17 May 2011 all over

Yep; I’ll see you a bit later. I have some stuff though:

Yes, some on the hard left are upset with President Obama. The Nation (a leftist magazine that I subscribe to) carries this article about the rift between Cornell West (a scholar) and the President. I honestly think that many on the left:

1. Don’t understand how our country is set up to resist change; remember that the Senate gives two votes to every state therefore, in Senate calculus, 500,000 people not liking a policy in Wyoming carries equal weight with millions of people in California liking it.

2. Probably put too much hope that things would change quickly; also Obama has been a pragmatist from the very start. He never campaigned as anything else.

Sports
Overconfidence can be a killer:

Politics

Newt Gingrich had a bad weekend of interviews. He said that he wasn’t ready for “gotcha” questions (e. g., questions about positions that he pushed for). Please.

Republicans: backed subsidies for big oil (3 Democrats did too, though 2 Republicans voted “no”). Surprised?

Social: here is more fall-out over the “why are black women ugly” article. Remember the “attractiveness” was rated by THREE independent people….

Hey, had I been one of the attractiveness raters, women with big butts would have scored very well.

(click to see the full sized version at Girls in Yoga Pants)