http://blog.mladineo.com Adventures in the Lone Star State Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:15:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congratulations to Barack Obama for winning the presidential race last night. While I do not agree with many of his views, it is time that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike congratulate him on a hard-fought win. Now, it is time for Obama to step up, become the leader that America needs, ... http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/11/obama-wins-white-house/ According to a TechRepublic release, BYU's undergraduate information systems (IS) program is rated in the top 10 nationwide. For further information, please download the PDf document. Source: TechRepublic.com http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/11/byu-is-program-in-top-10-nationwide/ If you're a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you might think this is funny. http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/10/maybe-you-feel-like-this/ http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/10/prop-8-in-plain-english/ If you haven't already heard about Prop 8 in California, then you need to. The California Supreme Court overturned a Prop 22 which stated that marriage is between a man and a woman. Anyway, the people of California were infuriated that the Supreme Court overturned this person-backed legislature, so this ... http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/10/vote-yes-on-prop-8/ http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/09/mccains-new-ad/ OK, politics continues to get more ridiculous. I was reading the CNN Political Ticker and it talks about how Democrats are freaking out because McCain said that he buys all American cars when in reality, he has two foreign made cars--out of THIRTEEN! Did you catch that? McCain has 13 cars ... http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/09/counting-cars/ Since when did the job of POTUS include the requirement to use a blackberry? This CNN article is quite entertaining to read, faintly suggesting that Obama is more in touch w/ society since "He is a BlackBerry fiend, has a laptop on the road and sometimes uses it to talk ... http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/09/blackberry-proficiency-potus-qualification/ http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/09/snls-palinclinton-parody/ Having some extra time tonight, I was watching old video clips on CNN.com. I was a bit irked when Joy Behar, co-host of The View, said "I've never seen so much attention paid to one individual politician in my entire life on the planet." Um, hello? What do you call the ... http://blog.mladineo.com/2008/09/celebrity-status/