It is no wonder that just the touch of another human being at a dark time can be enough to save the day.

- Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

-- Oscar Wilde

Peace is not the product of terror or fear.
Peace is not the silence of cemeteries.
Peace is not the silent result of violent repression.
Peace is the generous,
tranquil contribution of all
to the good of all.
Peace is dynamism.
Peace is generosity.
It is right and it is duty.

-- Archbishop Oscar Romero

Sometimes I wish we all walked around with this sign hanging from our necks, so I wouldn't feel like the only one who has blown some really important things in his/her life.

Regret is funny, and sad, but still funny. So much is said about moving on, "whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger" answers to pacify those gut wrenching moments, where right and wrong stands before you and you dig deep to find you don't have the strength. At least I haven't had the strength. More times than I am comfortable with.

More than anything, the things that I have done to lose or push away those who meant and continue to mean a lot to me, hurts the most. I think I'm found at times asking what if I had just done a little more, explained a little less, been more vulnerable.... It is those questions, those "what if's" that seem to haunt long after a situation has come and passed. Who knows these things? Even more, who can afford to dwell on them? But that's the nature of kicking oneself I suppose.

I'm just looking for a way to stop the beating.

Injustice is a sixth sense, and rouses all the others.

-- Amelia Barr
All the Days of my Life

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace, it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

-- Corazon Aquino, political leader and President of the Philippines (1986-1992)

Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.

-- Marian Wright Edelman, Families in Peril

Don’t tell me what you hope for. Tell me what you are doing to bring it. Then you will know both patience and justice.

-- Joan Chittister

Interesting video from The Young Turks, a YouTube news media group. In this installment they took footage from Al-Jazeera news media to show some of the comments being made by McCain-Palin supporters at a rally.

You know for months, I heard that the media was being unfair in their treatment of the election campaign, yet footage like this was hardly released. What's even more troubling was that the majority of these supporters come from the Bible Belt of America. I guess it no longer puzzles me why we have the international reputation that we do...

Great video of folks in Watts, South Los Angeles, talking about the election

Obama Art Part V

Obama Art Part IV

Obama Art Part III

Obama Art Part II

Obama Art Part I

Colin Powell reacts to the election results!

Condi Rice talks about the historic election results!

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any."
-- Alice Walker

Obama's Infomercial

The thirty minute commercial that ran the other day...

The Economist Weighs In

Count The Economist among the official endorsements for Obama. Here's the article:

The Economists Endorsement for Barack Obama

Obam's Economists

A List of some of his Economic policy advisors:

- Jason Furman
- Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago tax policy expert
- Karen Kornbluh
- David Cutler, Harvard health policy expert
- Jeff Liebman, Harvard welfare expert
- Michael Froman, Citigroup executive
- Daniel Tarullo, Georgetown law professor
- David Romer, Berkeley macroeconomist
- Christina Romer, Berkeley economic historian
- Richard Thaler, University of Chicago behavioral finance expert
- Robert Rubin, former Treasury Secretary
- Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary
- Alan Blinder, former Vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute labor economist
- James Galbraith, University of Texas macroeconomist
- Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve 1979-1987
- Laura Tyson, Berkeley international economist, Bill Clinton economic adviser
- Robert Reich, Berkeley public policy professor, former Secretary of Labor
- Peter Henry, Stanford international economist
- Gene Sperling, former White House economic adviser
- Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women's Policy Research

Other prominent economists who support Obama:

- Brad Delong, Berkeley macroeconomist
- Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel laureate
- Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel laureate
- Ray Fair, Yale macroeconomist
- Dan McFadden, 2000 Nobel laureate
- Robert Solow, 1987 Nobel laureate

Prominent finance people who support Obama (not actual economists):

- William Donaldson, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair 2003-2005
- Arthur Levitt, SEC Chair 1993-2001
- David Ruder, SEC Chair 1987-1989
- Warren Buffet, investor, richest person in world.

One of the things that have caused my support for Barack Obama is his thoughtfulness. His candidacy represents a marked departure from "Bush-like" political action mired in stubbornness and an inability to admit failed policy. With this supporting cast and Obama's ability to process and think through decisions, I find comfort. =)

Colbert Report: Socialist Candidate for President?

Stephen Colbert asks the Socialist Candidate for President why he's running against the Socialist Obama... Brilliant!

Haha, Apparently I'm Responsible

Pretty funny, check this out!

Obama on the Daily Show last night

A Compilation of Obama Tunes

"We are the one's we've been waiting for."

American Prayer by Dave Stewart



Choose to Unite



Reason to Believe by Ari Hest



Yes We Can by Will.I.Am



Change by Aron Leigh



Go Tell Mama, I'm For Obama



Politics by Ludacris



Something About The Man



We Are The Ones by Will.I.Am