I’m sorry Obama supporters. I’ve let you down and now I’m in protective custody. For those that can’t see the video above, please go here.

DVICE has an informative and interactive article called Voting Machines in the USA. They take a look at all the states in the union and see how error-prone and “hackable” the machines are. They also give you the technology each state has deployed in their voting machines. Here in Georgia we are 100% electronic. Since I voted early, I found the machines here very easy to use and didn’t have one problem. But I’m a guy that helps manage a datacenter with 5000+ servers so...

Today I stood in line in Lawrenceville, Georgia for 2 hours and 15 minutes to cast my early vote in Election ’08. I’d seen and heard enough this presidential election season to last me the next three presidential election seasons. As I stood there in line, I thought about the issues, the controversies, the slop, the unreal, the surreal, the joy, the passion, the sadness, and the overall tone of the primaries and general election. So when it was my turn to fulfill my civic duty, I...

Just seen on MSNBC via The Rachel Maddow show, Senator Obama is leaving the campaign trail due to his grandmother’s failing health: Obama to take break to see sick grandmother He is scheduled to fly to Hawaii Thursday and Friday to visit her From The Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama is canceling nearly all his campaign events Thursday and Friday to fly to Hawaii to visit his suddenly ill 85-year-old grandmother, his spokesman said. Robert...

For those in the blogosphere, Pundit-Ville, and regular Joe and Jane Land who still believe and keep spreading that black folks in America are “racist” for overwhelmingly supporting Senator Barack Obama in Election ’08, I have two words for you: PROVE IT! You prove that black people’s supposed racism is harming a white, wealthy, respected, former Navy pilot, a Senator by the name of John McCain. Show me how his life is being affected negatively because of black folks’...

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GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS I have great respect for Georgia Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. When your a growing up as a black child, Representative John Lewis is a name you hear repeatedly when the phrase “civil rights” is uttered. But I also have some disdain for the “Old Empire” of civil rights that John Lewis belongs to. Many of them are only reactionary. They wait for a racial incident and then pounce with full claws out. But when it comes to...

Color me amazed at the exchanges between Senator McCain and two supporters (well, I don’t know if they will support him after this; thanks to Allahpundit at Hot Air for the video): I’m 34 years old. So I haven’t been around long enough to see many presidential elections. But has this ever happened before with a presidential candidate; where he/she rhetorically rips the spine out of one or more supporters on national television? That’s what McCain did in the video clip....

Since Governor Sarah Palin has blasted on the scene, I’ve been wondering how she would have done if she were running in the Republican primary. She would have stuck out like a sore big toe among that super-dull crowd of McCain, Thompson, Giuliani, Romney, and others (well Mike Huckabee was not that dull). Can you imagine the “Sarahcuda” on the debate stage hurling zingers at those good ol’ boys? And could she really have won the Republican Party nomination? And speaking...

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When my wife found out that Gwen Ifill will be the moderator for tomorrow’s vice presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin, she exclaimed: The lady that wrote that Essence piece? That’s going to cause a problem with the Right since she’s an Obama girl like me! My wife was referring to a recent article in Essence magazine in which Gwen Ifill gave the Obamas’ some serious love. Cover below: I read the article and let’s just say she does...

OPTIMIZATION ERROR!! You really ever look at how you drive your car to a destination? Not necessarily how you handle the vehicle but how you handle the situations going from point A to B. I know I’m a one-hand eater/driver in my car. I’ll set up a bag of fresh onion rings (yes FRESH) in the passenger seat, send the ol’ right hand into the bag, and pop the tasty fried rings into my mouth while ol’ lefty is handling the car. Sometimes this makes me do things like merging...

With the McCain campaign’s recent “lipstick on a pig” manufactured outrage and terrible misrepresented sex education ad against Obama coupled with the Obama campaign’s equally silly “McCain can’t e-mail” ad, I just have to say this: The is no honor among thieves… The McCain campaign stole the “change” mantra and the Obama campaign stole the “experience” mantra. And now they are trying to out silly each other. Punditry says...

