Romney creates profits, not jobs:
The nominee has pegged [Romney’s] hopes to a pledge to create jobs, citing his record in private business. But there is a stark difference between creating wealth for oneself and others, and creating jobs. Companies often increase their profitability by squeezing out workers, or outsourcing jobs overseas.
In challenging the President’s first-term record, Mr. Romney has displayed a chronic eagerness to say anything he thinks will win him the support of the audience he is addressing at the moment. That raises the question of what he truly believes: He has changed positions so often on so many basic issues — health care, women’s rights, government regulation — that it seems his only fixed principle is his own advancement.
It is difficult to see Romney as a credible candidate. One of his own campaign advisers said that regardless of what Romney said January through July, there would be an Etch-a-Sketch moment after he won the Republican nomination. And that’s what happened.
Romney’s magical economic plan:
You would think that Romney, with his business smarts, would offer a coherent vision for the nation’s budget challenges. Instead, he’s conjured a magical economic plan with deep tax cuts and increased military spending. Romney would eliminate tax deductions to offset lost revenue, but he refuses to provide details. It’s simply not credible.
Why Romney is not fit for President:
A strong executive who can buy and sell companies and is used to getting his way is not the same as a visionary leader who can pull people together.
Romney’s comment in a private donor setting – belittling the 47 percent who don’t pay income taxes as freeloaders – is damning and hard-to-shake evidence that he may not really care so much about many Americans of lesser portfolios.
In too many ways, Romney resembles a slick salesman, willing to fudge and say anything to close the deal.
“Barack Obama for Re-Election”:
In the poisonous atmosphere of this campaign, it may be easy to overlook Mr. Obama’s many important achievements, including carrying out the economic stimulus, saving the auto industry, improving fuel efficiency standards, and making two very fine Supreme Court appointments.
Obama helps small business:
Contrary to Mr. Romney’s claims, Mr. Obama has done good things for small businesses — like pushing through more tax write-offs for new equipment and temporary tax cuts for hiring the unemployed.
The Miami Herald on Obama’s firm position:
Not all Americans like what he stands for, but they know who he is. He has championed the middle class and has a larger, more tolerant notion of America that includes closing the inequality gap and evening the playing field, as exemplified by making an equal-pay-for-women bill the first law he signed. He has fought for the DREAM Act on behalf of the immigrant youths brought here by their parents, and he wants a Supreme Court that will continue to support Roe v. Wade. That’s crucial.
Just finished putting together the process book for my Advanced Typography project. We had to create a dining out guide to showcase the restaurants we picked. The guide (pdf) came out pretty nice. Each restaurant gets its own theme. The guide was created using Illustrator. I have been using Illustrator quite a bit for this class and I am loving it even though I am still suck at drawing and illustrating.
Why Washington Post endorses “Four more years for President Obama” instead of Mitt Romney:
The sad answer is there is no way to know what Mr. Romney really believes. His unguarded expression of contempt for 47 percent of the population seems as sincere as anything else we’ve heard, but that’s only conjecture… Every politician changes his mind sometimes; you’d worry if not. But rarely has a politician gotten so far with only one evident immutable belief: his conviction in his own fitness for higher office.
When brushing Dan’s teeth this morning, I held his face next to mine and looked at the mirror. Holy crap, the kid looks so much like me from his spiky hair to his big head to his cute smile. Yet the biggest common we shared is food. Unlike Dao who hardly has an appetite for food and is obsessed with cars and trains, Dan is all about food. Whenever he sees me eating something, he would crawl to me, pull himself up and try to snatch whatever on my hand. He seems to have quite a bit of food allergies so we have to be careful what we give him.
At 11-month, he already has 12 teeth. Because of his big appetite, he seems to be happy most of the time. All I have to do is giving him food whenever he gets fussy. At night, when he gets up and cries I just hand him a bottle of milk and he feeds himself back to sleep. The major problem with his good appetite is that he would eat anything he could get his hands on. This morning he even tried to eat styrofoam while I was trying to iron my clothes. We can’t leave him alone for 15 seconds without him putting something in his mouth.
Dao never had that problem when he was at that age. We could let him play with beads and not afraid that he’ll put them in his mouth. Dan is the total opposite. From car toys to pennies to pieces from his play mat, everything gets on his hand would ends up in his mouth as well. On the good side, feeding him is an ease. He would finish a bowl of cereal or baby food in less than five minutes. He would scream if we don’t feed him fast enough. I used to get bored feeding Dao because he took forever to eat. He would do anything to distract us from feeding him.
I have to say having two kids is quite a joyful experience. Each gives me a different appreciation. Before Dan comes into our life, one of my worries is that we won’t be able to spend time with Dao, but that has not been the case. We still do many things together like we used to and Dan seems to enjoy the experience as well.