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Amen.

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:14:24 -0500

Amen.

Gun sales surge after Obama's election - CNN.com

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:52:06 -0500

Gun sales surge after Obama's election - CNN.com:

Buyers and sellers attribute the surge to worries that Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress will move to restrict firearm ownership, despite the insistence of campaign aides that the president-elect supports gun rights and considers the issue a low priority.

All I can do is shake my head�?�

Awesome!

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:35:24 -0500

Awesome!

This kind of stuff is obvious to most reasonable people, yet it...

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:26:30 -0500

This kind of stuff is obvious to most reasonable people, yet it somehow needs to be explained over and over.

Editorial - So Little Time, So Much Damage - NYTimes.com

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:42:53 -0500

Editorial - So Little Time, So Much Damage - NYTimes.com:

CIVIL LIBERTIES We don�??t know all of the ways that the administration has violated Americans�?? rights in the name of fighting terrorism. Last month, Attorney General Michael Mukasey rushed out new guidelines for the F.B.I. that permit agents to use chillingly intrusive techniques to collect information on Americans even where there is no evidence of wrongdoing.

Agents will be allowed to use informants to infiltrate lawful groups, engage in prolonged physical surveillance and lie about their identity while questioning a subject�??s neighbors, relatives, co-workers and friends. The changes also give the F.B.I. �?? which has a long history of spying on civil rights groups and others �?? expanded latitude to use these techniques on people identified by racial, ethnic and religious background.

The administration showed further disdain for Americans�?? privacy rights and for Congress�??s power by making clear that it will ignore a provision in the legislation that established the Department of Homeland Security. The law requires the department�??s privacy officer to account annually for any activity that could affect Americans�?? privacy �?? and clearly stipulates that the report cannot be edited by any other officials at the department or the White House.

The Justice Department�??s Office of Legal Counsel has now released a memo asserting that the law �??does not prohibit�?? officials from homeland security or the White House from reviewing the report. The memo then argues that since the law allows the officials to review the report, it would be unconstitutional to stop them from changing it. George Orwell couldn�??t have done better.

Palin: Africa Charge Comes From 'Small, Bitter Person' (VIDEO)

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:37:34 -0500

Palin: Africa Charge Comes From 'Small, Bitter Person' (VIDEO)

Report: Threats To Obama Rose As Palin's Crowds Grew More Frenzied (via TPM)

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:23:18 -0500

Report: Threats To Obama Rose As Palin's Crowds Grew More Frenzied (via TPM)

So, here you go�?�

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:15:58 -0500

So, here you go�?�

A Bittersweet Victory

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:07:04 -0500

Yes, Obama won the presidential race. But that isn�??t, at least for me, what is significant about tonight. I, along with many others, predicted a landslide victory for Obama. What was of major significance to me were the defeats suffered by the gay community.

The people of California (projected), Arizona and Florida voted to ban same sex marriage and the people of Arkansas voted to ban gay adoptions. Conservative Republicans have long said and believed that if gay marriage hit the ballot, it would be struck down with overwhelming disapproval. It appears, for the time being, that they were correct.

So yes, I�??m very happy that Obama was elected president, but the victory is bittersweet because of the ballot initiatives that passed in California, Arizona, Arkansas and Florida. It was a giant leap forward for racial equality in the United States, but a giant leap backwards for sexual equality.

Fox is reporting that there have been voter suppression attempts...

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:09:08 -0500

Fox is reporting that there have been voter suppression attempts by two members of the black panthers at a Philadelphia polling place. If it�??s true, then these guys deserve beatings, however, I have my doubts as to its accuracy. I�??m still waiting for a non-right wing news agency to validate this wacky claim. Sorry, I just can�??t buy something because Fox news reports it.

McCain vs Palin�??2012

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:23:38 -0500

McCain vs Palin�??2012

A respectful campaign.

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:17:32 -0400

A respectful campaign.

Two arrested after Obama effigy found on campus hanging from a...

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:56:00 -0400

Two arrested after Obama effigy found on campus hanging from a tree. Authorities found a life-size effigy of the Democratic presidential candidate hanging from a tree outside the school�??s Mines and Minerals building on Wednesday morning, police said.

Republican Voter Suppression: A Guide

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:37:04 -0400

Republican Voter Suppression: A Guide:

There are so many Republican gambits designed to make voting more difficult �?? specifically for Democrats, of course �?? that it can be hard to keep track of them all. So here�??s a handy �?? and by no means comprehensive �?? guide to what�??s happening in some of the key swing states.

Sarah Palin, The Socialist

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:28:38 -0400

Sarah Palin, The Socialist:

For her part, Sarah Palin, who has lately taken to calling Obama �??Barack the Wealth Spreader,�?? seems to be something of a suspect character herself. She is, at the very least, a fellow-traveller of what might be called socialism with an Alaskan face. The state that she governs has no income or sales tax. Instead, it imposes huge levies on the oil companies that lease its oil fields. The proceeds finance the government�??s activities and enable it to issue a four-figure annual check to every man, woman, and child in the state. One of the reasons Palin has been a popular governor is that she added an extra twelve hundred dollars to this year�??s check, bringing the per-person total to $3,269. A few weeks before she was nominated for Vice-President, she told a visiting journalist�??Philip Gourevitch, of this magazine�??that �??we�??re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it�??s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.�?? Perhaps there is some meaningful distinction between spreading the wealth and sharing it (�??collectively,�?? no less), but finding it would require the analytic skills of Karl the Marxist.

McCain Funded Work Of Palestinian His Campaign Hopes To Tie To Obama

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:14:34 -0400

McCain Funded Work Of Palestinian His Campaign Hopes To Tie To Obama: Woops.

John Ridley: Missing White Girl Syndrome Ends Here

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0400

John Ridley: Missing White Girl Syndrome Ends Here:

In the year Laci Peterson was killed by her man, 804 other women were murdered by their spouses. You didn�??t hear about most of them. Unless you were family, friends, you don�??t know about their circumstances or the outcome of their cases because few of them were newsworthy. �??Newsworthy�?? being pretty and white. And married a guy who was scum but handsome enough to merit press coverage and a lousy cable movie starring Dean Cain.

I know this article is a little older (from last year), but it�??s a subject that�??s near and dear to my heart. It�??s about �??Pretty White Girl Syndrome.�?? A phenomena where anytime a pretty white girl goes missing, the case gets tons of media coverage, but when a black girl goes missing, the case goes virtually unnoticed. It seems to me an unfortunate truth that the only time blacks get media attention by the mainstream media is when they are accused of a crime.

This is fantastic�?�. Biden answers questions from a nutjob...

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:56:38 -0400

This is fantastic�?�. Biden answers questions from a nutjob reporter. At one point Biden asks her if she�??s asking a serious question, then laughs at her.

Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:50:11 -0400

Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama

Eight-year-old shoots self with Uzi, dies

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:44:35 -0400

Eight-year-old shoots self with Uzi, dies: Why would any parent in their right mind let an eight-year-old fire an uzi, or ANY gun for that matter?