Shinseki, Chu Begin Asian American Takeover of Top Federal Posts

12Dec08

Steven Chu, originally uploaded by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
While Obama has received heaps of praise for his Cabinet selections thus far – and probably deservedly so – two of his most recent picks stand out. (I do, however, like Frank Rich, have reservations about his economic team, especially Larry SumDog.)
Eric Shinseki, for secretary of Veterans [...]

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Tags: Asian Americans, beautiful, Chu, food secretary, Obama, priceless, Shinseki

The “Movement” to Bring “Change” Shall Continue

06Dec08

This ain’t ancient Greece. We don’t live in a real democracy.
Unfortunately, Barack Obama seems intent on making his supporters think otherwise.
The United States of America just completed a grueling election. A fine fulfillment of our kind-of-democratic ideals – at least for Democrats in the primaries, where voters actually decided against the wishes of the [...]

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Tags: condescending, David Plouffe, John Podesta, Obama, pawn, Rachel Maddow, transition team, transparency

Communist Country, USA

28Nov08

Probably the most ridiculous comment during the recent presidential campaign came courtesy of John Sydney McCain III’s brother, Joe McCain:
“‘I’ve lived here for at least 10 years and before that about every third duty I was in either Arlington or Alexandria, up in communist country.’”
It’s true. Alexandria and Arlington, the one-time home of George Washington [...]

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Tags: Alexandria, communist country, Democratic, Joe McCain, Northern Virginia, Obama

Sarah! 2012 Is Ours!

21Nov08

Sarah Palin will probably need America’s finest military man to pull off a victory in 2012, originally uploaded by asecondhandconjecture.
Our Sarah,
The next-next President of the United States.
Keep trying. John McCain screwed things up. You were well on your way to saving him, the Party, and the country when he fumbled – repeatedly – the handling [...]

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Tags: 2012, David Petraeus, McCain, Mike Huckabee, Obama, president, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin

The Race Gets Racial

02Aug08

I stopped to check out the BHO shirts being sold at a Center City stall, in Philadelphia. I met a woman who was proud to show me her just-bought t-shirt. I like the yellow. But too many words. And that picture is huge!
Like almost all of Black Philadelphia I encountered, Miss Brigham (that’s what she [...]

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Tags: McCain, Obama, philadelphia, politics, race

Classic NYT Hype: Obama Not an Engaged Academic!

30Jul08

 
The Times today has a somewhat interesting story on BHO’s University of Chicago teaching stint. I have no problem with the overall content of the story. More or less, it resembles even handedness. Barack was a good teacher. Students liked him. But, he wasn’t interested in the academic elements of the university: he didn’t publish [...]

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Tags: academia, journalism, New York Times, Obama, politics, University of Chicago