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Barack H. Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States Links for this Post: BarackObama.Com Cable Network News I have not posted in several weeks. I've been having problems with the computer network in my home and decided to...

OBAMA Anatomy of a World Leader by Visionary Artist Alex Grey

Link for this Post:Obama Anatomy of a World Leader -- the making of a portrait by psychedelic artist extraordinaire Alex Grey My long-time friend Will Penna sent me a link to a portion of artist Alex Grey's site which is...

The Republican Rump by Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman in the NY times

Link for this Post: The Republican Rump by Paul Krugman in New York Times (Free registration required) What will the Republicans do if they lose today (this is written before we know for sure). NY Times Columnist speculates on the...

The Sarah Palin National Anthem (Armageddon Annie)

Links for this Post: Ralph Buckley Website Sarah Palin National Anthem embedded below Among the many comments on his website comes one from a woman named Quetzie MacDonald. She says: A breath of fresh air is Ralph Buckley...an excellent musician...

Three crashes mark John McCain's record as navel aviator led Navy officals to question or fault his judgment -- LA Times

Link for this Post: Mishaps mark John McCain's record as naval aviator Three crashes early in his career led Navy officials to question or fault his judgment By Ralph Vartabedian and Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times According to the...

John McCain's Temper Arizonans recall run-ins with McCain -- Las Vegas Review Journal

Link for this Post: Arizonans recall run-ins with McCain Opinions about temper depend on who's talking By ALAN MAIMON Review-Journal Everyone has heard stories about current Presidential Candidate John McCain's temper. This article in my hometown newspaper adds more fodder...

The Roots of the Current Economic Crisis Can Be Found with John McCain and the Keating Five -- Free Mini-Documentary

Links for this Post: KEATING ECONOMICS: John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis Website Additional Information Download the Keating Economics Documentary as a high quality .mov file (playing time 17 minutes) Keating Economics: John McCain and a Financial...

When John McCain Wins -- Palin to Do Fireside Chats

Link for this Post: John McCain's Fireside Chat (By Sara Palin) Back in the last Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt comforted the country with his radio fireside chats. When John McCain wins the Election, he is said to be planning the...

Tell 5 Friends -- Don't Vote!! (Uncensored Version)

My friend Ramon Sender sent me this YouTube Video which is part of a series of non-partisan spots created by DiCaprios Appian Way production group. Here is what is written about it on YouTube: Whitaker have created public service announcements...

The 3 A.M. Call

Link for this Post: The 3 A.M. Call By Paul Krugman Op-Ed in the New York Times This article was written BEFORE THE BAILOUT FAILED but still has some good stuff worth thinking about. It begins: It’s 3 a.m., a...

Zakaria: McCain's VP decision is fundamentally irresponsible

Link fot this Post: Zakaria: McCain's VP decision is 'fundamentally irresponsible' on CNN I've been watching Fareed Zakaria's Sunday show on CNN almost every week and am glad to see that he has made a decision to take a strong...

John you like to pretend like the War started in 2007 -- Obama in Presidential Debate YouTube Video

Link for this Post: Obama to McCain: "You We're Wrong" YouTube Video also embedded below This first debate was a strange one, but so is this election. Because its hard to express complex ideas in soundbytes (and because comlex ideas...

David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign

David Letterman On McCain’s Campaign Suspension And The Political And Cultural Conventional Wisdom by Joe Gandelman on the Moderate Voice David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign on YouTube also embedded below I've been scanning the blogs and news...

McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac -- New York Times

McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac By Jackie Calmes and David D. Kirkpatrick Here is an excerpt from this breaking story in the New York Times One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit...

Even Conservative Commentator George Will Now Says That John McCain is Not Ready for the Presidency

Link for this Post: McCain Loses His Head by George F. Will in the Washington Post (requires free registration) George Will is the consummate conservative newspaper commentator. I remember reading the many George Will articles defending Richard Nixon until the...

Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow -- Bill Clinton on Why America Needs President Barack Obama

Link for this post: The embedded YouTube of former President Bill Clinton addressing the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorodo. The last two or three weeks of the summer have been nasty experience. Living in the swing state of...

Who Shall Speak for Us

Links for this Post: Raise the Rafters -- What Barack Obama Needs to Prove in His Democratic National Convention Speech New York Magazine, the Summer 2008 issue Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters July 12, 2007, The Atlantic Arianna...

The Democratic Primaries in Retrospect -- Young Hillary on YouTube

Link for this Post: Embedded Youtube Video Below If your like me and you started following the Democratic Presidential Primaries 16 meths ago, the process turned out to be a lot longer and lot more agonizing then I could have...

Obama Becomes Democratic Presidential Nominee -- ABC News

Link for this Post: Obama Becomes First Black Democratic Presidential Nominee -- ABC News While Hillary Clinton has not conceded to Barack Obama, at least one major news firm (likely the first of many tonight) have recognized that Obama has...

McCain and the Cult of the Warrior -- Is The Coming Election Going to Be a Military Coup?

Links for this Post: The Cult of The Warrior -- Jack Kemp Was Right: McCain Would Be Too Dangerous as President by Frank Schaeffer in the Huffington Post Also The Militarist by Matthew Yglesias in the American Prospect When John...

