My Response to the Mean-Spirited "Barack the Magic Negro"
Taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism.
Taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism.
I'm not a socialist. Or at least not entirely so. As an American, I've got a little Al Capone in me. I like the idea of individual achievement -- just not against a background of hopeless oppression.
The following is Part II of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part I here) HOLA FERNANDO, COMO ESTA? I wanted to cut through the crap. I h...
What this crisis is going to do is bring us into financial alignment. Neighbors are going to meal share and carpool and child care -- less indoor gym workouts and more family outdoor time.
We watch millionaires and paid Republican hacks appear on television yelling "Socialist!" at Obama as if the Bolsheviks are coming to rape our daughters.
The victory for this country begins with a unified refusal to accept, not only the McCain/Palin ticket, but also the static and shallow conscience of the Republican base.
Man-oh-man-oh-man! All of this tedious crap about how I do not love Caroline Kennedy enough! You're kidding, right? This is more about protecting a Democratic Senate seat than romanticizing it.
If you haven't heard the name Omer Goldman yet, have a seat and grab your Kleenex. Her courage, and the courage of the other "Shministim" in Israel is utterly humbling. And amazing. I don't use those words lightly.
Obama's movement is about us, and what we can do to shake things up. That's why older people who've held their spot forever -- the John McCains and Jesse Jacksons of this world -- find him a threat.
I came up with the idea to turn Obama's New Hampshire speech into a song because that speech affected and touched my inner core like nothing in a very long time. It spoke to me.
Obama can call the placing of a hate monger like Rick Warren on the world dais political healing or inclusiveness or any other nicety he'd like, but I call it pandering to the lowest instinct of the worst kind of politics.
Voters of Minnesota, your choice could not be simpler: Mitt Romney light, or a return to someone special in the US Senate from the great state of Minnesota.
Four and a half years ago, I addressed the issue of war in an open letter to our President. Today I would like to again speak to him and his, directly.
McCain had to do the hard thing -- to not only accept loss and graciously congratulate the winner, but to encourage the rest of the country to offer their blessings to the new President-elect and his family.
By day we would interview all sides of the Northern Ireland debate, trying allow different points of view to be aired. By night, I would get e-mails from people urging me not to believe what others told me.
Late Friday night a coalition of environmental and preservation groups filed an agreement with the Bureau of Land Management that could save 100,000 acres of pristine land that are endangered.
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Nice looking woman.Is it me or does she have a really large mouth?
Let's see her explain how she dated a crook who stole millions while she "claims" she knew nothing.
And I suppose you have never had anyone lie to you before?
What unicorn did you ride in on?
Thanks Anne! Your solidarity came as an unexpected ray of sunshine.
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ALL Americans have an obligation to question the actions of their elected representatives. Being in one profession of another is hardly a qualifier.