Archive for December 2008
Twas the Night Before Retailia …
Posted by: duckandgather on: December 24, 2008
… and all through the nation, not a heart wasn’t beating, without anxiety and foreboding.
It was in the late 20th century — specifically, 1946 to December 25, 2008 — that the cult known as “Retailia” (pr. re-TAIL-ia) flourished throughout the world. Especially within America.
Interestingly, the rise and fall of Retailia tracked almost exactly with the [...]
Love Will Assimilate the Last Two Minorities
Posted by: duckandgather on: December 23, 2008
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A few posts ago, I linked Obama and Sarah Palin as the symbols that history will associate with the end of affirmative action.
Now comes Bernie Madoff. I’m now announcing something even more profound: Obama and Madoff will be remembered in history as the symbols for the end of Blackness and Jewishness, respectively, as attributes that [...]
Teflon Man
Posted by: duckandgather on: December 11, 2008
The Blagojevich corruption case is a gift that just keeps on giving when it comes to food for thought. Here’s my next one:
Obama is Teflon Man
At the close of 2008 in America, teflon power is more valuable than the power to be invisible, bend steel bars by hand, read minds, run faster than [...]
For the Money Has Gone Too Far
Posted by: duckandgather on: December 10, 2008
I was reading the latest New York Times piece on the Blagojevich case. Man, the closer you look at that case, the more interesting it becomes. One theme of this latest article I read was the notion that this “scandal” “could not have come at a worse time” for Obama.
I disagree! As I’ve blogged about [...]
Reading the Siliences in the Big O Appointments
Posted by: duckandgather on: December 10, 2008
Friends have asked me over the past month what I thought about Obama appointing all of these old Clinton-type people to his cabinet. Didn’t this mean he was reneging on his promise of “change”?
“No”, I would answer. The similarity between Obama and Bill Clinton is that they are both highly intelligent. The difference is that [...]
Hey, Even Jesus Hung Out With the Whores
Posted by: duckandgather on: December 10, 2008
In a sign of glorious things to come from Mr. Obama, the most interesting item to come out of that corruption case involving the Illinois governor is the governor’s wiretapped comment about Obama:
“they’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation”
That governor was referring to what the Obama camp was willing to give to the [...]
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- duckandgather: Thanks Kathy. I just listened on NPR to a recent speech given by Cornell West. Very moving and passionate. Subject was squarely in the topic of this p
- Kathy Graham: Exactly. It's sad that most people in this world place money as a much higher priority than health. I realize this is a patriarchal analogy, but c
- duckandgather: If Obama didn't clearly stand up against the Right wing and the Health Corporations, as he did in his speech a couple of weeks ago, his staunch suppor
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