Sim Peanut Butter

Since I like to cheat at games frequently, I was reading a walkthrough for Simcity 4. Apparantly there's something the author calls the "peanut butter point" where things are going fine but there's no growth. The way to deal with such circumstances sounded eerily familiar:

A common phrase in comedy and the entertainment industry in general is "Leave your audience wanting more." Concentrate on what is RIGHT in your town... I hate saying this, but for the sims' own good, the best way to make your city get out of its sticky trap is to piss everyone off.

What's Wrong with Neoconservatives?

Do you remember the first day you heard the word “neoconservative”? I do. I remember it like it was a good 6 or 7 months ago. As with any new word, once I heard it I started hearing it over and over again. Neoconservative this, neoconservative that. If you’re like me, you ascertained the meaning by its context. Initially I knew it had something to do with George Bush’s administration and republicans in general, and the “neo” part (meaning new) had me thinking that these conservatives were somehow different from regular conservatives, perhaps even irrepresentative of the body of people that voted Bush in office in either election. As with any word, more experience should allow one to accurately refine its meaning; unfortunately for me, because of my exposure to biased sources (such as the internet), I suspected that when I heard someone say “neoconservative” they really meant “Republican I hate.” I did a bit of research to get an objective explanation and here’s what I found:

Rock the Homophobia

Okay, finally get to post after the election.
As some have asked me in the past couple of days: "Um... what happened?"
Short of covert elections fraud, the best election seems to be: homophobia. 

Scary Euphamisms

All right, here's something very scary. Although the news has constantly been saying how the presidential race is a dead heat and they show that polling is always so close that the separation is within the margin of error. What strikes me as odd is that we should've learned from the 2000 election that direct popular vote doesn't determine who's president; it's the electoral college. I'm going to assume that if you're literate you have an idea of how the electoral college works. So the website www.electoral-vote.com has been very good at looking at polling by state, and determining how many electoral votes the candidates have according to the polling. Here's a graph showing how it's been distributed throughout the campaign: 

Blurriness

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. Doesn't seem anyone cared anyway. But I shouldn't apologize. So I apologize for apologizing.
Don't get me wrong. I have no regrets about apologizing for apologizing.
Since I can vote and am somewhat politically aware, I tried to submit a blog entry at catch.com. Since it didn't pass through, I figured I've got this place. So here's what I said: