Obama Upstages Guy Fawkes

by Anthony Gregory
The fifth of November was Guy Fawkes Day. The fourth was Obama’s day. Most Americans, [...]

No He Can’t

By Anne Wortham
Fellow Americans,
Please know: I am black; I grew up in the segregated South. I did not vote for Barack Obama; I wrote in [...]

Ralph Nader: Obama will be no better than Bush

Ralph Nader, who ran against the Democrat as an independent, believes Obama will not be able to overcome the vested interests of big corporations and lobby groups and policy will remain largely unchanged from the Bush era.
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“We the Lemmings”

H/T:  Ron Paul for President

Ashville N.C. School teacher browbeats student over being a McCain supporter

Teacher Diantha Harris browbeats McCain supporting student, Kathy,in Ashville N.Carolina grade school. The poor girl is obviously distressed over the teacher’s line of questiong and belittling her choice of candidate in front of her school mates.

From: KGS59

Iran’s Ahmadinejad congratulates Obama (and lets him know what is expected of him)

Wonderful.  Are we hopeful yet?
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday congratulated US president-elect Barack Obama on his success — rare praise between two countries which are arch-foes, IRNA news agency reported.
“I congratulate you on being able to attract the majority of votes of the participants of the election,” Ahmadinejad said in a [...]

Why I disagree with Glenn Beck about Barack Obama’s Presidency

Glenn Beck took a call from a man named “Joe” (not the plumber) on his radio program this morning in the second hour.  Joe complained that he thought Glenn was sending mixed messages to his audience.
Glenn told another caller that he is no longer interested in entertaining speculation about the Barack Obama birth certificate.
The message [...]

Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages

The irony here is almost too delicious.
Jeremy Brilliant/Eyewitness News
Indianapolis – Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown [...]

Americans Embrace Childish Unity

by Ben Shapiro
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This election was about one thing and one thing only: Americans’ puerile need for unity through self-congratulatory, cathartic membership in a broad, transformative political movement.
For eight years, Americans have been engaged in hostile politics. And after eight years, Americans were sick of it.
That isn’t to America’s credit. Hostile politics — hard-fought political conflict [...]

Do You Need Obama to Believe?

by Larry Elder
“Does Obama’s victory, as a black man, make you feel that you can do anything?” Someone asked me that on election night.
It is a caricature of America that, pre-Obama, major obstacles blocked achievement. It is equally a caricature that Obama’s win suddenly creates opportunity that did not exist before.
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