Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Canadian Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein has a few words about polls in America. “The polling demonstrates that energy independence is looming as a bigger issue than the economy,” said Sen. Grafstein. “It’s good, but it’s not directing that venom at us, but to the petrol dictators. He goes on to say that Canada wants to…

It looks like the Democrat vow to regain respect for America on the international scene has hit a snag. DENVER, Colo.–Canadian Parliamentarians in Denver last week tried to seek assurances that Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama isn’t singling out Canada as he vows to wean the U.S. off foreign oil and protect domestic jobs.…

Republicans will be running an abbreviated convention due to hurricane Gustav. Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced most of first day’s activities at the Republican National Convention would be cancelled due to incoming hurricane storms in the South. “We are going to suspend most of our activities tomorrow except for those absolutely necessary,” McCain told…

An entertaining video from J. Son of Naked Boy News, with some good questions for gay activists.

This web site is a perfect example of why people don’t want to go into politics. Such sliminess is unbelievable. But it’s all in a day’s work for the likes of Daily Kos, Andrew Sullivan, and other gullible bloggers I once respected who ought to know better. I hope this poor girl gives a tearful…

Roger L. Simon takes issue with the conventional wisdom lumping so-called “social issues” together: The preeminent social issues – gay marriage and abortion – are quite separate. Lumping them together, as is often done by the media and by ideologues on both sides, is insulting to our intelligence. It certainly is. What’s even worse is…

H/T Libertarian Republicans

I’m not normally one to praise Jimmy Carter, but I just stumbled onto an interesting tidbit I’d never seen before that (because of my admitted bias) warmed me to him. Not all Pit Bulls are bad, but they are strong and, when tested, they do attack with a bone-crushing, mutilating bite. The American Pit Bull…

Politics is sleazy, and I’m quite used to dirt-digging, bogus allegations, wild exaggerations, and things blown out of proportion to their actual importance. I’ve seen so much mud-slinging over the years that I often think I’ve seen everything. One of the first things I thought when I heard about Sarah Palin’s nomination was that she’d…

Eric Dondero of the Libertarian Republican blog has some very kind words for Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin has long been considered to be a libertarian-leaning Republican. As Mayor of Wasila (Anchorage suburb), Palin was friends with local libertarian Republican elected officials, and worked closely with them on tax cut proposals. She is known to have…

This happened a while back but I’m just catching up. The DNC has moved a considerable portion of its operations to Chicago. “This is part of the implementation of the plans Paul [Tewes] discussed last week with the state party chairs,” Finney said. “As part of the efforts to fully integrate DNC operations with the…

I’m sorry, but with remarks like this, Obama is asking for it: The Obama campaign is not backing down. “The fact that John McCain does not know how many houses he owns when millions are struggling to stay in the only house they have shows he’s out of touch with the lives of real Americans,”…

If you want to see the whole interview of Sarah Palin talking about energy policy with a transcript visit this site.

I’m a sucker for puzzles, especially when I can’t figure them out. Someone could probably trap and kill me by using the human equivalent of the monkey trap if the trap consisted of something I couldn’t figure out, but which looked as if it maybe could be. I think that whether puzzles are a waste…

“A vote for McCain/Palin is a vote for gay marriage.” So claims this website, citing this news report that as Alaska governor, she vetoed a bill “sought to block the state from giving public employee benefits such as health insurance to same-sex couples.” Thus, argues the site, “Sarah Palin’s veto gave gays the same rights…

A comment from No Quarter which is a pro Hillary site. Comment by Clinton Fan 2008-08-30 06:19:01 I might, too. I gave his campaign $20.08 and told them Hillary sent me! Obama’s strategists miscalculated. I’m mad as hell, not gonna take it any more, and NOT getting over it. Time to put Howard, Donna and…

From the video: “Republicans are much more open to strong women”

Pardon the opening. It was the best of the lot.