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Beggs and Acon

For some reason I've been saying "Beggs and Acon" for the last couple of weeks when describing what I'm making (or made or whatever). Some wires are crossed up there in my head I guess. Anyway, I plopped them haphazardly onto my plate this morning and when I sat down at the table to dig in I saw this.

That I did not know.

This today from Michael Moore who officially endorsed Obama:

Finally, I want to say a word about the basic decency I have seen in Mr. Obama. Mrs. Clinton continues to throw the Rev. Wright up in his face as part of her mission to keep stoking the fears of White America. Every time she does this I shout at the TV, "Say it, Obama! Say that when she and her husband were having marital difficulties regarding Monica Lewinsky, who did she and Bill bring to the White House for 'spiritual counseling?' THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!"

Ba-ROCKY!

Yes We CAN!!! (oh, pooped my pants!)

Can we take the gun now?

"Is America Ready for a black president?"

John Legend talking to the Washington Post and answers call in questions:

Birmingham, AL: "... Do you think that the country is ready for a man who is the son of a black man to become president? If so, are the young people ready to step up and make changes in their lives, inspired by Mr. Obama, to take responsibility for their lives and the direction of our country?"

John Legend: "I think America is ready to elect Barack. It's not insert-any-black-man-here and they would vote for him, but Barack is a unique and special person. And so I don't really like the question of "is America ready for a black president?" because it's more about the specific individual. And the thing is, the people who wouldn't vote for a person because they're black wouldn't vote for a democrat anyway. And so I think it's all about the right candidate and I think Barack is the right candidate and part of what is great about him is that he really is inspiring young people to participate and they really are getting involved, going door to door, voting, contributing small amounts of money, which I haven't really seen before. "

So there!  (Although I should add that growing up, I knew some Democrats in Kentucky that STILL probably wouldn't vote for someone who was black... but maybe I'm wrong and times have changed)

Drunk History

Don't know if you've seen these bits over at FunnyOrDie.com, but I love Drunk History.