Election tidbits

I think we need some blogging here, the election is just a few days away.

I couldn't be prouder of my home state. Seriously, 1 in 4? No wonder we elected W 4 times.

I couldn't be prouder of my alma matter. I'm glad the young conservatives are keeping us in the spotlight for intolerance. First the bake sale, then marrying inanimate objects, now this.

As expected, the socially liberal, fiscally conservative, 18th grade reading level publication The Economist endorsed Barack Obama. This means that all 7 conservative intellectuals in the world have endorsed the Democrat.

Craig, have you voted yet? Changed your mind about Bob Barr? I hear he is going to be a libertarian for Halloween. Sorry, I couldn't resist the cheap shot.

The Rockets look good. They might be the deepest team in the league. Last year Chuck Hayes started. Now he is like our 11th man. Artest is crazy, but nobody ever goes crazy in Houston. Carl Everett didn't. Barkley didn't. Francis even did okay here. The reason is because we have no state income tax, warm weather, and plenty of stuff for rich, famous guys to do. Artest went crazy in Indianapolis because him and Reggie Wayne are like the only black people in the city. I know, I have been to Indy. He will be okay there. My prediction: Rockets lose in Western Conference Finals.

Proposition 8

Unfortunately for everyone who reads this blog, our vote doesn't matter. Texans will vote for McCain because most of them have no teeth, Californians and D.C. guys will vote for Obama b/c he did drugs when he was younger and they can relate to that. But my vote does kind of matter on Propostion 8. Voters in some Western states like California can put measures on the ballot if they get enough signatures. Opponents of same sex marriage (i.e. old, rural people who think gays are icky) got enough measures to put an anti same sex marriage measure on the ballot. California's liberal attorney general played with the words a bit, and now it reads: "Propostion 8: Eliminates rights of same sex couples to marry. Changes California Constitution to eliminate right of same sex couples to marry".

Theoretically due to the full faith and credit clause of the constituion, other states will have to recognize other state's marraiges the same way Texas recognizes my California Driver's License. Maybe Adam can weigh in on that since he knows more than I do. New polls show Prop 8 losing but the race is narrowing. I don't really trust the polls as the opponents of Prop. 8 are more likely to be young surfers who will smoke weed all day on Nov. 4th instead of voting, whereas proponents of Prop 8 will be commanded by their megachurch pastors to flock to the polls and smite the heathen homosexuals, probably while praying that Rick Warren will summon fire and brimstone to destroy the Castro in San Fran. My vote finally counts. And I will use it to speak out against hate.

Foreign Policy

I kind of miss having Ron Paul in the race. Sure he has extreme views, can't do math, and anybody who would consider voting for him should be sent to Brad Lidge's psychologist, but at least he brought up some good points. In between his nonsense about destroying the Fed and getting rid of the income tax, Paul questioned why the United States should be the world cop. Why should we spend half of our discrescionary spending on defense when our enemies are guys in caves halfway around the world? Its a good point, and both of the candidates will get us into more of the "foreign entanglements" that George Washington warned about. McCain's foreign policy resembles a young Chase Jones. If you threw a pencil at young Chase, he would try to kill you. Imagine what President McCain would do if Indonesia looked at him funny.

McCain (and probably Obama, I am too lazy to research it) wants Georgia in NATO. This is retarded. By the terms of NATO this would mean that an attack on Tblisi, Georgia would be the same as an attack on Atlanta, Georgia. Lenin was born in Georgia, but any attack on them would bring them us into a war with Russia. Why the hell would we do that? Who cares about Georgia? Both candidates also want us to be staunch supporters of Israel. Why is this in our national interests? Most people in the Middle East hate America because we support Isreal. But why do we do that? If we decided to give the state of Florida back to the Seminole Indians because of historical injustices, do you think Uncle Ken would be pissed? This is exactly what happened to the Palestinians in Israel. So why do give the Israelis our unconditional report even when they start random wars and kill a lot of civlians trying to get back at terrorists?

The Good Word

I woke up this morning, turned on my computer, and found some endorsements for Obama that I thought were strange. Colin Powel endorsed Obama today. Also, after 40 years of endorsing Republican presidents, The Houston Chronicle endorsed Obama. When an East Texas newspaper endorses an African-American liberal from a Yankee state, you can tell things are not looking good for McCain.

