Obama's grandpa

Barack's 85 year old granny fell very sick yesterday.

Barack is going to suspend his campaign to fly by to Hawaii to be with her.

She and Barack's white grandpa raised him.

Barack's story is possibly the greatest American story ever told up to the present day.

He even beats John Kennedy.

It is truly miraculous.

And he even looks like his white grandpa in a very unique way.

(Hint: The ears.)

OUR HERO

Obama campaign grassroots hero of the day

Just worked tirelessly for 4 days in Western Carolina (Heath Shuler country)

Three cheers

hip hip hooray

Obama has been SURGING in the polls for weeks now.

People are simply fed up with rising gas prices, food prices, unemployment, national debt, bailouts for huge corporations, the Patriot Act, spying on Americans, Karl Rove and everything he represents, and the general evil and shenanigans of the twenty-first century Republican party.

It is time for a change.

We are the ones we've been waiting for!

OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA

He said it

Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan 1987-2007

Colin Powell is a true American hero and statesman. In explaining his pick for Obama, Powell said that McCain is using tactics such as implying Obama is a Muslim.

Powell replies, "Obama is not a Muslim; he is a Christian and has been so for many years. But so what if he were [a Muslim]?"

Powell goes on to talk about the above photograph of one Corporal Khan's mother at his Arlington gravesite, and how Powell was moved by the sacrifice shown by this young Muslim American army corporal.

The ultimate sacrifice: His life.

Corporal Kareem Khan was 14 years old on 9-11. He told his family he wanted to fight in the U.S. Army against the terrorists. He was killed in battle, but not before earning the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

Colin Powell has reminded us all of what it means to be an American.

I hope Obama will appoint Powell to a high position of power.

Economy troubled?

First off, Colin Powell endorsed Obama today. First, Powell criticized McCain's choice of Sarah Palin, saying that the qualifications for the job of vice President is basically the same as President, and Palin is not ready. Second, Powell said America does not need ANY MORE conservative Supreme Court justices (which intrigues me as a student of the judiciary... I wonder which issues Powell is referring to??). Thirdly, Powell described a President Obama as "electrifying for the world." Fourthly, Powell said it was not about race.

(To read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27265369/ )
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The economy... what gives?
Are we screwed?

A poster at Paul Krugman's blog pointed out that from its peak in 1929, right before the fall which started the Great Depression, the stock market did not recover in real world dollars back to its 1929 peak... until... until... any guesses?.... 1954.

25 years later.

So, let me get this straight. The market peaked at 14,000 in 2007, coinciding almost precisely with my entrance into the white collar world... and if history repeats, this "market correction" might not actually correct itself until the year 2032???

President Bush said yesterday, "In the long run, the American people can have confidence that our economy will bounce back."

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/we-are-all-dead/

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In the paranoid conspiracy theorist segment of my blog, let me just tell you my latest theory: Big business was 100% behind the so-called "war on terror".

Why do I say this?

One reason: A NYT article points out that one-third of the FBI was PULLED OFF of "white collar crime" detail, to be transferred to the 'war on terror'. Now, these multi-millionaire criminal CEOs are totally OFF THE HOOK.

So for the last few years, these robber baron CEOs have been raiding the till and there's just not enough FBI men to investigate. Even when the FBI KNOWS that crime is taking place.

Apparently, all the FBI men are too busy listening to FISA phone taps.

I just hope those phone taps are for real criminals, and not to find out exactly who is supporting the Republicans or not.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/washington/19fbi.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin