This is just too funny to pass up.

I wanted to write up a full introduction to this article similar to what I did with the Obama counterpart. John McCain, however, has not captured America’s attention (or at least the American media’s attention) nearly as much as Barack Obama has. So, I really can’t say a whole lot about him. His voting record is very much on par with what I was expecting though… he’s a moderate-leaning republican and tends to vote that way.

According to his voting record, John McCain:

• Supports: Pro-Life
• Supports: Affirmative Action
• Supports: Homosexual Partnerships
• Supports: Prayer in Public School
• Strongly Supports: Death Penalty
• Strongly Supports: Three Strikes Laws
• Strongly Supports: Absolute Gun Ownership
• Opposes: Federal Health Care Funding
• Strongly Supports: Privatizing Social Security
• Supports: Alternative Energy
• Strongly Supports: Anti-Drug Legislation
• Strongly Supports: Allowing Church Provided Welfare
• Opposes: Progressive Taxes
• Supports: Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants
• Strongly Supports: Free Trade
• Strongly Supports: Campaign Funding Limits
• Strongly Supports: The Patriot Act
• Strongly Opposes: Withdrawal from Iraq

The above information is taken from: www.OnTheIssues.org. I’ve attempted to phrase this article in the most non-biased manner possible.

Note: Barack Obama has voted “no opinion” on two issues, which I have left off of both voting records.

I, like a large percentage of Americans, have been extraordinarily impressed by Barack Obama’s speeches and campaign platforms. He’s a very motivating man and knows how to get people excited about his causes. But what exactly are his causes? We all know “a vote for Obama is a vote for change”… but what change is he speaking of exactly? I was sitting here tonight pondering that very questing when it occurred to me, I honestly have no idea what kind of voting record he has. I’ve been so swept away by his public speaking, that I never bothered to look up what exactly he has stood for in the past.

After some time spent exploring his stances on a number of key issues, I’m amazed how he’s managed to position himself as a moderate candidate. He is not. At all. I think a lot of this moderate perception revolves around his statements on faith and politics (which are nothing less than pandering to the religious right). I’ll address his views on that issue on a later night. What I’d like to present here is a list of controversial issues and Obama’s voting record for each of them. Over the next week or so, I plan to walk through each of these and present my own rationale outlining my support (or lack thereof) for each.

According to his voting record, Barack Obama:

• Strongly Supports: Pro-Choice
• Strongly Supports: Affirmative Action
• Supports: Homosexual Partnerships
• Opposes: Prayer in Public School
• Opposes: Death Penalty
• Opposes: Three Strikes Laws
• Opposes: Absolute Gun Ownership
• Supports: Federal Health Care Funding
• Strongly Opposes: Privatizing Social Security
• Strongly Supports: Alternative Energy
• Opposes: Anti-Drug Legislation
• Favors: Allowing Church Provided Welfare
• Strongly Favors: Progressive Taxes
• Strongly Favors: Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants
• Opposes: Free Trade
• Strongly Favors: Campaign Funding Limits
• Strongly Opposes: The Patriot Act
• Favors: Withdrawal from Iraq

The above information is taken from: www.OnTheIssues.org. I’ve attempted to phrase this article in the most non-biased manner possible.

Note: Barack Obama has voted “no opinion” on two issues, which I have left off of both voting records.

I’ve decided to reclassify all the work I’ve published on this site under the Creative Commons copyright license. This means that you’re now allowed to share and remix any of the work found here so long as I am cited as the original author and any derivative works are published under the same licensing.

Read more about it here:

This means that the entirety of the The Receipt Soundtrack is now freely available for download. I’ve supplied the final audio mixes as well as the sheet music in both PDF and MusicXML file formats. Enjoy!

1. I’ve finally gotten around to updating the “Links” section of my website, so you should go check it out.
2. During the process of doing this I found a cool web app called Thumbalizr that will screenshot URLs nicely. Worth looking at if you ever need something of this nature.

I’ve acquired the title “Webmaster” for my research group here at UVA… something I have no problem with. I think it’s pretty obvious that I enjoy web design, so this gives me a change to hone my skills. My latest endeavor was overhauling my professor’s homepage. The new site is heavily php and css driven and features an abstracted design such that the page content can easily be edited via a web interface without seeing any style/layout code.

The live site is here and my personal mirror is located here. As always, comments or suggestions are quite welcome.

Add this to the list of reasons why I believe Sony is the most moronic major electronics company alive today.

Sony’s CEO is recently quoted as saying “I’ve played a Nintendo Wii. I don’t see it as a competitor. It’s more of an expensive niche game device.”

This is despite the fact that, so far this year, the Nintendo Wii has outsold the two other major game platforms… COMBINED!

Wii: 2.8 million
PS3: 1.2 million
360: 1.12 million

Good thing Sony knows so much better than Nintendo, heaven forbid they “drop” to Wii’s level. Oh wait, they’re trying to do just that! Stupid Sony.