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Why I've decided to endorse Barack Obama

With his victory in the caucuses of Iowa and apparent lead in the opinion polls of New Hampshire, Barack Obama has proven that he is the bright, young, youthful, optimistic leader that America needs right now at this moment in time when we need fresh ideas like raiding a Pakistani village and rummaging through all the houses because we have some info suggesting Osama might be there. (I assume that is what acting upon "actionable intelligence" means since nobody seems too interested in finding out for sure.)

The only problem with this endorsement that I can possibly see is that it encourages the bandwagon effect, a little known, rare occurrence where something becomes even more popular as a result of something becoming more popular.

Nonetheless, I have to go with Obama because, unlike Ralph Wiggum, the candidate I'd support if electability were not such an important issue, he is a serious candidate.

Better late than never

The U.S. military has a new program to provide Iraqis with public works jobs, such as in sanitation, with the aim of lessening the appeal of anti-occupation forces (Elena Becatoros, The Associated Press, January 2).

So apparently it took Uncle Sam nearly 70 months to think that maybe, just maybe, Iraqis might like paychecks and non-lethal drinking water.