politics

Obama: The University of Chicago Democrat

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Follow this link to an article on The New Republic web site that describes some important qualities of Barack Obama in the words of a university colleague of his.

These are exactly the qualities that I thought I detected from listening to him speak and from reading what he has written. It is nice to know that these are the qualities he has demonstrated during his tenure at the University of Chicago Law School.

Usually when I have done a job interview and get a reference like this that corroborates what I saw in an interview, I have been quite happy with the people I have hired. As in any hiring decision, there is no guarantee. However, I have found that the odds are with me when I can get a reference like this.

Credit goes to lurker RichardH for bringing this article to my attention.

Jim Webb Speaks Out On Race 1

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Follow this link to Huffington Post to read about and hear an interview with Senator Jim Webb.

He speaks about the people in West Virginia and Kentucky that chose Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama. These people come from the same culture as Jim Webb. He has even written a book about their origins and life in America. What he says about their political leanings and the prognosis for the Democratic party makes a lot of sense to me.

What do you think about this take on the situation?

Follow this link to a little entertainment to go with this story. By the way, why do they call it dueling banjos when one person is playing a guitar and the other is playing a banjo? Your reaction to this clip may be the answer to a cultural test.

McCain Endorser Hagee: God Sent Hitler, Jews Have Dead Souls

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Follow this link for some sound bites from Rev. Hagee’s sermons.

I have no reason to believe that these sound bites are any more representative of Hagee’s thoughts than were the sound bites of Rev. Wright.  The complete sermons and appearances of Rev. Wright that I have on this web site, show that the sound bites were completely wrong about Wright.

Since I  do not claim to be fair and balanced on this site, I leave it up to you to do the research on Rev. Hagee.  Maybe as proved to be true with Wright, he means the exact opposite of what these sounds bites appear to have him saying.

Excellent Defense Against the Effects of a Straw Man

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Peggy Noonan has written this almost excellent article in the Wall Street Journal of all places.

If Rev. Wright were really the ogre that the media portrays him to be, then Noonan’s column would be a fine explanation of why that shouldn’t deter us from voting for Obama. However, Rev. Wright is not the person she assumes him to be. Why should we destroy Rev. Wright just so we can make a good point?

If she were the excellent writer she appears to be, it would have been nice if she could have made the point without buying into the anti-Wright propaganda. She could have said just what I said here. “If Wright were what the media portrayed him to be …”

Then she could have ended by saying that, in fact, Wright is the exact opposite of his portrayal.

Another way to look at what Noonan wrote is that it is an explanation of why some people hear hate in Rev. Wright’s sermons and speeches and some do not. Those who understand how to listen as she describes do not have their minds turned off by some of his remarks. They are then able to hear the whole message.

I understand the reaction of people who do not understand. At first, when I read Noonan’s article, I was so turned off by her opening remarks that I could not even read the rest of her column. I decided that it was silly to exhibit the same behavior that I was decrying. So I went back, and read the entire column. Because of that I was able to distinguish between the parts that I thought were valuable and the parts that I thought were wrong.

Please Help Fight Propaganda 2

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I have realized that in all my posts about the Pastor Wright propaganda, I have missed one important piece.

I am asking you to help me fight this propaganda.

Please view as many of the videos in the following posts as you can:

After you are armed with the information from viewing the videos, respond to any posts or comment that you see on other blogs that are furthering the propaganda campaign. Try to enlist others in combating the propaganda just as I am trying to do here.

Even people who have been innocently misled by the propaganda campaign itself are furthering the propaganda by repeating what they think they have learned. Be nice about it, but try to correct their misunderstanding.