Calgary and its University as Corrupt U.S. Red State: August Edition

Later this month McCain’s “Straight-Talk-Express” will descend on the streets of Calgary. And what could epitomize McCain’s “Straight-Talk” more than climate change denial?
Interventionist Republican Senator Brownback will campaign on McCain’s behalf, moving money through his personal Political Action Committee to the RNC and the presidential campaign.
There are 50,000 voting-age US Americans residing in Calgary, [...]

McCains: Why cut taxes when you can just evade them?

San Diego Country isn’t happy with the McCain family. Turns out, one of the many trusts that administers one of their seven homes hasn’t paid taxes in four years. McCain’s trust scrambled to pay nearly all of the outstanding debt to the county. $1,742 of a total $6,744.42 remains.
If that seems like an [...]

Politics Remixed and “No You Can’t”

Will.i.am and friends released the popular celebrity-grassroots “Yes We Can” Obama video. (I wrote about it here). The video, a quick viral sensation inspired lots of political remixing among non-celebrities (who apparently can still vote in the United States), both positive and negative.
The campaigns themselves are choosing political remixing as an effective way to [...]