“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!
Op-Ed Columnist – How to Fix a Flat – NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist – How to Fix a Flat – NYTimes.com:
“‘In return for any direct government aid,’ he wrote, ‘the board and the management [of G.M.] should go. Shareholders should lose their paltry remaining equity. And a government-appointed receiver — someone hard-nosed and nonpolitical — should have broad power to revamp G.M. with a viable business plan and return it to a private operation as soon as possible.”
(Via NY Times.)
Amen. Been saying this for all government bailouts. Incompetence should not be rewarded and put in charge of fixing itself.
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.
They Caught the Vapors
Washington Memo – Harsh Words About Obama? Never Mind Now – NYTimes.com:
“‘I don’t think that’s happened very often,’ Ms. Goodwin said. ‘The best answer I can give you is they don’t want to be on the wrong side of history, and they recognize how the country saw this election, and how people feel that they’re living in a time of great historic moment.’”
(Via NY Times.)
Biz Markie would be proud.
What an Obama Presidency Means for Technology — RoughlyDrafted Magazine
What an Obama Presidency Means for Technology — RoughlyDrafted Magazine:
“Rather than answering to big contributors, Obama now faces a different constituency: the people of the United States. The new president will now face an expectation for the same level of support that individuals have come to expect from companies on the web.”
(Via Roughly Drafted Magazine.)
One of the sea changes this election made in my view is that Obama showed that technology can be a real democratizer. Accelerating this process will make government more transparent and directly accountable to the people.
Senior Iraqi backs Obama withdrawal plan – Yahoo! News
Senior Iraqi backs Obama withdrawal plan – Yahoo! News:
“A senior Iraqi official on Thursday explicitly backed U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s plans to withdraw combat troops from the country by mid-2010, Baghdad’s clearest endorsement yet of Obama’s exit strategy.”
(Via Yahoo! News.)
This was obvious to me. It seemed like Bush-McCain-Leiberman types all wanted to stay until “victory” could be declared. Whatever that meant. It seems to me that if you are fighting for democracy, you leave because the people say so.
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.