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Open Thread: Global Harmonic Convergence Edition
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Today is that day. That one special day. His face on every wall and bench. His name in art deco, papier-mache, and spray paint nouveau. It’s Obama day, and you will love it.
Today, my friends, is better than Cats. You’ll want to see it again and again. No, in fact, these are not the droids you are looking for, moveon, moveon.
One day, I’ll be looking at my grandchildren. I’ll say to them “Kids, when Barack Obama spoke to the crowds at Invesco field as the nominee of the Democratic party … I was there.” I’ll pause for a moment, reflecting. Then I’ll go on, ...
Obama Obama Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama I'm here in DC for the inauguration, and the word of the day is ... WAIT!! Wait for the trains, wait to get into the mall, wait for your coffee, wait to leave. I can't get a drop to drink here in Starbucks without giving up my precious seat. The lines out the door tell me not to budge. And though the lines are everywhere in this burg today, they are not the feature of the day. Like in Denver, everywhere you turn is Obama's visage. He is, again, omnipresent; in a manner that screams "cult of personality" and "hero worship". Or perhaps just plain ...
Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
I admit it. I go to YouTube a lot. A LOT. I can’t help it! There are some pretty funny videos at YouTube, along with the weird, the bizarre, the just plain disturbing, and the seriously creepy. I have a YouTube channel of my very own, in fact. Some of my videos are pretty funny too, as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by Barackoogle.
Moe wrote recently about a copyright issue Leon and I experienced with a video at ...
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In 1984, Who Could Ask For More?
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Reagan carried this state twice. I don’t think this state has changed.
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technovelgy.com 3/23/2009 — "To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which canceled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against ...
1984 by George Orwell: Summary Pt. 2 Chp. 9
online-literature.com 3/2/2009 — Literature Network George Orwell 1984 Summary Pt. 2 Chp. 9 Summary Pt. 2 Chp. 9 Chapter 9 Next week, after he had finally completed the enormous load of work entailed by Hate Week, Winston gets his hands on Goldstein's book and a chance to read it. ...
What Erick Said
thenextright.com 12/29/2008 — If you only read one thing this Christmas break, make sure it's Erick Erickson's post on rebuilding the party with technology. At the heart of it is an admonition not to confuse blogging with "technology." As Erick writes:
That a person ...
Obama Beer on Tap in Kenya —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/20/2009
Sarah Childress reports from Nairobi, Kenya on the inauguration.
The Obama inauguration will be hard to miss here, the East African country where Obamas father was born and is buried.
The festivities in Washington will kick off in the ...
Inauguration Stirs Brouhaha in Nairobi —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/20/2009
Sarah Childress reports on Kenyan officials’ trip to the inauguration.
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office, the inaugural in Washington has triggered a minor political brouhaha in Nairobi.
Kenyans have ...