But the most interesting endorsement of Obama I read was from Christopher Buckley. Christopher Buckley used to write for the National Review and is an old school conservative. His father, William Buckley founded that same magazine and is considered one of the great conservative intellectuals of all time (before the term conservative intellectual became an oxymoron). After endorsing Obama on his blog, he was forced to resign from the NR after an enormous reader backlash. Click the link, its an excellent read.

In Search of the real Adam Moore

To commemorate your birthday Adam, I decided to do the only thing I could think of - type in "Adam Moore" in google images and see what I could find. The answer - a lot of people who aren't you. Nevertheless, it was difficult trying to decipher who was and who wasn't the Adam Moore I know. See if you can tell the difference yourself.



This guy's name is Adam Moore. Check. He's a lawyer. Check. He owns a law firm called "The Adam Moore Law Firm". Maybe. He's 99 years old, wears suspenders and is probably successful - Not Adam Moore


Stylish haircut? Check. Fancy clothes? Check. Ability to grow facial hair? Not Adam Moore

Clean Clothes? Check. Leaning to the left? Check. African American? Not Adam Moore

Awkward interaction with women? Check. Creepy? Check. Obsession with ears? Questionable - Possibly Adam Moore
Inability to take normal pictures? Check. Stylish hair cut? Questionable. Drunk? Check. Awkward one-sided of face smile? Correction - Possibly Steven Moore.


Definitely not Adam Moore.



Awkard face? Check. Stylish t-shirt and jeans? Check. Putting birthday hats on your dog on your own birthday - Definitely Adam Moore.



Happy Birthday Adam

1984 Part 2

"Truly Terrifying"

When is the best time to encroach upon civil liberties and expand the scope and power of government? The answer is easy - during times of crisis, war, or economic hardship (better if its all three). It's easy to justify, and better yet, easy to ignore.

The Department of Homeland Security just had its space based spying program go live in its first phase. Its capabilities include "...utilizing different parts of the light- and infrared spectrum, spy satellites, in addition to taking ultra high-resolution photographs to within a meter of their "target," (they) can also track the heat signatures generated by people inside a building" - sweet. It was included in spending bill - and was barely debated.

Don't worry though, The DHS will provide access to their spy imagery to federal, state, local and contracted private agencies - but no eavesdropping. Don't worry. Rest assured.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

"A new 60-page Government Accountability Office report said the department "lacks assurance that NAO operations will comply with applicable laws and privacy and civil liberties standards," according to a person familiar with the document...

The report cites gaps in privacy safeguards. The department, it found, lacks controls to prevent improper use of domestic-intelligence data by other agencies and provided insufficient assurance that requests for classified information will be fully reviewed to ensure it can be legally provided."

In the midst of war, economic crisis and Sarah Palin, government surveillance is reaching unprecedented levels with an even greater opportunity for shredding personal privacy. John McCain wants to extend these measures, as does Barack Obama. To be fair though Obama wants to extend the power to spy to our federal agencies but while giving them the power to spy on you and me, wants to stop them from spying on you and me by means of congressional oversight - Thank God for congressional oversight!

Maybe you're not concerned and to be honest, i'm not pooping my pants over it either. However, this does reinforce my view that the status quo needs to change and it won't happen in 2008.

(...also in the WSJ)

I'm a Loser

I turn 28 next week. Yes, I feel blessed, successful and, as always, dashingly handsome.

This guy though is only 7 years older than me and tapped to head the government's $700 billion bailout program. The greatest financial crisis the United States has faced since the Great Depression and some guy six years out of business school gets the job.

Kashkari may be more successful, but I'm definitely more handsome.

I can see Russia!!

Having fun with Sarah Palin's alleged foreign policy credientials based upon her ability to see Russia from Alaska. By the way, this article notes that Sarah Palin has not just never been to the island with a Russian view, but that most of its residents have never heard of her.

Uhh what?!

Did anyone else see this???

It's almost as if George W. Bush, after 9/11, said, "It's not based on any particular intelligence, we just wanted to choose a really bad country."

No wonder both the bailout and the war are disasters.