Jindal for President

It seems Jindal has a solid right wing platform to stand on.As Jindal already seems to be preparing himself for 2012. The media is certainly all over it and could certainly turn into a backburner political story just to keep the flames of election season burning.
Speaking of which, after watching our girl Sarah Palin this morning on Fox's On the Record with Greta, Palin talked of her staffers to her potential run in 2012. She said, "that she can't predict what's going to happen tomorrow never mind in 2012". So the viewer has to question if you don't know that you're planning on running then why do a 4 part series with a high profile cable news channel?

MIT buds

So who is this WOMAN that Obama has chosen to head his council of economic advisers? Politico has an unbiased look of Christina Romer, MIT grad, Berkley professor who will make "natural allies" with Lawrence Sumners. Sumners, who was also just appointed as an economic adviser, once was Romer's professor. This is not the only connection drawn, former chariman-Greg Mankiw, was best man in Romer's wedding! I am thinking these links are made for a reason.
She seems to be a perfect selection considering her dissertation was on the Great Depression. Although the LATimes doesn't indicate any kudos for Obama's selection, they do remind us that the nominations have to be confirmed by the Senate.

What next...

As we walk into the "unknown" I know that it makes Americans a little nervous to not have any historical comparisons to use in the election of the latest president. Some are comparing him to Clinton but Obama really is a brand new experience for America. A kind of coming of age for the American experiment.
Interesting article about a recent discussion between Cornell West and Tavis Smiley, the comments are worth reading as well. The comments have many mentions of things we have discussed in class about race.

Top 4....

This seems to be the top stories I have been seeing...
1.The big umbrella story is the appointment of cabinet which the media seems to think is taking too long...give him a break already...oh yeah that won't be happening!ever
2.The Clinton effect...will she or won't she, this op/ed piece definitely doesn't see it as a good idea
3.Lieberman...enough said, see blog below.
4.Palin.......................still

Sen. Lie...erman

So I subscribed to a Michael Moore film a little while back and now I get all of this damn liberal stuff.hahaha.But seriously, is Lieberman off his rocker. This off course is NOT a good example of media functioning at its most non-bias...

Economy trumps race

This LA times oped shows some of the exit polls comparing Kerry results with Obama, saying that Obama should have done better in these areas because of his campaign but didn't most likely because he's black. Interesting comparison data...

Mutt like me....

Well, here we go. Now that he is president, everything, Obama says with any racial undertones will be over examined and especially over reported. Every channel seemed to report much more about his remark about being a "mutt like me" than any other newsworthy pieces of his first address.

This is an interesting lil scoop on something I had brought up in class about the Obamas being the new Huxtables...this NYT article suggests a "Huxtable effect" which might be part of the reason why the have been Obamas embraced by Americans, possibly because many of the millions who watched the Cosby Show are now of voting age. Because of their exposure to the phenomenom that the show created, these people were completely comfortable electing a black president. The Obamas are accepted like the Cosbys, "an American family who happen to be African-American".

Response to Nader

ALSO WORTH WATCHING!!!!!totally relates to next weeks discussion!

Uncle Obama's Cabin???

Absolutely stunning Nader. He asks will Obama be Uncle Sam or Uncle Tom??? And this is FOX NEWS criticizing Nader!!! GO FOX!!!After just reading Uncle Tom's Cabin I am proud of this reporter to attack this b.s.!!!
THIS IS WELL WORTH WATCHING!!!!

The Racial effect that WASN'T

This comprehensive NYT article"For Pollsters, the Racial effect that Wasn't" goes into great detail discussing how race did/did not affect the actual outcome. There are some interesting commentary on race is seen through both Obama supporters and McCain supporters.

I was able to hold it together through this amazing speech but to see Obama and Biden's families together is when I couldn't hold it in any longer. "This", I thought,"Is what America really looks like" What an amazing moment in history we were privileged to be part of!

This is scary!!!!

This will work in well for next week's discussion on race. One woman says I am afraid that "him and his wife" might be anti-white!!!???? Geeeez and what are you? Oh and did you know Obama thinks white people are trash????just an f.y.i.Now, this seems to be one of those stories unreported...acute racism in the heartland!

Voting is a priveledge

This video reminded me of exactly why I felt so emotional today as I voted. To think not long ago many in our country could note vote...is still amazing to me. For the first time I felt like an American, and I have voted before. There was something different in the air today, it felt like christmas all day. And now we are hours from Obama's victory. I hope to hear all the stories of all the Americans' whose lives have been affected by this man being elected into office.It is truly a historical day, that I will never forget.

I wanted to post before....

By any means necessary

It seems that the GOP is having problems with the way things are going here...imagine that they're crying voter fraud...being reported by only a couple small venues probably because the Big boys are paying all attention the the REAL outcomes...Even famous people are being shut down, Tim Robbins was stuck at his polling site that he's been voting at since 1997.You can read the whole story for yourself, but just goes to show that this system aint perfect and what about all of us average joe's (pun intended) if we were left off their lists...

Intimidation Factor

So this is how you embed!Thanks Colin...

Keith Olbermann...bias?

Biased media?

I am too liberal to even spot bias. So I put on my conservative glasses and have begun my snoop. First up, a liberal article accusing Stephen Hayes(frequent guest on CNN)as having, basically nothing good to say about something very important-terrorism. I am sensing a bit-o-bias here...funny because CNN just announced him joining their team!Here's an article showing racist...I mean racial bias, I think. Imagine that its a FOX article! I am supposing no WHITE governors have done this...and if they have the article wouldn't be headlined "White governor extends poll hours". I like to call it like I see it-FOX are just a bunch-o-racists hiding behind bias.