Revelations: 44 is 52
Happy Birthday to President Barack Obama! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbkuaIUhOE (15)
President Obama On Trayvon Martin:”There is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws…”
President Obama’s remarks on Trayvon Martin (full transcript) You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African- American…
“It’s Simple Mathematics”
Real Solutions Don’t Demand Marriage, Just lots of Math.. See also Prison Culture, The Atlantic and The Washington Post (21)
Inaugural Poem: “One Today”
One Today by Richard Blanco One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores, peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies. One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story…
Tax the Rich!
Norquist Tax Pledge Begins to Crumble A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy by Warren E. Buffet The group’s [the Forbe’s 400] average income in 2009 was $202 million — which works out to a “wage” of $97,000 per hour, based on a 40-hour workweek. (I’m assuming they’re paid during lunch…
Fashionistas Raise Big $$$$ for Obama
Obama’s ‘Runway To Win’ Fashion Line Rakes In Over $40 Million: Conservatives mocked Vogue’s Ann Wintour and the campaign of President Barack Obama for a “ritzy” fashion initiative called ‘Runway To Win,” conceived by Wintour to raise money for the president’s re-election efforts. Well, it appears as if the joke…
The Personal/The Political
“Love on the March” Alex Ross, The New Yorker: Like most gay men, I have been called a faggot a few times. I’ve seen friends talk back to homophobes. But I’d never witnessed anything like this: it had a weird theatrical intensity, as if the young man were being goaded…
#ObamaMandate Expands: Soon to be 332
Miami Herald: Why Obama Wins Florida: Though votes are still being tallied, President Obama is all but assured a victory in Florida because the lion’s share of the outstanding ballots come from Democratic-heavy counties. Obama leads Republican Mitt Romney by 55,825 votes — or 49.9 percent to 49.24 — but…