It took two years for Barack Obma to change the world overnight. Actually, it took 47 years, his age when he became the first black man elected to the presidency of the United States of America. Much like “overnight sensations” in show business, there was a lifetime of preparation, skill-honing and hard work preceding the […]
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The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) welcomes social scientists to the business of acknowledging the 800 pound gorilla in the room. In studies conducted at the University of Massachusetts it has been confirmed that mutual trust between different races of human beings can spread just as quickly as mutual suspicion, to which The
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If pigs had wings, they still wouldn’t be able to fly. We would, however, have a tasty new cut of pork.
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The Department of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has spent the day after the election listening to sour grapes moaning from various John McCain supporters, many of whom apparently did not get the unambiguous message from McCain himself in his gracious and eloquent concession speech. A lot of them are under the odd impression that
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As much as we’d like to bask in the history-making election of Barack Obama as our nation’s 44th president, it seems the country and the world are in such a mess that we don’t have that luxury. Today the president-elect gets his first briefing from the Pentagon, and no doubt a few more grey hairs
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It’s election day, 2008, the day we pick our new president. Record numbers of voters have registered for this historic race and as usual the campaigns have been spirited, passionate and sometimes kind of mean. None of which means squat at this point since the choice is in the hands of the American people. All
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The best reason to vote is because you can. Think of all the other stuff in life where you don’t get to have any say at all. Voting for leaders might not make up for all that, but at least that’s one area in life where your voice counts. Vote.
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