Rightward Reasonings
Monday, August 16
A Long Day's Night
As you might have noticed, this blog has become a bit stale of late. However, I notice that I still get page views.. in fact, they're even trending upward!
I don't have much interest in continuing the blog as it was -- just noting and commenting on current events -- there are too many other folks doing that better than I. However, I may be interested in doing an ask-and-answer style blog.
If anyone has a question about conservative politics/policies, orthodox Catholic teachings, engineering, science, or technology, ask in a comment. If I find the question interesting enough, I will research it and post an answer. I have in mind something like this post from a year ago.
Keep in mind, though, that I'm not a Republican Party operative, nor a bishop, nor Steven Den Beste (although I am an engineer).
Ask away!
Friday, February 6
Wednesday, January 28
Analyzing the returns
Here is a breakdown of the total vote count for President in both the Republican and Democratic N.H. primaries.
Interesting notes:
* Kerry not only won the Democratic race, he came in second in the Republican as a write-in! (He fell far behind the front-runner, though, garnering only 2.3% of the vote compared to GW Bush's 85.4%. Needless to say, Kerry did not qualify for any delegates at the Republican convention.)
* Al Sharpton lost to Dick Gephardt, who is no longer in the race, 398-345 on the D side, 14-11 on the R side. (Why does someone go out in the NH cold, vote in the Republican primary, and write-in Al Sharpton for President? Or worse, Dennis Kucinich?!)
* In contrast to the Republican side, where there were 9 write-in candidates (the 9 Democrats who started the year in the race), there were only two on the D side -- GWB & Hillary. Bush beat Hillary in the Democratic primary, 115-54. In fact, Bush did quite respectably in the Democratic primary, coming in 9th, and beating 15 people whose names were actually on the ballot!
Monday, January 26
It's begun
One of the largest Episcopal churches in South Carolina has declared its independence from ECUSA. They have realigned themselves with the Anglican Mission in America, under the authority of the Province of Rwanda. The diocese is suing to reclaim the parish's property, but initial court rulings find that since this church dates from colonial times (and thus predates ECUSA), and was deeded as a site of worship for "the Church of England", the national church has no legal claim to it.
Dean rebound
Don't count him out yet. Zogby has a new poll out showing him just 3 points behind Kerry in New Hampshire.
The catch is, is this poll, Zogby included the "Leaners", that is, those undecided but leaning towards a certain candidate. Comparing today's polling results to yesterday's, it looks like the Leaners (10% of the elctorate) broke roughly 5% Dean, 3% Edwards, and 1% Kerry.
Lieberman is still stuck in 5th, which is a damn shame. (He's the only one of the bunch I'd even consider voting for.) I wouldn't be surprised, though, if he pulls out a 4th or even 3rd place finish, given that Clark is going nowhere fast.
My prediction for tomorrow's vote tally:
Kerry 32%
Dean 30%
Edwards 13%
Lieberman 13% (but slightly lower than Edwards)
Clark 9% (he'll withdraw shortly after)
Kucinich 2%
Sharpton 1%
I think Clark's done, but as long as Lieberman doesn't finish behind him, he'll continue on to the South, where hopefully he can pick up some more conservative voters.
Friday, January 23
About damn time..
Bush to propose spending freeze - The Washington Times
Of course, "spending freeze" = "growth in non-homeland security, non-defense, non-Social Security, non-Medicare spending of less than 1%". If I had my druthers, the necessary increases in homeland security and defense spending would be offset by cuts in other areas of the budget, so that total spending increases didn't outstrip inflation plus population groowth.
