John McCain chose Sarah Palin, the rookie governor of Alaska, to be his vice-presidential running mate. In her acceptance of that role in his campaign, Sarah Palin said that Hillary Clinton made 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling--but that she, Sarah Palin, can break it. If you follow the logic of this statement, Sarah Palin suggests that women supported Hillary Clinton due to her gender, and that women also should support her, Sarah Palin, because of her gender. More African Americans... Read Full Story
I used to think that racism was the cause of disfigured representations of other cultures. In other words, if a person portrays another race irrationally, then that person has an irrational basis for interpreting racial differences. However, after having months of detailed discussions with many who have created such disfigured representations of Obama, I'm starting to rethink my position. Instead of a disruption in the perceptual domain reflecting a disruption in reason itself, I now see the... Read Full Story
Last week from the vantage point of Oxford, Mississippi, a libertarian friend and I watched comedian Doug Stanhope's 2008 standup special in NYC. Stanhope wore a baseball jersey with an image of the statue of liberty and the team name "Libertarian" on the front, with his own last name on the back. My friend and I laughed at most of Stanhope's irreverence. However, when I asked my friend after the show what he thought of the comic, he hesitated. Even though he laughed throughout most of the... Read Full Story
Barack Obama began his candidacy of "change" in an interesting time in American history. America's on the verge of complete globalization. Many Americans travel for a living. Businesses can pick up and leave a geographic region in an instant. Our food can come from Asia more easily than it can come from Alabama. And this global environment means we as individuals have to be prepared to engage strange, alien belief systems at every moment. Such engagement requires critical-thinking skills: we... Read Full Story
On weoped.com, someone posted the following about Barack Obama before asking who others supported and why: As a former Marine,Vol. Firefighter AND a PATRIOT - I CAN NOT support ANY individual who NOT ONLY refuses to recite the pledge of allegience but can not even "salute" while it's being rendered! And who in his own words would support a Musulim "Holy War"!!!Refer to his own book! It reads like "mine Kumph" of "black Musilimism"(sic?)! I WAS always a registered "Southern" Democrat, but... Read Full Story
Barack Obama appears to support the updated version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act because it reinforces the role of the courts that President Bush's administration bypassed in the administration's unconstitutional execution of the Act. According to the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon... Read Full Story
PUMAs are disenfranchised Clinton supporters who have registered as a political action committee 1) to block Obama's nomination at the convention, and if they fail in this objective, 2) to sabotage his chances of winning the presidency in November. PUMAs believe, among other things, that the DNC conspiratorially chose Obama to be its candidate, and therefore, that the DNC went out of its way to prevent all votes from counting in order to secure that choice. "Conspiracy" seems to be the PUMAs... Read Full Story
Getting married tomorrow and on Honeymoon for two weeks. In other words, the blog is abandoned until after June 7! Best, Gray Kane The Soon-To-Be-Married Management Read Full Story
In the wake of Bush's "appeasement" comment, Senator Joe Biden has accused President Bush of currently conducting the same international policy with North Korea that he and McCain condemn Obama for proposing to conduct with other "evil" countries like Iran. On May 16, the same day as Bush's "appeasement" comment, his administration announced a deal with North Korea to send 500,000 tons of food to the "evil" nation. However, there is a distinct difference between Obama's proposed foreign... Read Full Story
In the wake of Bush's "appeasement" comment, Senator Joe Biden has accused President Bush of currently conducting the same international policy with North Korea that he and McCain condemn Obama for proposing to conduct with other "evil" countries like Iran. On May 16, the same day as Bush's "appeasement" comment, his administration announced a deal with North Korea to send 500,000 tons of food to the "evil" nation. However, there is a distinct difference between Obama's proposed foreign... Read Full Story
