Tucson Kaidashi Kikou http://www.cybernezumi.net ...my viewfinder on the world. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:58:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 en Early polling… http://www.cybernezumi.net/2007/02/20/early-polling/ http://www.cybernezumi.net/2007/02/20/early-polling/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:58:36 +0000 tadm 2008 electionObamapoliticsquizes http://www.cybernezumi.net/2007/02/20/early-polling/ Well, guess the 2008 election season is well underway, with candidates announcing left and right (in both the figurative and political senses). Still time for more to get in the race, for McCain to do some more pandering flip-flops & for Hillary to make more excuses about her war vote, though. Anyways, ran across 2008 Presidential Frontrunners Quiz which matches your stances with those known for the candidates (or at least until they change their positions if its one of the less stable ones).

Mine matches pretty well with my current leanings. I’m kinda thinking an Obama/Richardson ticket would be interesting.

Matching Obama

, , , ]]> http://www.cybernezumi.net/2007/02/20/early-polling/feed/ Warning: Politics Ahead http://www.cybernezumi.net/2006/08/11/warning-politics-ahead/ http://www.cybernezumi.net/2006/08/11/warning-politics-ahead/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:16:50 +0000 tadm congresselectionpoliticssenatewar http://blog.skuldtek.com/2006/08/11/warning-politics-ahead/ As an American overseas, watching the upcoming elections in the U.S. is a different experience than being back home. I’m not immersed in continuous campaign ads and bickering in the news. I do get plenty of exposure to the big stories via CNN and BBC on satellite TV, but for local issues and candidates the web is my best resource.

Along the lines of “big news”, the defeat of pro-war and Bush-friendly Connecticut Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman has been the first glimmer of hope I’ve seen in a long time. Poll after poll show the American people no longer support Bush’s ill-conceived fiasco, with 60% now against the war in Iraq. Hopefully Lieberman’s loss will force politicians to start considering the will of the people on this issue and work on a way to extricate ourselves before it becomes a full-blown, three way, civil war.

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, , , , ]]> http://www.cybernezumi.net/2006/08/11/warning-politics-ahead/feed/ Sigh… http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/11/04/sigh/ http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/11/04/sigh/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2004 22:41:46 +0000 tadm bushelectionkerrypolitics http://blog.skuldtek.com/wordpress/2006/11/04/sigh/ Well, at least its over I guess. I’d make some rash comments about leaving the country for the next fours years, but I’ve already kinda done that. OK, probably 2.5 years of that 4, I’ll have to see what happens after that. Alas, I fear the damage done to personal liberties & religious freedoms will be more long lasting than that as a result of the imminent vacancy(ies) in the Supreme Court. I just hope I don’t have to wear a bag over my head for the rest of the time here… 41

, , , ]]> http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/11/04/sigh/feed/ More political bumperstickers http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/02/23/more-political-bumperstickers/ http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/02/23/more-political-bumperstickers/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:01:52 +0000 tadm bumperstickerbushenvironmenthumorpolitics http://blog.skuldtek.com/wordpress/2004/02/23/more-political-bumperstickers/ Heh, love all the ones I’m seeing these days. Today’s is:

“Save the Environment — Plant a Bush Back in Texas”

, , , , ]]> http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/02/23/more-political-bumperstickers/feed/ Bumpersticker of the Day http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/01/21/bumpersticker-of-the-day/ http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/01/21/bumpersticker-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:08:58 +0000 tadm 1984ashcroftbumperstickerbushhumorpolitics http://blog.skuldtek.com/wordpress/2004/01/21/bumpersticker-of-the-day/ Saw this one on the drive home (I want one 8-) ):

“Bush-Ashcroft/1984″

, , , , , ]]> http://www.cybernezumi.net/2004/01/21/bumpersticker-of-the-day/feed/ Hangin’ with the Dalai Lama http://www.cybernezumi.net/2003/11/13/hangin-with-the-dalai-lama/ http://www.cybernezumi.net/2003/11/13/hangin-with-the-dalai-lama/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:29:14 +0000 tadm GreenLeftLibertarianMepoliticsquizes http://blog.skuldtek.com/wordpress/2003/11/13/hangin-with-the-dalai-lama/ mood: libertarian left

Or at least that’s where the Political Compass places me and I think really its not so far off. It puts me in the “libertarian left” quadrant with a “Economic Left/Right” of -3.62 and a “Libertarian/Authoritarian” of -5.95. I’ve long agreed with the personal liberty stance of the Libertarians but couldn’t quite get as gung-ho about the whole “anti-tax, let business do whatever it wants” side of things (just not ideologically pure enough, I guess). Generally felt myself a cross between a Green and a Libertarian, and this test seems to bear it out. And it looks like I’m in good company, the Dalai Lama is the closest international figure to me on the chart…

My Political Compass

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