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Some good shit on privilege and how not to be a dick about it.
Official Shrub.com Blog » Blog Archive » “Check my what?” On privilege and what we can do about it: “Revisiting ‘Politically Correct’
Your first instinct might be to dismiss words like ‘womyn’ and being asked not to use ‘gay’ as an insult as [...]

Great opinion piece up on the ADN today, about Sarah Palin. Using Sinclair Lewis to make your point? Brilliant. Best part was the last paragraph; it makes me have hope in the state I call home these days:
Over-intellectualized academics and stuffed shirt attorneys shouldn’t be vice-presidents, either. But anti-intellectualism and romanticized ignorance masquerading as common [...]

Part of a WSJ piece on Palin’s “small town values.” Please repost.
The GOP Loves the Heartland To Death - WSJ.com
Generally speaking, though, when husbands and wives work two jobs each it is not merely because they are virtuous but because working one job doesn’t earn them enough to get by. The two-job workers in Middle [...]

Stephen King, talking to Stephen King, about the whole Palin thing.
StephenKing.com - Messages from Stephen
Steve: Want to talk about politics?
SK: Nah, people don’t want to hear that from me. I will say that, as the scary guy, the thought of the two-year governor of Alaska becoming President if McCain got the job and then [...]

http://www.ownthesidewalk.com/2008/08/palin-myths-dispelled.html
Myster writes a blog entry about Sarah Palin:

She’s not politically moderate. In fact, when it comes to social issues, Palin is almost as conservative as they come. In a 2006 gubernatorial debate, when asked to respond to a hypothetical situation in which her own daughter had been impregnated by a rapist, Palin responded immediately and [...]

I can get behind these words. I hope they make it into action:
The Associated Press: Text of Obama’s speech Tuesday
America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. [...]

Obamas Moment : Rolling Stone
All love stories are beautiful at the beginning, and what were witnessing now is the beginning of a new one: America and Barack Obama. The story begins with the world spinning off its axis, the country mired in dark times and the way of the fresh-faced savior seemingly blocked by a [...]