Gary Dorrien on Taking Social Investment Seriously

Dorrien on the opportunity presented to Obama in these challenging times:
We need to remember what happened last time. Franklin Roosevelt inherited bank runs, twenty-five percent unemployment, a manufacturing output decline of thirty-five percent from 1929, and a devastating deflation of currency values. The New Deal stopped the bleeding, whittling unemployment to fourteen percent by 1937. [...]

Hangover From Hell

This hungover Sunday morning I thought it appropriate to post my new favorite picture. Lol.
Thanks Zina Saunders.

The Obligatory Thank You Note For The Obama Presidency

We all hate writing them, but mine are heartfelt. Here are mine for an Obama presidency.
First and foremost thank you George W. Bush.  Without you things could not have gotten so horrible that a mixed race man with a dark-skinned wife could become President.
Thank you Hillary Clinton for beginning to run a racially tinged campaign [...]

Osama Bin Laden Wants John McCain To Be President

Osama Bin Laden wants McCain to be elected President. He does. I said it.
The idea for this post came from watching Meet the Press today. John Kerry and Ted Thompson swung by, and I was reminded how a last minute message from Osama Bin Laden probably tilted the last election back [...]

Poll Of Pollsters Puts Obama At 353 To 157 In Electoral College

Not a bad place to be.

Buyer’s Remorse

Now, McCain camp says she’s a whack job who it’s fun to disagree with, even though, according to them, she has no idea what she’s talking about about anything.
McCain is just totally sick of Palin. As am I.

You Caused Obama’s Defeat

This website sends out an amazing video which inserts your freind’s names into newscasts about the day after a would be McCain victory. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. Here, the election was lost by one vote, your vote, and newscaster comment using your own name. Send it out [...]

McCain Realizes He Hates Palin Like The Rest Of Us

Just look at him, he hates her, and himself.  Via Huffington.

In Defense Of Powell & His Endorsement

Bloggers whose views I often admire from all over the blogosphere are ripping into Powell and writing off the man as, it almost feels like, some sort of useless hack.
Look people, Colin Powell gave a dishonest speech before the United Nations that was disgusting, and helped make the case for a pointless war in Iraq. [...]

Colin Powell Endorses Obama

Well you already knew that, but it’s not like I can not mention it on a political blog.