Watching as twilight falls

I don't get outside as much as I used to, but I can still sense the end of the summer upon us - even if I don't have the beginning of another year of school to guide me. Walking to pick up lunch this afternoon, I could tell that the sun was already hitting the ground at a lower angle than usual, making it feel as though it was later than it actually was. While I'm not necessarily as big a fan of the summer as others, it's a bit sad when the season begins to wind down. It's a sign that people are going to be getting back to their jobs and relaxing less than usual.

So goes life.

Good for a laugh and little else

Digg is a popular website where users can uprate content that they like. There are often amusing items at the top of its lists, which is why I usually read it. However, I'm particularly confounded by the vast support Ron Paul has there. Even though people with any sense of the political landscape knew he never had a shot - despite the money he was raising - Digg users continued to uprate his material.

Now a popular story currently on the top list talks about how Paul equates Obama's and McCain's foreign policy to each other. Aside from being as intellectually dishonest as Ralph Nader's claim that George W. Bush and Al Gore were the same in 2000 (see how that one turned out), it's also amazing how many idiotic, libertarian-minded fools there are roaming the Internet. Even after Paul's campaign has ended, these people still support him and his call for a 'revolution', whatever the hell that entails.

There's a reason that, despite the gobs of money they gave to him, people like Digg users failed to get Paul any traction in the presidential race. It's because the people who backed and supported him had no freakin' clue about how politics works in America...and that's not something they can blame on a corrupt system or the traditional media. It's because Americans, surprisingly or not, can identify fringe politicians when they see one.

Even when it's self-identification amongst Republicans.

Kicking ass and taking names

Just watched history on television, and what a hell of a speech Barack Obama made. A lot of people (Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Bob Casey, and Bill Richardson, to name a few) have hit John McCain pretty hard this week, but Obama just laid the smackdown on him.

It's long past time that the Democratic Party fought for itself like this.

The show's almost over

Only two more days of the formal training program, and it will be all over. There's a lot of things I'd like to write up about - restaurants, movies, and other stuff - but it's been a busy time for me. All in all, the summer hasn't been so bad, and given that I'll be working non-stop for time immemorial in a few weeks, it could be worse.

On the bright side, some of my favorite TV shows (Entourage, Heroes, The Office) will be returning soon. It's hard to put a damper on future couch potatoism.