By the time the winter wind had stopped blowing off Lake Michigan and the votes were counted, it was clear that Obama had utterly miscalculated black sentiment. Rush beat him by a margin of more than 2 to 1.
Of defeat, Obama wrote: "It's impossible not to feel at some level as if you have been personally repudiated by the entire community, that you don't quite have what it takes, and that everywhere you go the word 'loser' is flashing through people's minds."
Crooks and Liars » Stewart & Colbert Mock Sarah Palin VP Choice
Brilliant fun shooting this VP fish in a barrel.
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Public Transportation - The Great American Streetcar Scandal
How GM conspired to end public transport in the early 20th c. USA.
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Barack Obama: Search for identity - Los Angeles Times
Obama sums up what being a loser feels like.
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Barack Obama: Search for identity - Los Angeles Times
Obama on reading Heart of Darkness. Brilliant snippet.
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Annenberg Media - A Biography of America
Awesome 23-hour WGBH US History series, all free and online, from Learner.org. Throw away your textbook.
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http://craphound.com/littlebrother/Cory_Doctorow_-_Little_Brother.htm
Entire book offered free CC.
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John Locker: The Smartest Free Documentaries Online. Educate Yourself on History, Science, Music, War, Religions, Politics, Conspiracies, and more! - Home
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Fear, secrecy kept 1950 Korea mass killings hidden - washingtonpost.com
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village voice > news > The Official Village Voice Election-Season Guide to the Right-Wing Blogosphere by Roy Edroso
Good list of conservative blogs to share with students for "balanced" reading with liberal blogs.
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Download Free Political Documentaries And Watch Many Interesting, Controversial Free Documentary Films On That You Wont Find On The TV!
High quality documentaries here; Excellent.
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Big Think - We Are What You Think
YouTube of Big Ideas. Interesting model, great content for class and life.
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ED in 08 | Strong American Schools: Making Education a Priority -- Home page
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Where do the candidates stand on modern biology? - The Carpetbagger Report
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What’s Your Consumption Factor? - New York Times
Jared Diamond op-ed discusses sane consumption practices (USA, you listening?) and the future of the planet. "Cautiously hopeful.)
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Can Atheists Be Parents? - TIME
Outrageous. A judge wants to throw an adopted child back into the orphanage to preserve her right to find a god-fearing family.
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2007 Newsmakers Who Can Kiss My Plastic White Ass: The Short List | Taylor the Teacher
Taylor the Teacher at her saucy best on this one.
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Examined Life: The New Yorker
On Stanley Kaplan, the SAT and ETS, and the test-prep biz.
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Father Lasch: A Voice Within the Catholic Hierarchy Finally Speaks Out
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Truthdig - Reports - Peace With the Earth (Ellen Goodman on Gore's Nobel Speech and US Indifference)
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