Obama and stem cell research and....

Here's a headline for you,"Obama to reverse embryonic stem cell ban.." Wow! This guy is doing more for "the people" of this country in the first 100 days that Bush did in 8 years. In order to satisfy the religious right George W. Bush signed an executive order that barred The National Institutes of Health from funding research on embryonic stem cells. The road to cures from diabetes to parkinson's disease can be greatly improved. Science and medicine are used to improve the quality of life for human beings. Now we go to the opposition. I've always been an advocate of separation of church and state here's one of the reasons. Tony Perkins who represents the Family Research Council , it's a right wing faith based think tank, here's the web address:
www.frc.org The book image shows how the religious are on a quest to change government policy. Tony Perkins and Harry Jackson say that if you unite the parties under the pro-life, pro-family mainstay we can influence immigration policy, poverty and social justice, racial reconcilliation and global warming. Why can't you address these issues under the guise of mankind not religious belief. They both say that if they can bring together the evangelical movement it can result in faith friendly policies. Barack is a very deeply religious man but I hope he continues to put politics and government first and foremost in policy making, not a belief in a superstition.

A few words about our new President..

I've been listening to a lot of NPR when I get up about 10:00am. It's pretty informative, sometimes a little to central but what can I say I'm a lefty. Anyway, I've been keeping up with President Obama's cabinet appointees and I have to say this guy may end up being our best president ever. You just went through 8 years of the worst president in our empirical history and the entire world has paid the price. But I still have hope, Howard Zinn says that there is always hope for a better world, so I gotta go along with my hero. Now that someone with brains is coming into office, I think we still have to remember to do our own part to make the world a better place. Let's use Barack as the catalyst and kick start a new world. The country seems to be in the shithouse right now, but the last eight years have proven that we can make it against incredible odds. So who's with me?

Barack's first order of business..

When Barack Obama takes office on January 20th, 2009 his first order of business will be...
Have George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfiwitz, Robert Gates, and Paul Bremer all arrested on The White House lawn. Parade them through the streets of Washington D.C. in their shit stained underwear and lead them off to life imprisonment.I haven't forgotten all of the corrupt politicians in Congress, everyone at FOX, Rush Limbaugh, G. Gordon Liddy, Michael Savage, Glen Beck, all the religious nuts like Billy Graham, Rick Warren, Ted Haggard, John Hagee, Rod Parsley, Pat Robertson, Robert Schuler and so on. There will be enough scumbags to open up Alcatraz again. I guess these criminals would be enough for me to be pro death penalty. I'm starting to see visions of another round of crucifixions, I'd pay top dollar for front row tickets to see this event. I'm thinking Fountain Square at lunchtime!!!
At least I'm trying to think positive....

We made history!!!!!!!!

I'm proud to be part of American history. All the blogs, e-mails, myspace bulletins, talking until your voice is gone was all worth it. We now start our road to recovery. The United States got a face lift last night, a new identity if you will. The last 8 years have tarnished us, made us sick in the gut, made us ugly to the rest of the world. Now we have an intelligent, uncorrupted, idea man going into office. While the devil dog(christian) from hell bows he head in shame and rides off into the fiery distance Thanks to everyone who had the fortitude to vote for Barack Obama. I was right, Ohio is now a BLUE STATE!

Dancing In The Streets!!!

When Barack Obama wins the election tomorrow there is going to be dancing in the streets. This one is going to be for Martin Luther King and Howard Zinn. Two heroes of mine.

Vote For Barack Obama November 4th

I just watched the very impartial "Choice 2008" on PBS. It's a timeline of Barack Obama and John McCain leading up to the November 4th election. I have to say they gave equal time to both candidates and the people who were speaking for them. Both parties have had issues to overcome and these issues were portrayed evenly by PBS. I actually found myself being bipartisan for most of the feature. But I found myself drifting towards Barack Obama after seeing how McCain handled himself with George W. Bush. I guess he had to suck up to the Religious Right (especially Falwell),

and the so called Bush conservative right. His total and absolute support of the war in Iraq and his obsession with the so called "surge" and his vote and support for allowing torture turned me off. For a macho tough guy who was in a POW camp to be so pro war is quite scary indeed. He loves the Bush tax cuts, which are a complete kick in the ass for Joe The Plumber (Joe is not even his real name) and Chuck The Printer( Chuck is me real name). The real clincher for me has to be the addition of Sarah Palin as the V.P. Candidate. I did a little checking up on her and she hasn't really been an exemplary political presence for Alaska, but I'm sure everyone has done their research so this isn't much of a surprise. Not to mention the insanity of her religious beliefs. I would love to hear what Mark Twain or Thomas Jefferson would have to say about this little tart. Although my first choice is still Ralph Nader, I'm voting for Barack Obama. The way I figure it, rich white men have been running this country into the ground for a long time, let's give a smart, educated, african american man a shot at it, at least once.

Maybe we can go from the worst of the worst to the best of the best.

In 2000 the rest of the world said I'm glad I'm not from America if George Bush is the best they can offer. I say I'm glad I'm not from Alaska if Sarah Palin is the best they can offer.

The next President and Vice President!

Welcome to the White House!

The Black Vote!

I've been asking every African American friend that I come across if they are going to vote for Barack Obama. For the most part I have experienced a non-committal attitude. I have come to refer to it as black political apathy. I understand it...I understand that the black race in The United States is and always will be a minority. After being beat down for so long I get that sense of hopelessness. I ask them if they voted for Mark Mallory for Mayor of Cincinnati. Here is a black man elected as mayor in one of the most racist, right wing, religious cities in this country. The answer is a flat out NO! The response is usually,"He's pretty much a white guy anyway, so what's the difference?" Then I ask them if they are even registered to vote in the first place. I'd say 90% answer with a NO! I had a friend at work tell me if he couldn't vote for Hillary he was going to vote for McCain. Let's just say that conversation got a little heated. I ask him how you could vote for a female Democrat and her platform and not a black male Democrat with the same platform and then for for a rich white Republican male who has a totally different platform and pretty much has an anti-black people platform. That kind of blew my mind a little.

I've read Howard Zinn's "People's History Of The United States" and the follow up "Voices..." and I cringe at the struggle that black people in this country went through just to get the right to vote. A lot of people were beaten and hanged and died for that privilege. For that purpose alone I would think that voting would be taught and expected in the black community.

I know all about the nightmare of the 2000 and 2004 elections. Black people in this country, especially in Florida and Ohio took it up the back side. Ken Blackwell and Katherine Harris showed black people where they stood with George W. Bush. That just shows you how much more important it is to register and vote for Barack Obama in November. If every black person of voting age in this country registers and votes for Barack Obama it would be a landslide victory. I can't promise that Barack will change the condition of black America but it would be an historic event that could change the course of history in this country. So I say if you don't register and vote for Barack in November don't bitch at me.

Barack and Hillary

We need a nominee now. The more they bicker and argue the worse it gets for the party. The Democrats don't need any more reasons to look bad. They have fallen into the hands of the Republicans. This whole Super Delegates thing is a joke. Whatever happened in Michigan and Florida is a joke. If they run as a team they are unstoppable. Howard Dean needs to unite the party and fast.