Big West Tournament Live Blog!

Hello everyone, and welcome to Anaheim. We’ll keep you updated in today’s men’s and women’s semi-finals as the action goes.

Check in every couple of minutes for instant analysis on all the action, starting right before tipoff. (more…)

The Arrogance of Power

The nuclear option has been decided on. President Obama and the Democrat majority leaders in Congress have decided to use the parliamentary procedure known as reconciliation to pass their unpopular health care reform bill, a bill that the Republicans oppose, a bill that some liberal Congressmen oppose for not being liberal enough, and a bill to which the majority of the American people, according to most polls, are vehemently opposed.

Here, you can see a compilation of leading Congressional Democrats lambasting the procedure… when Republicans tried to use it back when they had the majority and the Democrats tried to filibuster every bill and nomination they could. Pot, meet kettle.

My favorite quote is the one by Harry Reid. The “arrogance of power” is an apt summation of the main problem facing the United States; it is applicable to not just our politicians, but the unions and big business. (more…)

Best of UCSB 2010: Polls Closed

The polls for this year’s Best of UCSB have closed. Look for the Daily Nexus‘ “Best Of” issue on February 16th!

Thank you to everyone who voted! Look for the Daily Nexus‘ “Best Of” issue on February 16th!

Vote for the Best of UCSB 2010

It’s that time of year again! On Feb. 16th, the Daily Nexus will have its annual “BEST OF” issue.

We need YOU to VOTE for what you think is the BEST of the BEST in the following categories. Click below and fill out the poll and see if YOUR picks win, and enter your U-Mail address at the end of the poll for a chance to win prizes! And hurry — polls close Feb. 3rd! Thank you!

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Obama as Bad as Bush?

“I emphasized that this has to be a point in time in which we begin to write a new chapter based on improved governance, a much more serious effort to eradicate corruption, joint efforts to accelerate the training of Afghan security forces so that the Afghan people can provide for their own security.”
-President Barrack Hussein Obama

You just have to love how Obama stands by his principles! Ahmadinejad steals an election in Iran, and the most “the greatest orator of our time” can manage is a tepid wag of his finger. The people of Honduras peacefully (and by legal means) expel a Castro-Chavez-wannabe for trying to illegally alter the constitution, and Obama cries bloody murder. And now the Afghanistan re-vote, called because of rampant fraud in the first one, is cancelled, giving Karzai the presidency once more (and less democratic legitimacy than George W. during his first time), and Obama is all smiles and praises. Finally, when a Muslim Army Major kills a dozen people, rather than focusing his whole speech on it, he gives it a passing mention, after an off-script “shout out” to a man he claimed had won the Congressional Medal of honor, but who had, in fact, actually won the Medal of Freedom; it’s surprising mistake for Obama to make, especially seeing as he was the one who presented him with the medal. [1]I tell you, this guy is already as disgraceful as George Bush, and it’s only his first year! (more…)

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