Archive for the 'Politics' Category
No, wait, I had just come to the realization, that with the awesomeness that is Barack Obama now in office, that this could only mean one thing.
It is now… CITIZEN GEORGE W. BUSH, AND CITIZEN DICK CHENEY
I could hardly contain myself this morning, that any semblance of the flu that I had left probably left [...]
January 21st, 2009 | Posted in Politics | 3 Comments
Tomorrow, I will be witness to history, to a man whose time has come, and for an electorate clamoring for CHANGE. I will be out in full force, along with many other Barack Obama supporters, and I will cast my vote along with millions of other Americans, and bear witness, in hope, that my [...]
November 4th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | 4 Comments
I watched this last night on CSPAN, and thanks to Manolo for reminding me about it.. here’s Barack Obama roasting John McCain at the annual Alfred E. Smith Dinner.
Here’s the second part,
Which line was your favorite?
I liked so many of it.. this one was good, a great jab…
“I got my name Barack from my father…. [...]
October 17th, 2008 | Posted in Politics, Videos | No Comments
As I watched The Presidential Debate with John McCain and Barack Obama just a few hours ago, there has come a realization that Barack Obama has an indeed proved his readiness, has indeed proved his presidential pedigree, above and beyond that of John McCain. When John McCain’s camp decided to step up its negative [...]
October 8th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | 12 Comments
October 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Politics, Videos | No Comments
This is an out of the box move to really get the vote out, using reverse psychology. Don’t vote is an ad where big name celebrities tell you to initially not vote.
I am adamant about this, those who are in The United States, and are eligible to vote. Register today! The deadline [...]
October 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Politics, Videos | No Comments
I have nothing to add to this.. I just have to say, Senator Ping Lacson has some balls.. I gotta hand to the Senator, it is vintage Lacson.
September 16th, 2008 | Posted in Politics, Videos | No Comments
Senator Ted Kennedy, battling brain cancer, gave an emotional speech at The 2008 Democratic National Convention last night. It was a surprise speech, I did not know he was making an appearance, but to me, despite his colorful past, he will be remembered as one of the greatest U.S senators in history. In [...]
August 26th, 2008 | Posted in Politics, Videos | 2 Comments
I realize that Manuel Quezon III is looking at the entirety of the tragedy when he says that, “Sulpicio Lines as a political ploy“. What is the best thing that The Arroyo Administration should be concentrating on to minimize political flak? In the viewpoint of Manuel Quezon III, it is to focus public [...]
July 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
This year The State of The Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will be held on July 28 just one month from now. The SONA of 2008 will be something that I think I will be more interested in than ever, seeing that last year was basically a commercial specifically on her SUPER [...]
June 24th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | 52 Comments
Two flip flops, both by Barack Obama and John McCain, one centers on public financing of campaigns, and the other is all about offshore drilling for oil.
Barack Obama has been severely criticized as of late with regards to his withdrawal of public campaign funds to finance his own campaign. Early on in the Democratic [...]
June 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
Last week was certainly bad for a Filipino-American News and Political Junkie such as myself, not only was a respected Filipino Journalist abducted, but three others along with her also were abducted in Sulu. And another bad news in the media, as I wrote last week, the passing of a news juggernaut, Tim Russert. [...]
June 18th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
(3:55 pm ET) This came in just a few minutes ago, through a friend’s text message. I don’t have all the information right now, but accordingly, this is a shock. I’ve watched “Meet The Press” for years now, and Tim Russert, the moderator, the host, and a head in the politics department over [...]
June 14th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
I’ve been very busy as of late, and I had intended to complete my list of The Top 10 emerging influential blogs much earlier than today, but in any case, here’s the completed list.
I already made the first three entries a few weeks ago,
1. Filipino Voices
2. Mon Casiple
3. New Philippine Revolution
and in that post [...]
June 13th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | 4 Comments
The general election is underway, and John McCain is already doing a great amount of Obama Bashing, this is the dirty tactics of John McCain. In a recent visit to this blog, I noticed the advertisement on the sidebar, raising the question if it’s alright to meet un-conditionally with anti-American foreign leaders.
Of course, Barack [...]
June 8th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | 2 Comments
It’s been buzzing in all the newsrooms since late last night, in fact no one knew about it until it was already happening, but it seems Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met in Washington last night for a private discussion on a few issues. What they talked about is still being speculated upon, where [...]
June 6th, 2008 | Posted in Politics | No Comments