Which Candidate Will Raise Your Taxes?

Excellent web page from slsinsf, my BFF in SF. ObamaTaxCut.com uses a small computer program (or servlet for the technically inclined) to figure out the approximate tax cut (if any) you would receive under an Obama presidency and under a McCain presidency. (The underlying mathematics was derived by the independent and non-partisan Tax Policy Center and based on the economic plans available on each candidate's web sites.) As most McCain supporters believe Obama will raise their taxes, here is a real-time way of finding out (roughly) what each presidency will mean to your personal bottom line.

I would receive no tax cut under an Obama presidency but money isn't everything. Truth, compassion, and honesty are part of the picture. Oh, and health. Don't get me wrong, money's there too; I'm just not an extremist.

Cindy McCan't: Take the Heat

And she's nowhere near the kitchen. She's on The View.

All this relates to her appearance last week with John. A lot seems to have gone down following the interview and I thought it was neatly and fairly summed up in this segment from CNN's Showbiz Tonight.

But most important is one of the commentators. I don't know who you are are Lauren Lake but, girl, you are my new best friend!

Which Candidate Is Better Educated?

No matter how old I am or how many jobs I may apply for, I am always asked about my education and college degree. Here are the answers to that question regarding our presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

John McCain

1. United States Naval Academy: Class rank 894 of 899*

Barack Obama

1. Occidental College: 2 years


2. Columbia University: B.A. Political Science with a specialization in international relations


3. Harvard University: Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude*

Sarah Palin

1. Hawaii Pacific University: 1 semester


2. North Idaho College: 2 semesters - general study


3. University of Idaho: 2 semesters - journalism


4. Matanuska-Susitna College: 1 semester


5. Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester


6. University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in journalism*

Joeseph Biden

1. University of Delaware: B.A. in history and B.A. in political science


2. Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)*

Gracias, Monsieur Bissell.

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* As far as I know, the United States Naval Academy doesn't qualify their degrees (as others do with a B.A. or J.D. - doctorate of law) so I added John McCain's ranking as the qualifier. Copied from the McCain web site regarding his education:

John attended college at the United States Naval Academy, and launched a 22-year career as a naval aviator upon his graduation.

John McCan't: Please His Fellow POWs

Interesting article by Phillip Butler, a man who was with John McCain during his internment in Vietnam. John McCain uses this time as a reason why he would be a good commander-in-chief but this man doesn't think so.

I Spent Years as a POW with John McCain, and His Finger Should Not Be Near the Red Button

Just add it to the pile.

John McCan't: Please the Ladies of The View

All dressed chromatically in black and white, three of the ladies were on top of it with Barbara seemingly showing her true colors, Whoopi not showing enough of hers, and joy finally coming into her own - for a few minutes anyway. Sherry didn't say a word until she threw a couple of softballs to Cindy in part 3 while Elizabeth prided herself on her question concerning Roe v. Wade, "No softballs from me." She's quite the journalist.



Someone should have called McCan't out when he touted Palisn't as the most popular governor in America. Is that per capita? I think Arnold Schwarzenegger might have something to say about that statement - at the least.



Cindy-bot joined for part three. She has a good engineer.