CAUTION!! THIS POST CONTAINS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IDEAS!!

I had to do it. I'm not being sensationalist; this is not a semi-clever ploy to grab your attention.

The ideas expressed below, combined with the magnificent clarity of their presentation, may cause dizziness, blindness, headaches, nausea, shaking, night sweats, fever, and/or hives.
If you can't handle the truth, stop reading now. Turn away before it's too late. You can't un-read it once you've looked. You'll never get it out of your head. And it will eat at you, no matter how far you shove it down in your belly, the truth in your mind will not be denied.

Don't look. I'm begging you.

If you simply must look, do not click on the link and go read the whole article. If even this little snippet is dangerous, what do you think the whole think might do to you?

clipped from www.commondreams.org They said that, despite Obama's imperfections and timidity and apparent willingness to back away from fundamental progressive principles, he was the better choice and we should vote for him. I would not argue with that analysis. But then they advised that, after he is elected, we, the voters, have a duty to keep pressuring, cajoling, demanding, petitioning, praying for him to engender and fight for the honest, forthright, humane, liberal ideals so many Americans believe in but so very few politicians will fight for.  To this, I object. Our duty is to be decent, honest, informed citizens. We have the right to be presented with candidates worthy not only of the offices they seek but also of the faith and trust of those who would elect them. we should not have to baby-sit our president or write letters to our miscreant, money-loving, influence-peddling, self-aggrandizing representatives on every issue. The Republicans and the Democrats do not give us worthy candidates.

Where Are They Now? Presents

The Wassup Guys from 2000 Budweiser commercial.
H/T Crooks & Liars

Several things come immediately to my mind:
-This is the most dangerous and likely form of terrorism this country will face in the next decade.
- And they are worried about Black people getting violent after the election?
- Why is this not major major, MAJOR news all over the airwaves? All it takes is a few Muslim types praying near an airport for a 24/7 terrorism news cycle. These guys were caught dead to rights and are already known to have committed at least one violent terrorist act, and not a peep on the major news nets?
-What will happen when someone actually qualified to accomplish this mission goes after Barak?

clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com Obama Assassination Plot Disrupted By ATF WASHINGTON — Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. In all, the two men whom officials described as neo-Nazi skinheads planned to kill 88 people _ 14 by beheading The spree, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama, "shooting at him from the windows," the documents show. "Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt." An ATF affidavit filed in the case says Cowart and Schlesselman told investigators the day they were arrested they had shot at a glass window at Beech Grove Church of Christ, a congregation of about 60 black members in Brownsville, Tenn.

No Matter What Happens, Them NIgras Is Gonna Act A Fool

This nonsense from a supposedly reputable news source just confirms my belief that anti-Black sentiment is still alive and well throughout the Anglo-European Diaspora

clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk ‘Are we expecting it will be a riot situation? No. But will we be prepared if  it goes awry? Yes,’ said Jeff Thomason, spokesman for police in Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco, California. ‘If Obama is elected, like with sports championships, people may go out and riot,’ claimed Bob Parks, an internet columnist and black Republican candidate  for state representative in Massachusetts. ‘If Barack Obama loses there will be another large group of people who will assume the election was stolen from him. This will be an opportunity for people who want to commit mischief,’ he added.

Quotable Quotes

Here are some interesting things I've read lately: If you like the quote, click on it to follow the link for the full monty.

You remember how it was just after Sept. 11, 2001, right? Some of us vowed we would never enter a skyscraper again. Some of us didn't want to leave our houses again. The minutiae of popular culture became staggeringly unimportant. Humorists like David Letterman and my colleague, Dave Barry, wondered if they could ever return to the business of laughter.

We were scared dry. And some of us said: Get used to it. This was the new normal.

But skyscrapers did not close from lack of use. We did not become a nation of agoraphobics. We did not lose our interest in singers and movie stars. Letterman and Barry went back to work.

Fear, which had cut through us like a hot poker, became instead a low-grade fever, ambient noise, wallpaper, something you feel without feeling, hear without hearing, see without seeing.

Then you look up one day and realize how profoundly that fear has changed your world. People are imprisoned without charges or access to attorneys, and it's routine. People are surveilled, their reading habits studied, their telephone usage logged, and it's commonplace. People, including children, end up on a secret list of those who are not allowed to fly, nobody will tell you why, there is no appeal, and it's ordinary. We swallow lies like candy, nod sagely at babblespeak, and it's unexceptional.

Torture is inflicted with White House approval, the president lies about it and it's just another Tuesday.

Once upon a time, Americans were fond of looking upon backward nations, upon places where law was whatever the king said it was, and noting with pride that we do things differently in our country. But that was a day long ago and a country long gone.

Our elites--the ones in Congress, the ones on Wall Street and the ones being produced at prestigious universities and business schools--do not have the capacity to fix our financial mess. Indeed, they will make it worse. They have no concept, thanks to the educations they have received, of the common good. They are stunted, timid and uncreative bureaucrats who are trained to carry out systems management. They see only piecemeal solutions which will satisfy the corporate structure. They are about numbers, profits and personal advancement. They are as able to deny gravely ill people medical coverage to increase company profits as they are able to use taxpayer dollars to peddle costly weapons systems to blood-soaked dictatorships. The human consequences never figure into their balance sheets. The democratic system, they think, is a secondary product of the free market. And they slavishly serve the market.

“Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,” read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and often disseminates the group’s propaganda.

The endorsement left the McCain campaign sputtering, and noting helplessly that Hamas appears to prefer Barack Obama. Al Qaeda’s apparent enthusiasm for Mr. McCain is manifestly not reciprocated.

“The transcendent challenge of our time [is] the threat of radical Islamic terrorism,” Senator McCain said in a major foreign policy speech this year, adding, “Any president who does not regard this threat as transcending all others does not deserve to sit in the White House.”

A Little Def Poetry - "Children Of Children"

Another Conversation Worth Having

Found this at the Field Negro. Feel free to weigh in with your two cents, here or over at the Field. I'm monitoring your responses closely.....

clipped from field-negro.blogspot.com Searching for a black friend in the age of Obama. One of the side effects of this Obamamania phenomenon, is that all of a sudden everyone wants to have a black friend, or to at least be able to say, --- that other than a co-worker-- they know a black person. Consider the plight of poor Devin Friedman. Friedman is GQ Magazine's senior correspondent, and he wrote an article about his search for a black friend which he actually posted on Craigslist, and which was featured in November's issue of GQ. And please forget this insane pursuit to find a black friend. Just relax, be yourself, and eventually some black person might just find you and like you for who you are. If not, it's not a big deal. Trust me. There are plenty black folks without white friends. It's not the end of the world. We can all live in this amicable state of self segregation, as long as we show mutual respect for each other and afford each other the dignity that we each deserve as human beings.

I'm Not Looking For Congratulations

I'm Not Looking For Congratulations


I said I would do it. It's done. So now I feel like I have the right to big his loudest and biggest critic. So get ready. I'm going to give the man a fair shot to do the right thing; and if he doesn't, why you will hear it here, loudly and often.

I held onto that ballot so long. Can't tell you how many times I almost slammed it into the garbage. Cynthia McKinney wasn't even on it (which pissed my 10 year old daughter off). Over half of the positions up for election were uncontested. Does this mean these people are doing such a bang up job or is it really that no one else wants to be involved in this exercise in futility we call a government?

Can You Even Use The Word Genocide In A Sixth-Grade Classroom?

Excellent observation, which is why my child is now home schooled. And you can be sure she has been introduced to the word genocide, well before 6th grade.

clipped from www.commondreams.org On Columbus Day, Correcting Columbus’ Legacy by Mark Anthony Rolo On Monday, Oct. 13, schoolteachers across the nation should find the courage to speak the truth about the man who sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Trying to explain to youngsters how this country came to be is surely no easy task. How can you sugarcoat telling a fourth-grader that Columbus did not "discover" the "new" world - that he more accurately opened the door to conquering it? How do you explain to a fifth-grader that the only measurable blood spilled in Columbus' encounter was that of indigenous Caribbean islanders? Can you even use the word "genocide" in a sixth-grade classroom?

Lower Income Home Buyers Did Not Create This "Financial Crisis"

clipped from www.mcclatchydc.com Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis By David Goldstein and Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — As the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign that blames the global financial crisis on a government push to make housing more affordable to lower-class Americans has taken off on talk radio and e-mail. Commentators say that's what triggered the stock market meltdown and the freeze on credit. They've specifically targeted the mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which the federal government seized on Sept. 6, contending that lending to poor and minority Americans caused Fannie's and Freddie's financial problems. Federal housing data reveal that the charges aren't true, and that the private sector, not the government or government-backed companies, was behind the soaring subprime lending at the core of the crisis.

We Are The Ones Song by will.i.am

The Debate That Wasn't - And A Retraction From The Exodus Mentality

Y'all know how much I loathe politics and all things political. It's not that I'm an anarchist or anything like that. I just can't shake the feeling that this government is corrupted beyond redemption. But let's set that aside for a moment.

Me and the Mrs. actually watched the V.P. debate last night, mainly because I knew I wouldn't be able to catch Jon Stewart's recap on the Daily Show. He tapes before the debate, so he won't have a breakdown until tonight's show, which I won't be able to watch because I have guests coming in town. Yes, I admit it, Jon Stewart is my news show of choice. He is by far the most fair and balanced out there, and as an added bonus, it's funny. Hearing the news and analysis of the days events anywhere else is not only not funny, it's quite often downright depressing.



First my thoughts on the "debate". It wasn't a debate at all. The pit bull in lipstick said almost from the outset that she was not there to answer questions, rather she was going to "talk to the American people". Right there, Debate Over. Finito. Done. Can't have a "debate" if one half of the panel isn't planning on answering or even really addressing the questions that are posed to the supposed debaters. Mrs Exodus said Sarah Palin looked like she was taking a lie detector test, and trying real hard not to fail. And, everybody loving on Gwen Ifill right now cause the sister "managed the debate well" should be outraged that she let Sarah Palin get away with that B.S. I tuned in for a debate, but all I got was the same old stump speeches from Palin and the same old limp, crybaby whining from the Democrat, Biden this time, about how much Sarah Palin was lying. I wouldn't sit there and calmly have a conversation with someone who was lying all on me, and to Biden's credit he did appear indignant on several of those occasions, but was still far too polite for me. The adversarial nature of the debate was totally absent for me.

