Anyone who knows me IRL (in real life) knows I’ve cultivated a little man-crush on LBJ this last year or so. LBJ was the real cowboy President played by Bush the younger and the Sainted Ronald Reagan . The man had no problems playing the dirtiest of politics , was certainly one of the more interesting of White House occupants, and probably the second-most successful President with regards to domestic policy , Vietnam aside). I definitely think that the Obama may have been inspired by LBJ as well, particularly in terms of his accumulation and implementation of power and influence . See this in the WaPo via Hullabaloo :
Obama’s poker buddies encouraged him to stand up to Hendon and Trotter [more senior members of the black caucus who didn’t think Obama was black enough and too ’different’], but he refused. Not his style, he said. And why sink to their level? When Hendon ridiculed Obama, his standard comeback was a dismissive ...
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Post Date: 2008-03-04 10:20:39
Make Your Own Obama Logo, With Your Face
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The Back-of-the-Envelope Design Contest - ChronicleReview.com
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Post Date: 2008-03-04 05:10:17
An article from the Guardian…
And a video from Slate V sure to inspire talk of Hollywood Elitists running Hollywood and more fictitious accounts of plagiarism.
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Post Date: 2008-03-05 10:20:35
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What will Philadelphia newspapers look like post-Tierney (c’mon, you know it’s coming)?
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Post Date: 2008-03-06 10:34:33
Received two interesting and presumably unrelated Comcast mailings today.
The first was my bill (I pay $60 per year for an unlisted number? WTF!), which included a revised “Agreement for Residential Services” ( PDF here from Comcast ). More on that in a minute.
Next was an awesome letter telling me that I’m such an awesome customer that my bill will be increasing an awesome $20 at the end of my promotion period, but no worries, like the hero in a Mic...
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