obama's failure

there are people out there, democrats, that are saying this presidency is a failure. that president obama, as he works with the republicans is a failure because he's not sticking to his guns. if there is a failure, it is our failure.

greedy democrats have wanted to shove it down the republican throats, to run up the score. since he hasn't, we're pissed. but you know what? that's not how it's supposed to work. the parties are supposed to work with each other, while checking each other's power as well. our government shouldn't work with a motto of, "we're in power so we're going to do whatever the eff we want."

i don't care if we feel that the other side did it when they controlled the house & senate. that doesn't mean that's how we should have been working.

now, i also don't think that the president or the democrats should give up on all of their ideals or plans and just give the republicans whatever they want. and, i also think that if the republicans are going to just drag their feet on everything we need to do a better job exposing that, letting the public at large know that nothing is happening because people being unwilling to work together to make a better america.

anderson cooper disproves birther rhetoric

thanks, anderson.



what scares me is that this guy is a congressman texas state representative who is either willfully ignorant or just a blatant liar.

dizzee rascal on obama

one of my favorite english rappers was interviewed on obama's victory and the prospect of having a black prime minister in england. it's not genius or anything, but he does alright. btw, the video is from a show called newsnight.



and now for my favorite dizzee rascal song, fix up look sharp

congrats obama

west coast numbers are in...obama wins!

racial slur used against obama during palin speech

i'm a little suspicious of stuff on the internet sometimes, and so i can't guarantee that everything about this video is true. the additional audio could have been dubbed in, and of course the words on the screen have been added by the original poster

have a watch & listen:



if that video is accurate, and you're a politician making that speech you know to stop right there, go off your script, and condemn such language.

especially in light of stories like this one.

obama rocks fresno + smog city roller grrls recap

so, we had a nice saturday downtown. the obama event was nice, although i suspect that they did not promote it very well because there weren't too many people there. but, the music was nice, the weather wasn't too chilly, and smoke bros provided some nice grub.

here's rademacher during their set




rademacher - robot show


rademacher - they are always into that


not everyone enjoys loud music



malcom sosa of rademacher delivering a message



unfortunately, we left the obama event during 40 watt hype. it's been a while since we've seen 40 watt, and i wanted to hear their grooves again, but alas, we wanted to get over and get seats @ the derby. i did get one of their songs on video though:



our favorite derby grrl, hari kari.




a jam from the match


the final score, not even close

fresno rocks obama + smog city roller grrls

so, we're about to head out for the day. first on tap, some good music, good people, supporting a good candidate.



after that, we're off to get our derby on.

bumper sticker politics

so, i was driving home today and the truck in front of my had an eye catching bumper sticker. it read, "obama sucks."

profound. i hadn't realized that political discourse could be summed up with such brevity, clarity, and simplicity.