Josh Benner

Category: Politics

  • President’s surprise trip to Afghanistan: how Twitter almost blew his cover

    I originally read about this on Mashable Usually when the president travels somewhere, the trip is known about in advance and his arrival is highly anticipated. Even when the president travels overseas, these visits are typically public knowledge. Today, President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on the one year anniversary of Navy SEALS…

  • Million dollar lotto winner on welfare: why I don’t blame her

    A 25 year old Detroit area woman was receiving food stamps despite the fact that she had won $1 million on a state lottery game show. Amanda Clayton is being charged for fraud after receiving $5,475 worth of food stamps and medical coverage from the period between her lottery win in September 2011 and last…

  • Why both parties are so useless when it comes to fixing the economy

    Throughout the last several weeks, I see a constant stream of news stories about the state of the economy of various European countries. The whole continent is in a crisis with over a dozen countries on the brink of having their credit ratings lowered. Cities all over the United States and across the world have…

  • Rant – Why I did NOT Vote

    Note: This post was originally published on this blog on November 2, 2010. Here it is published with some modifications. Pet peeve of the day: self righteous voters. No I did not vote today, and I keep seeing these Facebook and Twitter status updates that seem to imply this feeling of superiority to which voters…

  • Why Do You Vote How You Vote? And How Do You Know You’re Right? Why I Don’t Vote

    Photo Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons We live in a society that values rational, linear arguments. We like to hear arguments and opposing arguments. Based on those arguments, we form objective opinions. Right? I believe it’s the other way around. I think it is that we have opinions and then we adopt arguments that coincide…