Jesse Jackson Cried My Tears

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 5:50 PM PST

2008/11/05 · 17:50

I'm still mostly numb from the stunning victory that Barack Obama won last night.

I made calls for him. I gave money to him. I knocked on doors for him. I endured interminable, rambling conversations with my redneck relatives for him. I followed the polls every day and knew that it was likely that Senator Obama would sail on to victory. A small part of myself always felt like something would happen, that Democrats would somehow screw this up with infighting, that all our efforts were not enough.

I'm 26 years old and already struggling with a chronic illness. I've been out of work, sick and poor. I've had a child to worry about. I'm myself the child of ultra-cynical, ultra-conservative, ultra-religious parents who never spared the rod. I've never been able to vote for a presidential candidate I was proud of.

Hope comes hard.

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Did you cry during Obama's victory speech?

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Did you cry during Obama's victory speech?

Yes, absolutely!

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Over politics? No way!

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Well . . .not where people could see . . .

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pastordan inspires dialogue with my Pastor Dad

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Monday March 31, 2008 · 11:05 AM PDT

2008/03/31 · 11:05

This is a long diary. I forwarded pastordan's article on the decline of the Religious Right to my mother in the hopes of talking with her about the interstices of politics and religion. She forwarded it to my step-father, a Southern Baptist preacher. What follows is the whole text of our dialogue so far. Maybe you guys can give me ideas for future responses?

He said:

Liberation theology views the Bible through the lens of a certain presupposition: God’s sole purpose in the world is to set all people free from every political and social oppression.

I said:

Remember that Jesus’ only angry act was to drive from the temple the very cult that now festers in the heart of conservative America.

Full text below.

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 11:40 AM PST

2008/03/07 · 11:40

Samantha Power has been called the smartest woman in America. At the very least, she's Harvard professor smart. She's foreign policy advisor smart.

It strikes me that she's too smart to accidentally call Hillary Clinton a "monster."

I think it may be the smartest thing the Obama campaign has done so far.

fuzzywolf

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Thursday September 06, 2007 · 5:45 PM PDT

2007/09/06 · 17:45

The London Times ran a brutal, no-holds-barred piece on medics behind the lines in Iraq: a modern day M.A.S.H. if you will. Would that any of our own "Times" had the guts to run something half as strong.

On July 10 a mortar exploded near by. Many were injured. Major White was called to a trolley and found himself staring down at one of his nurses, Captain Maria Ortiz.

"We’d been talking an hour before," he recalled. "She told me, ‘I’ve just got my wedding dress. I’ve got to lose two sizes. I’m going to the gym to work out’. She was coming back from the gym when the mortar hit."

She died, and her portrait is now stuck on walls all around the hospital.

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Friday July 27, 2007 · 1:59 PM PDT

2007/07/27 · 13:59

I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks that this argument between Obama and Clinton has gone on long enough. Instead, it continues to spiral out of control.

The real difference between the two on this issue is not so much the position they are defending (although there is a difference) but how they are handling it. Obama's camp is focused on policy, Clinton's camp has fallen to personal attacks.

Specifically, this gem:
[Clinton spokesman and advisor] Wolfson: "Senator Obama represented one of the most liberal state Senate districts in the country. You're telling me that it took courage from Hyde Park to be against the Iraq war? Please."

Wolfson needs to apologize or be fired. Now.

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Who looks worse after this week's fighting?

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Who looks worse after this week's fighting?

Clinton

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Obama

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Both

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Neither

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Hugo Chavez (Not getting invited over for a cup of coffee? Sad)

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Moral Cooling

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Monday July 16, 2007 · 9:58 AM PDT

2007/07/16 · 09:58

The Washington Post today had features in several sections that dealt with Global Warming. They didn't call it that, unfortunately. To them, it was merely Climate Change. Change is something that could be pleasant, and makes people think that perhaps milder winters would be nice for a change. That isn't what we're looking at, and I'm outraged that a major newspaper would deal so irresponsibly with the issue.

Outrage. Where is it? WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? Where have our morals gone?

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Thursday June 21, 2007 · 1:22 PM PDT

2007/06/21 · 13:22

I don't know why women's groups are so enthused over Hillary Clinton possibly being our next president. Sure, she's a pro-choice woman with a 100% rating by NARAL, but that's the extent of her progressive credentials, as far as I can tell. She carries only a 60% approval rating by the ACLU and has repeatedly come out against gay rights or stayed silent when her activity was desperately needed. She's never even spoken out against the odious Defense of Marriage Act that her slick husband signed into law. The most positive thing she's ever said was that she wouldn't stand in the way of a gay marriage bill in New York. When it comes to gay rights, Hillary is not a woman you can depend on.

But she has the support of women's groups like Emily's List.

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Saturday September 09, 2006 · 10:02 PM PDT

2006/09/09 · 22:02

Kean's defense of ABC's so-called docudrama includes statements that scenes, charecters and ideas are "composites". ABC has also admitted that it uses compositites of charecters and time distortion to tell the story.

It's painfully clear what they mean by this. They're compositing the Bush and Clinton administrations. And by compositing, I mean they're renaming the Bush administration into Clinton's. Read More

Finally, Enron GETS screwed

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Thursday March 10, 2005 · 7:05 PM PST

2005/03/10 · 19:05

It may come as a shock to you that after more than two years, Enron has not yet sold off all its assets. One of the last potential sales to be made is of Portland General Electric, which provides electricty to millions of people in the Portland, Oregon area. Just a few hours ago the Portland Utility Board denied the buyout bid of the Texas Pacific Group, a buyout firm that manages over $13 bill in investments. Today's denied purchase would have rung to nearly $2.5 bill.

Why was it denied? Why is this important? Read below the fold. Read More

Fantasy Liberalism 2

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 2:33 PM PST

2005/03/07 · 14:33

When I wrote the first installment of Fantasy Liberalism, I had a feeling I would continue it on. As times grow darker, we need hope and affirmation more than ever before, and that is what this diary is about.

I've often said that the most brilliant and socially aware minds of the 70s were writing fantasy novels; that is true then, and it is true now. I have a few more stories to share with you today. Read More

CBS interviews video game lawyer

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Friday March 04, 2005 · 2:50 PM PST

2005/03/04 · 14:50

Jack Thompson is a modern day witch hunter. Instead of going after heretics, though, he goes after video games. In fact, he's currently suing Rockstar and Take Two for their "involvement" (and I use that term lightly) in the deaths of two police officers. His argument? Violent video games made a kid into a cop killer. Thompson recently made it onto the ACLUs list of the top ten censors in America.

This maniac was also recently interviewed by CBS. Reading his interview made me phsyically ill, but it also reminded me of a few things.

We are the party of personal responsibility. This is the sort of thing we mean when we say the Republicans are not. Read More

New House Bill O.K.s Religious Discrimination

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Thursday February 24, 2005 · 11:09 PM PST

2005/02/24 · 23:09

For better or for worse, the government deals with a number of faith-based entities in the course of doing its business. Churches get tax exemption, religious groups lobby Congress, charities distribute government money.

Organizations that take federal money, though, have to play by federal rules. They have to comply with OSHA standards, and comply with labor law, including non-descrimination in employment.

Republicans are testing the waters with a new idea: wouldn't it be great if we could keep giving tons of money to fundamentalist charities, but could tell them they could fire their Jewish accountant for being . . .Jewish? Say hello to H.R. 27. Read More

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Finally, Enron GETS screwed

Fantasy Liberalism 2

CBS interviews video game lawyer

New House Bill O.K.s Religious Discrimination