Blog Roll Up!

I thought in order to make this a proper blog, I needed a blog roll. Therefore, you will find one on the left side of the blog. I highly recommend all the sites on the roll. As for the labeling, I just included those so I at least have the apperance of some intellectual diversity. However, the conservative and libertarian individuals I've linked to have a lot of really interesting and intelligent things to say so check them out!

McCain Youth Group

Check out this post by Justin Logan at Cato, and Matt's commentary. This is part of what really scares me about McCain. The media never reports this side of the guy. Instead we just here about how much of a "maverick" he is, I mean Chris Matthews clearly wants to have the guy's babies. Anyways, back to my point, McCain's only real priority is national security. He has said in the past that he doesn't now a lot about the economy (perfect, for a country with a housing market in free-fall and scant consumer confidence). Really, all he cares about war. McCain's politics are clearly driven by a form of militaristic nationalism that could have disastourous consequences for the country. Waging war for the sake of war is hardly admirable. This is why I'm less concerned over the prospect of a Romney, Paul, or Huckabee presidency. Obviously Ron Paul and Huck have insane domestic policy proposals and the Mittster is a corporate demagogue; but they would have to gain the approval of Congress to actualize any of these policies. Foreign policy is the commander-in-chief's playground. McCain could send troops anywhere virtually unimpedded by anyone. Something to think about....

A "Change" Election?

You should really read Michael Tomasky's piece in Guardian America. While I'm at it, you should really check out Guardian America period, as its far superior to the great majority of the MSM. A small sample (regarding the 2008 elections):

It has genuinely impressive candidates. It has a grand theme. It's really, meaningfully, about something. It may result in a woman or, perhaps more incredibly still, a black person being the president of the United States. Or, if not one of them - this is footnote-ish by contrast, but still quite interesting - maybe, then, the oldest person ever elected president, a man who would, if he served two full terms, have 80 candles to blow out on his last White House birthday cake.

I can't stress enough how true this is. I like how Tomasky points out that St. John McCain will be the oldest....president....ever! BTW, I call him St. John McCain, son of God, heir to the throne of the Lord, because of how the media fawn over him. While I find age discrimination to be abhorrent, do we really want a 900 year old president!?!

Aurora

Ok, so I'm gonna give the blogging thing a whirl again. My initial foray into the blogosphere, Scotty's Corner, was needless to say an unmitigated disaster. So here we are with Take Two: Scotty Doesn't Know. I chose this title because it's a very unfortunately named song (at least from my perspective) that people sing to me quite a bit. The title also fits, because, in essence, I really don't know. Most of the time I have no fucking clue what the hell is going on. I find this makes life a lot more interesting. Therefore, on at least two fronts, I found that "Scotty Doesn't Know" provides me with a particulary apt title.

Basically this blog will consist of my commentary on political and pop culture matters. I guess I don't really have a target audience for this blog, since the readership of my last blog was...well, let's just say, I didn't have one. So anyways, here goes.

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