tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66197327282315810192024-02-07T14:26:18.630-05:00News from the IslandDon Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-8671494419927713692008-12-02T10:37:00.002-05:002008-12-02T19:49:51.676-05:00Assume the position<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EzfTMIjGj1w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EzfTMIjGj1w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-86137063943816169862008-12-01T20:14:00.003-05:002008-12-01T20:22:00.746-05:00Interlude: Recently revived members of the publicIn 1973 Mike Oldfield, fresh from the release of Tubular Bells, was ensconced in a sprawling Oxfordshire manor home to record his Next Big Hit. He had worked up a version of the traditional Sailor's Hornpipe just for fun, and after a fairly serious round of drinking performed same on the move through the many rooms of the house, with sodden commentary by BBC personality Vivian Stanshall.<br /><br /> The result was...well...just listen:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1KWJ323ENnI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1KWJ323ENnI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-61796902912802793632008-11-24T13:12:00.000-05:002008-11-24T13:13:54.479-05:00GYWOFinally, the important issues emerge<br /><br /><div><br /><iframe src="http://www.236.com/ovembed.php?vid=MTg5Njc4Njk0MA==" width="425" height="370" noresize="noresize" frameborder="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="border:0px;overflow: hidden;"></iframe><div style="padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px; width: 410px; text-align: center; font-size: 0.8em;">Get the latest news <a href="http://www.236.com/">satire</a> and <a href="http://www.236.com/video/">funny videos</a> at <a href="http://www.236.com">236.com</a>.</div></div>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-27814943078695937602008-11-20T20:43:00.001-05:002008-11-20T20:43:52.726-05:00Pie!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qwirWWnzJKM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qwirWWnzJKM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-77774083469736250532008-11-20T20:17:00.000-05:002008-11-20T20:18:28.343-05:00Interlude: Suzanne Vega<div>Frank and Ava</div><div><br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sv1lgV--Ye0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sv1lgV--Ye0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-23961909311587087162008-11-19T19:01:00.002-05:002008-11-19T19:04:22.925-05:00146 years ago today<blockquote><p>Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.<br /></p><p>Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.<br /></p><p>But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. </p></blockquote>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-33527973625607267512008-11-13T19:13:00.001-05:002008-11-13T19:14:29.345-05:00Ready on Day One<a href="http://www.change.gov/">This</a> went live less than 36 hours after the election results were announced. Impressive.Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-87738519695517756612008-11-11T15:09:00.003-05:002008-11-11T15:14:21.315-05:00GYWO: New World Order <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Submit</span> to your new Marxist Overlords and Our new Maximum Overlord Super-Black Superman (sometimes appearing in his guise as mild-manner public servant <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Clark Dark</span></span>):<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><div><iframe src="http://www.236.com/ovembed.php?vid=MTg5Njc4Njg1Mw==" width="425" height="370" noresize="noresize" frameborder="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="border:0px;overflow: hidden;"></iframe><div style="padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px; width: 410px; text-align: center; font-size: 0.8em;">Get the latest news <a href="http://www.236.com/">satire</a> and <a href="http://www.236.com/video/">funny videos</a> at <a href="http://www.236.com/">236.com</a>.</div></div></span><br /></div>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-55161122611232947912008-11-11T15:08:00.001-05:002008-11-11T15:08:35.543-05:00GYWO: Pre-election chaos!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre; "><div><iframe src="http://www.236.com/ovembed.php?vid=MTg5MDA0Nzg1OA==" width="425" height="370" noresize="noresize" frameborder="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="border:0px;overflow: hidden;"></iframe><div style="padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px; width: 410px; text-align: center; font-size: 0.8em;">Get the latest news <a href="http://www.236.com/">satire</a> and <a href="http://www.236.com/video/">funny videos</a> at <a href="http://www.236.com">236.com</a>.</div></div></span>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-51265865507825592302008-11-11T14:46:00.003-05:002008-11-11T15:15:00.492-05:00Fairness doctrine What <a href="http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_11_09_archive.html#7886770125293579832">Atrios</a> says.