...watching this crowd in Portland, OR, last night, break spontaneously into our national anthem.

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Today a man I respect deeply, for the first time ever, has won the presidency ( Read more... )

I saw this on a friend's LJ. I can't read the orignal article as I am not fluent in Norwegian, but please, read this translation of it. (warning, music ( Read more... )

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Do you like Obama? Do you like Les Miserables?

You will like this then, won't you?

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Students hung Obama in effigy on Oregon Christian College campus.

WTF people? WTF?

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The AFL-CIO leader, Richard Trumka, talks about racism in the campaign.

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This is one of those instances where I feel that it's time for white people to stand up and say this sort of thing out loud, and loudly. When a black person says these sorts of things, it's really easy for people to dismiss us as "historonic" or as "just has a chip on her ( Read more... )

I just read a really insightful piece of research on Obama and Clinton on the Daily Kos website. Very informative. I highly recommend it. This lady went to the source to find out the truth behind the rhetoric.

Good stuff.

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