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Everyone seems to be getting all swept up in Obamarama, but can we really trust this man? It’s not like he’s written books about his life or anything, so how can we truly know who he is?
Did you know that his father, Barack Obama Sr., converted to Catholicism before returning to Kenya? We […]

As a follow-up on my post from the other day, I looked a bit more closely at some state polling, and filled out the CNN delegate counter based on what I could find. Where I couldn’t find any polling, I kept it more or less tied, with a slight advantage to the winner in […]

There’s another controversial quotation that’s been floating around, from a different black pastor whom Barack Obama has named as an inspiration and personal hero:
God didn’t call America to engage in a senseless, unjust war, and we are criminals in that war. We’ve committed more war crimes almost than any nation in the world, and I’m […]

Geraldine Ferraro had some more lovely words to say about Obama and Wright yesterday How she can praise Tuesday’s speech as “excellent” while at the same time calling Wright a “racist bigot” is beyond me; either she wasn’t paying attention, or one of us was watching a different speech. I wish Ferraro the […]

I was just running through some numbers, out of curiosity, and I noticed something: Barack Obama has a good chance at clinching the nomination on May 6th. Taking a pessimistic approach, let’s assume Clinton defeats Obama in PA, winning 89 delegates to his 69. Let’s then assume Guam, Indiana, and North Carolina are […]

This is where the party ends
I cant stand here listening to you
And your racist friend
I know politics bore you
But I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
And your racist friend
–They Might Be Giants: Your Racist Friend
Apparently Hillary Clinton isn’t a big TMBG fan, otherwise she’d have known better than to be so closely associated with […]

With as much bitching and moaning as you hear about gas prices these days, it’s refreshing to see a price comparison versus other liquids most of us buy. A gallon of gas is still a good bit cheaper than milk, for instance. “But still,” you might say, “I don’t use 10 gallons of […]

I was deeply struck when I first saw Barack Obama say “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for” in his speech. I just found out now that it’s from part of a Hopi saying, and the full thing is even more incredible and appropriate:
The Hopi Elders Speak
We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting […]

My box of worms from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm showed up today! I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about a sudden invertebrate influx into my home. Thankfully it wasn’t that cold out yesterday, as they sat outside all day and night until I got home at almost 11pm. […]

In the great spirit of last minute Christmas gifts, I’ve decided to build vermicomposters for my family. I already checked with my mom, and she’s down with the worms, but I still need to make sure my brother and father are okay with it. I’ll be using a method like the one described […]