<div><br /></div><div> I don't know if this is some sort of straw man for the conservative chattering class, or perhaps this is analogous to the "War on Christmas" which never really existed.</div><div><br /></div><div> In any event the obsessive focus on the issue by the Right is a little weird.</div><div><br /></div><div> Or, echoing Atrios--"silly" or "stupid".</div>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-36147855029005281512008-11-08T20:50:00.006-05:002008-11-09T17:40:18.041-05:00Let's do the time warp<strong><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/30/102745/165">Daily Kos, 2005</a>:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong>John Roberts had just been confirmed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Senator Obama, who had voted against the nomination, stepped up to defend his Senate colleagues who had voted for Roberts from what could be described as an angry mob of Kossacks. A quote:<br /><br /><blockquote><blockquote><p>My dear friend Paul Simon used to consistently win the votes of much more conservative voters in Southern Illinois because he had mastered the art of "disagreeing without being disagreeable," and they trusted him to tell the truth. Similarly, one of Paul Wellstone's greatest strengths was his ability to deliver a scathing rebuke of the Republicans without ever losing his sense of humor and affability. In fact, I would argue that the most powerful voices of change in the country, from Lincoln to King, have been those who can speak with the utmost conviction about the great issues of the day without ever belittling those who opposed them, and without denying the limits of their own perspectives.</p><blockquote></blockquote><p></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p><blockquote></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p></p><blockquote></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p> </p></blockquote></blockquote>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-2766405655737666672008-11-08T19:54:00.004-05:002008-11-08T20:10:47.718-05:00Tom TomorrowLots of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">folks</span> have wisdom to share about the election: Cartoonist Dan Perkins is wiser than most. A snippet:<br /><br /><blockquote>After eight years of an administration whose actions have run the gamut from stupid to venal, we will have a rational president who believes in things like, say, <em>science</em>. Who can string a succession of words together into a coherent sentence.</blockquote><br /><br />Read the <a href="http://thismodernworld.com/4562">whole thing</a>.Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-28680666663156710932008-11-07T20:18:00.003-05:002008-11-07T20:24:21.115-05:00Quote of the dayPresident-elect Barack Obama at his first press conference since the election was asked an obvious softball question about what kind of puppy his daughters were going to get. After a brief <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tongue</span>-in-cheek discussion about the choice, he suggested they would like to choose a shelter rescue dog, although most shelter dogs were "mutts like me."<br /><br /> "Mutts like me".<br /><br /> To quote Josh at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">TPM</span>--"a line for the ages".Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-34598715324064416942008-11-05T13:21:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:22:20.748-05:00Poll accuracyIf you're wondering which polls were the most accurate, a good summary is <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/5/63522/1819/1/653924">here</a>.Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-17754600500268830652008-11-05T10:48:00.000-05:002008-11-05T10:50:48.719-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYj8OCOICAyBV_S2znJkonQ3rXPARIklNYWMzlpXs1woTQG_AvzhMMMV0JxuuNlKapJxMuPrwK-dnCxIgp2kHB986UQMu5ZmBIbMMtfROniKl3CzEv3873hYI_y93CNxdI-8AijoOY0nS/s1600-h/slide_577_12427_large.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265201443097795426" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYj8OCOICAyBV_S2znJkonQ3rXPARIklNYWMzlpXs1woTQG_AvzhMMMV0JxuuNlKapJxMuPrwK-dnCxIgp2kHB986UQMu5ZmBIbMMtfROniKl3CzEv3873hYI_y93CNxdI-8AijoOY0nS/s400/slide_577_12427_large.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-28143831511100408012008-11-02T18:03:00.004-05:002008-11-03T20:39:13.389-05:00Adventures in WingnutteryKeeping up with the wild assertions that have been ginned up to attack Obama is a real challenge, particularly as the election draws near and the desperation level intensifies. A brief, but hardly all-inclusive, summary:<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>He was born in Kenya, not the United States.</li><li>His father is not Barack Obama Sr, but 1960s radical Frank Marshall Davis.</li><li>His father is Malcolm X.