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Parenting Fail

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Can't stop laughing. The poor kid looks like a ragdoll. - kbourke via Bookmarklet

Yolanda ♥s Nuttycakes posted a message

“I had many disturbing dreams last night. But there is one that made me laugh. I was walking through some shops and suddenly stopped in my tracks and gasped. I saw a beautiful turquoise colored Coach purse that was (in my dream) just gorgeous. In the light of day, the purse wasn't all that.”

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What do you get when you mix hatred, fear, misinformation and a webcam? This guy.

Saturday at 5:22 pm - Link

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That dude has more than a few missing marbles. - Raoul Pop

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And children with dead eyes. - Donna Mugavero

The current face of the Republican Party -- no joke. - Sean McBride

Frightening stuff - poor kids. - Vince DeGeorge

The tragic thing is that he is doing the best he can do at this point:( He needs to desire and accept change first. - Roney Smith

This is child abuse. I hope they all rebel and become Democrats when they grow up. - Bora Zivkovic

Fuck this guy. I hope his kids grow up to hate him. - Steve Isaacs

I found his page while searching for "Bill Maher" on YouTube. He has over 100 videos - all similarly themed. There was also this link, which is kind of frightening: http://vids.myspace.com/index.... - Caffeinated Sue

We'll be reading about this guy again I'm afraid. - cmiper

You can tell that dude was in the military, or some kind of law enforcement. You can tell from his militant demeanor and his posture, he was broken as a human being when he was very young (and apparently proud of that) - Adam Posey

redneck. - nouhad

This is the political faction in America to which John McCain, Sarah Palin and the Republican Party directed their campaign. These are the people to whom they catered and whose hatred they attempted to stoke and arouse. - Sean McBride

Tex-Mess - Jason Kucsma

Now, where is that 8 yr old from Arizona? - kbourke

When Pres Hussein does start confiscating the guns, I hope he starts at this guy's house first. And he can take them girls to be his wives too! :P (what an ignorant buffoon) - Tad, Fool

Thank god his own video cut him off. - tehKenny

That was creepy! It's one thing to try to instill your values in your children, but this is brainwashing. They sound like a little cult being force fed lies and fear. I agree with Bora on both points! - Jenny R.

it should come as no suprise that these kids are produced in the same vortext of ignorance that produced ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... ;) - V for Veselka

I personally believe that US Americans and that I completely forgot about that such as in Iraq and ... - Donna Mugavero

this is what's known as "the base." and yet people will try to defend the philosophy, which is promoted by a certain party in this country and talks to people like the ones in this video. - Cee Bee

"everywhere, like, such as ..." - V for Veselka

LOL! - Michael Forian

a therapists dream right there. - MikeAmundsen

US Politics: Tim Hoeck posted a message

“What is Politics?”

Friday at 9:18 am - Link

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A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?' Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I am the head of the family, so call me The President. Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government. We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People. The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we will call him the Future. Now think about that and see if it makes sense.' - Tim Hoeck

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So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad said.Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. - Tim Hoeck

The next morning, the little boy says to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.' The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.' The little boy replies, 'The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep sh!t. - Tim Hoeck

As funny as that is, I don't actually feel like it applies anymore... - xero

In the US? A mess. - ·[▪_▪]·

It's like religion a divider of people. - orionstarr

when it works and is functioning in a lawful way, it functions to balance the other forces of power and abusers of power (i.e., corporations). Bush and Co. have worked hard to undermine American's faith in government, which is the classic goal of all conservative political parties throughout history ... every outgoing conservative government makes a costly mess of the system before they leave. Thatcher, Reagan, Harris (Canada) to name a few. Good governance puts the means before the ends. - V for Veselka

Politics: who gets what. - Sean McBride

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Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes! | Dizzy Dee

November 12 at 9:03 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Where's the frosting? Looks delish anyway :) - kbourke via Bookmarklet

Shawn Duffy posted a message on Twitter

“back in the office... 8 more hours until vacation!”

