May 16, 2008
Well I have been thinking about reorganizing the sidebar of this blog to move up the Twitter Applet so that more people can take notice of it. I am not sure if many people are aware of Twitter but the nice thing for me is that I can blog my thoughts from my mobile if I am out and about. I have a r...
go to article »May 15, 2008
A tavern owner in Georgia has been peddling the shirt with a picture of a happy Curious George eating a banana above the words “Obama in ’08.” The tavern owner, who some have described as an “ultra-conservative,” has denied to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the T-shirt is racist. Bu...
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An article in yesterday's Washington Post makes it clear that some white voters don't vote for Obama because he's black (or because they believe the lie that he's a radical Muslim) - Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause. Campaigners for Obama in some states have run into rank racism. ...
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Passover is a time of asking questions, and I have a few. This year, though, the furor that surrounded Barack Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and his sermons that dared to suggest that this Christian nation may actually be earning God’s wrath and damnation for some of its behavior, reminded me ...
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It began on Monday, although many saw it coming before.Workers and immigration advocates in Iowa began girding for an immigration raid last week after learning that federal authorities had leased Waterloo’s Cattle Congress fairgrounds. Federal officials declined to explain their plans last week, b...
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Obama T-shirts Draw Racism ChargesControversy has broken out in Marietta, Georgia, where a tavern owner has begun selling T-shirts featuring a Curious George look-alike eating a banana, with the caption 'Obama '08.' (May 13)...
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Pshaw, racism, smacism. Victoria Switzer, a retired social studies teacher, was on phone-bank duty one night during the Pennsylvania primary campaign. One night was all she could take: "It wasn't pretty." She made 60 calls to prospective voters in Susquehanna County, her home county, which is 98 pe...
go to article »May 14, 2008
When it comes to the US elections this year, you get a sense that for most people it's a done deal: A democrat is going to win the Presidency this year. And while we can always count on the democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory-the Clinton/Obama brawl anyone?- let's just be pes...
go to article »May 13, 2008
She (well the actress playing her) said it, not me. Via / Mamalicious ...
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While some call for Hillary Clinton to stop running for president after Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, others are calling for the calls to stop, saying that many of the calls for Clinton to drop out are based in sexism but for the most of the campaign, race baiting has been happe...
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