A life at the end of History
Posted in Politics on 5 November 2008 at 18:05
It’s safe to say that millions of Americans are saying tonight: “At last, I’m no longer ashamed to be American.”
An historic election, indeed, has seen an African-American elected president. It simply blows the mind. Even better, Barack Obama is the genuine article. The calm and judicious words he chose for his acceptance speech held no [...]
Posted in Politics on 3 November 2008 at 11:23
Race and slavery are America’s original sin. The election of Obama would be, beyond question, one of the noblest gestures of historical redemption that Americans have ever been called upon to make. — Martin Kettle
America is standing yet again at the crossroads. The nation did so at its beginning, during the Civil War, and during [...]
Posted in Politics on 29 October 2008 at 10:57
Last night’s Daily Show (4:10 in) featured a montage of Sarah Palin’s recent rallies, in which she refers to the friends of Joe the Plumber.
Speaking to supporters as if they were five-year-olds, Sarah the Paleo sounded like the twee host of a kiddie show. And the supporters cheered as if they were delighted toddlers. [...]
Posted in Politics on 27 October 2008 at 9:54
How else is McCain going to win? Threatened with the biggest wipe-out since that other Arizona Repuglycan, Barry Goldwater, lost damn near every state, McCain has had to throw every fear ‘n’ smear tactic in the books at Barrack Obama. So far they haven’t worked. But wait, didn’t he just guarantee an election victory?
Was that [...]
Posted in Politics on 16 October 2008 at 10:31
Well, folks, October 29 is the 79th anniversary of the crash of ‘29. Today there are similarities galore, with the months-long roller coaster ups and downs of greed followed by fear preceding the deadly date.
Surely, it can’t happen again?
Then, it took a Democrat to get the country out of the financial profligacy of previous Repuglycan [...]
Posted in Politics on 30 August 2008 at 13:34
“[An upside down flag is] an international distress signal. It means ‘we’re in a whole lot of trouble, so come save our ass b’cause we don’t have a prayer in hell of saving ourselves.’” - Sgt Hank Deerfield, In the Valley of Elah.
Now that Barack Obama has been anointed as the leader to take America [...]