Final Debate Reaction

Often on the campaign trail Mitt Romney will never mention specifics and only regurgitate platitudes.  In the final debate on foreign policy (transcript) he did much the same.  When he didn’t speak in platitudes, he spoke in what he believed (which was often demonstrably false: “I don’t see our influence growing around the world. I see our influence receding”), or in incorrect facts.  But mostly it was platitudes.

I think this is best shown in his closing statement which is so full of no information, that I would love to have it presented by Obama and run it past conservative voters.

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Jill Stein, Presidential Candidate

Polls are currently leading toward President Obama being re-elected.  Texas will certainly remain a red state and push its electoral votes toward Mitt Romney.  But there are other candidates running for president, Jill Stein among them. She is the Green Party candidate, and if you live in Texas or any other state not in contention, … Read more

X Files: End Games (s2 e17)

Summary: Great story continuance of a 2-parter. Scully taken hostage, traded for Mulder’s sister, who dies in a river. Then Mulder stumbles into the female clones who all look like the one claiming to be his sister. Mulder heads to the Beaufort Sea without telling Scully. Skinner sticks his neck out for Mulder again, while … Read more

X Files: Colony (s2 e16)

Summary: Unconscious and narrating, Mulder starts the episode in hypothermia and sure of extraterrestrial presence. A bunch of identical green-blooded guys being killed off by another green-blooded guy. Then, bam! The return of Samantha Mulder. Raised by one of the alien duplicates. Episode cliff-hangs with Scully staring at DoppelMülder. Location: Beaufort Sea, Arctic Circle; Scranton, … Read more