as i’ve said before, i think barack obama has done a fine job of articulating the reasons behind many black americans’ receptiveness to remarks like the now-infamous ones by rev. wright. but here’s a much more succinct explanation:
Three detectives were found not guilty Friday on all charges in the shooting death of Sean Bell, who […]
Posted on April 26th, 2008 by josh
Filed under: Jeremiah Wright, Obama, Sean Bell, Uncategorized, race, trigger-happy cops | 2 Comments »
enough of this crap.
howard dean is right: we have to get on with it and nominate a candidate already. neither clinton nor obama can reach the magic number of pledged delegates before the convention, and nobody benefits from more of what we saw wednesday night except the GOP. superdelegates, it’s time to pick your pony.
i’m […]
Posted on April 18th, 2008 by josh
Filed under: DNC, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton, Iowa Caucus, Obama, Politics, Uncategorized, superdelegates | No Comments »
Jason Zengerle of The New Republic introduces us to this fine piece of viral wingermail:
Subject: LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THIS STRAIGHT:
HIS FATHER WAS A KENYAN, MUSLEM, BLACK-… WE HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF HIS AFRICAN “FAMILY
HIS MOTHER IS A KANSAN, ATHIEST, WHITE-WHERE ARE THE PICTURES OF HIS KANSAN, WHITE MOTHER AND HIS WHITE […]
Posted on April 8th, 2008 by mark
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Well, this week has been hard for Obama. He can kiss the racist vote goodbye.
Rick Wilson, the same asshole who tarnished Max Cleland’s reputation among rednecks by associating him with Osama Bin Laden, is licking his chops over this whole Jeremiah Wright affair. On CNN tonight he called it a “gold mine.”
Let me see: Cleland […]
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by mark
Filed under: Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
i’ll admit, i didn’t think much of the wire when it premiered in 2002. at first glance it was just another retread of a hopelessly played-out genre — the gritty urban cop show — and worse, a staging of the war-on-drugs melodrama that seemed to affirm and reinforce predictable roles of good-guy cops and bad-guy […]
Posted on March 12th, 2008 by josh
Filed under: HBO, The Wire, Uncategorized, more meta than meta, television | 2 Comments »
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