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It looks like 32% of these uneducated, backwoods crackers down in Florida still won't vote for Obama.
Seriously, racist people can be found in all 50 states, in all demographic strata. But you knew that already.
Exhibit A: Marc Ambinder.
Forget the horse race numbers for a moment: if the surveys are accurate, the polarization within the Democratic Party has reached critical levels. Nearly six in ten Obama supporters in Indiana say they would be dissatisfied if Clinton were the nominee -- that's (I believe) the high percentage of Obama supporters who have ever said that.
Nope. We've never seen that before. Except for, like, once a decade:
As Christopher Hitchens joins the chorus examining Michelle Obama's 23 year-old belly button lint, this is the sorta thing real people in the real world are having to deal with --thanks to assholes like Hitchens:
Screws witnessed her only son, U.S. Army Pvt. Tommie Edward Jones, commit suicide right before her eyes six weeks ago in Colorado. She says the Army, which promised to be there for Screws and her family to deal with the loss, has yet to provide assistance.
Now Screws can hardly do her job without breaking down. Just the simple act of living is a challenge.
Only the memory of her son keeps Screws going as she fights to ensure another parent does not have to live through the same tragedy.
“I can’t save my son now ... I want to save somebody,” Screws said with tears in her eyes. “If I can save one soldier, it will be worth it.”
Screws plans to petition the government for as long as it takes until a law is passed requiring soldiers to undergo some type of psychological therapy after they return from intense combat.
“If they can make them tote 150 pounds on their backs and march ... why can’t they make it mandatory to get help?” said Screws, a resident of Hanceville.
Screws also plans to engage the Army itself so she and her family will get the help they need.
“The Army has not helped us one bit,” Screws said. “They said a person would be in our yard when we got back to Alabama, but we haven’t heard from anybody.”
For the benefit of Noz. Via Tom Hanks. BTW, Tom: I seriously don't give a shit who you're supporting, especially since you stole my random ten without crediting me. But, I might change my mind if you revive a certain character ...
I woke up with an itch this morning that I satisfied at my local bike shop. Unfortunately, I'll be helmet-free until I find the holy grail --a well-fitting helmet that doesn't look like it's been chasing after Sigourney Weaver all night.
I'm getting especially tired of white people talking story with other white people in which they decide which black people get to speak and what they should or shouldn't be talking about.
I will not apologize I will not apologize I will not apologize I will
not apologize its is for all of my peoples who understand and truly
recognize, some wont get it for that I wont apologize I will not
apologize I will not apologize I will not apologize I will not
apologize its is for all of my peoples who understand and truly
recognize, some wont get it for that I wont apologize
I’m so sick cause I’m infected but but I don’t need a medic need a
liquid anesthetic let me show you how I get it I don’t got it but I bet
it I don’t worry I don’t sweat it you can bitch you can dead it you can
take it there like fedex nothing sweet diabetic big dog cant pet it
pack an L then I wet it then I fill it till its pregnant take the high
back face it everybody got a favorite I embrace it like I date it but
my grandma think I chase it like oh yeah I told her that her baby movin
slower cause the world is on his shoulders then I woke up out that coma
and got right back at it with a little black mattic lay you down
craftmattic them I’m gone black magic to the hideout you don’t wanna
gamble with the devil especially when I'm chewy blueys got me on
another level cause my teacher think I’m slow but my momma think I’m
special but even she know comin back like an echo.
I will not apologize I will not apologize I will not apologize I will
not apologize its is for all of my peoples who understand and truly
recognize, some wont get it for that I wont apologize I will not
apologize I will not apologize I will not apologize I will not
apologize its is for all of my peoples who understand and truly
recognize, some wont get it for that I wont apologize
For the statements I’m about to make I will not apologize niggaz talk a lot of shit really need to stop the lies jewells rented cars rented homie that aint authentic
actin tough on TV but to me you seem a little timid
don’t blame the nigga blame America its all business
actin like a monkey is the only way to sell tickets shit I can dig it, niggas gossip silly digits
white kids buy it its a riot When we talking about pimpin
or sippin on old English brew or whatever they think we do Spraying double Uzis cause you know they think we live in zoos
the problem is with this everyone seems to be real confused the niggaz on the streets to the old people that watch the news
and watch BET and the crazy shit they see
they associate with you do the same shit to me
when you look at me you see just a nigga from the projects but cant understand this niggaz mind set still
I will not apologize I will not apologize I will not apologize I will
not apologize its is for all of my peoples who understand and truly
recognize, some wont get it for that I wont apologize I will not
apologize I will not apologize I will not apologize I will not
apologize its is for all of my peoples who understand and truly
recognize, some wont get it for that I wont apologize
Yo a revolution's what it's smellin like, it aint gon be televised
governments is hellified, takin cake and sellin pies
I aint got a crust or crumb to get some I’d be well obliged murder is comodified, felon for the second time
never was I into chasing trouble I was followed by it, facing trouble
with no alibi I had to swallow pride vilified, victimized, penalized,
criticized
ran into some people thas surprised I was still alive
look into my daughter’s eyes wonder how can I provide
got to get from A to B but how can I afford to drive? messed around- tried to get a job and wasn’t qualified
had to see a pal of mine got to get the lightning rod
now I’m in the black impala looking for the dollar sign palms get to itchin man I gotta get the calamine
'fore I fall behind guess the grind’ill be my 9 to 5
I will not be conquered by it, I will not apologize
I will not apologize I will not apologize I will not apologize I will
not apologize its is for all of my peoples who understand and truly
recognize, some wont get it for that I wont apologize I will not
apologize I will not apologize I will not apologize I will not
apologize its is for all of my peoples who understand and truly
recognize some wont get it for that I wont apologize
Hmmm. What do General Petraeus, Lawrence Lessig, Noam Chomsky, Frances Fukayama, Umberto Eco, Chirstopher Hitchens and Malcolm Gladwell have in common?
If you want to know why John and Elizabeth Edwards haven't endorsed a candidate yet, look to today's NYT. In a piece that rightfully beats up MSM's coverage of this year's campaign, Elizabeth Edwards drops this:
And the future of news is not bright. Indeed, we’ve heard that CBS may cut its news division, and media consolidation is leading to one-size-fits-all journalism. The state of political campaigning is no better: without a press to push them, candidates whose proposals are not workable avoid the tough questions. All of this leaves voters uncertain about what approach makes the most sense for them. Worse still, it gives us permission to ignore issues and concentrate on things that don’t matter.
