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A few political notes, links and interesting articles the Clarion has encountered on the internet.

The first is a blog for the American Prospect written by a fellow named Ezra Klein. It is delightfully subtitled, "Momma said wonk you out." Klein is a sharp observer, who peppers his posts with good links for further research on a given topic. (A huge plus in the Clarion's estimation.) He is acclaimed, having written for the LA Times, The Guardian, and The New Republic, among others. Delightfully, he is still a man of the people who enjoys writing about booze a bit.

This next one is from another site we enjoy tremendously, though the site isn't for the faint of heart or stomach. We love the Best of Craig's list, but we warn it can be raunchy, if highly hilarious. In this case an anonymous poster in the San Francisco Bay Area found perfect pitch in a political post called, "Happy Fifth Anniversary."

In a reversal from the amateur brilliance of that last link, this one is strictly professional. It is an article from Time Magazine analyzing reaction to Focus on the Family leader, James Dobson's comments on Barak Obama's Christianity. It was an interesting read.

With the general election bearing down on us, full steam, electoral math is all the rage. Here is an interesting piece from the New York Times debunking the claim Hillary was making about Obama being unable to win the White House without winning Appalachia. To paraphrase the highlight line, 'It may be true that that no Democrat has won the White House since 1916 without taking West Virginia, as Clinton pointed out. But they all could have won without it. The margins of victory in those races ranged from 23 to 515 electoral votes. West Virginia has five.'

This link is not electoral math, but a whole different kind of fun math. Pissed at how their spending your tax money? Ever wanted to try your hand at remaking the Federal Budget? Well this is the place.

One more, kind of a hoot. Apparently John Mayer supports Ron Paul...who incidentally is holding his own convention.

That's all folks!!! Good night now. *

Labels: 2008's President, interesting links, Politics, Pop Culture