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I’m watching the press conference about Gustav preparation right now. Jindal has got his shit together, damn. Sounds like they’re doing their damnedest to prevent another Katrina. Let’s hope it’s not too bad. On a purely political level, this had got to be somewhat of a catch-22 for the people who mismanaged Katrina. If it’s [...]

There a new political website, called Culture11, one many are calling a ‘right-of-center Salon’ that looks promising. It’s more youth-oriented (by which I do not mean Young-Republican) and it seems to cater more toward thoughtful and intellectual analysis than mere campaigning and propaganda. Assuming the Republicans lose this next election – and the more I [...]

Oh, for the love of God…

Commemorating the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Ted Hearne has just released his acclaimed Katrina Ballads as a digital download on New Amsterdam Records. I highly recommend it. It is one of those rare pieces that manages to be dense and ornate, while being accessible to a large audience; sharply political, while avoiding a condescending, [...]

Such a ballsy pick. And so political. Even I would rather blog about Palin than about Obama’s speech last night. Let’s get this out of the way though: She’s hot. Sorry. Like serious hot librarian MILF hot. I can’t think of a woman in politics since, well um, ever who has given me near-impure thoughts. [...]

Such a ballsy pick. And so political. Even I would rather blog about Palin than about Obama’s speech last night. Let’s get this out of the way though: She’s hot. Sorry. Like serious hot librarian MILF hot. I can’t think of a woman in politics since, well um, ever who has given me near-impure thoughts. [...]

Tracks by Silver Jews, Sam Cooke, Dolly Parton, Billy Holliday, Loudon Wainwright, and um… Ted Nugent. Get ‘em while they’re hot! -via Bargainist

Awwwww shit.

I’ll get into the speech a bit more tomorrow, but I’ve been browsing the comments of CNN.com and Foxnews.com and there are a surprising amount of self-described conservatives and Republicans who were moved by the speech, many enough to promise Obama their vote. One of my favorite “Obamacons”, Andrew Sullivan, puts it well: I’d like [...]

I got home last night just in time to catch the speech. Watched by more than 38 million people, it was definitely a speech to remember. It wasn’t as intimate and honest as his race speech, it wasn’t as optimistic and inspiring as his 2004 speech, but it got the job done. Peeps needed specifics, [...]