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mhuzzellNow that the election is good and over -- now that the Almighty Barack Obama has been officially accepted as Saviour Elect, and the faithful across the world lift their voices to the sky to sing His praises -- and, more importantly for my purposes, now that North Carolina has finally called its very close race in favour of Obama, I can share this bit of news that brought me great pleasure, even a little pride, a few days ago.
I had been surfing the news sites (breaking several promises to myself), looking for articles on the election. I stumbled onto this article, which describes how the columnist's Obama-stickered car was keyed outside a gym. Its tone was optimistic, saying that such petty intimidation tactics indicated a sort of juvenile desperation on the part of Obama's Republican detractors. The commenter linked his experience to an apparant wave of anti-Obama vandalism, detailed here.
However, the events detailed in the second article tell a very different story to the one presented by the Guardian journalist. Because, although the majority of the vandalism was undoubtedly from right-wingers, the only incident mentioned with an explicit political message (if the naive innocence of the bear-cub students is to be believed, which I hope to God it is), was the graffiti on the Obama campaign headquarters in Winston-Salem. It read: "Free Palestine" and "liar".
This in a state where my radical contact on the ground claims that "there is no Left in America anymore". Well, maybe not. But I still have the audacity to hope.
Oh! On a final note, something I've been wondering for the last 20 damn months: Honestly, why would the Religious Right back someone whose name means 'Son of Cain'? Don't they read their Bibles? No, don't answer that. We already know what they think 'traditional marriage' means. Apparently it means enough to constitutionally ban homosexual civil rights in three different states. And so the faithful, 'round the world, lift their voices to the sky and sing His praises.
I had been surfing the news sites (breaking several promises to myself), looking for articles on the election. I stumbled onto this article, which describes how the columnist's Obama-stickered car was keyed outside a gym. Its tone was optimistic, saying that such petty intimidation tactics indicated a sort of juvenile desperation on the part of Obama's Republican detractors. The commenter linked his experience to an apparant wave of anti-Obama vandalism, detailed here.
However, the events detailed in the second article tell a very different story to the one presented by the Guardian journalist. Because, although the majority of the vandalism was undoubtedly from right-wingers, the only incident mentioned with an explicit political message (if the naive innocence of the bear-cub students is to be believed, which I hope to God it is), was the graffiti on the Obama campaign headquarters in Winston-Salem. It read: "Free Palestine" and "liar".
This in a state where my radical contact on the ground claims that "there is no Left in America anymore". Well, maybe not. But I still have the audacity to hope.
Oh! On a final note, something I've been wondering for the last 20 damn months: Honestly, why would the Religious Right back someone whose name means 'Son of Cain'? Don't they read their Bibles? No, don't answer that. We already know what they think 'traditional marriage' means. Apparently it means enough to constitutionally ban homosexual civil rights in three different states. And so the faithful, 'round the world, lift their voices to the sky and sing His praises.
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Cain, Kean, Jehova...
Date: 2008-11-07 06:47 pm (UTC)Irish form of McKean
Gaelic form of "Son of Iain"
Alterntaive form of "John"
Anglicised form of "Johannes"
Latinised from yōḥānān ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’
Alternatively, Cain means "acquired" in Hebrew.
Note that the story of Cain and Abel also illustrates the stupidity of assuming that because grain burns foul and mutton cooks to yeild a tasty smell, it must mean that God favoured someone. Alternatively, Cain could have chosen something else to send up in flames. It wasn't as if the effect would be known.
It's the story of someone being too daft to come to a correct empirical conclusion, taking things too literally, not recognizing one's own responsibilty in the matter, and not taking measures to make better future decisions.
Now I know someone is going to wallop me on the head with the Sacred Book of True History.
Re: Cain, Kean, Jehova...
Date: 2008-11-09 11:17 pm (UTC)Besides, McCain is also in favour of burning corn.
Re: Cain, Kean, Jehova...
Date: 2008-11-09 11:53 pm (UTC)As to McCain burning corn... He seems to have had some backing this side of the water.... http://www.mccain.co.uk/ (of sorts)
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Date: 2008-11-17 03:56 pm (UTC)And an especially big YAYYY for North Carolina! I'd been watching it beadily and thinking of you.