NOBAMA: New Jersey Just Got Dumber TRENTON, N.J. – Residents in one New Jersey town are disturbed after receiving fliers over the weekend that question Barack Obama’s candidacy on racial grounds. Roxbury resident Elizabeth Corsetto says a flier was left in her driveway asking, “Do You Want A Black President?” and showing a doctored photo of Obama with a long beard and turban. Roxbury Police Chief Mark Noll says the fliers were left on various streets in the northwestern New Jersey township by a white supremacist group called the League of American Patriots. Noll says the incident is being investigated […]
CONCERNED AMERICAN: We Really Need To Talk
DEAR OLD WHITE MEN WHO RUN EVERYTHING, I will turn 23 in just about two months, which means that over a third of my life has been spent enduring the seemingly intentional incompetence of the Bush Administration, the contrarian Congresses of the Clinton years and ‘do nothing’ Dem-majority Congress of now. In that time, I have seen a catastrophic terrorist attack on my homeland. I have seen a government invade and occupy a country that harbored our attackers, and then manipulate the fear and anger those attacks aroused in the American people to justify the invasion of a country that […]
RALLY FOR CHANGE: Pride In The Name Of Love
Chicago, IL – Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama will return to Pennsylvania this week. In Philadelphia, Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Biden will share with voters Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s plans to end eight years of failed policies, and change Washington, so that instead of just talking about family values, we actually have policies that value families, and strengthen the middle class. CHANGE WE NEED RALLY WITH MICHELLE OBAMA AND JILL BIDEN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Francis Meyers Recreation Center 5803 Kingsessing Avenue Philadelphia, PA Gates Open: 4:30PM The event is free and open to the […]
EVERYTHING MUST GO: How To Sell Your Personal Shitpile Of ‘Toxic Debt’ To The Taxpayers Of America
[Click form to activate Internets] NEW YORK TIMES: Stocks fell sharply and oil prices suddenly spiked on Monday as investors anxiously waited for Washington lawmakers to hash out the details of the biggest government bailout in history — a politically fraught process that will create a new slate of winners and losers on Wall Street. That uncertainty, about a shaken financial system still in flux, appeared to spook investors away from assets tied directly to the health of the American government. The dollar dropped sharply against the euro, and oil prices jumped, closing up more than $16 a barrel. The […]
ROCK THIS VOTE: Because Reality Has A Liberal Bias
[Click to vote] MY BARACK BLOG: PBS is running a poll which asks if Palin is qualified to be VP. The right wing has organized a “yes” campaign and at the moment, “yes” is winning. Please consider doing this. It’s important. It takes 30 seconds. RNC FORM LETTER ‘ALLEGEDLY TYPICAL’ PBS VIEWER: “I am once again aghast and stunned that the PBS would be so involved in politics that they actually circulated the “is Sarah Palin qualified to be Vice President” poll. How dare you use federally subsidized taxpayer platform for your own political ambitions: have you know shame? You code of […]
HOT DOC: How Dems Abort Every Spine They Grow
EDITOR’S NOTE: Via OPEN LEFT comes this devastating missive from an anonymous Dem lawmaker on how, when and why the Democrats in Congress will cave on attaching meaningful oversight and or consumer mortgage relief to any Fed bailout of Wall Street: Here’s the industry’s play: progressives will approach Nancy with ideas for reform, and she’ll agree to push for their proposals, and she’ll really mean it. Then industry lobbyists will go to Dennis Moore, Melissa Bean and a few other Democrats, and tell them how dire the consequences of the proposals would be, and that the members who understand how […]
LOST DECADE: Winning The Race To The Bottom
[Photo by RICHARD DREW] ESQUIRE: In the picture, he departs from this earth like an arrow. Although he has not chosen his fate, he appears to have, in his last instants of life, embraced it. If he were not falling, he might very well be flying. He appears relaxed, hurtling through the air. He appears comfortable in the grip of unimaginable motion. He does not appear intimidated by gravity’s divine suction or by what awaits him. His arms are by his side, only slightly outriggered. His left leg is bent at the knee, almost casually. His white shirt, or jacket, […]
GET YOUR WAR ON: Sarah Sells Rape Kits
RELATED: Despite denials by the Palin campaign, new evidence proves that as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Palin had a direct hand in imposing fees to pay for post-sexual assault medical exams conducted by the city to gather evidence. Palin’s role is now confirmed by Wasilla City budget documents available online. Under Sarah Palin’s administration, Wasilla cut funds that had previously paid for the medical exams and began charging victims or their health insurers the $500 to $1200 fees. Although Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella wrote USA Today earlier this week that the GOP vice presidential nominee “does not believe, nor […]
DOCTOR IS IN: Howard Dean Could’ve Gone Anywhere
[Photo by TIFFANY YOON] SCREAM, BABY, SCREAM: Dr. Howard Dean, DNC Chairman, Temple, 12:34 pm BY TIFFANY YOON LIVING ARTS EDITOR Howard Dean came to Temple University earlier today to support Barack Obama and stress the importance of registering to vote. October 6th is the last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania, that leaves just 14 days to get on the rolls. As eager students and faculty waited for the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and one time contender for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, The Who’s “Baba O’Riley blasted out of the public address system — “the […]
TARRING THE BABY: John McCain’s Race Baiting
John McCain campaign ad: “Advice” TIME: When politicians interject race into a campaign, they seldom do it directly. Consider McCain’s new ad, which the campaign says it will be airing nationally. This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. Let me stipulate: Obama’s Fannie Mae connections are completely fair game. But this ad doesn’t even mention a far more significant tie — that of Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chairman who had to resign as head of Obama’s vice presidential search team after it was revealed he got […]
All Of This Happened While You Were Working
PEOPLE GET READY: Rock The Vote, Philadelphia Community College, Yesterday Yesterday, Rock The Vote stopped at the Community College of Philadelphia on its tour encouraging those over the age of 18 to register and to vote in this year’s presidential election. Students were treated with live musical performances by Talib Kweli, Solange, The James Gang and Ken Swift of the Rock Steady Crew. There were also appearances made by Joe Pantoliano (Bad Boys II), Max Kennedy (Bobby Kennedy’s son) and ?uest Love (The Roots) made a special guest appearance. All artists encouraged students to get involved in this year’s presidential […]
GOODBYE INVISIBLE HAND, HELLO NANNY STATE: Federales Plan To Nationalize Junk Mortgage Crisis
WALL STREET JOURNAL: The federal government is working on a sweeping series of programs that would represent perhaps the biggest intervention in financial markets since the 1930s, embracing the need for a comprehensive approach to the financial crisis after a series of ad hoc rescues. At the center of the potential plan is a mechanism that would take bad assets off the balance sheets of financial companies, said people familiar with the matter, a device that echoes similar moves taken in past financial crises. The size of the entity could reach hundreds of billions of dollars, one person said. Another […]
ABOVE THE LAW: Todd Palin Refuses To Testify
ASSOCIATED PRESS: ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband has refused to testify in the investigation of his wife’s alleged abuse of power, and key lawmakers said Thursday that uncooperative witnesses are effectively sidetracking the probe until after Election Day. Todd Palin, who participates in state business in person or by e-mail, was among 13 people subpoenaed by the Alaska Legislature. Palin’s lawyer sent a letter to the lead investigator saying Palin objected to the probe and would not appear to testify on Friday. “The objections boil down to the fact that the Legislative Council investigation is no longer […]