And in spite of the fact that Sarah obviously wanted to stick to the script, she still looked like there's more than one special needs person in her house. The woman is slow. There's just no getting around that now. At first it was mildly amusing, now it's morphing into something with a decidedly more sinister feel to it. I don't know much about actuarial tables but I bet Vegas has real short odds on this woman actually becoming President of these united states. I'm rambling. Excuse me a moment, I've got to go and locate the family passports.... I'm not the only one scared. Watch this while I'm gone...



That's better. Now where was I...?

Diddy (and I can't believe I'm saying this) has a point. And his clip is one of the minor Palin moments. (That's my new term for the craziness, silliness, and other nonsense that you will henceforth be hearing from Sarah Palin. One day soon, I'm going to spend and entire day "Pulling a Palin". No matter what people say to me, I'm going to respond with whatever the first piece of totally unrelated nonsense I can bring to mind.)

It's the feedback from the debate that I have been paying the most attention to and quite a bit of that feedback has to indicate some kind of group dementia. Did you see that first video? That did not appear to be a group of deranged people, but it's either that or they were suffering from some kind of group dementia. And Michelle Malkin said Palin looked presidential?

Of course Diddy and I aren't the only ones who realize that Palin hasn't got a clue.

CBS Focus Group: Biden Wins Early numbers from a nationally representative poll of 473 uncommitted voters give Biden a significant edge: 46 percent say he won compared to 21 percent for Palin. Thirty-three percent said it was a tie.

She mugged for the camera, winked like a bar fly, and just went on talking and talking and talking, oblivious to whatever anyone else said. Not only did she ignore most of Gwen Ifill's questions,she paid no attention to what Joe Biden said. When he choked up over the loss of his family, she did not have the decency to express any kind of condolences. It is almost as though she is autistic and unable to connect with human beings.

Not only was it not a debate and not only did Palin answer virtually none of the questions put to her, but the whole idea of such an event was ridiculous.

Joe Biden has been either the chairman or the ranking minority member on the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee for many years, and is one of our foremost foreign affairs experts and legislators. His acumen and expertise are wide-ranging.

Palin has revealed her real self in the Gibson and Couric interviews, and clearly knows nothing and offers only rubbery expressions and glib repetition, for all the world like a rasping myna bird, of a stream of memorized slogans that sound as though they were disinterred from a time capsule originally buried in William F. Buckley Jr.'s back yard several decades ago.

It was not a debate, and pretending that it was and judging "performance" is to fall into the trap set by the campaign spinmeisters and talking point pimps.

© 2008 Juan Cole

If I might go off on a conspiracy theorist binge for just one second. Palin is too dumb to be real therefore she must be a plant. Why was she planted; to intentional sink the good ship McCain (aka Mr. Morton, aka the Salty One)? I know she's on the ticket to get the Hillary Clinton voters, but if that's the best white woman they could find, then white women are even worse off than I thought. Elizabeth Hasselbeck would have been a better choice. Maybe she was the best they could find who was willing to be on the ticket with Old Man River, aka Mr. Morton, aka, the Salty One. Whoever made this decision, and I'm certain it wasn't McCain, expects this woman to be President within a few years. No sane agent for good would ever want that, which means that Sarah Palin's handlers are insane or demonic, or both (and did you seethe video on The View Palin getting blessed for protection from witchcraft? I can't find it right now, but Barbara and Whoopie hit the nail on the head in this one).



OK. I'm back. And it's time for my retraction. I'm about to do what Sarah Palin, John McCain, and far to many other politicians seem fundamentally and constitutionally incapable of doing. I'll give Biden credit. Gwen Ifill asked the candidates to basically admit that they had even once had to change their minds about something, and Biden was at least gracious enough to come up with an instance. In addition to reading everything I must suppose the pitbull in lipstick is also infallible, as she didn't respond to the question.

I am changing my position after a careful consideration of additional facts and circumstances. I've railed against the very notion of voting, for what I still consider to be very valid reasons. I've publicly denounced voting for Barak Obama, for various reasons, most of which I still consider to be valid. But I can't in good conscience not vote for Barak Obama if there is even the slimmest possibility that my vote may count towards Sarah Palin never ever, ever ever, never ever ever, get to sleep in the White House. The lesser of two evils is just fine with me.

Barak For President.



I'll be getting my absentee ballot in the mail this week. When the brother wins, I will be on his narrow posterior (got to start showing the man some presidential type respect) day and night to do the right thing, and I better have a few of you Obama-maniacs in my corner when I do. I don't want to hear none of that cut the brother some slack crap. He asked for the job, I expect him to do the damn thang.