What we have here is, failure to communicate. That’s right, friends.
Poof, up in smoke went gays’ right to marry. A majority of Californians voted to overturn localized measures allowing gays to marry, snatching a right from homosexuals that they had just begun to enjoy. This is as fine an example as I’ve ever seen of what [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Proposition 8: Fear and Opportunity
Posted in Politics, tagged african americans, arkansas, blacks, california, Democrat, gay adoption, gay marriage, gays, hispanics, homosexual, hope, marriage, minorities, prop 8, proposition, Republican, whites on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Election 2008: Did Race Matter?
Posted in Politics, tagged 2004, 2008, african-american, Bush, Democrat, election, factor, kerry, matter, McCain, Obama, Politics, race, racism, racist, Republican, turnout, white black on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Now that America has at least partially exonerated herself from foreign charges of racism and ignorance (how many Western European countries have elected minority candidates for their top office, I wonder?), we can all move on and begin the healing process. Right? Wait a second, Obama didn’t win the white vote. That means whites are [...]
A Blank State
Posted in Politics, tagged 2008, Bush, Chavez, election, historic, lincoln, McCain, Obama, Reagan, roosevelt, tabula rasa on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.” – Barack Obama
People said of Reagan, after a difficult time, he made us proud to be Americans once again. [...]
Good government
Posted in Politics, tagged 2008, election, jefferson, lincoln, president, president-elect, roosevelt, voltaire on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mr. President-elect, whomever you may be, accept the advice of the long dead, but forever wise.
“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
“I would rather be [...]
