Barack Obama

Comment by bunnykitty

bunnykitty — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:45:46 +0000

It's ALLEGEDLY, we allegedly elected an alleged cocaine addict and an alleged alcoholic.

Comment by baketown (Guest)

baketown (Guest) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:15:17 +0000

I agree with Alan. I don't think the drug issue is an issue because it was handled properly. I like Obama because he is very articulate and bright. A noob may be just what we need.

Comment by Alan H

Alan H — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:20:46 +0000

Let's not forget that we (kinda) elected a former cocaine *addict* and alcoholic. (Kinda) Twice! So I'm not sure that the drug issue would be a big deal for anyone if handled forthrightly. It was only a problem for Bill Clinton because he came off like he was trying to skirt around it.

Comment by Brett (Guest)

Brett (Guest) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:08:58 +0000

The movie "The Animal" touches on reverse-racism...we can talk about why I'd seen the movie later.

The character repeatedly tries to do things so white people will treat him "normal," but the whites continue to go out of their way to make sure the treat him better and he gets pissed about it.

Examples:

At a restaurant,
"You see that? She immediately served me first because I'm black."

At a store,
Woman: "Sir, because you damaged that you're going to have to pay for it"
Black guy: "Actually, I was the one that damaged it, not him."
Woman: "Oh, sorry, didn't realize. Don't worry about it then."

Scene at the end when a mob gets together to lynch the main character for being labeled a monster,
Mob: "Let's get him! Let's string him up and lynch him!"
Black guy: "Wait! It was me! I'm the monster, I'm the one that did all those things!"
Mob guy 1: "...well...it was an honest mistake."
Mob guy 2: "Yeah, I'm sure you didn't mean to."
Black guy: "What?! No! I'm the monster! Take me!"
Mob guy 3: "Hey, I'm not going to be any part of a mob that lynches a black guy, I'm out of here."

Comment by Ken

Ken — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:35:58 +0000

Sorry, a bit of leet-speak there. It's short-hand for "newbie", i.e. a newcomer.

Comment by Noelle (Guest)

Noelle (Guest) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:20:49 +0000

What's a n00b Ken?

Barack Obama

Ken — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:05:20 +0000

Continuing my series on presidential candidates, here's my look at Barack Obama.

Four years ago, pretty much no one outside of Illinois had heard of Barack Obama. He was thrust into the national spotlight during the 2004 Democratic convention, where his electrifying speech immediately made people think "Obama in 2008".