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The coming tragedy of Barack Obama (revised 10/23/09)

I should be washing my motorcycle instead of writing this, but I'm infected now. Not my choice.

Conspiracy theories to the right of me. Conspiracy theories to the left. Stuck in the middle with... mine. 

Barack Obama is doomed. I mean politically, and, yes, physically. As in, dead man walking.

There is an entity, now being created, which will bludgeon Barack Obama, both politically, to the detriment of the country, and physically, to the bereavement of his family. This entity is being created by the far right (aided and abetted by some of those who initially supported his candidacy). Their never-ending bombardment of the American people is ardently, though perhaps unwittingly, creating an entity which will trigger the tragedy that will befall Barack Obama.

"...babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water." - Jimmy Dale Gilmore

Glenn Beck. Ann Coulter. Michelle Malkin. Fox News. Far right extremists across the globe... they're just the waves. I cannot tell you of the water. Except that it's very deep, and very dark. It is not evil. It just is.  

Barack Obama is doomed. Unless he's not. 

Everything that could happen has already happened. Everything that could happen has yet to manifest. 

We are blessed with a mutable universe. 

You can help turn it around. You really can. Will you? Will you help turn back the water?

  

More scribble fun

My old college roomie, Orlando Sosa,  
asked me to play around a bit with my original scribble from last month. Took me about 30 minutes to come up with something I really liked. Here's the original scribble...

 
  ... and here's my last say on the subject.

 

Friday was Fitness Fun Day at Conlee Elementary

A highlight was the teacher tug-of-war, officiated by PE instructor Celsa Madrid, below.  
The rest of the pix can be found here.

Great evening of cowboy/folk music

Saturday night at the Rio Grande Theatre with the inimitable Tom Russell. Tom was coming off a career highpoint thanks to his fortuitous booking on the David Letterman show one day following Letterman's on-air confession. Russell also received a major boost with this NPR piece late last month.

Russell was accompanied by one of the most astounding guitarsmen I've ever heard, Thad Beckman. Check him out at MySpace. As for me, I'm off to Amazon for some Russell/Beckman candy. 

A musical feast

Tonight I'll be at the Rio Grande Theater enjoying my second outing with Tom Russell.

The Fun Theory

I caught this short video on Facebook this morning. I wrote, "This little video helped me remember something I think I forgot. Inspired and inspiring." Followed it back to The Fun Theory. Should we, as educators, take this as a hint? (I see The Fun Theory at work every day at Conlee Elementary's PE classes thanks to Coach Celsa Madrid and Coach Michelle Weir. Their latest cool thing is speed stacking. I was hooked immediately, so I ordered a set for the class and a set for myself.)

That time again

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