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Are you serious? Canada?

Posted by: Drew on: 5 November 2008

First of all, Congratulations to President-elect Obama!  I pray that you bring this nation into a new era.  Second of all, what is up with McCain supporters saying that they’ll move to Canada.  That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.  Canada is everything that they fear Obama will make America.  No legal restrictions on abortion, [...]

Who to vote for, or anyone at all

Posted by: Drew on: 3 November 2008

So as tomorrow is Election Day in the United States, my decision first of all must be whether I will vote or not.  For some people this is just a matter of laziness. For others not voting is actually a matter of principle.  My faith tradition has argued over this matter in the past and [...]

My Thoughts on CNN/YouTube Debate

Posted by: Drew on: 23 July 2007

I really like the concept behind tonight’s Democratic debate at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.  Essentially CNN and YouTube have introduced a town hall style debate using the YouTube platform of user generated videos.  Because of the international use of their site, questions were fielded from across the world.  While I think that this [...]

Then maybe kids in school could pray…

Posted by: Drew on: 20 March 2007

OK, I absolutely love the Christian band Casting Crowns. The music they play is excellent and the words to the songs are often very thought provoking, and they are definitely not superficial as so many are. However, whenever I listen to them it is inevitable that I here their song “What If His [...]

Senate Seeker

Posted by: Drew on: 13 March 2007

For all those political junkies out there, I give this nod to a game that I’ve played in the past, and have just rejoined, Senate Seeker.  In this game you play a politician running for House, Senate, or Governor.  You can be in the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green or Constitution parties.  Just running your races [...]

Congrats to the Green Party!

Posted by: Drew on: 9 February 2007

Again, I say congratulations. Yesterday the Green Party became the first third party to have an FEC approved Senate Campaign Committee. This apparently will give them the opportunity to raise a lot more money for their Senate campaigns. Here’s the link to their press release.

Taxation without Representation in the 21st Century

Posted by: Drew on: 6 February 2007

Back in the 1700s the Founders of this country began a revolt against their European overlords. As colonies, these people were not given the right to representation in the Parliament which levied there taxes. Today we have a similar situation. The people of the District of Columbia have been deprived of their voting [...]