Archive for January, 2008
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Hillary’s Race Card Part II
In his op-ed “A Hand the Clinton’s Aren’t Showing” today in the Washington Post, Eugene Robinson mirrored my concern for Hillary’s use of race as play to get whitie to stop supporting Obama.
Is it possible that accusing Obama and his campaign of playing the race card might create doubt in the minds of the moderate, […]
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Hillary and the Race Card
The Clintons always know exactly what they are doing, at least when they are losing. Hillary claims she is the best qualified candidate (and its entitled to the presidency) because she has 35 years of experience, including 8 years of derivative or vicarious presidential experience (it makes you wonder whether the Constitution should prohibit more […]
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
iJam: The Retorno of the Jamón Conspiracy
When you thought it was safe to read this blog again . . . the Jamón Conspiracy pulls you back in. Here is a very funny Apple parody, in Spanish, called iJam. Not only is it funny, it also reflects Spaniards’ fixation and obsession with Jamón — a dried pig leg. Regardless of how exquisite […]
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
It’s Not Easy Being Hillary
This morning I watched the images of Hillary in New Hampsire, emotional and teary-eyed, explaining that it wasn’t easy being Hillary Clinton and that she couldn’t do it if she didn’t “passionately believe it was the right thing to do”. The reason why she is running for president is because, in her own words, “I […]
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Too Much Home Entertainment
I have a case of too much home entertainment on my hands. One of the problems is that Christmas normally lasts from the day after Thanksgiving until December 25th. After that point, all Christmas music and decorations should be safely put away until the following November. But this is not the case in Spain where […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Digressions, Living la vida española, literature by eric
Friday, January 4th, 2008
Obama is what is Good about America
The news today from Iowa is outstanding. Regardless of who you want to win the elections, the fact than an African American wins the Democratic Iowa Caucus is a historical landmark in the United States. Furthrmore, Obama took 38% of the votes in a 95% white state like Iowa with almost 10 percentage points above […]
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
New Year, New Books
It’s a new year and I just got back from home. That means many of things, one of which is that I have a new list of books for the new year. Here’s what’s new on my shelf and in deck:
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Back from Brooklyn
What happen? I’m back from Brooklyn. I spent ten days back in the States, split about half and half between home and NYC, and now I am back. After almost two weeks of being offline, I almost feel as if I could never go back to work again in my life and not be […]
