‘Whites are People Too’: Why Some White People are Stating the Obvious

Swain needs to explain that last paragraph. Exactly how has the President’s policies “heightened” existing racial turmoil? Which policies? Cash for Clunkers?
Also, editors need to explain how that last paragraph got by them. You present an idea, you must support it.
The only thing Swain is right about is that “these people” are not part of [...]

What Don’t Michael Jackson and OJ Simpson Have in Common

Kleinheider asks us these questions:
Now, of course, I understand the concept of innocent until proven guilty. I do. But I thought that we all had come to the conclusion that Jacko was about as innocent of child molestation as O.J. was of killing Nicole.
Was I wrong?
Because if O.J. dies and I have to watch film [...]

AW HELL NAW, etc. Notes on this Sherri Goforth/Kleinheider Kerfluffle

Apparently, this foolish Email with an old fashioned racist cartoon that Sherri Goforth forwarded has caught the attention of even the harpies at The View. And I mean harpies in the most respectful way I can.
I’ve been trying to recall Goforth from back in the day. I remember the name but I can’t place a [...]

Battlestar Galactica season 4 ep 18: Okay, Perhaps Two Winged Angels?

“Islanded in a Stream of Stars”
Maybe I’ve tapped into the BSG neural net like Sam had this week, because last week’s BSG recap title looks pretty prescient as Baltar spent a lot of time talking about angels this week. The dire condition of the Galactica and the importance of Hera took up most of the [...]

Battlestar Galactica ep 4 17: One Winged Angels

“Someone to Watch Over Me”
(thought I had posted this on Friday night but I guess it was stuck in drafts)
I’ve been guessing that Starbuck was a hybrid. I just had the wrong father. But without knowing that the writers would cook up a lost cylon, how could I have been right? Continuing last week’s theme [...]

Maryland over UNC

Wow, Vasquez had a great game, all you can say. We blew a 16 point lead, lost focus on defense. The story was to be the return of Tyler Zeller however the story was the return to c-ya defense. Hubert Davis said after the Duke game, if Carolina plays that well no one can beat [...]

The Bitter Pill

Defeat goes down hard. Yet, this year for some reason, some on the Right are taking the impending Obama victory and resulting deconstruction of the Republican party particularly hard.
Many have seen the wisdom early and defected.
Some, vainly, continue to toss out whatever bizarre little conundrums they can dig out of the dustbin to attempt to [...]

The Littlest Dork

New baby girl
Born last Wednesday.
7lbs 11 ozs

Presenting Strawberry Denim

IMG_3475, originally uploaded by tetsuwanatom1.

I thought this would make a great album cover, except there are no more albums. The band would be named something like Strawberry Denim and they would play a mix of rap and power pop. Pitchfork would proclaim the record an astonishing mix of brash, urban grooves and sweet pop melodies [...]

Taking a Break From All My Worries

To talk about Bill Hobbs and the Tennessee GOP. Look (Obama-ism #21), Hobbs is about Hobbs. Flacks in the game are supposed to stay in the shadows. If more than, oh, 10,000 people know your name and your job description IS NOT addressing the White House press corps, you’ve failed at your job. Your candidate/issue/party [...]