Obama amazes me

I listened to Barack Obama's victory speech last night after the North Carolin and Indiana primaries. It was nearly as impressive as the first time I heard him -- at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. It's worth listening to. Here's a video of it on the NY Times web site.

Countdown begins

I've added a new element to my blog (see to the right)...This is from a website called Bush's Last Day where they have this clock counting down the time left in Bush's presidency! You can even buy a real one. I love it!

I also thought I'd use this post to mention this bumper sticker I saw awhile back. It says "1/20/2009 The end of an error". You can buy it here.

Gore's Nobel Peace Prize

I was very pleased this morning to hear that Al Gore had jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize. His work on global warming has been stellar and much-needed. I stumbled across this blog entry that completely sums up my thoughts about the other reason he deserves it. Below is a snippet and here's the full link to the entry by John Marshall.

There are several layers of irony and poetic justice wrapped into this honor. The first is that the greatest step for world peace would simply have been for Gore not to have had the presidency stolen from him in November 2000.