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I went to go see The Raconteurs last night, and they put on a really great show. They'll be back in September for ACL Fest so I'll check them out then too. Speaking of ACL, I was pretty disappointed with the lineup this year, although I am really looking forward to Beck and The Swell Season.
Here's a very nice summary of why Hillary Clinton has lost the Democratic nomination. It still amazes me how many people don't realize how hopeless her odds are. It really ended in February when she needed a 200+ delegate win over all the Super Tuesday contests to keep things close with Obama, and instead, at the end of the day, Obama came out with a 10 delegate win. Then all the contests that he won handily throughout the rest of February sealed the deal. Ever since then they've been essentially staying tied in delegates won and lost, which isn't good when you're in a 150+ delegate hole.
Also pandering to the voters 101: Gas tax holiday. This again is why I like Obama so much, he doesn't pull this kind of crap that every single economist, tax adviser, climate scientist, and transportation engineer, both conservative and liberal, thinks is a terrible idea. You don't decrease the demand for something (which is what drives prices up) by making it cheaper! I do like Obama's ad on this topic.
At least for once we have an actual issue to talk about and debate. I've already started denouncing and rejecting every possible person that I know that might have ever said, or might say in the future, something controversial. Just in case I ever decide to run for office. Because apparently what you've done and said you're entire life count for nothing. It's all about what the people you know say and do, which seems to me like a terrible way to go through life constantly judging people to see how they'll impact a possible political career, but if that's what it takes...
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