We take some things for granted…

miscegenation
Pronunciation[mi-sej-uh-ney-shuhn, mis-i-juh-]
-noun
1. marriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races, esp., in the U.S., between a black and a white person.
Most of us live in a rose-tinted world, where we are allowed to live pretty much as we please. Sure, we all have some problems, maybe some bills that we struggle with, [...]

Obama takes on Race and Class

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a president who was an orator. Even Clinton, despite being leaps and bounds above the Bush’s, wasn’t exactly an orator, he simply had the ability to connect with people. Last night in Philadelphia, Barack Obama gave a speech that moved him beyond a “good speaker” to that [...]

Reasons I would make a terrible president

“I am not fit for this office, and never should have been here.”

-President Warren Harding
Do you ever get the feeling that late at night, when President Bush is being honest with himself, that he thinks thoughts like the above quote? The parallels between Harding and Bush are fairly clear if you’re looking for them. [...]

Presidential Legacies

Most jobs, you don’t need to worry too much about your legacy. Most jobs, you don’t really have the opportunity to actually leave a legacy. (Unless, of course, you count the mark of your buttcheeks in a chair as your legacy.) Generally, it comes down to a few words, and generally, they’re not very specific. [...]

Trouble Brewing for the dems?

I try not to talk too much politics, because I know how much it annoys some of you. (Yes Liz, I’m looking at you.) Still, I have a lot of thoughts swirling around after last night’s primary, and not a lot to write about anything else, so… Politics it is today.
Last night could have gone [...]

A quick word on my stomach… and some random links

Most of my life, I have been what some people would charitably call slim. (Other, less charitable people, might unkindly have referred to me as “one skinny beeyotch.”) Note, the past tense there. At some point in the last couple years, where was once something resembling a six-pack, there is now, well, a little bit [...]

We caucused… and we caucused… and we caucused…

Yesterday was Caucusing day for the Democratics in Orono.
Now, I have never attended a caucus before, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I had a vague idea about some discussion, possibly some consensus building, maybe some debate. I know I wasn’t prepared for over 600 people showing up to the Orono High School, [...]