Archive for the 'politics' Category

Wow!
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

This whole situation seems ridiculous in this day and age, but as someone who visits Thailand regularly for missional purposes, it’s a bit of a worry. And, could I even get in trouble for saying something negative from outside of Thailand, even here in a blog?! Crazy.

The Australian Liberal Party at their best?!
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

I got the email below over the weekend and it took me a few moments to realise that it was from the Liberal Party. Honestly, I was floored by the immaturity of this. Is this really the Liberal Party at its best? Is this the kind of politics they really think I’m interested in as [...]

be careful how you treat people
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

i guess that poor kevin getting left out of george’s whitehouse photos is a classic lesson in being very careful how you treat people, even if they’re not as smart as you… perhaps especially so…

Routine change
Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Wow! So in the end, Obama totally hammers McCain, and it’s all over. In fact, it was a funny feeling yesterday afternoon watching the numbers tick over on CNN and finally it was done and dusted. This has been an interminably long campaign, and one of my regular routines each day or so has been [...]

US Election Day
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Well, we’re slightly ahead of the game here in Australia, but it’s US Election day today/tonight, and it’s probably one of the most important elections in the last few decades. Without a doubt, beyond the norm, the two options for President offer two very different pathways into the future with ramifications for the world beyond [...]

Joe the Plumber
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

American politics has reached new levels of total weirdness when Joe the Plumber becomes an icon for the last days of the election, especially when he actually isn’t the guy everyone thought he was… that is, he isn’t a licensed plumber (from what I gather), nor is he truly representative of middle-class America that both [...]