I’ve got a serious post cooking. In the meantime, let’s laugh.

“Seismic.”
“Seismic” is how the pundits described Barack Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic party’s nomination for President of the United States.

Shaken free of my cynicism is how I feel right now.
I experienced this history with Twitterfriends and my mom on Twitter. Simultaneously I was instant messaging my oldest friend, who is in all ways except biology my “sister,” and who was at Mile High Stadium. And I was also on the phone with my dear husband who is in Europe on business; we watched together. I cried less than I thought …

Forty five years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I have a dream speech” and changed America. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, one man with a vision exposed America’s abandonment of “justice for all” and pushed basic truths into the light. Dr. King’s dream, that all people would be judged “on the content of their character,” proved so beautiful, so clear and so powerful, that it still echoes intact through the endless, cavernous debates about America’s soul; and probably will continue to for all time. …

“Remember when the world used to trust us?” Vice-Presidential Nominee Senator Joseph Biden
Great photos from Leslie Sanchez of The Huffington Post via Twitter (HuffPo)
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From Pop & Politics
A blow by blow of what happened on the floor as history was about to be made:

P+P @ The DNC: Impressions From The Roll Call:
P+P reporter Max Zimbert crackberried this to me from the floor:
It was hairy for a while with the only highlights being Arkansas and New Hampshire unanimous delegations. California passed, which is pathetic.
New Mexico started the snowball of energy by yielding to Illinois who had previously passed. At New Mexico’s yield, Illinois resumed the floor and Daley quickly yielded to New York, effectively …

Watch the moment here:

The buzzing accolades are remarkably similar. “She did what she needed to do.” “She knew what she needed to do and she delivered.” “She knocked it out of the ballpark.”
Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton held the spotlights during the first two nights of the Democratic National Convention. To win, each woman had to deliver a speech that satisfied the expectations of supporters and defied expectations of detractors and swayed many of those who weren’t sure how they felt.
Mission accomplished I say.
Look, the waters didn’t rise and part at …

It is hard to imagine that not so long ago there were only three networks broadcasting news; once a day unless there was a national tragedy or celebration. But now in addition to newspapers, radio, and broadcast network news there’s cable, the internet and social media where people exchange headlines, breaking news and ideas like neighbors exchanged casserole recipes and small favors once upon a time.
For me, the first day covering the convention from my desk chair was exhilarating. I spent the day observing the goings on via C-Span, CNN, …

Shawn P. Williams – Dallas South Blog – ‘A tale of two Conventions’
Excerpt:
When we got on the plane I heard the first of many conversations broken up into “Hillary Supporters” and “Obama Supporters.” One vendor pulled us aside in the Red Lion (Texas Delegation) and told us to “watch out for the Hillary people.” I’m not sure what we were supposed to watch out for, but he was pretty adamant about it. I heard a conversation between three “hard-working, blue-collar, middle class” voters who said “they need to just …

From Pop & Politics:

Since we launched PopandPolitics.com in 1995 (and yes, that is about a billion years go in internet time), the game has changed.There are literally millions of blogs now. And information wants to be free. We blogs cross-link to each other and quote each other. How about sharing even more information?
Well, we’re ready. As a special project of our Election 2008 coverage, Pop and Politics is offering an entire book download free of charge. It’s called “Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters,” and it was written in …

Like most of you reading this, I will not be in Denver at the Democratic National Convention this week. I did not apply for credentials and chose to pass on the several invitations extended to me by incredible friends. In my time at ABC, I covered a number of events similar in scope and frankly, I’ve no taste for such massive events at this point in my life.
Starting tomorrow, in addition to full on posts, I will be doing at least twice daily round -ups of the digital and traditional …

My mother refused to spank me. And by that choice alone, she is a straight up visionary, way ahead of her time as a 19 year old single mother in the early 60’s. What amplifies her smart instincts is the fact that she had spent a formative part of her childhood growing up in the Deep South, during Jim Crow. She watched first hand as black mothers would have to beat their own black sons and daughters in front of white onlookers in order to save their children’s lives.
But when …

It’s been said that the way to make sure a meme is widely adopted is to repeat it over and over and over again. During the primary battle between Obama and Clinton, a nasty little internet email gained enough traction to spill over into mainstream discussion.
That email purportedly "proved" that Barack Obama is the anti-Christ. Now it’s hard to believe that in the 21st century, a stupid, fact lacking, anonymously spread internet rumor would impact a person’s opinion of a presidential candidate – but it has.
In fact the …

Contributor Andrew Padula has been in situations throughout his life where he’s felt compelled to address racial issues from his unusual perspective. Andrew is a white, politically conservative, blues musician who’s been teaching and touring the U.S. and Europe since 1993. He can be seen with blues legend Bobby Parker on B.E.T. Jazz Central as well as on Carlos Santana’s recent DVD release “Montreux Blues Summit”. His point of view adds plenty to our discussion, so I welcome Andrew and his column The Topsoil to Allaboutrace.com. As Andrew says, “You …

Singh is King
“What up to all the mami’s in Mumbai…”
Everybody dance!