A phoenix reborn?
Farrakhan says ‘new beginning’ for Nation of Islam
Associated Press
Published October 18, 2008 at 1:51 p.m.
Updated October 18, 2008 at 1:51 p.m.
[CHICAGO — The Nation of Islam, a secretive movement generally closed to outsiders, has planned a rare open-to-the public event at its Chicago-based headquarters in what the Minister Louis Farrakhan deemed a “new beginning” for the group….]
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/18/farrakhan-says-new-beginning-nation-islam/
Between this, other events and the tee shirts it’s been quite a couple of weeks for the loss of human dignity, and quite a gain in the despicable joy of braying crowd lust we once assigned to the guillotine.
“Stone her”
That was the cry when Sarah Palin appeared at a campaign stop in Philadelphia. “Let’s stone her, old school!” yelled a man in the crowd.
Maybe that’s next.
Over at The New Agenda, Amy Siskind raises the spectre of Kitty Genovese and asks, “Are Democratic women the new bystanders?”
http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/10/17/stone-her/#comments
A very interesting exchange via transcript or video on the status of Hispanics in this election cycle.
October 17, 2008
Bill Moyers sits down with chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity and FOX NEWS political analyst Linda Chavez and NATION contributor and writer with New American Media Roberto Lovato to review the news of the week and talk about what’s missing from political conversation.
Yet more thoughts on Colin Powell’s endorsement and how it means different things to different people:
Colin Powell: Somebody Barack Obama SHOULD throw under the proverbial bus
October 19, 2008
I understand that scruples are not high on the list for politicians. But the fact that Barack Obama is not going to repudiate Colin Powell’s endorsement of him demonstrates once and for all that Senator Obama is completely lacking in any integrity whatsoever. Barack Obama is running a campaign that disclaims all things Bush, even as he uses Bush’s tactics to win office. Now, he has accepted the endorsement of a man who made possible the Iraq War, providing Bush with an imprimatur of international legitimacy.
Were you saving yours? Better check the local law:
A good idea – if you can get away with it – Rainwater harvesting saves water, breaks the law
News – From the October 13, 2008 issue of High Country News by Peter Friederici
[All Mark Miller wanted to do was wash some cars and water the grass in front of his new car dealership.
As the proprietor of Utah’s first LEED-certified, environmentally friendly car dealership, Miller wanted to minimize his reliance on water from Salt Lake City’s public utility. So his extensive remodel of the building included two large new cisterns designed to capture rainwater for irrigation and car washing. But Miller was surprised to learn that trapping water on his own roof would be illegal….]
http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.18/a-good-idea-2013-if-you-can-get-away-with-it
I Own My Vote, PUMA, The Denver Group, Just Say No Deal
Grab and Keel 
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