I just was robbed at the gas station. $63 was sucked out of my wallet. This is a crime. This isn’t market forces. It is oil company greed. Where’s the Outrage!!!! ...

Barack Obama has been slammed for not wearing a label pin. The right wing smear machine has asked why Barack Obama will not salute the flag. Of course, these questions and statements are designed to cast doubt in the minds of those who aren’t sure about a Democrat who is a Black man. Today, in West Virginia, Barack Obama talks about true patriotism. Supporting the troops. This isn’t some bumper sticker. Do you support the troops? If so then why can’t we pass Jim Webb’s new GI bill? Why hasn’t John McCain signed on this bill? This is a great speech ...

I’ve recently read, or am in the process of reading, three books about being Black in America in the years leading up to and following 1900. A book I’ve finished is Sport Of The Gods by Paul Laurence Dunbar. (Drawing above.) This is a novel. It is the story of a black family in New York City at the beginning of the last century. It is bleak. Sport was published in 1902. The book is short and reads like the history of a time and place. It is worth the reading.   Here is information about Paul Laurence Dunbar. Here is an excerpt from this profile–  ”Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to ...

Although looking at my checkbook this post could be about me, it isn’t.  It is about a woman who wants to seek the highest office in the land but can’t balance her checkbook.  How do you rack up $20 million in debt and ask the American people to vote for you as president?  Maybe I’m wrong but wouldn’t the finances of a campaign be simpler to manage than the US budget? There has been some talk about Hillary Clinton negotiating getting out of the Democratic race.  Part of these talks would include Barack Obama agreeing to assume her debt.  Doesn’t that ...

So, I’m reading Richard Wolffe’s article on Barack Obama and his team in Newsweek. Wolffe is doing a good job in saying that John McCain and Barack Obama are getting ready for each other. Barack is getting ready for an onslaught from the Right. The article is going along nicely until I get to this paragraph. The McCain campaign is now poring over Obama’s record, looking for weaknesses that can be exposed without race-baiting or hitting below the belt. They want to brand Obama as a “superduper liberal who is out of the mainstream,” says one McCain adviser who ...

When I read this I couldn’t believe it. I thought that those guys that planned and plotted the attack on the USS Cole were caught tried and behind bars. I guess there was something that I missed. Some of those who were caught were thrown in jail only to be later released. So, what kind of cooperation are we getting from the Yemeni government? The bad kind, I guess. This is why i don’t believe that we are truly waging a war on terror. We should do what is necessary to protect our citizens. I know that the Israeli ...

Madonna released her first single in 1982. Her first album Like a Virgin came out in 1983. 24 years later and 20 or 30 hits later, Madonna is dancing around the Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. I think that this is a testament to what a great performer/artist she truly is. Very few in the music business can look at 25 years worth of work and smile and say that they are still on top. 4 minutes. ...

I’m not sure what Senator Hillary Clinton truly believes. Does she truly believe that she can win the nomination? Or as we have learned in the last several days that she may be fighting on to be in a better position to negotiate her withdrawal. In spite of tales of vast amounts of money flowing in the Clinton camp, she is drowning in debt. She maybe able to put herself into a position in which she could trade getting out of the race with Barack Obama’s camp assuming her multi-million dollar debt. Interesting thought. I wonder if I can do ...

So, now what?  Myanmar is looking worse by the minute.  Jenna Bush is proving that neither she nor daddy are elitists in her designer wedding dress.  Most of the show, I discuss the North Carolina primary and where the Democratic race goes from here.  Fun show.  Enjoy. ...

Throughout the 70’s when the Dallas Cowboys were clearly the best team in the NFL, Cowboys fans let losses roll off our backs. We were able to do this because we knew that the Cowboys were always the best team on the field. They just didn’t play up to their potential. Well, the Hillary supporters are now using the same argument that caused Pittsburgh Steeler fans to yell, “Look at the scoreboard” at Cowboy fans. They are trying to argue that Hillary Clinton would be best at the top of the ticket. She is the best candidate. That’s ...

Alan Jackson has turned his struggling career into a blockbuster.  One of his first singles was a cute little tune about a river that runs just outside of Atlanta then Chattahoochee. Nice tune. ...

How can the news of more than 50,000 dead be any worse?  Well, have a military government that is trying to stay in power.  That’s how to make a bad situation worse.  The government has taken UN aid (for itself).  So, the UN is pulling out.  If that isn’t bad enough, the US and other western countries have not been allowed in to help.  Update:  It looks like the UN is being allowed back into the country.  This is madness. ——— From CNN: Hiding under a blanket in the back of a car at a police checkpoint. ...

The more I hear about Myanmar the worse the news is. ...

• Dick Morris of Fox”News” who used the Manchurian candidate reference.
• Mark Penn, former Hillary Clinton chief strategist, couldn’t remember that Democrats don’t have winner take all primaries.
• Cindy McCain for telling a reporter and/or truly believing that John McCain doesn’t believe in negative campaigning.

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I took this picture of the Mississippi River last week from the window of an airplane. The picture came out hazy. Looking at the Mississppi River got me thinking about the Mark Twain biography I’m currently reading. While Twain’s riverboat days were only a small portion of his life, I find them interesting.  I think part of that comes from my years living in Cincinnati along the shores of the Ohio River. I’ve wondered what it must have been like when Cincinnati was a river town. I’ve thought I might have been able to function in a frontier society that placed a value on self-creation. ( At least ...

The MSM is now returning to the theme that Hillary Clinton needs to find an exit strategy. My question is why? The math in this race for the Democratic nomination has not really changed in over 8 weeks. Hillary Clinton needed to have large victories since Texas and Ohio. (Do you even remember them?) While 1 out of 2 isn’t bad in Las Vegas, it is bad in this election. Senator Clinton needed 65-35 victories in both states and from then on. She has gotten neither. On the money side of the equation, I found it odd that Senator ...

Great Show.  Sorry I’m so late posting and it is out of order.  :-(  I cover this week’s good and bad news.  Paul Waldman from Media Matters joins me.  We discuss his new book - Free Ride:  John McCain and the Media. ...

Cyclone Nargis has killed at least 22,000 people in Burma. There is fear the death toll will reach 50,000. The country is also known as Myanmar. (The photo is from the Agence French Presse.)  A cyclone is the same as a hurricane. Here are many cyclone questions and answers. The storm did the greatest damage in the Irrawaddy Delta area of Burma. Here is extensive information on that region. It is one of the most highly populated areas of Burma.  The capital, Rangoon, has received extensive damage. Here is video of the destruction.  The Times of London writes about an added crisis from the storm— The features that ...

Barack Obama speaks. Less than 200 delegates away from the nomination. ...

Wow, I thought that North Carolina was going to be a win for Obama. I was thinking by 8 points. While the votes are still being counted, it appears that Barack Obama will beat Hillary Clinton by more than 15 points. As I said before, this doesn’t change anything. Hillary Clinton was behind without a realistic means of catching up before North Carolina. Now, she is slightly farther behind without a realistic means of catching up. ...