don’t think the Democrats did a poor job, but the Republicans are definitely doing far better. It’s astounding to me that a party with [...]
I like to write down some events so I don’t forget about them. On August 12, 2004 at around 4 PM, I took a break from working to check CNN.com for some news. In a red bar at the top, reserved for stories that are breaking and that no full length story has been written [...]
I forgot to post this earlier. The White House web site has a section called “Ask the White House” where featured guests answer questions from the public. Sean McCormack, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs, answered a simple question I submitted. I got a simple response. http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20040811-2.html Third one [...]
I’ll have to insist that once in a while you pop over to Ben’s LiveJournal as he frequently posts links to interesting stuff. Not to mention his exploits in the city can be humorous, like the time that preaching guy pointed to him as an example of the white devil. What’s interesting this time is [...]
My life’s great right now, but pretty damn busy. There’s work, 2 graduate classes at Villanova, buying a condominium, and a new girl in my life. And at the moment I’m still commuting. There isn’t much time for relaxing and homework and stuff. Nor is there much time for keeping up on political developments. Kerry’s [...]
The capture is great, but the war still sucked
0 Comments Published by Duc December 14th, 2003 in PoliticsThis was posted at Plinko. …this is awesome news. We captured Saddam Hussein, and it only cost 3000 Iraqi civilian lives, and 500 American lives. I hope we can quickly take him to trial and use all of the WMDs we’ve found as evidence against him. And in response… And don’t forget he can’t send [...]