new photos - summer fun with ang

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the politically correct rewriting of my previous post

how detrimental and counter-productive to our democratic process is an uneducated and/or ignorantly biased (racist, xenophobic, religiously intolerant, etc) electorate?

for example, in west virginia where a majority of democratic primary voters did not have a college education, 70% of them approved of the gas tax holiday - which was universally rejected by experts as political pandering which would prove detrimental to our economy if actually put into effect.

also in west virginia, a significant number of white voters openly acknowledged that race was an important factor in helping them select their candidate (of which 85% voted for the white candidate).

in the 2008 primaries race wasn't the only prejudice that candidates had to deal with. clinton's gender, mccain's age, and romney's mormonism (and possibly kucinich's encounter with a ufo) were also ignorant biases that the candidates have had to overcome - though i think the latter two do have some understandable objections to.

congratulations west virginia, your state is composed of retards and racists

a special announcement from the next president of the united states

saul williams photos

these are a little bit late coming, but for you saul williams fans here are some photos from his recent show in salt lake a couple weeks ago. enjoy.

the road

"There were times when he sat watching the boy sleep that he would begin to sob uncontrollably but it wasnt about death. He wasnt sure what it was about but he though it was about beauty or about goodness."

it's been a while since i have written about any books. i just had to quickly write up a post about cormac mccarthy's the road. the above quote from the book best describes the novel. it is one of the best stories i have read in years and is perhaps the most beautiful narrative ever written of the goodness and light that can exist in the darkest of times.