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Thursday, October 30, 2008

If He Wins

If Obama wins, I think that it will be very difficult for the Democrats to hold on to power for very long. People are always going to have problems, and likewise, people like to blame the party in power for those problems. Obama seems a lot like Homer Simpson running for Sanitation Commissioner. People expect more of him that he, or anyone else in the world, can provide.

He is running on change, and regardless of his specific campaign promises, people vote for him because they expect him to make their lives better. Even if he is able to keep 100% of his campaign promises, I doubt that he can live up to individual's expectations for the change that he has promised. In 2010 and 2012, when the vast majority of our problems remain, voters will punish the incumbents and start putting the Republicans back in power. I only hope that in the little time he has, he can put back in place the majority of the New Deal and other social welfare programs that Republicans have gradually eroded over the past 70 years, and maybe even sneak in a few new ones, and do it in a way that prevents Republicans from sabotaging them as soon as they are in control again.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Show Tonight

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Colin Powell Endorsment

It seems that the "anti-war candidate" is now seen as acceptable by people who wave white powder around to scare everyone into letting them start a war.

Friday, October 03, 2008

Paralyze The City?

The Chicago cab drivers have threatened to strike unless they get a 16% raise in fairs. They say the strike will "paralyze the city." The very idea of that is completely ridiculous. No one takes a taxi on a regular basis because it's just too expensive compared to other easily accessible forms of transportation.

I say, let them strike. Taxis are a menace. A strike would only show the city what a wonderful place Chicago can be without them. Pedestrians would be safe to cross the street without a taxi nearly running them over at every third intersection. There may be about 10,000 taxis in the city, but they produce as much traffic congestion as 30,000 regular vehicles, with their abrupt lane changes, u-turns, and left turns from the right lane.

I have sympathy for them with the price of gas, but that sympathy goes right out the window when within 30 seconds of stepping out of my office, I see a taxi force it's way through a crowd of people who are crossing the street on the walk signal, honking at them to get the hell out of his way, showing no concern when the powerless cop directing traffic yells at him.