GOP on the national parks

http://www.theweek.com/cartoons/index/101239/Republicans_and_National_Parks
Sorry this just made me laugh...! I know this does not speak for everyone aligned to the party.

Hmm, we need to try something different here...

We need to try to stop doing this:

http://www.theweek.com/cartoons/index/92697/Democrats_Republicans_and_the_economic_crisis

Democratic Primary map-interactive goodness

I found this really cool interactive democratic primary map (there's one for the republicans too) at The New York Times website. It breaks down each state by county as well. I don't know how accurate the information is, but the visuals sure beat looking at just plain numbers in my opinion! The site also has some other neat interactive features for other information such as super delegate lists (including quotes) and voting schedules.

Let's not forget who's running this circus...

I love that the audience in the background is the figure in Edward Munch's The Scream.

Purple America

In case you haven't seen it already, check out this "Purple" map of the US:
http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ervdb/JAVA/election2004/

And this one based on population:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/

If we could just swallow our pride for a moment to listen to each other's point of view, we may not be squabbling over so many things in this country. If we were sensitive to each other's ideas even if we feel they are wrong, we could accomplish so much more.

We have this perceived dichotomy of Blue vs. Red in this country that cause people to think in Black and White. Many of our problems are really "Gray" issues and we block out many creative solutions when we bicker back and forth rather than getting to the heart of the issue.