There were time, when I was a wee lad, my father and I tried to make the messes we made in the garage (working on something) look better by scooting boxes around, throwing a sheet over an obscure hunk of metal, etc. And I remember clear as day, my mother saying to both of us many times: You can’t put lipstick on a pig… Come to think of it, my grandparents were fond of saying that old American phrase. Pigs are recognized as just plain ugly no matter what. And that phrase just says it...

IMAGE FROM THE MCCAIN STORE/SPAULDING GROUP My “ultra-conservative till since the Great Wall” (his words) neighbor unveiled his new bumper sticker this morning to me. “Sarah all the way, baby!”, he exclaimed with a big grin on his face. “What happened to McCain?”, I asked. His reply: McCain who? All my wife and I see is Sarah Palin. She can run with Donald Duck for all I care! I’m almost 35 years old. I voted in my first presidential election back...

Senator Obama slips up and says “my Muslim faith” in an interview with George Stephanopoulus: http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/13078.htm While Israel Insider has issues with Senator Obama, the video doesn’t lie: And here’s the transcript: STEPHANOPOULOS: You mention your Christian faith. Yesterday you took off after the Republicans for suggesting you have Muslim connections. Just a few minutes ago, Rick Davis, John McCain’s campaign manager, said they’ve...

Palin overload. Community organizer controversy. The “we only have small town values” Republicans. Barack “Mr. Stadium for The Win” Obama”. Democrats “We Love Everyone” views. Media criticism. Etc… ENOUGH! I’m going to carry things back to 1967, musically-speaking, with a legendary musician, composer, and producer: Sergio Mendes. As a piano player that grew listening to Sergio Mendes all the time (my parents were huge fans), I’ve...

IMAGE COURTESY OF STYLIN ONLINE My better half is walking around the house wearing the t-shirt you see above along with her “What Me Worry” sweatshorts (talk about a weird yet appropriate combination). She is an unabashed and very sane Obama supporter (not Obamabot in the slightest). When I asked her why she bought the t-shirt, she said: It’s all in good fun. Win or lose, this presidential election season is just full of grade-A entertainment! Part of me is ecstatic that she...

I’m not a religious man. But I’m praying something miraculous happens and Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Hanna dissipate. I have family in Lake Charles, Louisiana who are evacuating now. My cousin and her husband are staying with us while a few other family are going to Cincinnati, Ohio (where other family resides). Hurricane Gustav scares me on what it can do the Gulf Coast that is still in full recovery mode. Nature trumps all on this planet.

The pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin by John McCain to be his running mate neither wowed nor depressed me. From what I’ve read about Gov. Palin and some of the videos I’ve seen she’s intelligent, speaks convincingly, and is a pure conservative. As expected, some on the Right say this will pull disenchanted Clinton supporters (I really don’t think so) and the Left is in full vetting mode. But I don’t feel this is a bold choice. It makes sense (Clinton supporters...

COURTESY OF CAFEPRESS In these times of micro-analyzing, micro-parsing, super-vetting, tit-for-tat, and overall election strangeness, we need to vote for a candidate we already trust: Santa Claus! I have joined Mr. Claus’ campaign because he’s tough on evil, always delivers, works hard, understands the common man and woman, great foreign policy credentials, and is just a jolly ol’ guy. McCain… Eh! Obama… Meh! Barr… Bleh! Santa… HOORAY!

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I witnessed the most thrilling swimming competition ever! And I watched history at the same time. The US Men’s swimming relay team of Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale set a world record (3:08.24) on their way to winning the 4×100 free relay. And Jason Lezak had to come from behind in the anchor leg to win it for the Americans. What a race! And for the history: Cullen Jones is the first African-American to hold or share a world record in swimming. It’s...

The great soul singer, producer, musician, and sometimes actor has died at age 65 today. Hayes, ‘Shaft’ singer and disco presage, dies ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose “Theme From Shaft” won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65. Hayes was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis...

“CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY!” Detroit (Michigan) Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been ordered to jail today for violating the terms of his bond: Mayor Kilpatrick jailed By Doug Guthrie and David Josar / The Detroit News DETROIT — A judge on Thursday ordered Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail, shocking the city and plunging the leadership of the nation’s 11th-largest city into uncertainty. Despite a plea from Kilpatrick that invoked his sons, his respect for the judicial process and his love...