</li><li>His college education was funded by Islamic terrorists.</li><li>He was educated in an Islamic madrassa, where he learned to Hate America etc etc.</li><li>He is a Muslim. He is STILL a Muslim 'cause Muslims say he is and we know they don't allow take-backs, so there.</li><li>He gave up his US citizenship when he moved to Indonesia as a child.</li><li>His wife made a bitter, hate-filled speech lashing out at "whitey". A videotape exists but is being suppressed.</li><li>His wife gave a bitter, hate-filled radio interview lashing out at "white racists". An audiotape exists but is being suppressed.</li><li>He is a Socialist.</li><li>He is a Marxist.</li><li>He is a Communist.</li><li>He is the Antichrist.</li><li>His wife was jealous of a possible relationship with a campaign volunteer and forced him to send her to a Caribbean Island.</li><li>He'll "turn over the country to the blacks".</li></ul><p>OK, that last one is, in fact, true. You found us out. We're going to have a <em>Blackazoid-created wonderland of awesome negrosity.</em></p><p><em></em>"Negrosity" quote h/t Pandagon</p><p></p><p>You can't make this stuff up, folks.</p><p><strong>UPDATED</strong>: With fresh new wingnuttisms:</p><ul><li>Baby killer!</li><li>He'll take away all our guns!</li><li>He'll tax all our guns and ammo before he takes 'em away.</li><li>He'll declare martial law.</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-61715426242374515132008-11-01T19:24:00.003-04:002008-11-01T19:45:30.253-04:00Senate Predictions<strong> NC: Kay Hagan (D) replaces Liddy Dole (R).</strong><br /><br /> Hagan had a slight but steady lead until Dole began running her "Godless" ad. Oops. Hagan surged by 3 points overnight.<br /><br /><strong> GA: Saxby Chambliss (R) defeats Jim Martin (D)</strong><br /><br /> While it would be sweet justice to see Chambliss beaten, I fear Jim Martin just didn't have enough in the tank. A shame--Martin is a man who would serve Georgia well.<br /><br /><strong> KY: McConnell (R) defeats Lunsford (D)</strong><br /><br /> This would have been a HUGE pick up, but McConnell has a solid machine in a very red state.<br /><br /><strong> AK: Begich (D) replaces Stevens (R)</strong><br /><br /> Begich was up 2 points when Senator Ted "The internet is a series of tubes" Stevens was convicted on 7 counts of lying, etc. Ted goes down the tubes, Mr. Begich goes to Washington.<br /><br /><strong> LA: Landrieu (D) defeats Kennedy (R)</strong><br /><br /> The Republicans best hope for a take-away this cycle falls short.<br /><br /> <strong>The Rest</strong>: Democrats all-- John Warner cruises to an easy win in VA; CO and NM each send cousins named Udall to DC; Max Baucus wins in MT, and Al Franken pulls off the win in MN.<br /><br /> Final Senate tally: Democrats 56, Republicans 43, Independent 1.<br /><br /> The Republicans will get one back right away when Joe Lieberman gets kicked out of the party.Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-74912227997503500162008-11-01T19:07:00.002-04:002008-11-01T19:15:02.284-04:00Sarah Palin's medical recordsStill not released.<br /><br /> She had promised to do so, and when asked about it again confirmed that she would release them.<br /><br /> Still waiting.<br /><br /> I do not subscribe to the tin-foil hat theory about the baby actually belonging to her teenage daughter: That's preposterous and counterproductive.<br /><br /> However: She was in Dallas, TX to give a speech when she began to feel unusual pains and began to leak amniotic fluid. She chose to stay in Texas, give the speech, then get on a plane and fly from Dallas to Anchorage, with a stop in Seattle.<br /><br /> All of this with the knowledge that she was carrying a special-needs child.<br /><br /> Texas is home to one of the finest neonatal ICU centers on the planet. Instead, she got on a freakin' plane and flew to Alaska.<br /><br /> Perhaps there is some comment in the records which might reveal that decision for exactly what is was---foolhardy at best.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.adn.com/626/story/382864.html">Original story</a> from last spring in the Anchorage Daily News.Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-44448030371899395192008-11-01T17:14:00.001-04:002008-11-01T17:14:53.185-04:00Interlude: Suzanne Vega<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RZyxYL753w4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RZyxYL753w4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-1395046610287272582008-11-01T16:39:00.002-04:002008-11-01T16:41:34.833-04:00Palin PrankedUh-oh: A Quebecois radio show gets through to Gov Palin <a href="http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/USElection/2008/11/01/7275526-cp.html">pretending</a> to be French President Nicholas Sarkozy.<br /><br /><em>(h/t Daily Kos)</em>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-75170913282013742042008-10-31T20:50:00.003-04:002008-10-31T21:02:27.292-04:00Obama's final campaign stop<a href="http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/obama_to_campaign_in_manassas_park_monday/23657/">Manassas, Virgina</a>.<br /><br />The choice is interesting on several levels: The once sleepy little town in Northern VA is now one of the fastest-growing places in the nation. There is also an exploding Latino presence.<br /><br />History buffs know that the area is home to the Bull Run battlefield: Site of the first major battle of the Civil War in July, 1861. A second large battle was fought there in August, 1862: Both were Confederate victories. <br /><br /><em>(h/t Daily Kos)</em>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-50418449291396596502008-10-31T20:08:00.007-04:002008-10-31T20:47:31.967-04:00PredictionA bit rash to make a prediction before the weekend news cycle, but I think the trends are solid. Barring some sort of last-minute revelation, here is my forecast of Tuesday's result:<br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="292" width="450" data="http://scoreboard.dailykos.com/map/electionEmbed.swf?autoPlayOn=1&mapMode=President&mapView=election&colorScheme=manualSolid¤tElectionYear=2008&predictionMode=1&predictionString=2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,2&splitPredictionString=1,1,2,2,2&rootDirectory=http://scoreboard.dailykos.com/map/"><param name="movie" value="http://scoreboard.dailykos.com/map/electionEmbed.swf?autoPlayOn=1&mapMode=President&mapView=election&colorScheme=manualSolid¤tElectionYear=2008&predictionMode=1&predictionString=2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,2&splitPredictionString=1,1,2,2,2&rootDirectory=http://scoreboard.dailykos.com/map/" /></object><br /><br /> I basically just extrapolated the current numbers through Tuesday: I do not think Obama will flip GA or MO, but he will pick up IA, MT, ND, FL, OH, VA, NV, and NC. The national vote totals should run Obama 51 McCain 46. I don't see Barr, Nader, and the rest picking up more than 3 percent.<br /><br /> Obama is making a strong push in ND, GA, and AZ. ND will pay off (McCain's numbers have <a href="http://www.pollster.com/polls/nd/08-nd-pres-ge-mvo.php">plummeted</a> there), GA--prolly not. The Arizona thing strikes me as an "in-your-face" tactic (although several polls have shown McCain's lead there shrinking). <br /><br /> I think predictions of 400+ EV and 60 Senate seats a bit optimistic.<br /><br /> The DKos map is pretty cool: try it.Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-61628047697576707442008-10-31T16:07:00.002-04:002008-10-31T16:08:02.081-04:00Pre-election pressureToo much for me:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CwyrGwM4a7M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CwyrGwM4a7M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-90426895785037153122008-10-31T15:02:00.002-04:002008-10-31T15:06:48.047-04:00NEGROS!!The chair of the Hillsboro County (FL) Republican party sounds the <a href="http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/30/text-forwarded-e-mail/"><strong>alarm</strong></a>:"I see BLACK PEOPLE!"<br /><br /> An excerpt:<br /><br /><blockquote>THE THREAT: <br />HERE IN TEMPLE TERRACE, FL OUR REPUBLICAN HQ IS ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM OUR LIBRARY, WHICH IS AN EARLY VOTING SITE. <br />I SEE CARLOADS OF BLACK OBAMA SUPPORTERS COMING FROM THE INNER CITY TO CAST THEIR VOTES FOR OBAMA. THIS IS THEIR CHANCE TO GET A BLACK PRESIDENT AND THEY SEEM TO CARE LITTLE THAT HE IS AT MINIMUM, SOCIALIST, AND PROBABLY MARXIST IN HIS CORE BELIEFS. AFTER ALL, HE IS BLACK--NO EXPERIENCE OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS--BUT HE IS BLACK. <br />I ALSO SEE YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR PROFESSORS FROM USF PARKING THEIR CARS WITH THE PROMINENT 'OBAMA' BUMPER STICKERS. THE STUDENTS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC TO BE VOTING IN A HISTORIC ELECTION WHERE THERE MAY BE THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT</blockquote>.Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6619732728231581019.post-31647436226669820882008-10-30T17:03:00.004-04:002008-10-30T17:22:08.051-04:00Thou shalt not...<blockquote> ...make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.</blockquote><em>--Exodus 20:4</em><br /><br /> Didn't I already surrender to Conservatives on behalf of satire? Just when you thought the fundies have reached a new level of moronitude, they dig down DEEP into their bag of buffoonery and <strong><em>Bring The Stupid</em></strong>.<br /><br /> I take you to Wall Street, USA, where a group of "Christians"---I am not making this up---is <a href="http://wonkette.com/403920/jesus-people-pray-that-false-idol-will-save-gods-economy">worshiping a golden calf</a> as they pray for materiel wealth.<br /><br /> The Money Quote from dhonig at Daily Kos: "How do you satirize that?"<br /><br /> (h/t Wonkette via DKos)Don Drennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06127946403352914580noreply@blogger.com0