Tag Archives: politics

Give up the yacht AND the personal trainer?

Check out LA Times’ Steve Lopez column….so funny: WALL STREET CEO: Hi, honey, I’m at the office and I’ve got horrible news. CEO WIFE: Oh, my gosh. Is Obama cutting back on the bailout? CEO: It’s worse than that. He’s … Continue reading

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Will.I.Am- “It’s a new day” video

“I woke up this morning Feeling brand new. The dreams that I been dreamin Finally came true.” Hologramed-in Will.I.Am and his real counterpart have been a pretty great asset to President-elect Barack Obama. The viral video became a real force to … Continue reading

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Power to the First People

My article from my summer fellowship, News 21, finally made it into High Country News. Native Americans are poised to swing some Western battleground states by Rebecca Ford ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The phones are down in Sonny Weahkee’s cluttered office on … Continue reading

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SNL’s Sarah Palin

Everybody’s talking about it, as they should. How great was Tina Fey as Sarah Palin?

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Liar, Liar pants on fire

I’ve been out of the country more times than vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. And that was BEFORE the news discovered that she’s actually been exaggerating her ONE overseas trip. According to news reports, she actually DID NOT go into Iraq. … Continue reading

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This is our moment

When I talk to my parents and grandparents, They remind me That I never lived in a world Before the internet, Before itunes, iphones and ipods, Before people of all color could go to school together. I missed Martin Luther King … Continue reading

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News 21 Goes Live

The website for the News 21 Fellowship  I’ve been involved with for the last ten weeks finally goes live tonight. The stories range from Evangelicals, to new citizens to Native Americans and how their votes will affect the upcoming election. … Continue reading

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Obama at La Raza

I took some video of Obama’s speech at the La Raza Convention in San Diego (see my story with nearly 10,000 hits here). It’s a tad shaky, but when all I’ve got to work with is a little hand-held camera, … Continue reading

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Vying for Native American Votes

ALBUQUERQUE — Native American voters, often treated as an afterthought in presidential elections, are receiving an unprecedented amount of attention from both presidential candidates this year in the battleground state of New Mexico. It’s a development nearly two decades in … Continue reading

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Huffington Post- shameless self-promotion

I have another post on Huffington Post’s Off the Bus. It’s about Michelle Obama’s future as the presidential campaign really heats up. Check it out here.

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