The headline reads ‘Standoff at factory is drawing support’. ……The nation’s grim economy now has a rallying point: Employees at a window and door factory that went out of business have taken over the building in a siege

It has not been since I was a little girl that I actually felt deep down pride in  this country. The swelling of the heart that makes tears come to the eyes. But, with the election of Barack Obama, I feel that sense of deep pride again. We are again the beacon of hope in the world. We have overcome the petty

Nothing can beat The Oregonian’s editorial today. So I will borrow heavily from this. And I emphasize the parts that strike the most chords within me.

“Through his historic campaign, and his impressive, once implausible triumph, Obama has already done something that FEW PRESIDENTS MANAGE DURING THEIR ENTIRE TERM IN OFFICE…

I have never seen a presidential election that was a done deal before election day like this one has been. He has enough electoral votes. He has won! I have been watching elections for years. And there was NO DOUBT that Obama would win. There wasn’t a pollster to be found that did not say he would win. It was done before the voting even started.

It is a proud day to be an American. It is a proud

I was a Hillary girl. I wanted her to be the first woman president of the United States. Alas, that did not happen. But, in the meantime I have come to be very very proud of this moment in the history of our

This election is a referendum on the far right. It will be a clear and overwhelming renunciation of the Republican party as we have known it for the last 25 years. Finally, the truth can no longer be ignored. Trickle down, and protecting corporations because one’s ideology says wealthy companies provide jobs and other benefits to the economy have failed and brought the country down with them. Finally there will be a devastating repudiation of this. When Greenspan said he essentially no longer believed in the goodness of companies and corporations, most people who have been railing at this nonsense for over 2 decades shook their heads. What lame-brained nonsense this was from the beginning! Enlightened self-interest my soft behind! GREED GREED GREED. License to take more and more of what one does not need! The moral basis of the Republican party for over 2 decades!

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How The Gop Got Handed Its Head

It’s a done deal folks: The next president of the United States is Barack Obama. While McCain battles to keep the states known for voting GOP in presidential elections; Obama is there too! Those very same states. He is so far ahead that he is merely poaching now.

And the post-mortem on how the GOP got handed its head on a platter this election is already beginning.

Michael Savage is one of the most, if not THE most, vile man in America. Yes, there may be others who spew more hatred, but not to such a large audience. He is heard in over 300 markets a day on his syndicated radio show “The Savage Nation”. This man is The King of spreading urban legends that always demonize some aspect of humanity.

I got to thinking about this douchebag today. I had not thought of him in a long time. But, someone posted a video of him on myspace spewing hate-filled nonsense about Barack Obama being from Kenya. (the racist subtext here is disgusting..first Black presidential nominee of a major party is from AFRICA!) Oh Lord! If there was anything to this, McCain would be all over it!

Savage’s outbursts are often so unhinged, so vicious, that ignoring them seems

On “Meet The Press” Sunday, Colin Powell said what many Arab Americans and Muslims said they have been waiting for: A prominent figure such as Powell to stand up and say something about Islamophobia in this 2008 presidential campaign.

Addressing the false rumor that Obama is a Muslim, Powell said “The really right answer is:

“Hello, I’m calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capital, the Pentagon, a judge’s home and killed Americans. And Democrats will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they take control of Washington. Barack Obama and his Democratic allies lack the judgment to lead our country. This call was paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee at 202-863-8500“.

—-GOP robocall to voters in swing states

It has been criticized by Senators Susan Collins (R), Norm Coleman (R), and vice- presidential candidate Sarah Palin. On CBS Tuesday McCain validated the above robocall by stating