March 8th, 2008

The Fuck?

For the past week, we've had the windows open because its been so warm - lesterday alone, we were out in shorts and t-shirts. Now, it's snowing like a bitch. Big fat quarter sized clusters of snow. Everything is white outside and it's blowing in sideways.

These weather hoaxes, I swear...

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The Folly of Experience
Are they experienced? Stanley Kutler takes a critical look at the (over-)emphasis on experience in anything resembling the Oval Office before a candidate assumes the presidency.
Stanley Kutler —

John McCain and Hillary Clinton have used experience as a major talking point in support of their own candidacies and to build a case against Barack Obama. But presidential history attaches little importance to experience; it is strikingly absent in the historical credentials of our most honored presidents.

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