The politics of change are working.
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My new favorite chart
Feb 17, ’10
1:31 AM
Good Stuff from a Great Day
Jan 21, ’09
2:05 AM
President Barack Obama. Just wow. Absolutely awesome. A lot of people mentioned some good stuff, & I wanted to highlight some of that here. So here’s some choice bits:
Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov:
The White House’s website was updated today after Obama was sworn in. It looks great, but here’s the best news, from the blog:
“One significant addition to WhiteHouse.gov reflects a campaign promise from the President: we will publish all non-emergency legislation to the website for five days, and allow the public to review and comment before the President signs it.”
(Via cameron i/o.)
Additionally, Jon Gruber at ★ Daring Fireball points out that “For the web nerds out there, the new web site passes the W3C HTML validator.”
Reblog: Yes You Can
Jan 19, ’09
8:33 PM
A political cartoon depicted a black child imitating Obama being sworn in
From yesterday’s [editor’s note: 1.17.09] New York Times, by artist Barry Blitt
(Via Deus Ex Malcontent)
Reblog: Tears to Remember
Nov 12, ’08
12:59 PM
From NYTimes Blog Domestic Disturbances article “Tears to Remember”:
Two images will forever stay in my mind to mark this epoch-breaking Election Day. One is that of Jesse Jackson’s face, drenched in tears, in Chicago’s Grant Park on Tuesday evening.
And the other is a photo that ran in The Times on Wednesday. In it, a black mother and daughter sit on the floor of a church in Harlem. The mother, Latrice Barnes, having heard of Obama’s victory, is doubled up in tears; her daughter, Jasmine, is reaching a tentative hand up to soothe her. To me, she looks like the future, reaching out to heal the past.
I can’t take credit for finding this one; that goes to Amber, but I’m really glad she shared it. Hit that link & read the whole thing, it’s magnificent.
Seriously, can we elect this guy and be done already?
Sep 12, ’08
1:07 AM
“This happens every election cycle. Every four years. This is what we do. We’ve got an energy crisis. We have an education system that is not working for too many of our children and making us less competitive. We have an economy that is creating hardship for families all across America. We’ve got two wars going on — veterans coming home not being cared for — and this is what they want to talk about. This is what they want to spend two of the last 55 days talking about. You know who ends up losing at the end of the day? It’s not the Democratic candidate. It’s not the republican candidate. It’s you, the American people, because then we go another year or another four years or another eight years without addressing the issues that matter to you. Enough. I don’t care what they say about me, but I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swift-boat politics. Enough is enough.”
(via azspot : dalasverdugo : ianlee : Jared Moran.)
A politician’s last-ditch effort
May 11, ’08
9:23 PM
Saw this post on Deus Ex Malcontent a few days ago, just now mentioning it. It is, in turn, a link to this article on the Huffington Post. Quite an interesting read, hopefully it signals the end of this damn circus that is this year’s Democratic Party.