November 12 at 5:42 am - Link

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US Politics: V for Veselka posted a link

Sayonara, Sarah Palin | Election 2008 | AlterNet

November 10 at 5:55 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"And so we bid farewell to Sarah Palin. How I'll miss her daily presence in my life! The mooseburgers, the wolf hunts, the kids named after bays and sports and trees and airplanes and who did not seem to go to school at all, the winks and blinks, the cute Alaska accent, the witch-hunting pastor and those great little flared jackets, especially the gray stripey one." - V for Veselka via Bookmarklet

[loves V...] - Donna Mugavero

[loves Donna ...;) ] - V for Veselka

♫ Rahsheen™ posted a message

“Black people, are you offended when someone calls you Black? Do you feel better being referred to as African-American? Sometimes, I really would just rather everybody just said "Black". We don't call white folks Caucasian-Americans or something. What's up?”

November 9 at 8:16 pm - Link

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I'm black. - Monique via IM

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Well, you just called me 'black' and I'm fine with it. - Akiva Moskovitz

THANK YOU! But if I have a preference I'm more of a peachy cream color - Lindsey

In all seriousness, though, it's a little weird when people refer to the President-Elect as African-American. I mean, as Palin has already pointed out, Africa is a completely different country. - Akiva Moskovitz

Hahaha @ Akiva - Timothy Griffin

My brother-in-law says he's black. He doesn't like being called African-American, actually. - Jason Huebel

I prefer black. However it pisses me off for some reason when people make 'black' a two syllable word, - Derek Coward

I don't use these labels at all. Why should I, with the legacy they have ? - Mo Kargas

Seriously, all joking aside, I have never met a black person who has said, 'Please. Call me African-American.' I have found, however, that it's generally not a good idea to use the term 'blizzack'. - Akiva Moskovitz

(I know you directed this question toward the black members of the FF community, but I hope you won't mind my putting in my 2 cents.) I feel as though "African-American" is a bit too formal. I don't call myself a Polish-Irish-American. I can further delineate my "white and arabic heritage" if I wanted to, but I don't think it's necessary to do so. Furthermore, it kind of excludes "black" folks who come from Europe or from the Caribbean. It's too specific. - Mattie Kenny

Black isn't a country, so I'm American. I'm also Canadian, so I'm pretty darned mixed up. That being said, usage for me depends on the crowd and what they prefer to use. - Cecily

Well, I can see where African-American does apply to Obama. His father actually was from Kenya. - Yolanda ♥s Nuttycakes

I'm a mutt. - Michael W. May

African American isn't always accurate. but I don't mind being called black or African American. - jbrotherlove

I'm sort of a tan with hints of pink and olive ;-) OK, fine, I'm white. But I really wish we could get to the point where it didn't matter and we didn't have to call it out. Yeah, and also what Mattie said. - Logical Extremes

Yolanda, wouldn't that be Kenyan-American, then? - Akiva Moskovitz

I prefer "black" for a few reasons, but mostly because it's ethnic-neutral and has a very specific social meaning. - tiffany

It just seems like a kinda useless term to me. I'm half Jamaican and half Guyanese. If there are roots in Africa, I couldn't tell you where. It just seems "extra" to say African-American to me. I don't know the history of it, though. I thought it may have been something we (black people) pushed? Also, anyone who does not consider themselves "Black" is free to respond. Didn't really mean to exclude :) - ♫ Rahsheen™

and Obama actually *is* African American, though not raised bi-culturally. I, on the other hand, am black. - tiffany

It doesn't matter how far we get with race, if there are different color people, we will use descriptive language to describe them to someone else. Black, white, olive, pale...whatever. :) - ♫ Rahsheen™

Good question. As a white person, I never know if I should say "black" or "African-American". I think it also depends on the actual person's heritage. Someone who just immigrated here from Africa might be more inclined to want to be called African-American than someone who has had relatives here for a couple hundred years, I would think, yeah? - Rochelle

I'm friggin' brown, so I would prefer we just drop it. Or you may refer to me as your milk-chocolateyness. - MiɳiMagɘ (Sexy Scimitar)

What Mattie said. Also, I think we are passed the point of formalizing introduction based on strict ethnicity, if based on the responses here. I too look forward to the days where this sort of thing doesn't matter anymore. I'm a Heinz 57, though, if anyone asks. :) - Helen Sventitsky

I have a question: If you're white and are from Africa, what would you call yourself? I know Theresa Hines-Kerry got into trouble when she called herself an African-American, which is kind of true, since she is originally from South Africa. I think people should all be called American. I don't call myself Hungarian-German-Irish-English-French-American, I'm an American. - Thankful Molly

