It's official. I'm crushing on Barack. Here's why.

( Puerto Rican History Wepa Woman Style Meets Barack Love )

"...It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day..."


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The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

-He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
-He has refused ( Read more... )

I'm so angry by what I just read in the Washington Post, that I think I've lost the power of language. This is an op-ed piece by the evil George F. Will on voting rights with specific vitriol slung at "territories" and "commonwealths" of the U.S. He finds that giving House seats / voting rights to reps from places like Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands ( Read more... )

Democratic Cagematch
I must confess that I've become ill of all the murmurings and speculations surrounding the 2008 presidential candidates. But today, I was quite thrilled to finally have some sort of hard evidence as to who's running on the democratic side.  Given that I get as excited about presidential elections as I do about the World Cup, ( Read more... )

Al-Jazeera launched it's English language news service today hoping to compete with CNN across the Middle East and Europe for English-speaking viewers.  However, none of the U.S. cable or satellite carriers will offer it except for Globecast (??) due to U.S. policy which basically states Al-Jazeera incites terrorism.  Keep in mind the US military " ( Read more... )

bzzzzt, bzzzt, bzzzt....that's the sound of two branches of the government turning into a giant Democratic Congressional Transformer. Yes, friends and neighbors, George "Macaca" Allen has officially conceded this morning and the Senate now holds a Democrat majority. I better start hearing about subpoenas in January (somebody let loose John Conyers ( Read more... )

The country has finally caught a clue and it's about time.  I only get this excited about three things: the world series (when the Yankees are in it), the world cup, and the US elections.

This election is really about "firsts":
1. Pelosi Power: form of...Pelosi! Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is the first woman to be Speaker of the House--the most powerful ( Read more... )

This will not be new to folks who enjoy text-based games.  But being the graphics whore that I am I'm all over this new user-generated game called "Spore." It allows you to create anything you can imagine and then the game works out the physics of how it functions in the world.  Brought to you by the good people at Sims. Make sure to check out the ( Read more... )