Political Science

This political quiz asks you to make some odd choices. For example, who do you trust more, the Postal Service or the Pentagon? I scored a 22, which puts right in the middle. That's about what I expected. As a libertarian, I'm all over the place on a quiz that assumes left and right are the only options. Sometimes I hated all the answers. In some ways I'm what might be … [Read more...] about Political Quiz

Over at the Intrade predition market, the price for GOP control of the house has plunged to 21.3 over the weekend. I think this probably means the uncertainty in the polling data is going away as people are running out of time to change their minds. The smart money (55.1) seems to be on a Democratic House and a Republican Senate. I don't know how smart Intrade's bidders are, … [Read more...] about GOP Looks Like a Loser in the House

Via David Weigel of Hit & Run, comes a USA Today story about a $50 million advocacy program to discourage 19 to 29-year-olds from having sex. There's a winning slogan for the Republican party: We want you to have less sex! I realize the "sinner" issues—internet gambling, sex, medical marijuana—are not really Republican-only issues, and the Democrats have … [Read more...] about Have Less Sex!

If you ever want to know more about my political beliefs, just watch this video clip found by regular Hit & Run commenter Herrick of Senator Rick Santorum explaining that the pursuit of happiness is harming America: (Click to Launch Video) One very short summary of my political beliefs is that Senator Santorum is a horse's ass. Just about everything else follows … [Read more...] about My Politics In a Nutcase

Tigerhawk quotes a Paul Krugman column about the ability of a Democrat-controlled congress to investigate the executive branch, to which he responds: I must confess that I am in the very unfamiliar position of agreeing with Paul Krugman. If you want two years of Congressional investigations, by all means vote for the Democrats. That might be safer than two years of … [Read more...] about And That Would Be Bad Why?