@Logical, in response to getting passed race, my use of "white", "black", "asian", "hispanic", etc has never been about race. It's just another physical trait that identifies a person in my mind. - Jason Huebel

Jason++, and Molly illustrates an important point that we've all been hinting at. It really makes no sense. - ♫ Rahsheen™

I've wondered about this. In my mind "African-American" conjures up thoughts of descendants of slaves, but not every black person falls under this concept. Expanding this concept beyond that to, say, include Barack Obama or Djimon Hounsou would make the term so broad as to include Charlize Theron. - Robert Haas

Hmm interesting points, I'm half North African, believe it or not. - Mo Kargas

I'm Terence...my skin tone or ethnicity is Black or African American( though the subject of 'Black' has been one a 6 year old has questioned on a number of occasions. She feels my skin tone is more "Chocolate or Hot Cocoa"). I prefer African-American, based on ancentry, rather than a Crayola Crayon's or stereotypical preference. - Terence Washington

You can call me cracker. I liked it when my Hawaiian friends called me howlie. I refer to people, when I'm trying to describe them to someone- like, "Oh she was the tall, roundish, long hair, white girl." or "He was the tall black guy." Is that rude? - anna awesomesauce

howlie +1 anna :) - Morgan

LOL, talking about kids. My mom is really light and my 5yr old calls her "white". He calls himself and me brown. - ♫ Rahsheen™

Let me just say that this thread is really interesting. - Akiva Moskovitz

Kenyan friends of mine thinks it's odd, as most Americans wouldn't last a week in Africa. Plus semantically, Egyptian, Algerians or White South Africans could be as well.....personally, if you have a US citizenship you are American; if you want another pre-classification you need another passport or to have lived there(in your lifetime).[same goes for irish-american, italian-american, etc] - clarke thomas

Rah, I could never understand it. It shouldn't matter about a person's ancestry, IMHO. We're all American whether we're Black, White, yellow, brown...... I try to tread very carefully when it comes to race, because I don't like to offend anyone. I hope I made sense here, because I just took some cold meds and they're kicking in. :P - Thankful Molly

I jut call people by there name .. black , white asian .. makes no matter .. thats why you have a name - johnpiercy

Ok, before everyone keeps talking about how race doesn't matter, there comes a point where you need to describe someone to someone who doesn't know them. You can't just ignore the fact that their skin and eyes have color and their hair has texture. - ♫ Rahsheen™

You're not African-American unless you immigrated from Africa. You're not Asian-American unless you immigrated from Asia, etc, etc etc. All are still pretty broad categories. Black, white, brown, golden, whatever. - xero

Still looking at my arms, here. They don't look like the black crayon. They look like the brown crayon. Accuracy matters to me. Just saying black doesn't help with a description, since he/she could be anywhere from beige to blue-black. - MiɳiMagɘ (Sexy Scimitar)

That's a physical trait, which I think is universally considered okay. It's when you start assuming someone's background, economic status or personality based on a physical trait that you are in trouble. - Jason Huebel

if you have a name , thats what I call you .. I dont refer to my friends as "the black friends or the white friends" your my friend , thats it , thats all - johnpiercy via twhirl

♫ Rahsheen™... of course you're right to an extent. But with such a spectrum (and with those at the darker end of the spectrum not seeming to agree 100% on terminology), I guess I wouldn't want to be the one to make the leap to guess at countries or ethnicities, but a person's tone is a useful descriptor at times. - Logical Extremes

You know, there are plenty of other physical traits that point to a person's ethnicity. Shape of the head, eyes, jaw and forehead, body proportions, variations in the skin tone and texture, etc. "Black" is a really broad term, just like "white" is. It assumes nothing about the person, other than giving a vague idea of a physical feature. - Jason Huebel

I don't know where I lie... Beige? But this classification is useless, it tenders no information. Why would anyone want to make a classification that is useless? And if one does and is factually correct, there is no sense of offense or pride to be felt, Its just a matter of fact thing. More importantly, it is not the word that is derogatory, it is how one says it. I could use the sweetest of words and insult someone much more than by an expletive and vice versa. - Parth Awasthi

Why can't we just refer to a person as a person, regardless of the colour of their skin. - Kol Tregaskes

