Politics

21 Jan 2009 0929H

Inaugural musings

Call me racist, but, I used to think it improbable that a black man from the South side of Chicago could be elected president, but, then, we elected Harold Washington for mayor, and then, Barack rose to power, even with considerable resistance from within the black establishment here, first, to the senate, and now, it [...]

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09 Dec 2008 1219H

Hallelujah

As so often happens when one is locked inside a suburban cubicle building, it takes a while to hear the news. Even big news, like the Governor was finally indicted. Watching Beachwood Reporter’s liveblog. Can’t wait to see who else gets dragged down. Mell? And to echo what everyone else has said, he has to [...]

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04 Dec 2008 1731H

Why did Prop 8 pass?

NPR offers us the sad, emerging truth that white LGBTs ran a poor campaign that did not reach out to LGBTs of color, basically. Is it surprising that white LGBTs, liberal and conservative and everything in between, living in the state of California, would be insensitive to the issues of people of color? Why should [...]

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21 Nov 2008 0704H

Nuff said

The lesson, and hopefully all those who might need it are already seated on the federal bench, is that habeas is the foundation of justice precisely because the executive branch should never be trusted. These men spent nearly seven years imprisoned (and were mentioned during George Bush’s 2002 state-of-the-union address) based on the strength of [...]

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20 Nov 2008 0800H

And there you have it

Moore: Absolutely. I’ll tell you, it was hilarious just watching these CEOs there (Tuesday) and (Wednesday) testifying in Congress, saying that, you know, that the problem wasn’t theirs, you know, the cars they were building. It was the financial situation that we’re in now. Video Watch automakers get grilled on Capitol Hill »
The problem is [...]

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05 Nov 2008 0830H

In retrospect

it is hard to believe that four years, four horrible years have passed since the last election. President-elect Obama’s rise to the highest office in the land has been nothing less than meteoric. At this time it may be worth taking a look back to the last election. In another life, on another blog, four [...]

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04 Nov 2008 2329H

But tonight, we celebrate

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to [...]

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03 Nov 2008 2212H

And here we go.

We are embarking upon another great journey together. God bless us all, everyone, and our mother, America. See you in 48 hours.

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03 Nov 2008 0815H

Pwned

A: Gov. Palin, I love the documentary they made on your life. You know Hustler’s Nailin’ Paylin?
P: Ohh, good, thank you, yes.
A: That was really edgy.
P: Well, good.
Oh dear.

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21 Oct 2008 1336H

Actually, Mr. Mayor, you are responsible

Jon Burge is in federal custody. Regarding this, Hizzoner is quoted below, by da Sun Times.
But the mayor said he feels no accountability whatsoever for Burge’s decades-long reign of terror.
“I just don’t…I was state’s attorney. I had 700, 800 prosecutors under me. It would be like [holding] you [accountable] for some of the headlines you [...]

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