Tavis Smiley | Guest: Mayor Tony Kennon | PBS (via PBS)

A powerful and moving testament by a Florida mayor at the center of the BP spill. He indicts the obvious culprits (Tony Hayward and the BP PR puppets), but doesn’t let the president off any hooks either. He will/has become one of the faces/voices most emblematic of this travesty. Good.

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Shepard Fairey for L’Uomo Vogue
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Shepard Fairey for L’Uomo Vogue

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How Not to Succeed in Washington - NYTimes.com

This should probably be the last word on the Salahis, Washington’s momentary power couple. But it sums up the outrage perfectly, highlighting DC’s elite air and how the couple broke all the societal town rules.

From the NY Times:
SO far, the journey of Michaele andTareq Salahi from unknown arrivistes to notorious party crashers has focused on the apparent slipups of the Secret Service and the White House social secretary. But to fully grasp the ongoing conniption inspired by the episode, you need to understand that when Ms. Salahi strutted onto the South Lawn in that bright red lehenga, she and her husband breached far more than a secure perimeter.
They also trampled countless protocols that are the social, business and networking bedrock of official Washington. Essentially, the couple used the mixed martial artsapproach to upward mobility in a town that still cherishes the Marquess of Queensberry rules.

The full story

Source: The New York Times

Freshjive Calls Out Obama | URB.COM Fair Use? The immediate response is “Oh no he didn’t.” But if you know LA trailblazer Rick Klotz’s company, it’s no surprise that he took this approach. This is the same dude that brought you these gems: The company press release on the “Hope is Fading…” T says the release will be the first without the Freshjive name on it. All part of an anti-re-branding effort for the 20-year-old pioneering label. Wait, that is, unless it’s just a clever ruse to avoid more protests. As for the above sentiment, is it fair? That depends on where you’re at in the political/Obama spectrum—clearly it’s open to debate. But is its pulse-taking of some of the Obama constituency accurate—is hope fading for some? Of course. Rate your personal hope meter as you wish, but there is no doubt that the past 10 months have made you a little bit nostalgic for the good ol’ days of late 2008. But hope is a slippery thing. Even Shepard Fairey—the revered artist behind the embellished image above—has fallen a bit from his election era grace. This came on top of another youth-for-Obama architect Yosi Sergant, who was chastised by Glenn Beck (and thrown under a D.C. bus by the Left) for his role in NEAgate. Without over-examining this instantly controversial T-shirt graphic, are any of you having Kool-Aid drinker’s remorse? Maybe we’re just letting the naysayers (re: Conservatives and bitter Dems) get too much of our psyche? Or are we just smelling the stench of negativity that wafts out over the carcass of unrealistic optimism? For me, the jury is still out and I’m not sure I’d wear this shirt around town quite yet. But I’m getting one anyway. Just in case. Where to buy Rick Klotz speaks about Freshjive (video)
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Freshjive Calls Out Obama | URB.COM

Fair Use?

The immediate response is “Oh no he didn’t.” But if you know LA trailblazer Rick Klotz’s company, it’s no surprise that he took this approach. This is the same dude that brought you these gems:

The company press release on the “Hope is Fading…” T says the release will be the first without the Freshjive name on it. All part of an anti-re-branding effort for the 20-year-old pioneering label. Wait, that is, unless it’s just a clever ruse to avoid more protests.

As for the above sentiment, is it fair? That depends on where you’re at in the political/Obama spectrum—clearly it’s open to debate. But is its pulse-taking of some of the Obama constituency accurate—is hope fading for some? Of course. Rate your personal hope meter as you wish, but there is no doubt that the past 10 months have made you a little bit nostalgic for the good ol’ days of late 2008.

But hope is a slippery thing. Even Shepard Fairey—the revered artist behind the embellished image above—has fallen a bit from his election era grace. This came on top of another youth-for-Obama architect Yosi Sergant, who was chastised by Glenn Beck (and thrown under a D.C. bus by the Left) for his role in NEAgate.

