International Day of Peace celebrated today in OKC
If you’re in or near OKC this afternoon (Sunday, Sept. 21), you should drop over to Myriad Gardens to see hundreds of local children display their “pinwheels for peace” as …
In his own words: Anti-McCain ad going viral
Transcript in this Daily Kos diary, along with the day-long discussion about getting it on the air in swing states. Truthandhope.org has been helping such grassroots video work get the …
Stop stalling — donate to Obama now
If you plan to vote for Obama, but haven’t yet made a contribution — maybe you’ve been meaning to, but just haven’t gotten around to it — this would be …
Following the election online
I get most of my news about the upcoming election from blogs (as I get most of my news in general). Here are the ones I follow most closely for …
3 Oklahoma National Guard killed in Iraq Wednesday
Among the seven killed in the helicopter crash in Iraq the other day were three Oklahoma National Guardsmen from the Lexington unit (initial reports listed five deaths). Family members of …
The Gospel of Margaret Cho
If you truly believed in Jesus, you would try to be like him and love us, fags and dykes and feminists all. God bless you, even you. You fucking fuckers. …
Straight talk on economy — from Obama
(transcript of video here) Obama spoke about the current economic crisis in Colorado yesterday; video and text of speech as prepared at link. And, for those who keep saying that …
Oklahoma's Mickey Edwards pleads with Congress to uphold Constitution
Happy Constitution Day! Yeah, I don’t feel much like celebrating either. But I read something today that made me proud to be an Oklahoman (albeit a relatively new one), and …
Black Monday
Perfect framing for this attack of McCain’s cluelessness on the economy on this historic day: played on Fox News, with the tanking numbers from Wall Street on the visual beside …