OH YEAH!!!!!

America's First Black President

ELECTION DAY

This is a historic day!!! For years, it was fantasized that a black man could one day become President of these United States. Many thought they'd never live to see the day that enough white Americans could overlook the history of race in this country to elect an African-American as President.

This is the change that our country needs. An Obama victory would inspire millions of black Americans and their children to greatness. A role model that should help eliminate some of the negative stereotypes of blacks in this country. Hopefully, a successful Obama administration would help doubtful whites remove some of their prejudices about blacks' abilities in the workplace and in politics.

Yes. This is an important day and an historic moment in history. Get to the polls!! Don't let anyone steal your vote or intimidate you from the polling place.

Monday's Musings

All-white jury convicts O.J. Simpson on all charges. O.J. should have known better. You know those guys were dying to convict him. They even said they didn't need any witnesses to the crime. They would've convicted him anyway.

Given her answers to various questions, P. Diddy is scared of Sarah Palin and the possibility of someone with her I.Q. being next in line to be President. Given the fact that McCain is almost 80 years old and has already had about 4 bouts with cancer, it freaks me out too!!

Not news: Ultra conservative dress code enforcers in the middle east create situations where there's violence against women. News: It's happening in Israel.

Mumia Abu-Jamal is denied a new trial by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lehman Brothers executives took home millions in compensation even while they sought a federal bail-out.

Obama goes after McCain over his involvement in the Keating 5 SNL scandel.

Wednesday's Tidbits

This communist-style bail-out is driving me crazy. Never in the history of our country has anything like this happened. Of course, we've had other bailouts. But, nothing even close to this proportion.

Warren Buffet buys $5 Billion dollars of Goldman Sachs preferred stock. He just financed his own little private bailout.

I wish he could finance the rest of them instead of us having to do it. Of course, there's a tax increase heading our way because of the bail-out. Even after it's done, what are the chances that we'll ever see our money back?

BTW, what's the urgency in having this bill rushed through Congress without reviewing the details and fine print? Neil Cavuto also says that these companies should have known better than to loan money to minorities. WHAT???

McCain dropping quickly in the polls because of the recent financial crisis. Now, he wants to suspend his campaign and cancel the debates so he can concentrate on the economy. Yeah right. He's trying to prevent himself from drowning!! It can't help that his campaign manager, Rick Davis, has taken $15k a month from Freddie Mac up to last month! BTW, Obama says the debate is on. Can't weasel out that one so easily.

Obama making up ground in Indiana. I know one mother of a blogger that deserves some recognition for her leg-work.

Tuesday's Tastings

Man, I would love to stay at home and get paid per-diem for "travel expenses".

Good news!! The troops are leaving Iraq. Bad news; they're going back to Afghanistan.

Desparate for people to convert; Dothan, AL offers $50,000 to each Jewish family that moves there to live for at least 5 years. On a related note, people are paying $100,000 just to get out of town.

Oil prices have fallen below $100 for the first time in 5 months. The dollar is at its highest point since July. You would think that gas prices would drop. However, no such luck for the masses.
The Justice Department is now going after Google for having too much advertising. Why they are going after Google instead of the oil industry reeks of cronyism.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has endorsed Barack Obama. Like many others in the world, he supports the "O"-man. However, this doesn't matter to most Americans. John McCain just blew by him in the polls.

Let Them Eat Cake!!

A few folks, most recently including Sarah Palin, have been questioning the "actual responsibilities" of a community organizer; which was Barack Obama's profession a couple of decades ago.

Now, it isn't surprising that the likes of McCain, Bush and others have no idea what someone like that does. They haven't lived the lives of the many who actually need some direction, guidance and assistance along with the increased influence that comes from being organized with others of similar thought and circumstances.

Being a son of a former community organizer, I can say very clearly that their role is important. In many cases, it's similar to collective bargaining; but many times deals with the government instead of an employer. These are very often people who have lost their jobs, homes or both because of downturns in local economies. Sometimes, they just need a bit of direction to get back on track.

Dismissing community organizers means that you are also dismissing the communities in which they serve.

Just today it was reported that our unemployment rate has jumped to a 5-year high of 6.1%. Mortgage defaults and foreclosures are now at the highest levels in 29 years!! More than half of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck and we are still sending thousands of American jobs overseas.

No need for community organizers? I guess they feel we should just ignore these people. Or, let them eat cake!!!

And they say that Obama is the elitist.

Historic Thursday

Today is a big day. Obama will accept his historic nomination today at the Democratic convention. Meanwhile, McCain is announcing his Vice-Presidential nominee today. It looks like he's trying to coordinate it to coincide with the Obama speech in an attempt to upstage him a bit.

The latest Gallup poll has Obama up by 6 points. This includes Cindy McCain's sister!

