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 [...]

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 [...]

“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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.” [...]

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. [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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