John McCain on Jon Stewart

John McCain appeared on Jon Stewart’s show tonight and honestly, despite all the politicking that necessarily occurred, I gained some respect for the old Senator. He has a sense of humor that I hadn’t realized, considering he’s a war mongering 90-year-old politician. I suppose when you’re on Jon Stewart you have to have some sort of sense of humor, though McCain really made me laugh a couple times. Props to the old man.

My views on John McCain are simple in the Presidential sense; I think he’s the best candidate. Sen. Barack Obama next and if you’ve read my posts on Hillary you know how she sits in my books. McCain is best when it comes to the economy, which is the primary concern to me right now. He’s twice as old as Obama and that’s simply experience that cannot be imitated. I don’t want to get into this too much because I get into enough debates day-to-day and I don’t need more online. Feel free to leave your opinion, however there’s no guarantee that I’ll get back to you about it.

Prediction Markets

Prediction Markets are the new thing for money makers. You get paid for correctly predicting worldly events before the happen; what could be easier? For example, if you are just so confident that God forsaken Hillary Clinton is going to win the Presidential nomination (not the race mind you, just the nomination) then you could buy a contract for 5 (at the time of the article), or as it translates, 50 cents. When the time comes and the nomination is actually revealed, if you are right the contract pays 100, or 10 dollars. See how it works? So basically the going rate for a contract is the markets aggregate prediction of the probability that a certain event will occur- in this case 5% chance that Hillary Clinton will get the nomination.

You can bet on anything from Presidential races to Olympic city bids for 2016 to whether or not Elliot Spitzer will get indicted on felony charges before a certain date. I think this is a great way to make money especially if you’re an insider at one of these places. I’m assuming that insider trading laws from Sherman don’t apply to this sort of thing. If you’re with team Obama and he dies- go bet the farm before the news breaks. Whether or not that’s ethical is arguable but take it for what its worth. Not only is it a good way to make money, its a really interesting way to waste time.
Intrade.com is the prime example of such a market- real money traded here… be careful!

Hate to Say I Told You So

I said how long ago how there was absolutely not an iceberg’s chance in hell of Hillary Clinton getting the nomination. OK, so she got closer than I thought, but all I’m saying is, she pisses me off- she is probably the worst thing America could put in office. I’m ecstatic she didn’t get the nomination so now theres no chance of her ever being able to reign terror on this country all while being able to call her husband ‘First Laddie’ or the like. Alright enough ranting. Please, if you are a Clinton supporter, leave a comment so I can really hear what good reasons you may think you have for holding such an opinion; I’d love to hear them.

The Clintons

Today, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, was not a very good day for the Clinton family in the way of public relations. I think these photos and videos pretty much explain themselves so I’ll let you see and watch before I blab about them. The image is to the right, and the video can be found on YouTube here.

I applaud this child acting ruthless because I think I would do the same thing if Hillary was cackling like she does in my ear. Bill, nobody really cares about him any more, but I suppose (God forbid) he could become America’s first lady that isn’t, and that’s just no way to act when you’re in such an esteemed position.

Oh and of course just for fun, President Bush:

Hillary Clinton. Mudslinger. Cry-baby. Etc.

Where do I begin with the Hillary Clinton machine? How about with the ‘alleged’ attacks on the Barack Obama front. She started by pointing how just how liberal Barack Obama was having mingled with Chicago’s Hyde Park individuals and his voting record in congress for criminal defendants’ rights. God forbid an African American democratic candidate be opposed to the criminal justice system and too liberal. Next, Hillary attacked Obama’s position on abortion saying that he wasn’t able to take a stance on the topic when in reality his voting record shows, along with his Planned Parenthood and NARAL ratings, that he’s pro-choice through and through. In that attack she went as far as sending letters to the New Hampshire voting public- which obviously paid off, her having taken the New Hampshire primary just hours ago.

Next, Hillary cried the other day. Really Hillary? The President of the United States can’t lock his/herself in a room and cry when we get bombed by North Korea. I know it wasn’t a full on cry, I saw the video, but still. Grow some balls (… nevermind).

Finally, I’d like to recall that although Hillary was booed not once, but twice at the New Hampshire Democrats’ 100 Club dinner almost a week ago, she still somehow managed to squeak a victory tonight. This election is shaping up to be quite the interesting battle.