Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
May 5, 2008

Rank politics

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

In order to get something other than realitytv/pop-culture posted, I’ll stoop to writing about rank politics. Eeew…
Living in Indiana, I didn’t think that our little primary would amount to much; however, it turns out that we’ll actually matter, given the fratricide that’s taking place in the Democratic Party these days. Yay! (both for our primary [...]


August 28, 2007

Because most Americans are stupid

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Americans Would Get Rid of Electoral College
Well, most Americans are stupid. But, then, that’s not a surprise is it?
Quote: “On Aug. 25, Democratic California senator Dianne Feinstein called for the abolition of the Electoral College, saying, “The current system enables a handful of states to become battleground states, and disenfranchises tens of millions of American [...]


March 12, 2007

Saving daylight

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Well, it happened. We went & changed over (or, rather, sprang forward) to Daylight Saving Time. And I don’t think anyone’s world ended. An Outlook calendar or two might’ve gone supernova, but then that’s not really a bad thing, now is it? Not only that, but amongst all the sturm und drang [...]


January 23, 2007

23-Jan: Today in History

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : todayinhistory

January 23, 1845 - The U.S. Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
WDTM? That every four years, there’s the potential for the week of my birthday to be ruined by Presidential elections. Even worse, every 28 years there’s the possibility that my birthday itself [...]