Month: November 2008

Jude, Of Interest

Changes

I wish Tupac had lived to see today. I see no changes all I see is racist faces misplaced hate makes disgrace to races We under I wonder what it takes to make this one better place, let’s erase the wasted Take the evil out the people they’ll be acting right ’cause both black and white is smokin’ crack tonight and only time we chill is when we kill each other it takes skill to be real, time to heal each other And although it seems heaven sent We ain’t ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain’t a … Continue reading Changes

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Protecting Your Safety and Property

Department of That Didn’t Take Long, Subset of Where Have I Heard This Before? The hip new talking point sweeping the conservative blog brain trust is that Obama supporters gathering in Grant Park in Chicago are planning to riot, loot, burn, dance, possibly play rap music, and in some cases display “bling.” It’ll be Obamapandemonium! “As I live in the Chicago Area, I’m ‘hunkering down’ for the riots that are sure to ensure — whether or not Obama wins or loses,” says NoBamaNation. “If Obama Loses the Left Will Riot,” says Ray Thomas. “Vote Obama, because if you don’t blacks … Continue reading Protecting Your Safety and Property

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Election Day Crack Van

Enjoy, kids. This is our specially purchased 250-person full-service Van, with room for as much HAMS as you can carry. Try not to vomit on the carpet. We’ve got to have it back tomorrow afternoon. I’ll be around most of the day, off and on, with room for voting and leaving for the rally around 6 or so. Scout will be your driver this evening. Posts in the van belong to their posters. New posts begin below this one and with like 700 of us posting today there will be a LOT of new stuff, so check underneath often. Update: … Continue reading Election Day Crack Van

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It is therefore our recommendation that this project be terminated

w/ aplogies to David Furyfor literary license. Props for inspiration, and good wishes toTommy T, who ended up on the wrong side of a mighty ornery onion. Take it easy, bro, we’ll take your downtime as an opportunity to get your hazmat suit dry-cleaned. And upgraded. (dark dramatic conference room. A cloaked figure is speaking) “It was an experiment. TheBush Administration represented the Government’s interests in not only controlling the otherworldly menace, but harnessing its power for our owncraven political purposes. The considered opinion of this counsel is that this experiment has failed. Once the Chimp took control of the … Continue reading It is therefore our recommendation that this project be terminated

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Tomorrow: Be Worth It

I’m just now beginning to figure it out. It was almost two years ago that I got the Obama thing, really got why he was such a big deal. I was listening to himcall out a bunch of local government officials down in Harvey, Ill., in a speech on Martin Luther King Day, a speech he didn’t have to give in a town nobody, to this day, really cares all that much about. Except the people who live there, who were being robbed blind, and Barack Obama came on down and told the people doing it, to their faces, to … Continue reading Tomorrow: Be Worth It

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Obama, gun control and the third-person effect.

The divine Ms. A. told several of us semi-grubby part-timers that we could start posting on Tuesday, even if we weren’t regular Tuesday folk. You’d have to be nuts to give me that OK, A, but hey… Don’t think for a second that I won’t take full advantage of this, like the dudes in Ferris Bueller’s Day off took advantage of the Ferrari. When mom hands over the keys to the car, of course we’re going to drive 50 miles out of our way to get that gallon of milk we were sent to retrieve. Anyway, I’ve been watching the … Continue reading Obama, gun control and the third-person effect.

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Yes We Can

Views from Madison WI on election eve: These signs are on poles all around my neighborhood Line of early voters which snaked throughout the halls  Kitty for Obama: Look up: An Obama office recently opened in my neighborhood which is where I am headed now to volunteer: First Drafters—If you want to send me pics from your neighborhood or city I will post them. Email to: scoutprime at sbcglobal.net Continue reading Yes We Can

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The Light Is Green, The Trap Is Clean Part 2: First Draft Election Coverage Plans

I just got confirmation that myObama rally tickets are on their way, so you’ll have me Twittering and updating from the Biggest Election Night Par-Tay ever as Mr. A’s PDA-thing allows, with pictures and full reports however I can get them back to you. A super-duper extra-capacity Crack Van has been ordered and will be up starting at about 10 a.m. so we can chitter-chatter and make kitten noises all day, as well as stay on top of the exits and problems and such. Everyone who has the keys is allowed/encouraged to post that day, to keep all you little … Continue reading The Light Is Green, The Trap Is Clean Part 2: First Draft Election Coverage Plans

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Need A Reason To Feel Good About Voting For Obama?

