http://www.xtra-rant.com Taking Myself Way Too Seriously Since 1999 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:04:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, so Newt Gingrich is right on one count, his party is fucking doomed right now. But then he tries to come up with another magic plan for change. Because his "Contract With America" was implemented so well. 1. Repeal the gas tax for the summer, and pay for the repeal ... http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/05/07/2381/ Alright so I should be sleeping but i want to get these thoughts out before sleep chases them off into crazy Jason dream land. Lake county still has more to report, there are a couple precincts left in Marion and Monroe counties as well. FiveThirtyEight is projecting a Hillary win ... http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/05/07/2380/ Well when I first read this link courtesy of CJ, I was thrown for a loop. Mayor "Chinatowns" Ballard supporting mass transit and potential taxes to make it happen? It was as if my world had been turned upside down. Bit then it all became clear at Drinking Liberally: Indianapolis ... http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/05/02/2377/ I'm officially getting behind a new candidate for president. A candidate who understand the real issues. A candidate who doesn't hate America. American Flag Lapel Pin is patriotism you can count on!!! LapelPin08.com is the home of the most patriotic candidate in the race for the White House. http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/04/18/2375/ I can't even begin to write coherently about the Democratic debate last night. I didn't watch it because I'd figure it was going to be more of the same blandness: semi-important policy questions and a whole lot of nothing said. Instead it was apparently an before any actual policy question ... http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/04/17/2374/ After reading this piece on Politico, I can only come to one conclusion - we need to turn the election of our President into a drinking contest of some sorts. When I saw a video of Hillary Clinton downing a shot of Crown Royal whiskey in Bronko’s Restaurant and Lounge in ... http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/04/16/2372/ Barack Obama has lost my vote. Why you ask? I'll tell you why. Because Barack Obama hates cats and cat owners. That's a harsh thing to say, I know. But he's only just now done his first interview with national magazine Cat Fancy. He has yet to do an interview with ... http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/04/15/2371/ http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/04/14/2369/ Read this for your daily requirement of outrage. From one of the linked articles in that post: A study by the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University shows turnout in 2004 was about 4% lower in states that required voters to sign their name or produce documentation. Hispanic turnout was 10% ... http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/04/11/2368/ Alright, I'm going to poke a giant* because this has been bugging me since I read this in my RSS feed. I respect the work at Shakespeare's Sister immensely, and Melissa McEwan is a very talented blogger, but sometimes I just don't get it. Apparently this ad (above) for HBO's The ... http://www.xtra-rant.com/2008/04/09/2366/