Bobby Jindal, the GOP governor of Louisiana delivered the Republican response for Obama’s Joint Session of Congress speech. You know it didn’t go well when Fox talking heads calls it lackluster.
Civil Rights activists called Freedom Riders rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia, (1960). The first Freedom Ride left Washington D.C. on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.
The Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, leading to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in American history.
For some reason, during Barack’s President Obama’s speech, I kept thinking what the kids go through in the Obama household. When Obama spoke about hard work, I thought, “I bet those kids NEVER get out of homework!” Which is a good thing. But still it asks the question, what kind of oratory is given when Barack wants someone to pass the slaw? It must be amazing.
I am kinda outraged at Chris Matthews today. Last night on Hardball, he lamented how Americans didn’t like it when their leaders were treated badly abroad and how he didn’t like Bush’s treatment in Baghdad yesterday. I am not lamenting, not one bit. I rejoiced. I would have liked it better if the Iraqi threw monkey poo at Bush.
I have this theory I think will hold up after Obama takes his oath next month. I think after Obama is in office and all the idiots are swept out of government (at least most of the Bush appointed idiots), there will be a tidal wave of “leaked memos” that will come from every part of government.
As we all have, I have been watching the IDF assault on Gaza over the last few days. And from what I can tell, it is exactly like shooting fish in a barrel.
I find it odd that the “Big Three” can’t believe they are in trouble. They decry they can’t make money or grow with the way our trade policies are and because of competition.
I am not one of those people who want to shrink government to a size where it could be drowned in a bathtub. That said, I have had more than enough “assistance” from the government on FISA, the Patriot Act, the Schiavo debacle and on and on. I do not need any assistance from the government to bail-out billionaires.
Today McCain has suspended his campaign to “deal with the economic crisis.” I guess we need to say good bye to the Straight Talk Express. But no one is buying the horseshit.
With the biggest market collapse since 9-11-01 and the worst economy since the Great Depression, what DOES a bad economy look like to John McCain? That is the answer I want from the Straight Talk Express.
Here is my new theory. I believe the GOP NeoCons, like Rove, are working to make the best out of a bad situation. McCain is really not their boy. He is malleable to a point, but he is not the puppet that Bush is.
When I was studying economics at Wake Forest University, the Cold War was still on and Reagan was in his second term. As part of the course, we had to read the English version of Pravda. It was an eye opening experience and a icy dip into some high class propaganda.
After seeing McCain’s comments on 9-11-08, he used the murder of 3000 Americans as a political crutch. If he was such a strong candidate, why did he need to use all those dead bodies to prop up his rhetoric?
After careful consideration to try to explain the outcome of Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin, this is the best I could come up with. In fact, I came up with nothing, today’s strip is the fault of David Stein. I’ll forward today’s hate mail to him!
The first thing that shot though my mind when I saw Hillary take the stage was the color of her pant suit. I have never seen her in something so colorful and bold. The second thought was… “hmmm, that is Daily Kos orange.”
Yes, all those Greek Columns the Red Staters have been masturbating over, it seems to be Thomas Jefferson’s fault. Cause you know, there are NO Greco-Roman inspirations in Monticello.From Wikipedia:
The last 4 days have left many of us bewildered and sleep deprived. “It is 3am and I can’t go to bed now, there may be ANOTHER Palin story that breaks!” But somehow we managed to get some sleep.
The second Klan rose in response to urbanization and industrialization, massive immigration from eastern and southern Europe, the Great Migration of African Americans to the North, and the migration of African Americans and whites from rural areas to Southern cities.
At 3:44pm Eastern, Fox News Channel employee (I am guessing a segment producer) Eldad Yaron called me to arrange an interview for me to talk about BooksForSoldiers.com, our fundraising problems and how I am using the netroots to solve the problem.
The original Ku Klux Klan was created in the aftermath of the American Civil War by six educated, middle-class Confederate veterans on December 24, 1865. from Pulaski, Tennessee. They made up the name by combining the Greek “kyklos” with “clan” It was one among a number of secret, oath-bound organizations.
I hate to keep on McCain and his intellectual gaffes, but the latest about the surge and the Awakening, brings up another thought. Even if McCain tells us he will pick good advisers, but if he can’t keep his facts straight and if he can’t use a computer, how in the world is he going to whip up the brainpower to pick knowledgeable advisers?