I moved my blog

So not that I blog all the much anyway, but I have moved my blog to NickGeidner.com/blog. Hopefully eventually I will have a more fully functioning website, but for now I just have the blog.

Thanks.

Presidnet Pelosi??

From a NYTimes article found here.

If elected, Senator John McCain of Arizona, 72, the Republican nominee, would be the oldest man to be sworn in to a first term as president and the first cancer survivor to win the office. The scars on his puffy left cheek are cosmetic reminders of the extensive surgery he underwent in 2000 to remove a malignant melanoma.

Last May, his campaign and his doctors released nearly 1,200 pages of medical information, far more than the three other nominees. But the documents were released in a restricted way that leaves questions, even confusion, about his cancer.

A critical question concerns inconsistencies in medical opinions about the severity of his melanoma; if the classification of his melanoma is more severe, it would increase the statistical likelihood of death from a recurrence of the cancer.

Later in the same story.

Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, 44, Mr. McCain’s running mate, has released no medical information.

There may be no serious problems with the health of any of the nominees. But absent fuller disclosure, there is no way for the electorate to know.

Just saying who knows what will happen if they get elected...

Obama wins debate!!!!!

I couldn't sleep, so here are some good numbers:

CNN - "A national poll of people who watched the first presidential debate suggests that Barack Obama came out on top." 51% said Obama won; 38% said McCain won. (Source - CNN Opinion Research Poll; n=524; MoE +-4.5%)
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/26/poll-both-men-beat-expectations-but-obama-had-the-edge/

CBS - "Uncommitted voters saw Obama as the winner." 39% said Obama won; 24% said McCain won; 37% saw it as a draw. (Source - CBS News and Knowledge Networks Poll; n=500 (uncommitted voters); MoE +-4%)
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/26/politics/horserace/entry4482028.shtml

The breakdowns are also amazing. For example, Obama won the 50+ crowd and won the foreign policy section.

Huckabee on McCain suspension

So Rove has already said McCain has gone to far with his fictitious ads. Now republican presidential-wanna be Mike Huckabee is saying McCain made a huge mistake by suspending his campaign. I agree with Huckabee.

"You can't just say, 'World stop for a moment. I'm going to cancel everything," Huckabee told the Associated Press Thursday.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Palin on the Bailout

I few weeks ago we had the oppurtunity to see that Gov. Palin has very little knowledge on the largest change in foreign policy in the last 40 years (e.g. the Bush Doctrine). Here we get to see that see has little understanding of the most important domestic policy in the last 40 years.

New Video

McCain's changing views on the economy spiced up a little by commentary by David Letterman.

I realized something...

So I go out for walks quite a bit. I usually go from my place and walk up and around High St. in the Short North. Well as I was walking tonight I thing I learned or realized an important lesson about panhandlers. It is this:

When they ask for money a professional panhandler will expect you to say no, whereas a person who actually needs help will expect you to say yes.

$700 Billion Bailout

Is it just me or does the rhetoric Paulson and the Bush administration is using about this bailout seem like the same kind of rhetoric used during the lead up to the war. CNN reported that Paulson has said we need to pass this or "god help us all." He has also been saying we need to do this as soon as possible for our own financial security. I just think they are trying to push this through real quick considering it is the largest financial move by the U.S. since the new deal.

Just a thought.

Update: President Bush says, "...the whole world is watching to see if we act quickly..."