Several November 2008 polls confirm something that most of us already knew: with a disapproval rating ranging from 65%-76%, President George W. Bush is one of the most unpopular Presidents of all time. With the country reeling in financial turmoil, involved in two untidy wars, and his Administration mired in scandal, incompetence, and [...]
Posted in Politics on Nov 28th, 2008
Photo by: Nauris Paulins
It is ironic to the Monkey and me that Thanksgiving, which in theory is one of the most important and powerful holidays of the year, and Black Friday, which is the purest expression of frantic consumerism in America, are juxtaposed so closely next to one other on our calendars. It is [...]
Posted in Law of Attraction, Personal Development on Nov 27th, 2008
What was the most notable development coming out of Week 11? Was it on Thursday night, when the Brett Favre-led New York Jets took the lead in the AFC East with a monster win over their arch rival New England Patriots? Or how about the much heralded Return of the Savior in Dallas that [...]
Posted in NFL on Nov 18th, 2008
The Monkey and I made some pretty bold predictions this year that turned out to be true:
1) that Barack Obama would win the Presidency in a landslide, and
2) in so doing, he would rewrite the red state/blue state electoral map.
With the confidence boost at our heels that only presaging political events accurately can provide, we [...]
Posted in Politics on Nov 14th, 2008
“Midway Point” team rankings coming after Week 10? No recap following Week 9? What’s going on here at Monkeyinmymind.com? The only answer I can say in reply is that I guess the Presidential Election took the MiMM offices by storm and no one on the staff was able to focus on much [...]
Posted in NFL on Nov 11th, 2008
Four years ago, on Election Night, I was in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio amid a throng of celebrating Republicans. As I had to keep a professional veneer up through the filming of my documentary, I wouldn’t shed actual tears until the next day, driving to the airport with my wife, listening to Kerry’s [...]
Posted in Personal Development, Politics on Nov 5th, 2008
As soon as I saw the first shot of Clinton Portis jogging down the passageway leading from the locker room to the field during the opening moments of ESPN’s broadcast of the 2008 Election Eve Monday Night Football showdown between the 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers and the 6-2 Washington Redskins, I knew something wasn’t quite right. [...]
In our last post, the Monkey and I described the fundamentals and history behind the Electoral College and offered the idea that the College must be scrapped if we are to move into an era of more free and more fair elections in the 21-Century.
it is clear that electing our President soley by means of [...]
Posted in Politics on Nov 2nd, 2008
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