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Vote Now! People For's 2008 Equine Posterior Achievement Award
(cross posted on People For's blog)
The Equine Posterior Achievement Award has been created to honor that leader whose abilities to misrepresent an issue, manipulate his/her followers, brazenly disregard reality or pander to our baser instincts reach such ridiculous levels that we don't know whether to laugh or cry. In other words, a genuine "horse's patootie."
Vote for Ideas to Change America
I posted on the People For the American Way blog about the an awesome project happening at Change.org. Change.org is running a great contest to get ideas for real change and innovation from the public and presenting some of the best ones to the Obama transition team. As we've seen, the Obama transition team is very open to citizen input and as its eye turned toward innovative approaches to current and future challenges. It's encouraging. Here's a great way for YOU to participate.
Amtrak Joe vs. Mooseburger Palin - Get YOUR Ringside Seats for the "Fury in Missouri!"
The latest round of People For house parties is going to make 'House Party' look like 'House Party 2' ... or 'House Party 3!'
The Onion: Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As Step Forward For African Americans
Last Week in Denver: Progressivism vs. Conservatism and the Politics of Posterity
A theme that stuck with me early in the convention, based on several early convention speeches and less formal addresses at various events, was the so-called "politics of posterity." This is a term I heard Gary Hart use and it seemed to capture clarify a major difference between the party of progressives and the party of the Right.
What's at Stake
On Monday, the New York Times featured a powerful, sobering essay by Waldo L. Fielding, M.D., a retired OBGYN in his mid-eighties. In it, he recounts the desperation of young pregnant women in the days before Roe v. Wade, when there were no safe, legal options available to them.
just one way the media's killing our democracy (and our minds) ... Repost
This is a re-post from SilentPatriot on Crooks and Liars. Check it out, then read the Greenwald Salon posts from over the weekend -- very much worth the full read of both posts (links provided)
Book Review: Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Sharp Teeth, the debut novel from Toby Barlow, brings a new twist to one of our culture's favorite monster legends: werewolves ... well, in this case, more like weredogs.
Race race race race race race race... and you hate America
Hate to wade into the presidential race, but I can't resist. I am really feeling a little crappy about my country right now (yeah, I said it, call the patriotism police).
1 in 5 Americans Think the Sun Revolves Around the Earth
Someone forwarded me a post by a guy who riffed a bit on a WaPo piece from February (link below). I'm posting it here because it very importantly illustrates:
1. How important education is!!! and....
2. How destructive [right-wing] frames that promote 'values' like anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism can be.
Read on!