Where’s the Outrage?

Virginia is a so-called swing state for the 2008 election. Polls show that the race in that state is very close.

Will Senator Barack Obama be able to carry Virgina in 2008? Doing so would make him the first Democrat to carry the state in a Presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Yes— Obama will win Virginia in 2008.

As the spirit of Richmond, Virginia, native Arthur Ashe will lead Obama to victory in Virginia.

Ashe lived from 1943 to 1993 when he died of AIDS that was likely acquired from a blood transfusion.

He was strong both on and off the tennis court. On the court, Ashe was elected to the Tennis Hall of Fame. Off the court, Ashe worked hard against South African apartheid, protested poor American treatment of Haitian boat people, addressed the United Nations General Assembly regarding AIDS, and served as Chairman of the American Heart Association.

When he died, Ashe’s body lay in state at the Governor’s Mansion in Richmond. He was first person to receive that honor since Confederate General Stonewall Jackson.

Ashe always hit the right note of keeping his own identity, while at the same time being a forceful advocate of welcoming and accepting all people. It was clear that when all was said and done, it was the whole human race he was most concerned with.

The spirit of Ashe will guide and inform Obama as he campaigns in Virginia, and will move the people of Virginia to follow the right course in voting for Obama on Election Day.

Tags: Election 2008, Sports by Texas Liberal
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I have a couple of computers in my home office. One is primarily for blogging and the other is for everything else. Well, the ‘everything else’ computer had a power supply/motherboard problem. Once I fixed those, it seemed had a hard drive issue also. Reloading everything that I had on that computer is taking some time. Some programs just are not working well for me. So, I’m reloading Windows.

I’m saying all of this as an excuse for not blogging as much as usual.

I will add one bit of news. The New York Times is reporting a new poll which shows that blacks, whites and Latinos perceive American race relations differently. No duh!!!

Oh, I have to add this interrogation video. It speaks for itself. I’ll look for other versions without a commentator yacking over it.

Here’s that interrogation video. This kid was reportedly 15 or 16 years old at the time of his video. He is a Canadian citizen.

Tags: Afghanistan, Blogging issues, Iran, Torture by ecthompson
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I have endlessly discussed the problems that Senator John McCain seems to have with his past. There seems to be no topic that McCain can’t distance himself from, well, himself. I’m not going to use the tired phrase “flip-flop.” Instead, I’ll say that in the year 2000, McCain really positioned himself as a maverick by taking positions that were not popular with the Right. It seems that he has changed his mind on most of those positions.

Rachael Maddow reviews how McCain loves being on the same page with President Bush on Iraq.

Tags: Election 2008, Iraq by ecthompson
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