once upon a krischel

Victory in the voting rights battle - Los Angeles Times
Abigail Thernstrom sets the record straight on the progress we’ve made.

Op-Ed Columnist - A Speech to the Delegates - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

Okay, so I usually don’t link to nytimes.com (see bugmenot.com), but this was just too good of a gem not to mention.

Commentary: Obama’s confusing blend of left-right economics - CNN.com

A nice poke at how Democrats want to have their cake and eat it too.

Personal responsibility, folks.  More government is not the answer.

Alaska Gov. Palin to be Named as McCain Running Mate - America’s Election HQ

Thank you for not being Romney.  Pro-life is still hard to swallow, but she’s lived her own life by that conviction, bearing a child with Down’s Syndrome, so she can’t be seen as a hypocrite on that one.

Three cheers for the first female vice-president of the United States of America, and quite possibly the first female president in 2016!

FOXNews.com - Environmental Activists, Not Oil Companies, Blocking Domestic Drilling - Opinion

Hippies.  God dammned hippies.

McCain Says He’d Consider Pro-Choice VP - America’s Election HQ

Please oh please oh please!  Pick a veep with strong socially liberal attitudes, and take the center away from the democrats - it’s not only the way to the presidency, it’s the right thing to do.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,401321,00.html

THOSE BASTARDS!

Now someone, please help remove Scientology’s claws from Will Smith, a nice boy who should know better than to play with hooligans like that.

Commentary: Drive naked, save America - CNN.com

Find more, use less.

Would the Real Gandhi Please Stand Up?

A few more sour notes for our beloved Gandhi.

trinicenter.com - GANDHI & RACISM

Long story short - our mythology about Gandhi conveniently omits his terribly racist views towards blacks, and his support of apartheid policies in South Africa.

Hat tip to Penn & Teller Bullshit for clueing me in to this one.