@Kol, because that, my friend, would be too easy. We are all different nationalities, ethnicities, and races. If would be great if we could all be referred upon a la the Smurfs "Grumpy, Excited, Poetic, Strong, etc"..but alas, the best ideas are always reserved for the creative lot - Terence Washington

Terence, not to me you're not. You all just people. Life is so much easier that way. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

US Politics: Kathleen Anderson posted a link

This Math Whiz Called It for Obama Months Ago

November 9 at 7:55 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"At 9:46 p.m., blogging on his site FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver called the presidential election for Barack Obama. The television networks followed suit about an hour and 15 minutes later after most polls in Western states closed. Of course, Mr. Silver had a head start: he had forecast that Senator Obama would beat Senator John McCain back in March." - Kathleen Anderson via Bookmarklet

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I like this site, but the networks agreed not to call it until 11 EST. - Russellreno

I love this site, too, but Russel is right. There were others who were ready to call the election at 9:30. They didn't need statistical analysis to predict the results at that point. I think what's more remarkable about Nate Silver is how close he came to his prediction of how much Obama would win by. He came withing .10 of a percentage point of the results, closer than any other pollster. - Sarah

He called it months ahead. But what is much more important is how Nate explained what he was doing, how his model works, why he made adjustments when he did, etc. We all got to understand how the polls are done and what the numbers mean. - Bora Zivkovic

Don't forget that Nate is not a pollster. He's a statistician...apparently a very good statistician. But the point is he doesn't run polls. - Alex Scoble CISSP

US Politics: Steven Perez posted a link

field negro: "The White Grandmother Effect"

November 8 at 4:38 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"As election day drew closer in these past elections, and the polls consistently gave his O ness a slight lead over Mr. Morton, the phrase "Bradley Effect" was on every ones mind. No one (including yours truly) thought that the polls were correct, because we thought that a large percentage of white voters would lie to the pollsters. And now, in retrospect, we can see that the "Bradley Effect" may or may not have had an effect on what the polls were showing, but we know now that it had no effect on the final results. But I submit to you that another phenomenon did. It's called "The White Grandmother Effect", and it just might possibly be the real reason why his O ness put an old time ass whopping on the former Navy pilot this past Tuesday." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

I don't know whether this is a serious, massively-wrongheaded theory or just a very dry, almost British sense of humor. I'm leaning toward the latter. In which case I look forward to future columns on the "Not Being 100% Wrong About the Economy Effect," the "I Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard and You Ranked Near the Bottom of Your Class Effect," and of course the ever-popular "You Picked a Bonehead for a Running Mate and I Didn't Effect." - Karim

US Politics: Cheryl Jones posted a message

“I read that Obama is going to do the weekly Democratic party radio addresses. Anyone know if there's a podcast for these?”

November 8 at 6:02 pm - Link

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http://www.democrats.org/podca... - Steven Perez

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But the link looks old. Sorry, Cheryl. :( - Steven Perez

http://www.democrats.org/a/200... - jamie pimlott

No problem, Steven. I think I came across that link before, too. I was surprised they hadn't updated it with Obama's radio address. @Jaime: Thanks for the link. It's not an RSS feed/podcast link, but perhaps later on after he's done more than one, they'll release a proper RSS feed. - Cheryl Jones

if you have iTunes, WCBS in New York also puts up the President's Saturday Radio Address and the Democratic Party response at: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObj... - Karim

Cool, thanks, Karim! :) - Cheryl Jones

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A Butler Well Served by This Election - washingtonpost.com

November 7 at 8:02 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

You'll need the tissues. - kbourke via Bookmarklet

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Untitled

November 7 at 7:58 pm - Link

be prepared for a few tears. - kbourke

Louis Gray posted an entry on louisgray.com

Be a Real Friend to Your Social Networking "Friends"

November 7 at 6:34 pm - Link

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What a great post, Louis. :) - Far

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You're gonna let Drew babysit? Did you do a background check ?? :) - Charlie Anzman

This is a really terrific blog post! Love the advise and comparison between RLF and OLF...very true; plus the transparency online forces accountability as we all now have reputations to protect. In fact, I'll go on step further...this whole online community thing will eventually force lots of people to sharpen up and behave themselves!!! LOL - Susan Beebe

