Tales of a Modern-Day Cassandra with a Philosophy Fetish
And I can’t wait for Wednesday. So excited I can’t stand it anymore, but someone today asked me if I thought we’d see an immediate change. I had to say no. I think the hole’s too deep for an immediate change. I am hoping for some bones, though, and I’m betting, come Wednesday, there will Read More …
From a friend, who found it for me… Keith Olbermann’s special comment on Proposition 8: And here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChanTFSmqao It’s long but you should watch the whole thing. All I could think of was “Amen, brother.” I couldn’t have said it better. Here’s the text of the Olbermann piece, in case you don’t want to Read More …
I love listening to [Obama’s] speeches. He compares to Martin Luther King Jr. in this regard. History will recognize him as a real statesman, I think. One of the very few…
I was just 9 (my birthday was the day before Election Day that year). I recall staying up to watch (and weep) as my favorite candidate, George McGovern, lost by a landslide to Richard Milhous Nixon. It took years to recover. In 1976, I was 12 when I worked on the Carter campaign. Somewhere I Read More …
McCain Concedes!!! At 11:20pm EST Just finished listening to John McCain’s concession speech. Hot Freaking Damn!
We watched It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on the 1st, because my oldest wasn’t up to watching anything the night before. After it was over, the kids begged to watch You’re NOT Elected, Charlie Brown. Originally, I said it was not as good. I was wrong. I forgot how closely it paralleled the 1972 Read More …
On November 4, 2008, assuming you are a citizen of the United States, age 18 or older, you have a responsibility to exercise your right to vote. Your right has been established in many different sections of the United States Constitution. “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Read More …
Seems our “friend” Joe the Plumber has some issues of his own… Real Deal on ‘Joe the Plumber’ Reveals New Slant I guess the American Dream includes never paying taxes at all… (Or, in other words, people who live in glass houses, be careful what you wish for, etc…)
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I saw a bumper sticker that made me laugh out loud until I thought about it. At least Nixon had the decency to resign Anyone else feel like they’re watching the last five minutes of Dr. Strangelove? The trees were just turning in Harper’s Ferry, but the election was already underway. It was November 6, Read More …