Political Celebrities

Hank Williams Jr. plans on running for the Tennessee Senate. Charles Barkley contemplates (again) a run for Alabama Governor. I guess politics is what you do when you get bored of your real life.

Raw Foods

Raw food "purists" are horrified by a new move to take the raw food movement commercial. The linked article (via Chow) deals with the consumption of raw fruits and vegetables. The thinking goes that by cooking them, we strip them of their essential minerals. Some particularly zealous raw dieters include raw meat in their diet. Gross. I'm pretty sure the cuisine in hell involves an all raw diet.

Looking Back

W. is delusional. He hopes to be remembered as a "liberator of the Iraqi people," among other things. He also maintains that he came into the White House with a certain set of "values" and that he didn't abandon those values. That's probably true. Some of his values are just kind of despicable, so being proud of having stayed true to them is not really that impressive. Don't let the door hit your hiney on the way out, Mr. President.

Politics are weird

Samantha "Hillary Clinton Is a Monster" Power is now on the Obama transition team prepping the State Department for its new administration... you know, for Hillary Clinton. That should be fun.

Black Friday Gone Wrong

A Wal-Mart deal is not worth it. An employee was trampled to death when shoppers broke down the doors to get inside. Disgusting.

Somali Failure

This article is frightening. Apparently the war on terror is going even worse in Somalia than in other places, which is really saying something. The watchful eye of no one is on them, and it means bad things for us and bad things for Obama. It makes me ill.

Some More Pragmatism

Yeah, I don't get it either. I don't understand why people continue to be surprised that Obama isn't making wild liberal proclamations and appointing "fresh faces" to his cabinet. He ran on a campaign of change. As in, a change from the "last eight years of failed Bush policies," as in a change from ideological incompetence to thoughtful, practical leadership. He's done that already, and will continue to do that. Not only is this NOT a sell out of his campaign ideals -- it's directly in line with his campaign and political message. If you don't know that, you weren't paying attention. (via Daily Dish)