Great Read! - Anna Haro

Drew will be a great babysitter. I just have to get him out of the Web 2 Summit. - Louis Gray

Love the post, Louis! And I'm only *slightly* offended that you are taking Drew up on his babysitting offer first. After all, I AM a professional... ;-) Seriously. I'm willing. Any time. Well, almost. :-) - Lisa L. Seifert

Great post I loved the Wii Fit example, had the same trouble finding Wii Fit myself so can relate(wish I'd known Jesse Stay), by the way have you tried Mario Kart for the Wii it's great fun......just call me Walawigi! - Groobers

@Lisa, if you're serious and up for it, and geography isn't an issue, contact me at louisgray@mac.com. - Louis Gray

@scales gave me keys to his Shanghai house. I barely know him. Now I'm drinking his expensive whisky. :-) I have the coolest social media friends. - Robert Scoble

excellent post, Mr. Gray. - Pete Delucchi

Heh. Reminds me of Robert saying I could crash at his place a few weeks ago. - Mark VandenBerg

pay them or indicate what it takes to lay out the moola? why not? nice piece - Wes Schadenfreud

Great post. As a relative newbie its sometimes hard to know how much to divulge online. I like the sense of cautious optimism for society online as well as off. - Alistair

You've been emailed, Mr. Gray. :-) - Lisa L. Seifert

@Lisa: my younger brothers are twins, I've got tons of 'em. Call me when you're twin sitting ;-) - Far

I have RL friends who let me babysit their twin boys. We play Box before they leave for the night. Their dad puts them in a box and sends them flying up and down their bamboo floored hallway. I cannot promise that I won't try this with Matthew & Sarah. I totally want twins. Just sayin'. - Lisa L. Seifert

Very nice entry. I am going to pay a little closer attention and offer a helping hand if I can moving forward. - Amani

Man, I am so naturally introverted that I think it would be hard for me to just fling the doors wide to all the folks I know online. No offense intended, of course.. I guess I need to work on this part. - Phil Glockner

This highlights the need to be selective in your choice of Web 2.0 friends and why you should use the same criteria in selecting them as you would "in-person" friends. I now wish that I could persuade more of my "in-person" friends to become my Web 2.0 friends because I think it would only enhance our relationship. It'll happen one day as Web 2.0 becomes pervasive. - Ian Marr

Nice post, Louis and very timely too. This morning I had breakfast with a Belgian Twitter buddy whom I've never met before. He was over here visiting friends and we all ended up brainstorming how we could use soc nets to promote his friends photography website... such is the power of Twitter. - Sally Church

I disagree with this. There's a difference between comparing favors done to / for A-List "blogstars" and the rank and file. I think if you filtered to the common person using social media (if there is such a thing) there would be a lot less of the types of interactions. I'm sure not bringing my kids to play dates or having anyone who I meet online babysit them until I know those people in real life. - Wayne Schulz

Very well written post Louis. I tend to be more cautious. Web 2.0 is a medium with which I can reconnect with old friends, enhancing our relationship even though we may be miles, or thousands of miles apart. In fact, I was able to reconnect with my friend who lives in France. We just had a beer last Wednesday while he was in town. Btw, thanks for getting me started! - john

kbourke posted a link

Stolen Election from Alaska?

November 7 at 12:06 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Four years ago, 313,592 out of 474,740 registered voters in Alaska participated in the election-a 66% turnout. Taking into account 49,000 outstanding ballots, on Tuesday 272,633 out of 495,731 registered Alaskans showed up at the polls; a turnout of 54.9%. That's a decrease of more than 11% in voter turnout even though passions ran high for and against Barack Obama, as well as for and against Sarah Palin! This year, early voters set a new record. As of last Thursday, with 4 days left to vote early, 15,000 Alaskans showed up-shattering the old record set in 2004 by 28%! Consider the most popular governor in history-and now the most polarizing-was on the Republican ticket. Consider the historic nature of this race; the first African American presidential candidate EVER! The second woman to ever make a presidential ticket; and she's one of our own. Despite that, we're supposed to believe that overall participation DECREASED by 11%. Not only that, but this historic election both nationally and for Alaska HAD THE - kbourke via Bookmarklet

US Politics: Steven Perez posted a link

America's Racist Belt [PIC]

