How Things Have Changed...

Check out this interview with John McCain aboard his campaign plane. It's almost sad to see just how little of the politician that was John McCain remains. Politics aside, it really does seem that McCain has just been beaten into submission by his party and his own campaign.

McCain's Prickly TIME Interview

A Quick Quote

Just wanted to post a quote from the Democratic National Convention tonight.

"People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power."

~ Bill Clinton

It's a seriously great soundbite. Actually, I think that I'll post a bit more of his speech:

"The choice is clear. The Republicans will nominate a good man who served our country heroically and suffered terribly in Vietnam. He loves our country every bit as much as we all do. As a Senator, he has shown his independence on several issues. But on the two great questions of this election, how to rebuild the American Dream and how to restore America’s leadership in the world, he still embraces the extreme philosophy which has defined his party for more than 25 years, a philosophy we never had a real chance to see in action until 2001, when the Republicans finally gained control of both the White House and Congress. Then we saw what would happen to America if the policies they had talked about for decades were implemented.

They took us from record surpluses to an exploding national debt; from over 22 million new jobs down to 5 million; from an increase in working family incomes of $7,500 to a decline of more than $2,000; from almost 8 million Americans moving out of poverty to more than 5 and a half million falling into poverty – and millions more losing their health insurance.

Now, in spite of all the evidence, their candidate is promising more of the same: More tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans that will swell the deficit, increase inequality, and weaken the economy. More band-aids for health care that will enrich insurance companies, impoverish families and increase the number of uninsured. More going it alone in the world, instead of building the shared responsibilities and shared opportunities necessary to advance our security and restore our influence.

They actually want us to reward them for the last eight years by giving them four more. Let’s send them a message that will echo from the Rockies all across America: Thanks, but no thanks. In this case, the third time is not the charm."

~ Bill Clinton

This is all true.

A Hard Day's Night

Today on campus there was a Beatles tribute band named Me and My Monkey giving a concert outside they SU. Of course, any cover band will pale in comparison to the Beatles themselves, but they were actually quite good. They certainly were enjoying themselves. I listened for as long as my in-between-class-break would allow me. Their cover of A Hard Day's Night was especially fun to hear. They stayed as true to form as possible as well, not hurting the material by trying to create something new out of the already great Beatles library.

Study Study Study...

Classes have started and wow, is this semester gonna be a lot of work. More writing than I've ever done in a single semester before.

I've added another link to the right. It leads to the blog I've had to start for LIT-3312: Punk-Cyberspace: Contemporary Cultural Criticism. I'm not sure what all will end up on it but I thought that it might be somewhat interesting for those who read my normal blog since we've often talked about/tried to put up some type of pop culture critique system in the past.

Lights in the Sky 2008

Saw NIN live for the third time on Monday evening. Best. Show. Ever.