25 Aug
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. [...]
Posted in Check these out, Elections, Hot Links, Point of Interest by: Carmen D.
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20 Aug
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 [...]
Posted in AOL Black Voices/BlackSpin, Barack Obama, Elections, Fixing the Problems, John McCain, Politics by: Carmen D.
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18 Aug
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 [...]
Posted in Elections, Politics, The Topsoil, Waking Up by: Andrew Padula
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22 Jun
According to an ABC News-Washington Post poll reported in the Washington Post today, 3 out of 10 Americans acknowledge racial bias in assessing Barack Obama.
Lingering racial bias affects the public’s assessments of the Democrat from Illinois, but offsetting advantages and Sen. John McCain’s age could be bigger factors in determining the next occupant of [...]
Posted in Barack Obama, Elections, Politics by: Carmen D.
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03 Jun
Spent all day doing democracy as a poll inspector (aka supervisor.) Given all that is happening it was a little surreal to be working in a place so out of the way that there was NO cellphone reception.
And I tell you, I had to check a couple of disgruntled or shall I say freaked [...]
Posted in Barack Obama, Day to Day, Elections, Fighting Racism, Jeremiah Wright, Uncategorized by: Carmen D.
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21 May
I’ve taken the first steps to become more involved in protecting our democracy. I will be a polling place supervisor during California’s June 3rd election. My day will begin at 5:00am and go until about 10:00pm. In all I’ll be paid about $170 for time, which includes the two-and-a-half hour training session I went through [...]
Posted in Elections, Fixing the Problems, Politics by: Carmen D.
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