Without over-examining this instantly controversial T-shirt graphic, are any of you having Kool-Aid drinker’s remorse? Maybe we’re just letting the naysayers (re: Conservatives and bitter Dems) get too much of our psyche? Or are we just smelling the stench of negativity that wafts out over the carcass of unrealistic optimism? For me, the jury is still out and I’m not sure I’d wear this shirt around town quite yet. But I’m getting one anyway. Just in case.

Where to buy

Rick Klotz speaks about Freshjive (video)

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Is your hair like mine? I haven’t found a verifiable source for the story behind this photo (Wonkette thought it was a noogie). I saw it on a friend’s Facebook page, where it claimed the little boy was asking if the president’s hair was like his. I want to believe that’s what’s going on here, because that choked me up a bit. And it would make sense. The story of black hair is a long and involved one, far too much to open up here (So just watch Chris Rock’s new movie). But the profound message this black man—with curly black hair and sitting in the White House—sends as leader of the free world, can’t be shaken. Images like this—regardless of what was said, the image alone conveys the kid’s awe—remind us what a momentous shift this country took in the last election. Source Source
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Is your hair like mine?

I haven’t found a verifiable source for the story behind this photo (Wonkette thought it was a noogie). I saw it on a friend’s Facebook page, where it claimed the little boy was asking if the president’s hair was like his. I want to believe that’s what’s going on here, because that choked me up a bit. And it would make sense.

The story of black hair is a long and involved one, far too much to open up here (So just watch Chris Rock’s new movie). But the profound message this black man—with curly black hair and sitting in the White House—sends as leader of the free world, can’t be shaken. Images like this—regardless of what was said, the image alone conveys the kid’s awe—remind us what a momentous shift this country took in the last election.

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I’ve never experienced blind faith before. And it’s fun.

Sarah Silverman on Bill Maher tonight, when asked by former Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee if she was proud of Obama’s Nobel Prize win. Silverman, somebody I can’t usually stomach, came correct tonight with her “Sell the Vatican to solve world hunger” skit. And in the presidential race, she did go balls out in a great video to help BHO secure the elderly Florida  Jewish vote.

[Update: Here is the Bill Maher debuted video. It’s pretty funny.]

Q&A with Max Blumenthal, author of ‘Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party’ | Los Angeles Times Who is the Republican Party’s future?The Republican Party’s future is Sarah Palin. The big tent party of Dwight Eisenhower has become the one-ring circus of Sarah Palin. The 2012 campaign, of any potential candidate she’s the only one right now generating any media interest. Even if she doesn’t run, she’ll have an impact, and it will be a negative impact on the Republican Party. She has two constituencies: the Christian right and lovers of comedy. Read the interview
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Q&A with Max Blumenthal, author of ‘Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party’ | Los Angeles Times

Who is the Republican Party’s future?
The Republican Party’s future is Sarah Palin. The big tent party of Dwight Eisenhower has become the one-ring circus of Sarah Palin. The 2012 campaign, of any potential candidate she’s the only one right now generating any media interest. Even if she doesn’t run, she’ll have an impact, and it will be a negative impact on the Republican Party. She has two constituencies: the Christian right and lovers of comedy.

Read the interview

Source: Los Angeles Times

“We’re officially, royally fucked.” — The Big Takeover : Rolling Stone. Political writer Matt Taibbi dives deep into this whole financial sector mess and comes up with what some are regarding as the best detailed explanation of the whole situation. His first line in the article says it all. Catch this MSNBC video (also posted above) as well, where Taibi was a guest.
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“We’re officially, royally fucked.” — The Big Takeover : Rolling Stone. Political writer Matt Taibbi dives deep into this whole financial sector mess and comes up with what some are regarding as the best detailed explanation of the whole situation. His first line in the article says it all. Catch this MSNBC video (also posted above) as well, where Taibi was a guest.

Source: Rolling Stone