Sorry this one is getting out late but I am sick today. However I didn’t feel right not publishing anything so here I am. Don’t be mad at me if its shorter and crappier than normal. Thats just about how I feel today. Well, maybe not shorter. crappier though for sure. At least I’m not suffering alone (get feeling better Jessica). Hope your all have a great day and I will try to post more later.
Hillary Clinton Wins BIG in West Virginia
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Even though I have decided to support Obama I am still very happy to see that Clinton is not only competitive in blue collar states, but overwhelmingly preferred 67% to 26%. I know that it wont happen but showings like this make my dreams of a unity ticket seem almost possible sometimes.
Hagee Flip Flops on Religious Views
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Taking a line from the McCain campaign John Hagee has flip flopped on his outspoken attacks on the Catholic Church. Every time McCain flip flops on a position his supporters can chalk it up to pandering for votes (or Alzheimer’s). What is it called when religious leaders flip flop on their beliefs?
The Rest of The News
- A bar owner in Marietta is selling racist Obama – Curious George T-Shirts. Just more proof that we have a lot of work to do still.
- Republican Congressional candidate Mike Erickson is being accused by an Oregon woman of having paid for her abortion. If true this will mark the one millionth Republican hypocrite outed this year. I think he wins a toaster.
- Conservatives are still trying to get amnesty for their big business telecom buddies. Over at DailyKOS mcjoan has listed the names and numbers for the conservative Democrats the Republicans are targeting. If they are yours give them a call.
- Was Einstein an atheist? Personally I could care less what Einsteins religious beliefs are but some people are making a big deal about it.
- In Ohio a father was jailed after his daughter failed to pass the math portion of her GED. As always there is more to the story, but it doesn’t get better. Read about it here at Newshoggers.
- Charges have been dropped against the “20th hijacker” Mohammed al-Qahtani. During his interrogation Mohammed was subjected to what people in a civilized society would refer to as torture.
In the log, U.S. interrogators describe how they ratcheted up techniques on their captive during 50 days starting in November 2002 to extract a confession – by using sleep deprivation, leaving him strapped to an intravenous drip without bathroom breaks and having him strip naked….A special Guantanamo investigator, Air Force Lt. Gen. Randall Schmidt, subsequently told Congress that al-Qahtani was also forced to wear a woman’s bra, dance with a male guard, “perform dog tricks” and was smeared with fake menstrual blood to lower his self-esteem – techniques the general described as “degrading and abusive” but not inhumane.
Cageprisoners.com
Daily Video
Todays video is John Stewarts interview with the unapologetic neocon Douglas Feith. If there is one think to admire about neocons like Feith, they never get caught up in the little things like reality or facts. Crooks and Liars has a good write up on the interview.
Part 1
Part 2
Thats all for this morning. I’m going to take some more medicine and go lie down for a while. I know that some of the news is actually from this morning but yesterday was a pretty slow news day. Besides I normally start these the night before and then just check for new stuff in the morning. Of course this is an open thread and I’ll make sure and moderate comments through the day.
William ~ WWJV4.com
You may not like this but I’ll remind you that I still prefer Kucinich or Edwards.
Driving to work yesterday I was listening to the BBC. They interviewed a woman in WV. The interview went something like this:
BBC: Who are you voting for?
woman: Hillary Clinton
BBC: You’re not voting for Obama?
woman: No.
BBC: Why?
woman: “Because he’s black.”
I put the last in quotes because that is an exact response. Maybe the BBC went through hundreds before they found the one who was prejudice. Certainly, Hillary’s win was across the board from what I’ve heard. But it seems clear to me that WV was a lost cause for Obama from early on and that one factor in this was simply prejudice. It is very disheartening, but not unexpected, that this attitude still exists, and in numbers, but I assure you it exists. I’ve run into it all the time, maybe because I’m a nice guy – or perceived that way – so people confide in me. I get everything from “a woman shouldn’t be a pastor” to “I’m sorry, but those people ARE lazy!” I didn’t run into this as much in the middle class, white neighborhood I grew up in. I didn’t get it from my family nor my relatives. My family runs the gamut from quite liberal (me and my parents) to very conservative (uncles and wives with the grandparents in between). But when we sold our house near DC to “blacks” we got an earful from some formerly nice and close neighbors. You can probably guess it but we were accused of bringing the neighborhood down. Our relatives didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. The attitude seems to run across all income and education levels when it exists. But it does exist and where it exists, it’s pervasive. Only when you force others to coexist with minorities will SOME of them change their ways of thinking. Others are stuck and won’t change; it will be up to their children to have more open minds.
Seeing and hearing what I do in SW Virginia (where Obama had notably more trouble) I can promise you in WV, just a short bike ride away, prejudicial attitudes exist there as well. This may not account for his big loss there but I assure you it was a factor. And I assure you it doesn’t matter if the people with this attitude are educated or not, poor or rich.
Luckily, WV isn’t the biggest delegate state. But it does expose one weakness in his electionability: his skin. Sad. Very sad.
For the first time in my adult life I can say that I would have voted for any of the Democrats without any hesitation. I have a lot of respect for John Edwards and he has always been my #2 pick after Hillary. Kucinich is still my wife’s favorite even if he looks like an elf. Hmmmm, is that a racist thing to say?
I agree with you that racism and sexism are still a problem and I understand the concern about either a black man or woman may not be able to win. When I get feeling better I have a post about finished that addresses this concern.
Thanks for commenting. If I felt better I would respond with more. I don’t know if you write at all but you should consider it.
I should clarify we sold our house in Adelphi, MD right about 1975 when I was 12 years old. I’m sure things have changed around there, where that neighborhood is now primarily hispanic. But I use it as an example.