So after two years of campaigning and all that jazz, Election Day in the United States has finally arrived. And I’m in Italy. Funny how things work. Anyway, how I made it through classes today without suffering a nervous breakdown, I have no idea, but I survived all the same. I hope to do some [...]
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Prematurely lauded as the most important vice presidential debate in the history of the universe, last night’s “disuscussion” between Democriatc VP nominee Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Republican VP nominee Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska largely fell flat. As many have pointed out over the last few days, this was Palin’s debate to win [...]
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Yesterday, Republican Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain decided to suspend his campaign and called for a cancellation (note: not a postponement) of his upcoming debate with Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama so that he could return to D.C. and help solve the financial crisis. (READ THE NEWS HERE) OK, I have several issues with this [...]
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There are two people very close to me who are pissed off right now: my grandmother and my father. And no, it’s not because I’ve become rather fond of red wine. My grandmother and my father, who, mind you, rarely get pissed off at anything that is distant and impersonal, are royally pissed about McCain’s [...]
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Let’s face it, it’s easy to attract media attention, especially if you’re a politician, a celebrity or a criminal. It’s not easy, however, to distract the media, mostly because they’re EVERYWHERE. It’s especially difficult to distract them when there are two big international events to pay attention to, the Olympics AND war between Russia and [...]
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