Happy Obama Day!
 

Completely agree. He looked pale, empty eyes, and disconnected from his body. He looked like he had just came out of some sort of trauma (like he had just walked away from a car accident), and was in utter shock and feeling numb. I concur on how he looked and what was worrying him.

Thanks for mentioning this. I read a blurb on this somewhere this morning but I decided not to post it because I was not aware of it until this morning. I know I will be searching the internet to learn more about it.

My initial reaction was one of disbelief. I try not to stereotype but honestly my mind did go to "It's the South......."

You are correct. Everytime any part of the nation goes forward we go 2 steps backwards, because we have to hang on to our Traditional Oklahoma Values. (Puke).

We now have an open gun carrying law so saddle up your horse and slap your six shooter on your hip it's going to get scary.

Boy was I ever surrounded by unhappy people at work today. I work in Romney zone. Several that really do not like the President.

Needless to say I was quite happy; along with a few others. :D

I have read that conservatives prioritize fairness over compassion. They are both good values. But that makes them more sensitive to issues like welfare or affirmative action.

They tend to be more frightened by difference. That has been found in a number of studies. They are less open, less adventurous, less interested in others outside their own group. Purity is a a value that resonates for them. So that is rife for exploitation by racists.

When I was growing up, conservatives were against intervention in foreign wars, which was something I can get behind. They were more "Don't fuck with me and I won't fuck with you," something I can get behind as well.

The eighties and later Moral Majority conservatives who tried to impose their own standards and values on others -- those folks were NOT like the conservatives I grew up with.

The reason conservatism became so extreme was because white male privilege has come under attack since the sixties. So to fight back, they grabbed onto ideology -- Christian, racist, misogynistic ideology, which alienated a lot of otherwise conservative folks. That's what whites did when their privilege came under attack after the Civil War. They emphasized and elaborated on racist ideologies to justify Jim Crow laws and other restrictions on the freedoms of African Americans.

When I was young, conservatives weren't all that pro anything. They were more libertarian.

I saw this on Facebook (not sure if anyone posted it yet) and was curious what others thought:

http://www.syrlinus.com/wp-content/u...on-slavery.jpg

An accurate account of the red (confederate) states of America. For all we evolve, there are somethings that remain the same.

I may have posted this already, but it seems the last word:

I think he was over confident and expecting an enormous voter backlash against Obama so losing came as a shock.

Rachel is on fire tonight.

(news to Republicans)

...."President Obama did win the electoral and popular vote, again. And...there really wasn't any chemicals of mass destruction, and there really is global warming, and we really did land on the moon"...

She's so enjoyable to watch. She is happy. Like all of us.

I TiVo'd Obama's speech because I had to go to bed last night.

I am struck by the folks listening: young, old, men, women, straight, lesbian, gay, trans, black, white, Hispanic, Asian and other ethnicities- a real rainbow coalition.

It is awesome to hear and see him be the true orator that he genuinely is and that I have not heard for a very long time.

Arkansas is the same way. I do not think that Arkansas will ever move forward.
Although the medical marijuana act wasnt rejected by as big of a margin as i thought. 52% against 48% for

Reporting from Tent City Central
 

Huffington Post is all over this story

BREAKING: Arizona Outrage Over Unprecedented Provisional Ballot Mayhem; Record Latino Vote Marred

People are protesting and waiting at the election office until every vote is counted. Note that this comes on top of an ongoing demonstration protesting Arpaio's brutality that caused the death of a woman in Tent City who was denied medication for diabetes. The womans family was awarded nothing in a lawsuit. The people are outraged. There is no justice here.

DeeDee Blase of The Tequila Party reports:
 

This is unreal. Nazi's and KKK on the streets. This is the old West at its worst.

Seriously if I were not seeing it I would have a hard time believing it.

Another article:

It is Going to Take the DOJ or a Conservative Candidate to Oust Sheriff Joe Arpaio with the Archaic Tea Party Stronghold Here


This is really all about Democracy. If this vote is stolen from the people and this criminal Sheriff is allowed to stay in office well we are all in serious trouble. If the win is legitimate, so be it. The Tea Party poured a lot of money into this race. But KKK and Neo Nazi's should not be running this state. People are fighting for life here.

Rachel's intro tonight: