Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama

	Sarah Palin	Barack Obama
Office being sought	Vice President	President of the United States and Leader of the Free World
Full name	Sarah Louise Heath Palin	Barack Hussein Obama II
Nickname	Sarah Barracuda	Barry Obama; "The One"
Public opinion	Smoking hot in a "naughty librarian" sort of way	May be The Messiah
Age	44	48
Children	5: two sons, three daughters	2: two daughters
Religion/Church attendance	Evangelical Christian; attends Juneau Christian Center when in Juneau and grew up attending Wasilla Assembly of God	Attended Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years, a "black liberation theology" church formerly led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright and governed according to the Black Value System
Current Job	Governor of Alaska	Junior Senator from Illinois
Previous Public Jobs	Mayor of Wasilla, AK (1996-2002); President of Alaska Conference of Mayors; City Council member (1992-1996)	State Senator (1997-2004); Community Organizer
Executive Experience	Governor for 2 years; Mayor for 10 years	None
Foreign Relations experience	Governor of state that borders two foreign countries (Canada and Russia)	Chaired Senate subcommittee on Europe but never called it into session; once gave a speech to 200,000 screaming Germans
Military Affairs experience	Commander in Chief of Alaska National Guard; Son is enlisted Infantryman in U.S. Army	None
Private Sector Experience	Sports reporter; Salmon fisherman	Associate at civil rights law firm
Speaking ability	Beautifully executed initial stump speech in Dayton, OH hockey arena without a teleprompter	An enter...wait--did you say without a teleprompter??
Spouse's name	Todd Mitchell Palin	Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
Spouse's occupation	Salmon fisherman; Former North Slope production supervisor for BP Oil	Vice President for Community and External Affairs at University of Chicago Hospitals; former Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago; former Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies; former Assistant to the Mayor of Chicago; former associate at Sidley Austin law firm
Reaction to spouse's political success	Quit 17-year BP oil job when BP became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with wife's administration	Promoted and given 160% pay raise by UofC hospitals within months of husband's election to U.S. Senate; Employer received $1,000,000.00 federal earmark, requested by husband, after her promotion
Coolest thing about Spouse	Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmobile race champion (longest snowmobile race in the world); In 2008, while defending his championship, was injured when he was thrown 70 feet from his machine. He was sent to the hospital but still finished in fourth place	Sister of Oregon State University head basketball coach Craig Robinson
Most Courageous Moment in Public Service	Resigned in protest from position of Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders, including the former state Attorney General and the State GOP Chairman (who was also an Oil & Gas Commissioner), who was doing work for the party on public time and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail.	Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators in Hyde Park in 2002
In Current Office Because...	Upset sitting Governor in GOP primary due to public support for her efforts to clean up corrupt government establishment	Republican opponent, who was leading in the polls, was forced to leave race after unsealing of divorce records exposed a sex scandal
Theme:	Change and Clean Government	Hope and Change; "Bringing Change from Outside Washington"
What they've done to live that theme:	Replaced entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation because of conflict of interest; Resigned from position of Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose corruption among members of own party	Selected 36-year incumbent Senator as running mate
Family Affairs	May have removed State Public Safety Commissioner as part of effort to protect sister in messy divorce and child custody battle	Often says, "I am my brother's keeper"; Brother lives in a hut in Nairobi on $12 per year
Union affiliation	Union member, married to Union member	Endorsed by a union
Iraq and Troop Support	Formerly (pre-surge) critical of apparent lack of long-term strategy for Iraq; Visited wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany; visited AK National Guard soldiers deployed to Kuwait; Son deploying to Iraq on 9/11/08 as Army infantryman	Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators; almost visited wounded troops in Germany, but decided to go shopping in Berlin instead
Bipartisan/"maverick" credentials	Married to a non-Republican; Exposed corruption within own party; Campaigned for Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell against corrupt GOP congressman Don Young; Called out Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) to "come clean" about financial dealings that are under fed investigation	Talks about bipartisanship
Legislative Record	Passed a landmark ethics reform bill; Used veto to cut budgetary spending; Prevented "bridge to nowhere" that would have cost taxpayers $400 million dollars.	Voted "present" over 100 times as IL state senator
How they dealt with corrupt individuals in home city/state	Exposed legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders; Campaigned against corrupt GOP Representative; Ran against and defeated corrupt incumbent governor in GOP primary	Launched political career in home of unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers (and still refers to him as a part of "mainstream Democratic Chicago"; Purchased home with help of convicted felon Tony Rezko
Guns	Lifetime member of NRA and avid hunter; video can be found on YouTube of Palin firing an M4 at a military firing range	Worked to pass legislation in Illinois that would prevent all law-abiding citizens from owning firearms
Earmarks	Opposed "Bridge to Nowhere" project; Said Alaska should avoid relying on federal money for projects; Campaigned against porker Don Young (R-AK) in 2008 primary	Secured federal earmarks for wife's employer and for campaign bundlers
Abortion	Pro life; gave birth to 5th child knowing that he would have Down's syndrome	Pro-choice; only IL state sen. to speak against the Born Alive Infant's Protection Act, which required medical care to be given to live infants who survived abortions
Energy	Believes energy independence is a matter of national security; For drilling in ANWR, which is in her state	Says Americans should "get tune-ups" and "check tire pressure"; Says "we can't expect the world to be okay with" our use of heating and air conditioning
Environment	Chair of Alaska Conservation Commission (2003-4); Announced plans to create sub-cabinet group of advisors to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in AK	Talks about the environment a lot
Athletic prowess	Runs marathons	Has reporters tailing him to the gym

"Outfox" or "out-CNN"?

