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Top notch ground force you got going there, Hill, really.

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/

Very cool site that dissects the daily verbal foibles of the media and those dependent upon it.

Earlier today in a speech about his relationship with Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, at the National Press Club, Jeremiah Wright, the controversial pastor of the church that Barack Obama attends, said (transcript) (video):

Louis Farrakhan is not my enemy. He did not put me in chains. He did not put me in slavery. And he didn’t make me this color.

Let me get this straight. Putting someone in chains is bad, right? Putting someone in slavery is bad, right? So “making me this color” is also bad, right? Personally, I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with being black. I’m dismayed that Rev. Wright does.

Welcome to FingerGate

The next big press buzz - Obama flipped Hillary off during a speech. That’s right, he ‘pretended’ to ’scratch’ his ‘face’ and flipped off hillary.

I swear, if this becomes more than a laugh segment on the comedy shows,I will hurt someone.

[From Barack Obama makes a one-fingered gesture while speaking of Hillary Clinton : Top of the Ticket : Los Angeles Times]

Watching the debate tonight and Obama mentioned this. I had no idea…not sure why I find that so shocking I guess, but I do.

Wikipedia Article about income ranges

[From Bruce Springsteen Endorses Obama: "He speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years"]

Dear Friends and Fans:

Like most of you, I’ve been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where I stand. Senator Obama, in my view, is head and shoulders above the rest.

He has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President. He speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit. A place where “…nobody crowds you, and nobody goes it alone.”

At the moment, critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships. While these matters are worthy of some discussion, they have been ripped out of the context and fabric of the man’s life and vision, so well described in his excellent book, Dreams of My Father, often in order to distract us from discussing the real issues: war and peace, the fight for economic and racial justice, reaffirming our Constitution, and the protection and enhancement of our environment.

After the terrible damage done over the past eight years, a great American reclamation project needs to be undertaken. I believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to lead that project and to lead us into the 21st Century with a renewed sense of moral purpose and of ourselves as Americans.

Over here on E Street, we’re proud to support Obama for President.