Tuesday Links
Things I needed to do Monday night: many.
Things I did: none.
So excuse me if this is quick.
* For all the crap I give Barack Obama, this is a good thing. My main beef with the meme that McCain “flip flops” or whatever more than Obama is that, generally speaking, you know how McCain got from point a to point b in his thought process, while Obama seems to just be changing stuff around without ever mapping out his route. Even if you disagree with Obama’s position on FISA, at least on this issue, we know where he’s coming from. Guaranteed - if he did this more often, the inconsistency charges would ring very hollow.
* This doesn’t mean Obama’s completely off the hook today: Does this sound like the Barack Obama you fell in love with?
* DNC woes. Give the DNC credit, though - even if there’s some background stuff behind it, moving the nomination party to the nearby football stadium is great political theater.
* The other great news from Monday: Iraq appears ready to take the lead. Want to know what John McCain’s Iraq plans were leading up to? This was it. This is what we’ve been waiting for all this time. Let’s hope this can work out.
* Sean Oxendine at The Next Right looks to history for the “fresh face” v. “established product” races and sees what comes up. I don’t necessarily agree with all of his conclusions, but it’s worth noting, regardless.
* This boggles my mind: If your child says “yuck” when eating foreign food, s/he might be showing racist behavior. And here I was, thinking I just didn’t like tomatoes - I guess I just hate Italians.
* An interesting piece on the onion futures market. Or, specifically, the lack thereof.
* Finally, some cool news if you hadn’t heard yet: An almost-original cut of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis was found. I’ve (shamefully) never seen the cut that’s been available for however long, but seeing as I have such an interest in films that appear to be lost and gone forever, this is a really great story to hear.