This election is very important. It seems to me like we're going to have to decide between peace and World War III. Did you hear Bill O'reilly last night? I've missed his show recently. I didn't realize he was on there clamoring for us to "confront" Putin. Does he really want us to go to war with Russia? Well, since we're moving our battle ships to the region, I guess somebody is listening. At least China isn't backing Russia on this issue.

Our top Marine says we need to pull all of our troops to Afghanistan now. Yeah, going to war with Russia looks very appealing right now.

Politico reports that Karl Rove called Leibermann and asked him to withdraw his name from VP consideration. Rove disputes the report in a way that only Karl Rove can.

Clayton County-Georgia has lost its accreditation. This is the first time this has happened in 40 years. The education of 50,000 students in now of jeopardy. No school choice?

The largest mosque in Europe is being built in Chechnya. It will hold 10,000 worshippers.

Feeling Safer Today?

A few things have been going on lately to make me realize a few things. Regardless of who wins the presidency, they'll have their work cut out for them. The world is a mess. Most of the stuff was created, caused or promoted directly by the Bush Administration.


Even though a "cease-fire" is in place, the Georgian government sees no sign of the Russian troops leaving. This is not going to end easily. It looks like they are trying to go back to the old ways of the Soviet Union and create a new Iron Curtain.

Pakistani President has resigned.

Iran says that it will help other Muslim nations launch satellites into outer space. They also announced that its warplanes have the capability to reach Israel. Looks like this is going to work out nicely as well.

Iraq's government cracking down on U.S. backed Sunni forces.

Thursday's Tastings

Does anybody really believe that this guy got a fair trial? BTW, why the focus on bin Laden's driver? Screw his driver!! Can we go find bin Laden himself?? Next, they'll be arresting his landscaper and promoting his conviction as some major victory in the War on Terror. Gimme a break.

Israel is foaming at the mouth ready to attack Iran. Doesn't matter what this will do to our economy. Not really sure how they are directly threatening us. Hey, if Israel wants to go through with the attack, more power to them. Just leave us out of it. We shouldn't be forced to pay for it with our lives or our dollars.

British diplomats go to Hebron and get harrassed and attacked by settlers.

Michelle Obama still feels the need to squash labels that Barack is an elitist. C'mon. Why even justify that mess? The guy was still paying off student loans three years ago! His mom was on welfare. He never took the high-paying jobs out of college. He just started making money when his book started selling. If you are not in the hood, I guess you're considered "uppidity". Meanwhile, others walk around in $500 loafers.

Hillary Clinton still refuses to go away.

Brett Favre traded to the J-E-T-S!!!

National Enquirer publishes pics of what they say is John Edwards' love child.

Toby Keith Takes off his White Robe and Funny Hat

I mentioned this bumpkin last week on the blog when he was reminicing about the good ol' days when lynch mobs would keep blacks in check.

This time, this dude goes on The Glenn Beck Show and says that Obama is only successful because he is "acting white". He then says that the black community will support him only because he's black. But, they'll still be mad at him for "acting white".

Even Glenn Beck says "What does that mean??!!!" Fess up Toby, what does that mean?

Monday's Musings

A federal judge rules that Karl Rove cannot continue to disregard the subpoenas issued by the House Judiciary Committee.

Barack Obama seems to have found his flip-flops. This time he changes his mind on tapping the oil reserves. Hey, I'm all for bringing additional supply into the market. As long as the speculators don't screw us and disregard the additional supplies, it should help reduce the price. But, if we don't lasso in the speculators, this will do nothing expect help the oil companies dominate the market.

Preacher's wife shoots and kills her husband two years ago. She spends a total of 12 days in jail. Today, she assumes custody of their three girls. That's justice!!

The Rasmussen poll has John McCain ahead when considering the "leaners" who may vote in the fall. Juan Williams says that this election will boil down to "a black guy going against a white guy". The McCain camp is saying this is a battle of good vs. evil. They say Obama is the anti-Christ.

Jonathan Pollard is suing Israel because they are slow to finance his defense for his espionage conviction in the U.S.

Russia is looking to restart its relations with Cuba.

Obama's Speech in Germany draws a Crowd of 200,000

Monday's Musings

Condi Rice says it's a remarkable accomplishment that Barack Obama is slated to become the first black Presidential nominee for a major party. She hasn't specified whether or not she'll vote for him.

The American Physical Society has a membership of 50,000 scientists. They recently stated that the vast majority of their membership do not believe in mad-made global warming.

Hugo Chavez is giving away free oil to Americans. Some politicians denounce it as grandstanding. I guess they think we should just bow down to the dictators from Exxon/Shell/BP and the other major oil companies.

What's wrong with McCain and geography? It looks like his foot is very comfortable in his mouth. First, he repeatedly referenced Chechoslavakia; which hasn't existed since 1993. Now, in an interview with ABC News, he mentions the non-existent Iraq/Pakistan border. Given his constant geography mishaps, you gotta wonder whether or not these come from pure ignorance or alzheimers. Either case, it's not good for the Republicans.

A federal appeals court tossed the FCC's fine of the Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction". Good.