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March 20, 2008
FREAKING HARDCORE.
Jimi Hendrix, eat your heart out:
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March 19, 2008
Obama: “A more perfect union”
This should be required viewing/reading for every American of high school age or older. It will go down in history as one of the great American speeches about race, regardless of the November outcome. It gives a snapshot of America at the turn of the 21st century, in the same way Douglass and King and DuBois all spoke and wrote about. And yet, to reduce it to merely another black leader’s observation of race relations in America doesn’t do it, its speaker, or us any justice.
Caveat: It’s long—a 40-minute speech at 4,916 words. Resist the temptation to get somebody else’s opinion or summary of it, particularly if it’s a soundbyte off of Faux News.
Obama’s ties to Wright could be the beginning of his fall. But as someone who goes to church a lot more than most of the regular blog readers here combined, I have a lot of difficulty seeing how people are fusing Wright’s incendiary remarks with Obama’s own beliefs. I’ve heard some pretty abhorrent things spoken from the pulpit in over 30 years, from vituperative homophobia and sexism to stupidly embarrassed, half-assed apologies for the sex scandals. And yet, I understand that pastors and their homilies/sermons are only one part of the whole that makes the church. There is a diverse community there working to change not only the world around them, but also within themselves.
And for all the attention this is getting, Obama’s response isn’t merely a repudiation of Wright’s words. Read (or watch) the speech. It’s an acknowledgment of the black AND white anger, and a call to dialogue. It’s a repudiation of using soundbytes and identity politics to get in cheap shots for one side or another.
Full text of the speech, made yesterday, after the jump.
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March 4, 2008
The secret genius of Jim Davis
Most (if not all) cartoonists—including yours truly—tend to hold Jim Davis’s Garfield comic strip in pretty low regard. Early in its run, Davis handed off all the writing and drawing to a studio, reaping the merchandising and licensing deals. (In the world of rock ‘n roll, and well, just about everything else, we call that “selling out”.) As a result, you’re left with 30 years worth of sterile, canned, and unfunny comic strips.
Garfield Minus Garfield fixes that with a secret formula: take out the titular character, and you’re left with an ironically bizarre view of Jon Arbuckle’s schizophrenic world. Observe:
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February 16, 2008
London Honeymoon videos
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In case anybody missed them, I posted three videos on the joint blog over the past week and a half. Cross-posted here:
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February 5, 2008
Do you?
From The West Wing Season 2, "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (Part I, originally aired October 4, 2000):
Bartlet
Why are you doing this?
LEO stops.
You're a player. You're bigger in the party than I am. Hoynes would probably make you national chairman. Leo, tell me this isn't one of the twelve steps.
Leo
That's what it is. Right after admitting that we're powerless over alcohol and a higher power can restore us to sanity. That's where you come in.
Bartlet
Leo--
Leo
Because I'm tired of it. Year after year after year, of having to choose between the lesser of who cares. Of trying to get myself excited over a candidate who can speak in complete sentences. Of setting the bar so low I can hardly look at it. They say a good man can't get elected president. I don't believe that. Do you?
Happy Super Fat Tuesday. Don't forget to vote!
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January 31, 2008
Free movie tickets
See Joan’s blog for details. Only one ticket left!
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January 30, 2008
Electoral Compass
We’re now less than a week from the fattest, superest Super Fat Tuesday EVAR. (Note to pundits: Whenever you call it “Super Duper Tuesday”, you sound like idiots. At least I’m being funny about it.) If you’re still stuck on which candidate should get your vote, there’s certainly no shortage of political issue quizzes on the giant magical interwebs. The most useful one I’ve personally found is the Electoral Compass, which not only plots your position on the two-axis political graph, but also measures your proximity to each of the candidates. Beyond the visual graph, it also records how much you substantially agree with each of the candidates on the issues by percentage. It’ll even illustrate how you match up with the candidates on specific issues, including the environment, terrorism, the economy, and Iraq.
FYI, I’m closest to Ron Paul and furthest from Mike Huckabee on the graph. My highest degree of substantive agreement on the issues is with John Edwards (64%) and lowest with John McCain (51%—oh the irony!). When it comes to selecting a candidate, I’ll consider issues as well as character and personality. Just remember that it’s only one research tool in determining your vote.
My only complaint about this is that it took the Dutch to come up with a decent US political quiz. Go figure.
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January 25, 2008
Say goodbye to your afternoon
The Sesame Street video archive.
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