The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) recently released a report about the resurgence of the right-wing militia movement. This resurgence is undoubtedly connected to the backlash we’ve been seeing to the election of an African-American as President. Although people these days are way too polite to go around screaming, “Segregation Forever,” they’re still finding ways [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Obama’
January 20, 2009
Obamania
Maybe it was naive of me, but I was looking forward to this day, to watching the rituals of inaugurating our new president, this new president. Now that it’s here, the over-the-top media hoopla is annoying the hell outta me. With all their “How does it feeeeel?” and “What are your thoughts?” and “Did you [...]
November 3, 2008
Pre-Election Crazies
Election Day: See update following post.
Are you anxious/antsy/terrified today? Have these feelings been building over the past few weeks and days? Are you bipolar, moving back and forth from elation to despair? You are not alone.
A Saturday New York Times article addressed the angst that Democrats and liberals—and, I might add, progressives—are enduring over this [...]
August 23, 2008
On Joe Biden
Well, they got to me, those Dems. TV’s talking heads keep saying the crux of the Biden decision was to snare Hillary’s supporters, and I became one of those people towards the end of the primary…Truth be told, I’m ecstatic. I’ve loved Joe Biden as a person for many years. He’s a real hamisch mensch, [...]
July 9, 2008
Ranting
I don’t rant nearly enough on this blog. I do it plenty to the radio and television when they’re spewing out the miserable news of the day, but I don’t think they hear me. Herewith, a compendium, in no particular order, of stuff that’s bugging me today.
Air Quality: Never very wonderful, the quality of the [...]
April 22, 2008
Train Wreck Continued
The more I ruminate on what’s happened with this election, the more agitated I become. I’m thinking about all those Democratic candidates who had so much potential, but who never stood a chance with a woman and a Black man in the game. It’s not the Party’s fault, nor is it anyone’s fault exactly…it’s kind [...]
April 21, 2008
Train Wreck: The Presidential Election
I don’t know about other progressives/liberals/radicals/Democrats, but I’m gettin’ real freaked out, kids. For 15 months this train’s been speeding headlong into what’s looking more and more like utter disaster. Because the media wanted sexy copy, they gave a black man and a white woman central billing from Day One, pushing some perfectly good potential [...]
April 17, 2008
Obama on Rights
Okay, I know I heard the words correctly–but I’m not sure I HEARD what Barack Obama was saying in last night’s umpteenth debate with Hilary Clinton. Asked where exactly he stands on gun control and the constitutional right to bear arms, Obama replied, “Just because you have a right doesn’t mean the state or local [...]
