“I Have A Dream” + 45 Years

    Originally Posted At The Minority Report Today is the 45th Anniversary of the Rev Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech. While I feel certain that most everyone alive today is familiar with the words he spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that day, I include a few of the more memorable lines: In a sense we have come to our | Read More »

    Biden: A masterful stroke of genius from the Obama camp

    With the pick of Joe Biden the Obama campaign has managed to put Delaware into play and all of its Electoral Votes. Biden all but guarantees that Obama will win that state. Wow! I am breathless with the boldness of this move. It will certainly require the McCain campaign to go back and rethink its nominee — someone who could possibly counteract the Joementum that | Read More »

    As The Cock Crew

    First posted at The Minority Report And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, “This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.” And again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the man.” And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, “Surely thou also | Read More »

    With “Friends” Like This — Credibility On The Net

    In perusing the web this morning, I came across this headline, Obama’s Campaign Admits Obama is a Muslim!!!!! My first thought was that I had somehow missed an important news story. So, I clicked on the site. There I learned that during David Axelrod’s August 1 appearance on Good Morning America, during which he “did” admit that Sen Obama had brought up the issue of | Read More »

    Broken Promises — The Barack Obama Legacy

    Writing in the Evening Standard, in a piece entitled Barack Obama’s broken promise to African village David Cohen last week detailed a promise made by Barack Obama to the village of Kogelo in Kenya. More than two years ago, traveling to the village of his 86-year old Kenyan step-grandmother, Barack Obama promised to come to the aid of the school named in his honor. As | Read More »

    The New York Times Headlines on November 5, 2008

    By Ima Tuele, of New York Times America had the opportunity yesterday to heal the racial divide in this country, but elected instead to cling to the divisive politics of the past. America could have elected a young, articulate and vibrant black man to become the 44th President of the United States. Instead, it was business as usual as white voters overwhelmingly chose a doddering | Read More »