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OTM Recap 4/12 – Easter Edition!

It’s another video recap week, y’all. Sorry about all the coughing in advance.

Ammo shortage causes the same freakout that started it

luna715/Flickr Bad news folks – looks like the socialists are going to take away our guns. At least that’s the fear that’s caused a bit of an ammo shortage in the U.S. since the election of President Barack Obama. Which is, I think, hyperbolic. But I think it’s fair. If you care about your right [...]

Watch Obama’s speech here! (from Hulu, but whatever)

Just so you know, we might post REAL late tonight, because we’re probably going to be watching the Obama address to Congress. Maybe. Paying attention seems like less of a civic duty when the person you grudgingly pay attention to is the person you wanted in that position. I’m definitely interested to hear what he [...]

OTM Highlights 1/25: Private Eyes Are Watching You

Happy new president week, y’all. According to OTM, Obama’s first victory is being allowed to hang on to his Blackberry in office (personally, I’m surprised he’s not an iPhone guy). Obama is the first president to use e-mail, which seems kind of insane.  There’s a reson, though – presidents’ correspondance is kept for historical records, [...]

NPR’s “Wait Wait” grapples with its dark history

You know, I was a supporter of Barack Obama well before he ever ran for president. Not because of his positions (which, happily, I do mostly agree with), but because–unlike almost every other politician in history–he actually has a sense of humor about himself not relegated to the stage of “Saturday Night Live.” I only [...]

OTM Highlights, 11/7: Now that it’s over, I miss the election.

The election is over, kids. You can go to bed without thrashing around in doubt and/or fear, wondering if your favorite candidate would make it into the particular office they were running for. If you care about Congressional elections (you DO, right?), then we’ll see you again in two years. But we all know which [...]