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October 29, 2008: Most Anticipated Event Was…

October 29, 2008: Most Anticipated Event Was…

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...the Sister Toldjah Review of the Barack Obama Infomercial! The best part is, she absolutely nailed it with this:
He lost me at hello.
So what did the big Obama Event have in common with most other 30 minute infomercials?
  • They snag you with a promise of something irresistable
  • They convince you that it's possible by providing "real people" to either explain it or testify to it's value
  • They play soothing music intended to make you feel good about what you're watching
  • Oh yeah, best part, they lie
The only big difference between[...]
Spreading The ???

Spreading The ???

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As I've been listening to and contemplating the whole discussion around "spreading the wealth", it's occurred to me that when the wealth is being spread, there's more than just wealth that gets spread. That's right, the poverty gets spread too. Of course, calling it "spreading the poverty" might seem too severe, but here's the thing: people have poverty, wealth, or something in between. If you spread one, you spread it all. My preference now is to think of it as "spreading the mediocrity". As we discussed in the past, providing equal access to economic resources ("spreading the wealth", or "wealth redistribution") is going to lead to a society that is motivated to meet the status quo, to do just enough to get by, to even lower itself to ensure that there is just enough work to either[...]
Yet Another Plot To Assassinate Obama

Yet Another Plot To Assassinate Obama

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The Feds managed to spoil a new plot by apparent amateurs who wanted to try and kill Barack Obama. Repudiating any attempt to take a life is easy. Seeing what this can mean is a little harder. Strong emotions are clearly evident across the country, and varying degrees of violence are queuing up to be released in very short order. I am watching people on both ends of the spectrum, and even many in the middle, becoming so charged with anger and frustration, and yet often end up misdirecting their fire. I've been on the receiving end of that recently, and[...]
That Nagging Question is Still Out There.

That Nagging Question is Still Out There.

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WorldNet Daily:
The Pennsylvania Democrat who has sued Sen. Barack Obama
demanding he prove his American citizenship – and therefore qualification to run for president – has confirmed he has a recording of a telephone call from the senator’s paternal grandmother confirming his birth in Kenya. The issue of Obama’s birthplace, which he states is Honolulu in 1961, has been raised enough times that his campaign website has posted an image purporting to be of his “Certification of Live Birth” from Hawaii. But Philip J. Berg, a former deputy attorney general for Pennsylvania, told the Michael Savage talk radio program tonight that[...]
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