Thursday, June 5, 2008

Superduperdelegates

I've already made the point that my support for Obama was foreordained, but it's worth noting that both George Lucas and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Bob Dylan are betting on Barack.



Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

- "My Back Pages," Bob Dylan

Blogsolescence

Oh, Rivers Cuomo, you win again. Catch up on five years of YouTube in a little over three minutes:

Monday, June 2, 2008

Democracy...or Else!



W in Iraq:

"Kick ass! If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! We must be tougher than hell! This Vietnam stuff, this is not even close. It is a mind-set. We can't send that message. It's an excuse to prepare us for withdrawal... There is a series of moments and this is one of them. Our will is being tested, but we are resolute. We have a better way. Stay strong! Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!"

By me linking to Andrew Sullivan, who's quoting Ricardo Sanchez's quoting of Pres. Bush, I'm pretty sure that's triple hearsay, but - if true - it's kind of shocking. Never would have pegged George as a headbanger. He seems like more of a Neil Diamond-lover.

Note to reader: I know the name of my blog is aggressive, but I'm not much for bellicosity. I'm more of a "When in the course of human events..."-kind of fighter. And even then I'd probably be dipping my quill rather than priming my rifle.