“It pains me to deliver this sobering news to those who think Obama will wave his hand and erase whole ghettos: Barack Obama is a black President, not black Jesus.”
(Via Time Magazine.)
PREACH!
Category: Society
Taking Their Kids
Op-Ed Contributor – Anti-Gay, Anti-Family – NYTimes.com:
“Most ominous, once ‘pro-family’ groups start arguing that gay couples are unfit to raise children we might adopt, how long before they argue that we’re unfit to raise those we’ve already adopted? If lesbian couples are unfit to care for foster children, are they fit to care for their own biological children?
The loss in California last week was heartbreaking. But what may be coming next is terrifying.”
(Via NY Times.)
Why the so-called “pro-family” agenda is all anti-gay and very little family.
Decision 2008 – Gary & Gary Unmarried | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
Decision 2008 – Gary & Gary Unmarried | The Daily Show | Comedy Central:
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(Via The Daily Show.)
Embarrassment.
Indecision 2008: America’s Choice – Barack Obama Wins
Indecision 2008: America’s Choice – Barack Obama Wins:
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(Via Indecision 2008.)
It’s deep when comics well up with emotion.
More on Prop 8 – Ta-Nehisi Coates
More on Prop 8 – Ta-Nehisi Coates:
“But if you believe black people are not just receptacles for bigotry, not just automatons programmed by centuries of racism, if you believe they consume oxygen like the Irish, that they ingest solid food like the Italians, that they enjoy a good drink like the denizens of Appalachia, that they like to party like gays of any color, that they like to dance like white women, then you understand that no group, anywhere, ever was ennobled by oppression.”
(Via The Atlantic.)
Embarrassing on a day we should be about freedom.
No Longer a Pep Talk
I voted yesterday morning and had an emotional moment. I took my son into the booth and saw Barack’s name with “President” underneath it. Everything else blurred out and all I could see was his name. I pressed the button and lit it up. I realized I was about to live history. I looked at my son and thought, “My son could do this.” I pressed the “VOTE” button, left the booth, and my eyes welled up.
Yes We Can. This is why America is the greatest country in the world.
Yes We Did
Cornel West on the Campaign
On Winning
Effete Liberals, Bomaye – Ta-Nehisi Coates:
“No one has conspired to deprive us of power over the past few decades. The American people aren’t stupid. We’ve sucked at articulating our message. If you have any interest in a more progressive country, we need to be honest. At the presidential level, at least, conservatives have hammered us. Give them their due. Don’t blame Rush. Don’t blame Kristol. Don’t denigrate states you’ve never visited. Give them their due. Give them their respect. Study them, and then get better.”
(Via Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic.)
Finally, to hear someone else speak some truth! Obama shows there is a difference between democracy and getting things done.
Opie has a Happy Day
Ron Howard’s Call To Action from Ron Howard and Henry Winkler:
See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die
(Via Funny or Die.)
Happy Days.