He writesletters to little tiny children. Yes, I know, staff work, yes, I know, this is the job given to the speech writer nobody likes this week, I’ve watched The West Wing, I know how this works. Still: Joyce Ben-KiKi had Aron and his classmates each send letters to a famous person as part of a language arts lesson. Ben-KiKi wrapped the exercise around well-known children’s book character “Flat Stanley,” so along with the letters, the children each tucked a Flat Stanley figure they had made into each envelope. “I told them not to expect a letter back,” Ben-KiKi said. … Continue reading Need A Reason To Feel Good About Voting For Obama?

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It’s Something, It’s Something, It’s Something

</a In my ‘hood, it’s Obamarama all the damn day long. I have to admit, I didn’t think it would belike this. I didn’t think it would bethis good. In 2004, I knew it would be hard, though I thought it was obvious. And in 2006 I just figured it would be yet another disappointment, because I was still shell-shocked by how little had changed on the national political scene, becuase the same assholes were still on TV every day telling me the unpopular president was popular and the incompetent Republicans were competent and because it had been a hard … Continue reading It’s Something, It’s Something, It’s Something

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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freepi – put them out of my misery!

Hey everybody – this is the last pre-election installment of Obsession, so let’s crank open the airlock door and sample the crazy within. Let’s start with Freeper reaction to Ted Stevens’ indictment, shall we? He’s guilty! No he’s not! Yes he is! Stevens Guilty on All CountsFox News | 10/27/08 Posted onMonday, October 27, 2008 3:02:14 PM bypabianiceBreaking. To: pabianice There goes election. 4 posted onMonday, October 27, 2008 3:03:50 PM byIDRATHERNOT To: pabianice There goes that seat. Thanks for not stepping aside before the primary you corrupt selfish jerk! 15 posted onMonday, October 27, 2008 3:05:14 PM byDemonDeac Ya … Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freepi – put them out of my misery!

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Weekend Question Thread: Getting Taken

I usually try to stay out of the way of these, but we talk about this here all the time, about the assumption that you are the one earning your bread and everybody else is getting away with something, about the fear that roils under so many of our political discussions: I can’t get free health care, because that means you get it, too, and you smoke unfiltered cigarettes and drink Jack Daniels at breakfast and eat sausage fried in real beef fat, and it’s not fair. So when Heatherfirst posed this question I wasn’t surprised at the vehemence and … Continue reading Weekend Question Thread: Getting Taken

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BIGOTS GO HOME

Commenter Jules writes in: My partner and I got married in August in Los Angeles. We live in Indiana and have been together 17 years. We have raised three kids in those 17 years. I legally adopted our youngest a few years ago. We promised ourselves that as soon as we could legally marry in another state, we would, knowing that our own state would not recognize it. We filled out the application online and then travelled to LA for the ceremony. One of my sisters who lives in LA went through the training so that she could perform the … Continue reading BIGOTS GO HOME

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Shorter Right Wing Yahoos

Shorter right wing:Woobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobwoobnyaaaahnyaaaah. With apologies to Mr. Howard, Mr. Fine, and Mr. Howard. And that’s without even checking Disgrace of Spades, or Gun Counter Gomer, or Charles Johnson’s disgusting cesspool, or any of the other “conservative intellectuals” who somehow manage to steal enough time away from examining their own feces for signs of crescent-shaped peanuts to bang out subliterate missives about how teh eevil libruls are going to ruin their Randian/Christianist/xenophobic paradise. This is just a haphazard glance through the right-wing sewer. These people are certifiably insane, and there’s no reasoning with them. They’re going to do everything they can … Continue reading Shorter Right Wing Yahoos

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Late In The Game

Yeah, we’re all tired. Yes we are. But it’s almost over. Three-and-a-half days to go. However, when normal, rational people are tired, that’s when they say silly things. So I’m gonna take a minute to call out the Votemaster atelectoral-vote.com. I love the site. I check it every day, and it’s chock full of great information–for free! So it might seem less than gracious for me to complain. Yet here I am. Today, in commentary, Dr. Tanenbaum said two things that raised flags for me. First, there’s this: A new NY Times/CBS poll shows that 59% of the voters feel … Continue reading Late In The Game