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Barack Obama's 'infomercial' aired last ... (Oct 31 2008 01:23 GMT)
Barack Obama's 'infomercial' aired last night on many network and cable channels. I thought it was pretty well done, and quite likely effective in reaching undecided voters. 25% of tv-watching households saw it, apparently.
If you haven't, here it ... (Oct 31 2008 01:23 GMT)
If you haven't, here it is for your viewing convenience:
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Hey dad, a couple more ... (Oct 30 2008 08:29 GMT)
Hey dad, a couple more videos for you today—though the World of Warcraft one will baffle you, I'm sure ::chuckle::
Hollywood celebs and normal people ... (Oct 30 2008 08:29 GMT)
Hollywood celebs and normal people urging you to vote (or not vote!):
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Even in Azeroth—the world, in ... (Oct 30 2008 08:29 GMT)
Even in Azeroth—the world, in World of Warcraft—Obama is winning the polls (with 60% overall):
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I am but a humble ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
I am but a humble observer of life—but I would neverthless like to claim a clear thoughtfulness and a modicum of common sensical intelligence in the department. ;p
I say this not with ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
I say this not with a sense of pride... mine is not the vision of a Delphic Oracle but more a Cassandra.
I would like to think ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
I would like to think that this daily writing space, my weblog—of which I've now grown fond in the same way that I'm 'fond of' breathing—has contained certain warnings, prognostications, and analyses that have been vindicated by events.
Let's take the most compelling ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
Let's take the most compelling current event in America today, the presidential election, which will see its denouement in exactly a week's time.
If the most current and ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
If the most current and reliable polling projections are right, we will see an election of historic proportions—an Obama landslide win, with coattails broad and deep enough to sweep many Democratic congressmen and senators to a huge majority in Congress. The history-making will not be in the landslide—there have been such things in the race for the presidency before—but in the fact of Obama the man himself. His person, his story, his nature.
Out of the world-shaking events ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
Out of the world-shaking events of the last month, a simple narrative can be made, concerning Obama and the race to the White House: what was a solid chance at winning became an absolute lock, when the credit crisis exploded, rendering the global economy in turmoil.
When the credit crisis hit, ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
When the credit crisis hit, all of a sudden ordinary Americans' worries and priorities became crystal clear. As far as election issues were concerned, pretty much everything faded into the background—even the debilitating and frustrating issue of war in Iraq. This deep economic worry translated into palpable support of the presidential candidate the electorate thought could best handle the crisis and the American economy from here on out. And the polls have spoken: it is Obama, without a doubt.
This: long before the economic ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
This: long before the economic crisis came front and center to the consciousness of ordinary Americans, this weblog had been alluding to coming catastrophe in a global economy that appeared to its author as a house of cards.
Note, though, I am not ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
Note, though, I am not claiming any expertise of my own. Just keen observation of certain relevant realities, and an ability to listen clearly and deeply to the analyses and warnings of people who do know better—whether they be experts in economics, or normal folks who happen to be independent and intelligent thinkers and doers.
I.e., my main source—my brother ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
I.e., my main source—my brother Peter, who is a successful businessman and sociopolitical contrarian. Over the years, I've published Peter's writings here, and his prescience as far as global economic matters go is beyond question.
But for today I won't ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
But for today I won't go so far back in time as years. I'll stick to mere months and cite a few economics-related posts I've written (or posted of Peter's) that I think have made the free radical a weathervane of sorts. While no one in the mainstream mass media, or even in the broader weblogging world—much less in ordinary day-to-day relationships between people and communities—saw the credit crisis coming, this weblog warned that a sword of Damocles was hanging over America and the world.
Proof: (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
Proof:
Nov 22, 2007 | looking ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
Nov 22, 2007 | looking back in gratitude, forward in trepidation Jan 23, 2008 | what the recession would mean for us common people Jan 24, 2008 | futurology or bust | a prayer, after a fashion Feb. 26, 2008 | fear Mar. 03, 2008 | the end is nigh! Mar. 28, 2008 | required reading, # 3-XXVIII-08 Apr.
So, what does this all ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
So, what does this all mean? Well, I certainly do not accord uncanny powers of future vision to myself—I do say that any reasonably sensible individual who chooses to spend time observing, listening to, and thoughtfully analyzing the world, particularly given the extraordinary tool of the internet, can see the same things I have. Can see the form and directions reality and events might take, with a reasonable degree of accuracy.
But that's just the thing—to ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
But that's just the thing—to find time. In our very busy and distracted lives, we actually don't have much of it. Certainly not enough to take a step back and to take the time and try to see the bigger picture. The forest for the trees.
In the end, it is ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
In the end, it is not divination. It is merely observation; but one still has to choose to do it.
And, as here, to share ... (Oct 28 2008 23:55 GMT)
And, as here, to share what has been seen.
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