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Hillary, get your gun.

By Justen Deal • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: America, also, politics

Just a note… Up early, for an early flight this morning. I’ve also changed things so that email alerts don’t go out in the future for political posts, since those might be the most frequent topic for the next few months…
Barack Obama tried yesterday to regain his footing amidst a growing firestorm over [...]



A president who stands up for them.

By Justen Deal • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: America, politics

At a private fundraiser in San Francisco last Sunday, Barack Obama said that people in rural Pennsylvania become “bitter [and] cling to guns or religion” because of economic problems and poor representation in Washington. The Associated Press is reporting on the story, which was first covered by The Huffington Post.
Hillary Clinton’s response: “‘Well, that’s [...]



I’m lost, but I’m hopeful.

By Justen Deal • Apr 9th, 2008 • Category: Yahoo!

Steve Ballmer is no Larry Ellison.
Microsoft has found its anemic carrot hasn’t done the trick to convince the folks at Yahoo! that assimilation is in their best interests. Now Microsoft is threatening to use a stick to whack Yahoo! into submission. Note to Microsoft: really, really bad idea.
I blogged almost a year ago [...]