November 5 at 6:39 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"This map shows the most racist parts of America. Only 22% of counties voted more Republican this year than 2004. These are the people that bucked the general trend and actually went the other way, i.e., Democrats and moderates switching to the Republican side. Race is the only reason that makes sense for a Democrat to switch sides this election cycle. Keep this in mind when you plan your next vacation: America’s “racist belt” stretches through the whitest parts of the South and up the Appalachian Mountains." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

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I'm proud of South Carolina on this map =) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

well it would be cool if you could vaccinate kids against it. or innoculate old people for free once a year during, uh, racism and xenophobia season. does this map correlate strongly with U.S. poverty? and if so, could we eliminate racism just by raising the standard of living? - Karim

Obama won overwhelmingly among 18-34 year olds, regardless of race. We just have to wait for the older, racist generation to die off. Sad, but true. - Rick Powell

also funny how it's endemic in Arizona, but just magically STOPS at the border with New Mexico. I guess there's a fence or something. :-D - Karim

The assertion that "Race is the only reason that makes sense for a Democrat to switch sides this election cycle" is quite assumptive. However, having lived/visited many of those red counties in Alabama and Georgia, I can say that, yes, they feel much more racist than most places. Note that Madison county in Alabama is not red - go Nasa! - xero

Nothing in Mich... glaring error - Michael W. May

Karim: that's why we call this state the Land of Enchantment. :) - Steven Perez

Indiana's looking mighty white...oh wait, it is. Seriously, I'm surprised it isn't marked on this map. I've seen KKK rallies here in the past decade. That makes me think that the conclusions based on voting patterns as shown in this map really aren't completely valid. For one thing, it assumes that the most racist members of society vote. I'm not sure that's a valid assumption. - Katy Southern

nice point katy - jamie pimlott

interesting visualization, but poor conclusion. This does *not* show the most racist parts of america. This map fails to show any republicans who are racists that voted republican last year, and it fails to show racists that didn't vote at all. It's even quite a stretch to say that the only possible reason a democrat would vote republican would be racism. - Chris Hollander

what this map really points out is fertile ground for republican grassroots efforts in preperation for 2012. - Chris Hollander

Which is, ironically, the Bible belt and is full of the ultra-conservative base so many republicans here on FF have said doesn't represent the true republican party. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

See that little hole in the middle of Tennessee? That's where I live. :) - RachelW

I read all the commentary on this from Joe to Jane, and a lot of them disagree with the racist moniker attached( I mean voting for a Caucasian candidate in every election doesn't make one a racist, it just makes them preferential). I just wish this map didn't make everyone south of Kentucky a sheet wearing bigot, just because he or she votes a particular way. I also am tired tired tired of racism all together( whether black on red, red on orange, yellow on blue or white on black). Its silly, and its 2008! - Terence Washington

For this map to be true, kentucky would have to be much redder. - Amber aka SDA

Carmen posted a link

i has a purdy

November 5 at 3:27 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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hah! - Nicholas Kreidberg

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hahaha - Anna Haro

this totally reminds me of my halloween outfit. TOTALLY :) - Melissa

ROTFL - Mark Wilson

lawl. - Monique

that is so wrong. - Anika Malone

Anika, if that's wrong I don't wanna be right. - Mark Wilson

Mark- ha! - Donna Mugavero

Oh so cute! - Nia

Duncan Riley posted an entry on The Inquisitr

OMG! Obama hypnotized us all into voting for him

November 5 at 6:41 pm - Link

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HAHAHA!! - Mona N.

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I thought it was pretty funny as well Mona .. couldn't resist posting it LOL :) - Steven Hodson

O_O - Mo Kargas

wow.. this is funny? - Melissa

well I thought that the idea that anyone would believe it as being funny .. but then I'm just a cranky old fart with a warped sense of humour so what do I know :) - Steven Hodson

And how someone would actually take the time to compile it, is even funnier. Everytime this posts pops up, I can't stop cracking up!! I picture a dark, dingy basement with cracked florescent lighting, and a typewriter - kinda like Misery LOL - Mona N.

/me looks around for the camera Mona must have stashed in my apartment :) - Steven Hodson

I handed that off to Duncan last week, Steven! ;) - Mona N.

this would certainly explain why my sister voted for him. because it certainly wasn't because she was educated on the issues. - Tony Kanzia

US Politics: Miranda posted a message

“Does anyone else notice how Barack hugs and hold Michelle? It's so sweet and endearing. Not like other politicians.”

