An excellent speech by Senator Obama today. You should watch it in its entirety instead of just to the sound bites the television will deliver you tonight.
There is a full text transcript available at the campaign web site, as well.
Our Greta is a wonderful and smart dog. Sometimes, though, she outsmarts herself. You see, Greta has learned to watch TV. Being a watchdog, any time she sees anything on the TV that appears vaguely animal-like, she freaks out trying to scare it away from her family. Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to convince her these animal threats aren’t real.
So naturally, it wasn’t a good idea to show her this video on my laptop. It took her a good couple minutes to calm down after that. However, you should probably watch this.
Filed under: Politics 2008
This may be the funniest thing you read today: Obama Campaign Skewers Clinton E-mail Statement
Pennsylvania is of particular importance, along with Ohio, Florida and Michigan, because it is dominated by the swing voters who are critical to a Democratic victory in November. No Democrat has won the presidency without winning Pennsylvania since 1948. And no candidate has won the Democratic nomination without winning Pennsylvania since 1972.
[What the Clinton campaign secretly means: PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE LOST 14 OF THE LAST 17 CONTESTS AND SAID THAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA WOULDN'T COUNT FOR ANYTHING. Also, we're still trying to wrap our minds around the amazing coincidence that the only "important" states in the nominating process are the ones that Clinton won.]
And the hits keep coming. The entire document is thoroughly entertaining.
If this doesn’t renew your hope for humanity, nothing will. Backing music by Jazz guru Herbie Hancock doesn’t hurt, but soon you’ll forget he’s even back there.
from www.ted.com posted with vodpod
35 Minutes, but what are you doing anyway? Really.
Filed under: bike
My friend Jill has completed the 2008 Iditarod Trail Invitational. Congratulations, Jill! OK, I’ve never met Jill, but after reading someone’s blog for such a long time, you kinda fool yourself into thinking you actually know them.
Either way, she can sure ride her bike in some cold-ass conditions (*inside joke). And she’s a good writer, so you can enjoy her accomplishment. Start here with her entry recapping Day 1.
Filed under: Politics 2008
An Hour and a Half with Barack Obama by Mark Andreessen is a must read if you’d like an inside view of the candidate from someone who doesn’t live his life inside the political loop.