You Can't Make This Up - Mark Halperin on the Presidential Race in Time Magazine

Link for This Post: You Can't Make This Up -- Time Magazine Saturday May 3, 2008 by Mark Halperin The last couple of months of the long grueling polical race has gotten me a bit down. This short little piece...

Obama Favored 10% over Hillary Nationally -- Bush Breaks Record Highest Negative Ever -- Gallup Polls

Links for this Post: Disapproval Of Bush Breaks Record -- USA Today Obama Maintains National Lead -- Gallup Daily Two stories about the ratings of three polticians in the Gallup Poll caught my eye today. The stories might seem somewhat...

Millennials: Tipping the Scales Toward Change on Future Blogger

Link for this post:Millennials: Tipping the Scales Toward Change on Future Blogger. I have been hearing about the new Millennial Generation but did not know that much about it until I found this post on a weblog called FutureBlogger. Complete...

Now is the Time for Al Gore!

Links for this Post: Could Gore Be The Nominee? By Taegan Goddard in Political Insider DraftGore.Com: Over 200,000 people have signed a this petition If you are an Obama supporter like me, these days are not the best of times....

Rush Limbaugh urges listeners to vote for Clinton

Rush Limbaugh urges listeners to vote for Clinton CNN Poltical Ticker "I want Hillary to stay in this…this is too good a soap opera," Limbaugh told fellow conservative talk-show host Laura Ingraham on Fox News Friday. He reiterated the comments...

The Grand Old White Party Confronts Obama - New York Times

Link for this post: The Grand Old White Party Confronts Obama - by Frank Rich in the New York Times. This op-ed in today's New York Times draws some amusing caricatures of the two white candidates left in this year's...

Bill Clinton: Obama 'Literally Not Part of Any of the Good Things' From the 1990s - Jake Tapper ABC News

Link for This Post: Bill Clinton: Obama 'Literally Not Part of Any of the Good Things' From the 1990s by Jake Tapper ABC News Senior National Correspondent. It looks like Bill Clinton is back on Barack Obama's case. Tapper reports:...

New York Times Reports Advisers Ready To Take "Potentially Incendiary Steps To Build Up Mrs. Clinton’s Count"

Links for This Post: Obama’s Lead in Delegates Shifts Focus of Campaign By Adam Nagourney - New York Times Out for Themselves by Ezra Klein - American Prospect Ezra Klein pulled this quote from today's New York Times article: With...

McCain's Hundred Years War -- YouTube Music Video

Links for this post: embedded video and blog link credit below While the two remaining Democrats continue to debate issues such as their record of opposing the Iraq War, Health Care, leadership, experience and changing the course of the nation,...

We Want an End to this War: Barak Obama SuperBowl Ad Video

Barak Obama SuperBowl Ad embeded below As I watch the early returns roll in, I found this ad spot that Obama's camapign ran in local markets duriing last Sunday's Superbowl.

Yes We Can Barack Obama Music Video on YouTube

Link for the Post: YouTube Video embedded below My friend Will Penna sent me this Youtube Video by email.. I was surprised to get it from him since he was for Hillary last week. He says with the email: I...

Caroline and Teddy Kennedy Endorse Barak Obama on YouTube

I watched this live today on CNN and it found it inspirational. I hope you enjoy it If you are planning to Vote for Hillary -- Think Again!

A President Like My Father By Caroline Kennedy -- New York Times

Link for this Post: A President Like My Father By Caroline Kennedy -- New York Times Caroline Kennedy's op-ed in the Sunday New York Times is heartfultly stated. She says: OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people...

The case against Hillary Clinton. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine

Link for this Post: The case against Hillary Clinton. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine The tile of the article "The Case Against Hillary Clinton Why on earth would we choose to put the Clinton family drama at the...

Obama up by 13 points in New Hampshire Primary According to Just Released USA Gallup Poll

Link for this Post; Obama up by 13 points, McCain up by 4 in USAT/Gallup Poll in N.H. USA Today By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence Here is an excerpt from the report from USA today Sen. Barack Obama has...

Obama: A Man Who Will Restore America’s Image in the World - in The Moderate Voice

Link for this Post: Obama: A Man Who Will Restore America’s Image in the World i by William Kern in the Moderate Voice Obama: 'A Man Who Will Restore America's Image in the World' full article referred to by first...

Futures Market and Book Makers Both see Barak Obama Win in New Hampshire

Link for this Post: Futures markets see McCain, Obama wins If the futures markets are as good a predictors of events in New Hampshire as they were in Iowa, the winners of he New Hampshire will be Barak Obama on...

Huffington Post - Barack Obama, RFK, and Blackwater

Link for this Post: Joseph A. Palermo: Barack Obama, RFK, and Blackwater - Politics on The Huffington Post. Here is an excerpt from Joeseph A. Palermo's article: Forty years ago, in 1968, when Robert F. Kennedy started his campaign for...

Iowa Caucuses 2008 Betting Odds BARACK OBAMA -180!

Link for this Post: Iowa Caucuses 2008 Betting Odds BARACK OBAMA -180!. If the oddsmakers are right, Barak Obama will win the Iowa Caucus tonight. According to this story: Prediction markets for elections have proven quite accurate in recent years...