原来看过一个documentary, 叫做Outfox,讲FoxNews怎样biased, 怎样用政治取向获取
观众, 进而导致别的新闻台都要走这个模式，否则赶不上潮流。记得导演在片子里说过
一句话，“You can not outfox Fox”, hence the film name...
近半年来，CNN对左派宣传的力度和角度，真是让人感觉CNN已经"outfox Fox"了。
或许更准确地说， CNN has out-CNNed Fox.

禁枪

...早就说过...
没有枪的人，天天吵着禁枪，
就像阳痿的人要大家都ban sex一样，

“你们要sex干吗？现在都可以人工受精了!”
“强奸犯这么多，就是因为这个社会没有ban sex啊！”

Those great speeches...

Mahatma Gandhi said:
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."

then Obama said:
"We are the change we seek."


Hillary said:
"Even in the darkest of moments, ordinary Americans have found the faith to
keep going... you always keep going... We are Americans. We're not big on
quitting."

then Obama said:
"We cannot turn back. America, we cannot turn back!"


Bill Clinton said:
"America is better than this."

then Obama said:
"America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country
than this"

so much for his great speeches ...

The Presidency: The Longest-Held Full-Time Job of Obama's Life.

[http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/]

The Presidency: The Longest-Held Full-Time Job of Obama's Life.

A stunning, yet accurate statement from Campaign Spot reader Tim: If Barack Obama serves a full term as president, it will be the longest time he has served in a full-time job. He spent about a year and change working for a financial publication in Manhattan, then three years as a community organizer, then three years in law school. After that, his time was divided among several jobs that were not quite full time — one year organizing voter registration drives for Project Vote!, associate attorney with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, senior lecturer at University of Chicago Law School, and state legislator.

He's been a U.S. senator since January 4, 2005, and so it would be just over four years when he takes office January 20, 2009. Having said that, any honest observer would admit that Obama hasn't been treating his Senate seat as a full-time job for the past few years.

Obama '08: He'll Get Bored Quickly Anyway.

All men are created NOT equal.

... but the society should treat all men equally.

每个人的出生家庭不同，生长环境不同，天资不同，因此人与人不是天生平等的。
正因为人人生而不同, 美国才推崇individualism。
只有承认人人生而不同，这个社会才建立种种机制保障不同的人能得到同样的教育，同样的机会，和对同样劳动的同样的回报.
美国社会的成功,美国梦的精华,在于美国人对socialism的唾弃,在于社会对个人奋斗的公平回报.
反观民主党,民主党的一大基石就是给人民当奶妈,通过政府干预达到社会公平."没有饭吃,政府给你发;没有healthcare,政府给你买;没有钱花,向富人(比穷人富的人,包括中产)收税"
(obama刚刚在演讲中深情地回顾了他妈当年在社会福利泛滥的60年代领meal ticket的幸福时光).
民主党打着平等的旗号,在通过tax"吃大户"的同时,用Affirmative action这一类的政策将同样纳税的公民按照肤色,民族,分成三六九等,区别对待,恰恰制造了极大的不平等,这是从根本理念上的本末倒置.

美国黑人从六十年代以来,走入民权运动的误区(幻想MLK的街头运动带来了民权和黑人的尊严,对LBJ倡导的从上到下的制度改良视而不见),沐浴在民主党的香风蜜露里, 做着通过socialism就能改变黑人低下的社会和经济地位的迷梦.但是现实是无情的, 美国黑人(奴隶后裔的黑人)作为一个ethnic group(NOT a racial group),对这个社会的总体贡献是一个负数.尽管在世界范围内,黑人作为一个racial group,黑色人种,是人类最野蛮和落后的群体,但是美国的社会实际上为African Americans这个ethnic group提供了公平(甚至是过度"公平")的环境和机会,美国黑人的失败是没有理由怨天尤人的 - 美国新一代的黑人政治家的得势, Obama这次的提名都已经充分见证了这一事实.
现在真正的问题是,African American,作为一个落后,对社会贡献乏善可陈,充斥whining情绪的群体,是否准备好了承担更多,更重要的社会责任?
共和党现在的主攻方向是拷问obama的thin resume, 质问他究竟有什么qualification做美国总统. 我想这也正是针对全体African American的尖锐问题 -
America is ready for the blacks
but are the blacks ready for America???

A Party of Queers and Blacks

Gays and lesbians hate the republicans because republicans do not support
gay marriage and want to put the definition into constitution so that Dems
can not play this topic as a "wedge issue" again. Other than that, I do not
see any real conflict between the "queer community" and the republicans. Gay
and lesbian have been generally accepted as a social existence by both
parties. Republicans are conservatives but they are not a bunch of gay-
bashers.

Dems attract the minorities because Dems party provides a stage for the
minority politicians to play identity politics. If Obama is a republican, I
am afraid those 99% Obama supporter will switch to GOP this year. P

People say America is ready for a black president but African Americans are
not ready for the American democracy yet. When you vote for the skin color
above the policy and political ideals, you are destroying the democracy. By
nominating Obama, Dems have opened a Pandora's box...