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“Don’t Eat that Spud, Ma!” That’s how it all started as 17 year old Earl Jr. looked down at his mother’s plate at the “Eat ’til You Can’t No More” Diner. What he saw surprised him and he shouted out… Continue Reading →
In a column that appeared in Sunday’s Washington Post, a columnist asks the question on the minds of (sadly) many Catholics “I Voted for Obama. Will I Go Straight to. . . ?” He starts off heavy with the mockage… Continue Reading →
Outlined against a blue-gray February sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Clinton, Clinton, Williams, and Ferraro. And so it begins…. Continue Reading →
Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will “shift the power from the few to… Continue Reading →
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the controversial minister of Obama’s Trinity United Church in Chicago has been important in Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s life. Wright is well-known in Chicago and in the black church world for taking over a small United Church… Continue Reading →
Here’s the line to take away from Susan Sarandon’s endorsement of Barack Obama: Obama’s Like A Pregnant Woman at an Abortion Rally. Yup. And I think she’s trying to help. Sarandon was a big backer of John Edwards but now… Continue Reading →
Slate Magazine seems to believe that Catholics Should Vote for Barack Obama. Never mind that whole thing about millions of babies being killed year. Instead of saying Catholics for whom tearing babies limbs off doesn’t blip on their moral radar… Continue Reading →
In a stunning move designed to make his candidacy more appealing to pro-torture conservatives, Sen. John McCain has called for the waterboarding of Cy Young Award winning pitcher Roger Clemens, who testified before Congress that he’d never taken steroids. “We’ll… Continue Reading →
This is a little disturbing to me. The media seems obsessed with the possibility of Barack Obama being assassinated. I am amazed how the media sees the American people. CBS morning show hist Harry Smith asked repeated questions of Sen…. Continue Reading →
The campaign was experience vs. change. And it wasn’t just change. It was change wrapped in smiling charm. I’m of course talking about 1992. Bill Clinton faced off with George H.W. Bush. There was no doubt that Bush was more… Continue Reading →