Largest Paper In Alaska Endorses Obama

The Anchorage Daily News (circulation of over 70k daily) has thrown its hat in the political ring and is giving its support for Barrack Obama as president via an editorial.

In the editorial, it is mentioned that the election "is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation."

The editorial continues with the attack on McCain on various issues, especially the current financial crisis and his apparent inability to understand and quickly deal with the situation.

"[McCain] is both a longtime advocate of less market regulation and a supporter of the huge taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailout. His behavior in this crisis -- erratic is a kind description -- shows him to be ill-equipped" to deal with the economic criss and rally support behind his ideals.

They mention that Obama reminds them of the leadership in the last Democratic president that helped to give us a budget surplus.

"Sen. Obama better understands the mortgage meltdown's root causes and has the judgment and intelligence to shape a solution, as well as the leadership to rally the country behind it."

They also touch on Obama's inexperience, saying that the endorsement "by a seasoned, respected soldier and diplomat like Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican icon, should reassure all Americans that the Democratic candidate will pass muster as commander in chief."

In the end though, the editorial concludes with the condemnation of Palin's inexperience as a "72-year-old heartbeat" away from being thrust into the leadership of the United States (should McCain win), adding that it "is just too risky at this time."

Netbook!

I have been eyeing a new laptop for roughly a year and a half. My old Pentium 2 processor laptop just wasn't cutting it anymore. Yes, I was still in the dark ages as far as laptops are concerned in the current fast-paced technological world we live in, so I eyed a cheap upgrade. As I hope to be out and about as a print journalist after I graduate soon, I was immediately attracted to the new phenomenon that is the netbook.

Essentially, it is a laptop that is truly portable in the sense that it is small, light, and Wi-Fi enabled. They are often cheap as well, coming in at under $600 typically. Some run customized versions of various Linux distros while others even use Vista (blah!) and I eyed the XP variants. After researching online, and being initially attracted to the Asus Eee PC which happened to be one of the few popular netbooks at the time, I broadened my horizon thanks to Newegg and its reviews.

You see, I have small fingers to go along with my small stature (5'3" at best) but I did not want a cramped keyboard, which I heard the Eee PC had. So my search for hands-on time began. As time went on I began to realize the netbook market was popular online but hadn't quite caught on at major retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City at the time. So my search was delayed as time elapsed. Soon, my birthday was upon me (Oct. 16th for those concerned) and I decided enough was enough; I was going to get some hands on time with one of these portable machines and I was going to stop at nothing.

Updates

So, Texas beat OU last weekend and that game made me ecstatic. If you can't tell by now, I am a Longhorns fan, at least in football (I have loyalties to Kentucky in basketball). Additionally, adding to the awesome of the weekend is the fact that I got a new netbook that I had my eye on for quite some time for my early birthday present.

This weekend I will be celebrating my birthday with a alot of great friends and hopefully will be trying alot of new beers. Also, this weekend will have Texas playing Mizzou so that will be a very exciting game. Finally, the economy rebounded yesterday and hopefully will continue to bounce back throughout the week.

Until my next post, remember, UT is #1. :P