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Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama

IN YOUR FACE! HA!

Yes, like so many others, we tuned in to see the train wreck of Sarah Palin's appearance on SNL. OMG Alec Baldwin FTW.



Quite rightly, she was kept on a tight leash which limited her interaction with the cast. However, the best part of the show was Amy Poehler's rap near the end.

This transcript is dated yesterday, but I caught the show today. It's long, so I've cut it. This is probably the first really straight talk I've heard this election season (and NO, I haven't been paying attention - deliberately - sue me). Original is HERE. I must say, their transcript editors need to go back to school.
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Seven years ago today, I was getting my daughters ready to get on the bus for school. I had a one-month old baby. I was in a tiny two-bedroom apartment infested with roaches. My husband wasn't working regularly ( Read more... )

The local paper reports that there's an online petition that supports a new downtown stadium in Omaha. After reading the first paragraph or two, I was overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness ( Read more... )

Keith Olbermann's Special Comment: You Ceased to Be President of the United States

Exactly. And your answer, Mr. "President"? How many more of your cronies are going to get off scot-free while the ordinary people pay for your hubris? Are you going to arrange a pardon for yourself while you're at it ( Read more... )

Why have I been so reluctant to vote?

Middle class America getting the bird next Tuesday.

Only 15 percent of eligible voters turned out to cast a ballot in this year's primary elections, according to an American University study. Never before have so few of us bothered to vote in primary elections. And it's no wonder. Our middle class is ( Read more... )

No, I didn't watch the State of the Union address last night. It shouldn't have even been called that - there was very little concerning the actual state of the US in it ( Read more... )