TUESDAY
barack obama quote from his last radio address, once upon a time
folk wondered if he would come strong or timid, the answer is in, he come to play
for the retros who dont understand ebonics, he come to play mean he a player
the highest form of gamesmanship, he come to play mean he got the ball in his hand
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"I know these steps won't sit well with the special interests and lobbyists who are invested in the old way of doing business, and I know they're gearing up for a fight as we speak. My message to them is this:
"So am I.
"The system we have now might work for the powerful and well-connected interests that have run Washington for far too long, but I don't. I work for the American people. I didn't come here to do the same thing we've been doing or to take small steps forward, I came to provide the sweeping change that this country demanded when it went to the polls in November. That is the change this budget starts to make, and that is the change I'll be fighting for in the weeks ahead – change that will grow our economy, expand our middle-class, and keep the American Dream alive for all those men and women who have believed in this journey from the day it began.
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you go boy, scared of you
folk lining up for and against his vision, good move by obama to annoint rush limbaugh as a strawman
if limbaugh becomes the voice of the republican party theyve lost that battle, my respect for the
quality of obamas game continues to grow, ima do my part, marginal though it be, ima do my part
in struggle
rdoc
MONDAY
david foster wallace manuscript found, some 200 continuous pages
and a whole bunch of notes, apparently he called it the long thing
long article in the new yorker about his struggle with depression
interesting article, i only had time to scan it till i get thru these applications
about his efforts to write morally imperative fiction and how badly he didnt want
to do another infinite jest and replay the same tricks, he wanted a new set of tricks
this time apparently, feared that infinite jest was perhaps a little too jesty
most touching were his effort to wean himself off the depression drugs he had been taking forever
in order to write this one with a clean brain, a gamble that he may have lost
i remember once i mentioned to imogunla about a young student who had mental issues
and how i was trying to help her and he said to me: man you dont cure a writer
ima have to put some thought into this when i have the time
rdoc
SUNDAY
schoolhouse got me humping, buried in applications process
but let me take a minute for a popcorn post,
dean gross, mayor of small
california town, is resigned after being called out for fowarding the
photo here with caption 'no easter egg hunt this year'
his initial response when called on it was to claim he didnt know blackfolk and watermelon was an old school racist trope
must have been kinda clueless, sent it to a black friend, who snitched him
out, i should say ex friend now - black associate maybe
i must say that those appear to be some mighty fine watermelons
on a more serious note: arrest warrant for sudans bashir to be issued by world court wednesday
the hope is that this will pressure bashir and the sudan to enact reforms darfur, the south, in general
but the option of course is that bashir will go batshut and double down
he been making the right sounds "the time of the rifle is over" he told a gathering lately
but at the same time the government has been arming militas in the south just in case
the same strategy used on darfur for which he is being indicted
guess the old rootdotor is a pessimist on this one, i dont see no real movement here
i suspect when obama get a moment he will try to make something happen here
but he just got issues thats pressing him harder right now, got to face that
unfortunate for darfur, its almost fallen off the world screen lately
guess rootsblog will have to do its part to keep that alive
and keep an eye out on the south, thats been flying under the radar lately
you know what i need to do is try to get in touch with somebody that will bring/send
me over to do some kind of report on whats happening, thats what i need to do
wether it do it or not well thats another matter, probablly file it with the other good ideas
that i just dont have time to follow thru on - and on that note let me get back to
these applications, i need to get thru about a 100 today, that would catch me up (o you got jokes)
and novelwork, bah, whats that - oh well, lets do what we can.....
once i get thru this application/search, both of which come to a head this week (or else)
then instead of super i will be in basic crises mode - i can handle that - status quo
all my love
rdoc
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