I received my mail in ballot for the November 3rd Santa Clara County election. On my ballot was only one measure: Measure C: Parcel Tax Santa Clara Unified School District Not knowing too much about the measure, I searched on Google and found that smartvoter.org had a good summary of the measure. The measure is as follows: [...]
President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Eric Shinseki to lead the US Department of Veteran Affairs. I suppose the timing couldn’t be more perfect, as Sunday marks the 67th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Why? It’s not just because Shinseki is Japanese American, but that it represents just how much the US government has [...]
I think it’s fairly obvious that I’m an Obama supporter. I donated to the campaign (and got a cool t-shirt out of it) and went to a local meet-up during the California Democratic primary. But after watching Obama’s acceptance speech tonight I must say I’m truly inspired. If you haven’t watched his speech, you best [...]
A few coworkers this morning were doing a bit of Stanford bashing, talking about the neo-conservative bastion that is the Hoover Institution. No doubt this is justified, as the Hoover Institution is well-funded and shielded think-tank, which is a complete antithesis of the liberal-minded student body. What makes the Hoover Institution so conservative? Well, it [...]
1. I was born. Kind of awesome. 2. The Dow Jones goes up 420.21 points after some fed cuts and high earnings reports from major institutions. 3. Barack Obama delivers what is considered “That was the most sophisticated speech on race and politics I’ve ever heard,” according to CNN’s Bill Schneider, the only network pundit [...]