new day rising

some how this morning the sun seems a little warmer, the air a little sweeter, & the future a whole lot brighter. it's as if we are finally coming out of the Dark Ages into a new Renaissance, where everything & anything is possible. who would have thunk it.

call him Mr. President!

Obama Wins! We Win! We All Win!

election night results

make history TODAY

the new poll tax

this might just be Rachel Maddow's best segment yet.
her dissection of the real ramifications of the long lines
at the voting booths this year is the best.
take a minute to watch, you won't regret it.

Saturday Night Special

Stereolab - Neon Beanbag

Prince of Darkness endorses McCain

that's right, McCain racked up the less-than-coveted endorsement
of Dick Cheney today. that should help his cause some.
here's the response from Obama:

"I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn't come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it. He served as Washington's biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq, and supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Senator McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney's support."

"So George Bush may be in an undisclosed location, but Dick Cheney's out there on the campaign trail because he'd be delighted to pass the baton to John McCain. He knows that with John McCain you get a twofer: George Bush's economic policy and Dick Cheney's foreign policy -- but that's a risk we cannot afford to take."

3 days out

Studs Terkel 1912 - 2008

BOO!

voter-suppression FAIL

one big difference between this election cycle & those in 2000 & 2004 is that the usual tricks pulled by the GOP to suppress voter turn out in swing states have failed.
TPM has a handy dandy list of how, why & where these efforts have occurred. it's interesting reading.

going out w/a 'nyaa, nyaa, nyaa'

even though BushCo. seems to have a serious case of Senioritis, behind the scenes they are still working hard to screw us all over. they are nothing if not consistent.

The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January.

The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo.

(via WaPo)