| Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | ||||
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Jon Stewart's Moment of Sincerity at yesterday's Rally to Restore Sanity.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Rally to Restore Sanity was AWESOME!
Attended the Satellite Rally here in Tampa, and it was fun!
The Rally itself (fully televised) was amazing. The perfect blend of music, fun, comedy, and just a slight touch of sincerity during Jon's monologue at the end. Here's hoping the call for Sanity and Reason catches some attention.
Get out and vote, people!
The Rally itself (fully televised) was amazing. The perfect blend of music, fun, comedy, and just a slight touch of sincerity during Jon's monologue at the end. Here's hoping the call for Sanity and Reason catches some attention.
Get out and vote, people!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
President Obama appeared on the Daily Show last night.
Jon pulled some punches, but did not refrain from throwing them. The President defended the Health Care Bill as laying a framework for future policy, arguing that it was not "timid" but instead ground-breaking, and that it accomplished "90%" of what he wanted.
He directly expressed dissatisfaction with the very thing that dissatisfied so many of us: the Obama Administration made broad promises to revamp and restructure a corrupt and often completely non-functional system, but then relied on the manipulations of that system to accomplish its goals so far. President Obama said that this was a necessity: certain actions had to be taken quickly, and therefore they made use of the existing system despite its myriad pitfalls. He also revealed a minor glimpse of his agenda for the next two years: energy reform, immigration reform, and a priority on rebuilding the workforce.
All in all, he seemed relaxed and handled the encounter with a loose cannon--Jon Stewart is one of the most unpredicatable yet effective interviewers in the media, and his popularity among the young voters makes him a politically powerful pundit (Try saying that 3 times fast!)--fairly well. He said all the right things. But Mr. President, we have heard you say all the right things before. Talk is cheap, and to be perfectly honest "Talk" values have reached an all-time low during this election season. Let's see more results, and less complaining about how filibusters turn "Yes We Can!" into "But It's Hard!"
He directly expressed dissatisfaction with the very thing that dissatisfied so many of us: the Obama Administration made broad promises to revamp and restructure a corrupt and often completely non-functional system, but then relied on the manipulations of that system to accomplish its goals so far. President Obama said that this was a necessity: certain actions had to be taken quickly, and therefore they made use of the existing system despite its myriad pitfalls. He also revealed a minor glimpse of his agenda for the next two years: energy reform, immigration reform, and a priority on rebuilding the workforce.
All in all, he seemed relaxed and handled the encounter with a loose cannon--Jon Stewart is one of the most unpredicatable yet effective interviewers in the media, and his popularity among the young voters makes him a politically powerful pundit (Try saying that 3 times fast!)--fairly well. He said all the right things. But Mr. President, we have heard you say all the right things before. Talk is cheap, and to be perfectly honest "Talk" values have reached an all-time low during this election season. Let's see more results, and less complaining about how filibusters turn "Yes We Can!" into "But It's Hard!"
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Gay couples in Florida can adopt!
Today the state opted not to appeal an earlier ruling, and so gay couples in Florida now have the legal right to adopt children.
Excellent to see a ridiculous and prejudicial law overturned:)
Excellent to see a ridiculous and prejudicial law overturned:)
Monday, October 4, 2010
iBear continues to support the Rally to Restore Sanity.
As Jon Stewart so eloquently noted on the Daily Show, it often seems that the only people in this country who make their voices heard are the screaming lunatics. The Rally to Restore Sanity is a movement to put a stop to that; it is a movement to remind the American people that reason is the best way to resolve conflict, and that Americans can disagree without calling each other Hitler.
iBear is planning to attend the Tampa Bay satellite rally on October 30th, but dearly wishes he could be in DC for the main rally. For more information, visit the official Rally to Restore Sanity site: http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/
iBear is planning to attend the Tampa Bay satellite rally on October 30th, but dearly wishes he could be in DC for the main rally. For more information, visit the official Rally to Restore Sanity site: http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/
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