Archive for the ‘Current Events’ Category

So I've decided to do 12 posts of Christmas. I'm not yet sure exactly what I'm going to write about for each one, but I think it will be a fun way to lead up to Christmas this year! (Even though technically the twelve days of Christmas starts on ...
BCS selections came out this last Sunday.  Here are the BCS bowl matchups: Championship: Alabama (1) v. Texas (2) Sugar Bowl: Cincinnati (3) v. Florida (5) Rose Bowl: Oregon (7) v. Ohio State (8) Fiesta Bowl: TCU (4) v. Boise State (6) Orange Bowl: Iowa (10) v. Georgia Tech (9) Interesting that even ESPN's Pat Forde ...
I watched Obama's interview with George Stephanopoulos, part of Sunday morning's talk show blitz (he went on five talk shows on Sunday morning), in which he made some incredibly revealing statements about health care and other issues he is currently facing. In the campaign, Obama famously promised not to raise taxes ...
With the recent announcement that the Obama administration has committed to financing $2 billion dollars worth of drilling for oil off the coast of Brazil, a few questions come to mind. It's interesting that in last year's campaign, when McCain was proposing a multi-faceted energy program that included nuclear, ...
We are quickly moving toward a society with fewer and fewer freedoms that is dominated by more and more government intervention. The police in Peoria, IL now have a big truck that they drive around and park in front of suspected (read *unprosecuted, unconvicted*) criminals' houses in order to ...