“It’s important to understand that our initiative is not to eliminate all forms of affirmative action. This initiative would prohibit only forms of affirmative action with preferential treatment, such as race and gender.” Ward Connerly, on affirmative action in public education
Now, I know Ward Connerly is a controversial figure, and affirmative action is a controversial subject. No matter where you fall on the side of the issue, though, looking at the quote above you’ve got to be asking yourself “if affirmative action is not about preferential treatment… what the hell is it about?”
I’ve decided to jigger around with my CSS styles and site structure to make it a bit more “kosher”.
My first step is to try to put the items in the site in a logical order even when CSS is turned off. Thankfully, most of the Wordpress stuff (widgets, etc.) come out just fine, but some of my additions (my twitter badge, for instance) don’t show up in the order I want them, so I’m attempting to break it and my Amazon ad free from layout-based divs and position them individually.
So you can expect my site will look a little messed up while I play around. Word of warning: I’m only testing this in Firefox 3 for the moment, so it may continue to look messed up in IE until I decide to view it there. Lowly IE users: you have been warned.
Not too long ago, I forced myself out of bed at 4am so I could catch the bus to the airport. I remember being pretty groggy. I’m sure if I had to get up every day at 4am to do my morning show at 6am, I might get a few facts mistaken from time to time. I can only hope I wouldn’t be such a douche in doing it as the folks on Fox and Friends, and I’m including Michelle Malkin in that formulation.
You mean none of Obama’s advisors checked the Google to discover the Berlin Victory Column’s ties to Nazis? What with it being built in 1873, at the height of Prussia’sNazi Germany’s ascension.
What a distinction such a backdrop should raise in the minds of Americans compared to such great German symbols of freedom as the Brandenburg Gate, where Republican Demigod President Reagan famously spoke, as shown below:
Oops, that’s a Nazi rally at the Brandenburg Gate! It’s Berlin… who knew?!
I guess when your name is a variant of “douchey”, you can’t really help yourself.
Seriously… I don’t know how anyone can watch Fox News without puking.
Steve Chapman has written a great column entitled “McCain’s Confusion On Iraq” which not only deconstructs some of the McCain campaign’s latest critiques of Barack Obama’s position on the Iraq, but also points out how the so-called success of the “surge” isn’t all its cracked up to be:
The troop escalation has not been the complete failure Obama suggested it would be, but it has fallen far short of the triumph claimed by Republicans. The level of violence, though down from the very worst months of the war, remains at levels comparable to 2005 — which were considered awful at the time. Chicago Tribune- McCain’s Confusion On Iraq
The media will try to preserve the illusion of a toss-up; you’ll keep seeing “Obama Leads, But Voters Have Concerns” headlines. But when Democrats are winning blood-red congressional districts in Mississippi and Louisiana, when the Republican President is down to 28% approval ratings, when the economy is tanking and world affairs keep breaking Obama’s way, it shouldn’t be heresy to recognize that McCain needs an improbable series of breaks. Analysts get paid to analyze and cable news has airtime to fill, so pundits have an incentive to make politics seem complicated. In the end, though, it’s usually pretty simple. Everyone seems to agree that 2008 is a change election. Which of these guys looks like change? Never Underestimate McCain, But … - TIME
