October 2008 « Acts of Faith In Love & Life

Take It To the Streets

We have a lovely tradition of civil disobedience and citizen protest in San Francisco that I love. It is a dichotomy that in a city known for being progressive is also squeezing out those that would dissent to make society a little fairer due to overpriced housing and costs of living. There are many Propositions [...]

White People: You Need to Speak to Your Petulant Peers

Are you familiar with the amusement park ride that spins you around while pinned to a wall where the floor drops out? That’s kinda how systematic racism works. Ok so imagine how we’re stuck in this ride and dizzy from the after effects. Well somebody also owns the ride and someone else pulls the lever. [...]

Where Would We Be Without GrandMa & GrandPa?

A grandparent’s love and support should never be underestimated. Senator Obama will drop everything to be by the side of his ailing maternal grandmother. As he should because though he’s in the political fight of his career he still has his priorities intact. Which is family first. I have lost all of my grandparents and [...]

My Favorite Teenage Crush Musician Supports Obama

Once a Duranie always a Duranie:

The original and best JT offers his endorsement. I just love that he’s playing the bass line from Girls On Film!!!!

I swear I am 13 years old all over again…. My Blog Name [...]

What If Powell Had Run – And Won- In 1996?

Colin Powell officially endorsed Barack Obama for President today after much speculation that he might….eventually. Should it matter that a former Secretary of the State endorses the candidate for the opposing political party? Does the fact that Colin has some African heritage like Barack give more weight to it? Does the timing help being that [...]

Can Somebody Explain This Photo?

I thought this was somebody’s Photoshop experiment, but it was taken at the debate! Crypt keeper? Wicked Wizard? This is just…..creepy and may I add not very Presidential! My Blog Name

Oprah Just Honored Gloria Steinem: Why Am I So Mad?

So I was watching Thursday’s Oprah episode where she featured Maria Shriver. Maria has an annual conference for women and this year Billie Jean King and Gloria Steinem are amongst the honorees. Now Steinem might be an ally of Oprah but is she an ally of mine? What about Laquisha from the hood? Or Monique [...]

About that Joe the Plumber Guy and the Real Tax Increase Planned for All of Us

We know the Republican party will stop at nothing to use psychological warfare in pushing voters to work against their best interests. This man Joe Wurzelbacher was used as a prop by John McCain during last night’s debate. I thought Obama was caught of guard for a moment in fact, though he was able to recover. [...]

Geez Is This Debate Over Yet?

It’s not even half-way through and I am ready to turn it off! I am hearing the SAME talking points I’ve been hearing for the past few weeks now. McCain is slowly but surely losing it though. He’s getting testier by the minute. The CNN peter meter is dropping like a lead stone at everything [...]

Blog Action Day 2008: Focus on Poverty

Well things are winding down and headed to the wire for the Presidential election in the US. I wrote a post a few days ago where I mentioned the lack of discussion about poor people by the major party candidates lately. Of course the corporate media in conjunction with the Republican party are trying to [...]