November 4 at 10:28 pm - Link

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He's Pro-PDA - Mark Rodriguez

@Miranda: Great observation. I noticed it, too. - Cheryl Jones

<3 - John LeMasney

Yes, they are very connected. I'm touched by their sincere affection for eachother. It is so special. - kbourke

US Politics: Kathleen Anderson posted a message

“I have never in my life seen a night like this - so inspiring”

November 4 at 10:19 pm - Link

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Can you imagine this happening in any other country in the world? I can't - Kathleen Anderson

I can imagine it happening in other countries, but it's so wonderful that it happened to the US tonight, and in a decisive manner. I really didn't want it to be a close race that got dragged out. - Cheryl Jones

It's absolutely a historical moment. Savor it. - John LeMasney

US Politics: Ruth Ferguson posted a message

“That is a picture of America on stage tonight”

November 4 at 10:20 pm - Link

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Biden's mom is adorable. - Caffeinated Sue

US Politics: Thankful Molly posted a message

“I have to admit, Obama is going to have a tough road ahead of him, but I know he'll do what he can.”

November 4 at 10:21 pm - Link

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He has a great character. He'll do fine. - Bonnie Dean

US Politics: Mark Rodriguez posted a message

“I might have just gotten my first erection from another man.”

November 4 at 10:16 pm - Link

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I didn't but ..... I understand. - Leather Donut

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Crap! Where's the unsend button? - Mark Rodriguez

LOL! - rowlikeagirl

Well, Prop 8 is passing in Cali so far. So don't move there! - rowlikeagirl

Florida is out, too. Well, "out" is the wrong word, I guess. - Mark Rodriguez

Thankfully the Erection is finally over - Marko Bon via fftogo

LMAO - Bonnie Dean

+1 Marko LOL!!!!! - rowlikeagirl

LOL! - Trish R

TMI! - Kathleen Anderson

Well now's a good time to admit to my girl crush on Michelle. - rowlikeagirl

US Politics: Ruth Ferguson posted a message

“Even now he is not anymore emotionally high than on the night of other victories. Same gracious, calm, intelligent man.”

November 4 at 10:23 pm - Link

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To me he seemed to look a bit tired after he gave the speech, which is totally understandable. I really hope he gets some rest after this uber-stressful campaign. - Cheryl Jones

But yes, his consistent calm is really what we need right now. - Cheryl Jones

recall that he is also in mourning. - Carlos Ayala

US Politics: Eric P posted a message

“I just lived through history. I can't believe how exhausted I feel. Night all.”

November 4 at 10:23 pm - Link

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US Politics: Bonnie Dean posted a message

“God, have you ever seen such crowds? Such joy over a president being elected?”

November 4 at 10:17 pm - Link

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Cool change isn't it? - Derek Coward

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Very cool. - Bonnie Dean

that was very touching. - Cee Bee

I'm actually feeling positive. After all this time it feels...unnatural! - RefD

"Such joy over a president"... obama is a ROCK STAR! this is literally the way he's being received. this whole day, it's just been one extended play MTV video... awesome!!!! - .LAG

US Politics: Bonnie Dean posted a message

“I just saw Steadman! LOL”

November 4 at 9:34 pm - Link

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Where's Gail? - Trish R

ooh! I forgot that I could listen to coverage on Oprah's radio station on xm! - Katy Southern

US Politics: Mathew Ballard posted a link

Obama is our next President!

November 4 at 9:31 pm - via Reshare - Link

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US Politics: Robert Haas posted a link

Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job

November 4 at 9:25 pm - via Reshare - Link

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"African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break." - Robert Haas

Sad but true. - Jack Carlson

Awesome post Robert! Lovely find... One to frame for 2100 for your great-grandkids. - Mitchell Tsai

*chuckles*. Brilliant - Kamath ॐ

US Politics: Bonnie Dean posted a message

“You know what the downside of this is? Less of Tina Fey.”

November 4 at 9:33 pm - Link

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She already announced she was done playing Caribou Barbie no matter what. Though she was so good at it! - Abby Martin

Don't be so sure. Her show 30 Rock is much more consistent than SNL... - Richard Walker