Links for September 4th through September 5th

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on September 5, 2008). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Sometime between September 4th and September 5th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!

  • Google Crom: A desktop-based deity.
  • What a Community Organizer Does: So here is what Giuliani and Palin didn't know: Obama was working for a group of churches that were concerned about their parishioners, many of whom had been laid off when the steel mills closed on the south side of Chicago. They hired Obama to help those stunned people recover and get the services they needed–job training, help with housing and so forth–from the local government. It was, dare I say it, the Lord's work–the sort of mission Jesus preached (as opposed to the war in Iraq, which Palin described as a "task from God.")
  • About Sarah Palin: an e-mail from Wasilla: Editor's note: The writer is a homemaker and education advocate in Wasilla, Alaska. Late last week, Anne Kilkenny penned an e-mail for her friends about vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whom she personally knows, that has since circulated across comment forums and blogs nationwide. Here is her e-mail in its entirety, posted with her permission.
  • Palin’s RNC speech on track to raise $10M in 24 hours…for Obama!: An Obama aide passes this news along: "$8 million raised since Palin's speech from over 130,000 donors – on pace to hit $10 million by the time John McCain hits the stage tonight." The Palin pick energized Republicans…and has given a jolt to Democrats, too. (The RNC has raised $1m since Palin's speech.)
  • A woman is a woman is a woman — and an insult is an insult is an insult: The notion that Hillary's women will automatically become Sarah's carries the implicit assumption that a woman is a woman is a woman is a woman, that disaffected female supporters of Clinton will flock to Palin because she has the right reproductive organs and never mind that, politically, the two could hardly be less alike. Never mind pro-choice versus pro-life. Never mind Iraq, Iran, gas prices, the mortgage crisis, failing schools. Chromosomes conquer all.