And...the Dow drops. Again.

The Dow Jones dropped about 7 percent today. That makes it under 8,600 *pause for wincing*. Shares are, predictably, also down. Not much news, considering the current climate, honestly. Well, I'm sure that the McCains are feeling your pain right now-if things get too bad, they might even be forced to suffer through selling one of their houses!

Seriously though, if I may point out the obvious, no one can really say that we're in a "mental recession" anymore. It's said that a depression occurs once every sixty years or so, making us slightly overdue. I apologize for playing the pessimist, but if the tide doesn't change soon, I just don't know. Are the fundamentals of our economy still strong, Senator McCain?

I thought not.

Gorillas Fight for McCain

Two posts in one day- wow, I feel productive. Anyways, I made a video mashup using greenscreen (well, technically bluescreen, but it's the same concept) technology, featuring John McCain at the RNC with a pair of battling gorillas in the background. I found it amusing- Enjoy!

MCCAIN'S NOT WEARING A FLAG LAPEL? OH NOES!

And yet I don't really care. Instead, lets focus on the debate. The debate just finished; and I think Obama won, although I can't provide an expert opinion. He was sticking to his points, and his arguments were strong. McCain's done better than I would have suspected; still, I can see why he tried to wriggle out of the debate. Frankly, I wouldn't want to be in a debate with Obama either.

I have a few bones to pick with McCain. He says he'll freeze all spending except for defense spending. But doesn't he realize that the Iraq War is exactly what's got us in all this debt? The Bush administration has spent 600 billion there, and spend approximately 10 billion dollars a month to this day. If we're going to cut spending, that would be a good place to cut it from.

Also, McCain says that "we've" created a government that is too large and spends too much. Well Senator, by "we" do you mean your good friend Bush? If so, one would think that you might think twice about agreeing with him ninety percent of the time.

In other news, I did some phonebanking today. I called up some voters in Virginia, but to no avail. I got one devout Hillary supporter who wasn't planning on voting- I tried to appeal to her reason by explaining that McCain disagreed with Hillary on the issues, but she simply argued that she "didn't like Republicans, didn't like Obama, wasn't voting." The rest either weren't there, were a wrong number, or hung up on me as soon as they found out it was a political call. Ah well...

And now for something completely different: I made a doodle of John McCain. His eyes are too big, and he has too much hair in the picture, but it's not a bad likeness if I do say so myself.

A Late Update on Obama's Speech- Also, Sarah Palin? You've got to be kidding me.

Sorry, readers, for the late update on Barack's acceptance speech. I'm sure all the other blogs have already covered it, but oh well.

So Obama's speech. Absolutely incredible. He managed to get onto the offensive a little, too, which is always good, with lines saying that voting for McCain would be "taking a 10% chance on change" and that McCain "just doesn't get it". His campaign had lowered expectations for a while, saying it wouldn't be as good as '04 etc. but my expectations were certainly exceeded and I imagine that it had a similar effect on other voters.

In other, snarkier news; Sarah Palin? Seriously? Why?

Well, we all know why. I'm pretty sure that goes unsaid. But why her? I get it that she's a woman and all, but she's no Hillary. She's a conservative, anti-choice governor of Alaska. By picking her, McCain just lost his "experience" card. He could have just chosen another Republican woman: Ever heard of Elizabeth Dole? I guess McCain hasn't. It's actually insulting to Hillary supporters, really. I mean, Palin is the epitome of "baking cookies". She's an ex pageant girl; as Miss Alaska, he so-called special talent was whistling. Now that's just ridiculous.

I really can't stop laughing. Sarah Palin. That's pathetic, even for McBush.

In case you've been hiding under a rock this morning

According to Larry King and the message I got from the Obama campaign in my inbox this morning, Joe Biden's been chosen as Barack's running mate. So far, pretty much all of the pundits I'd heard consider Biden an asset to the ticket, and it's no wonder why. After all, the polls have showed that the American public considers McCain stronger than Obama in regards to foreign policy, while Biden is incredibly experienced with that matter. On the subject of experience, Biden's thirty-five years in the senate may counterbalance Obama's relative inexperience (which conservatives have been capitalizing on).

The only issue with Biden is that he's opinionated, which can be a good or bad thing, but could render him unpredictable. Already, the McCain campaign has released an ad attacking Obama, using Biden's words from the primaries. Also, people have been mentioning the "scandalette" (my word) regarding Biden's college plagiarism. However, if we're going to talk about college, I could say a few things about McCain's years in the Naval Academy, and all his demerits there.

I guess the pressure's on McCain now to pick a running mate and deflect some of the attention towards him. Until then, I'll just be Biden' my time (sorry, couldn't resist the bad pun).