anti-muslim rhetoric from the ex muslim

Senator Barack Obama has again mounted a defense to disburse any rumours that he is a Muslim. The media saturation - websites, press releases and various literature - does not stop at disproving this religious association though. David Axelrod, the head hancho at the Obama camp, and his communication team have vehemently disassociated the presumptive democratic nominee from his Muslim heritage as well.

Obama's father was a Kenyan Muslim; however, the Senator was a self-proclaimed aetheist until he met his wife Michelle and the controversial Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

The recent press defense is offensive at best. My problem is not that he may be a Muslim, it is how badly he doesn't want to be mistaken as one.

There are plenty of Muslim Americans: Whitey Ford Sings the Blues rapper Everlast, Akon, Busta Rhymes, Lupe Fiasco, hell even Dr. Oz - all Muslim. Let's not even get started with how many NBA players, quality Dr.s, gas station proprietors and cabdrivers make up the USA. Forget all that. Remove the celebrity factor. Muslims are people, too.

Not to sound all kum-bay-ya-ish, but what's so bad about being a Muslim? Yes, the hi-jackers of 9/11 were muslims - but they were fundamentalists, as we all know (if not, you're ignorant as shit).

I wonder what the Senator's late father would think of him divorcing himself from the Muslim culture? Low blow you may be thinking. Not how I see it.

I grew up in a rural town in upstate New York. I was fortunate to have three really kind friends. They just so happen to be Muslim, too. I was blessed to call them friends. If I ever saw someone running away from them the way Obama is running from his religious associations, I would hope to see that person trip and fall. Fall hard.

lobbyists, liars and the like

This article is amazing! Just when you thought one team or another was above the fray, the AP sheds some light on presidential candidates and their connections to those who buy up the American government. Check it out!

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CANDIDATES_SPECIAL_INTERESTS?SITE=MAHYC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

give me another cup of joe!

"Let's be a colored-blind society," Joe Scarborough, moderator of MSNBC's Morning Joe said early today. "I don't want to hear a lot of people whining when Michelle Obama gets attacked, 'this is because of race, this is because of race.'"

The congressman turned commentator went on to say, "Everybody, including Cindy McCain, will be open for attack...what I think is bigotry is when you say someone can't be attacked because they're black. Cindy McCain will be attacked this fall and no one will say it's because she's white."

This may be the most honest American dialogue on race that I've heard yet.

We all remember the speech that Senator Barack Obama gave in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, earlier this primary season. We remember it because the media and political pundits gobbled it up - and I would submit Chris Matthews may have recorded it to DVD and keeps it under his bed next to his lotion and "special" sock. What did we learn from it though? Something about how a politician can't disown a racist grandmother and shouldn't be friends with someone who yells "God damn America!"

But what does all of this mean for Michelle Obama? Is she fair game? Will the republicans be using 527 ads targeting the democratic nominee?

Furthermore, why haven't we heard more about Barack's other half? Oh - you haven't heard? He's half white, too.

superdelegate rush hour in full swing

As the clock runs out on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the democratic nomination, superdelegates flock to Senator Barack Obama's camp. Representative Maxine Waters (Ca.) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (Ca.), both longtime Clinton supporters, jumped ship in the name of unity and healing. Majority whip Jim Clyburn (Sc.) stated early in the primary season he would remain silent until the contests were over and there was an apparent nominee. Today the South Carolinean went back on his word and broke for Obama.

This recent switch of allegiance comes hours before the final two primaries, South Dakota and Montana, come to a close. A member of the Democratic National Committee who wished to remain anonymous stated, "I am not surprised at the recent switches." When the DNC member was questioned about the timing, he said, "I am definitely not surprised at the timing, either." After being pressed more, the DNC member would not comment as to whether or not there was an organization of superdelegates to committ to Senator Obama before all of the votes in the primaries were counted; however, he did say, "Democrats cannot afford to have our nominee limp into the general election."

CNN reporter John Roberts said of the delegate flood, "If you switch today, you get your name in the news - if you switch tomorrow, you're just part of the herd."

onondaga gas cap on 'E'

Onondaga county gas tax cap expired June 1st. What does it mean for the county and those who failed to reprise the cap? We will bring you the coverage live as it unfolds and as county legislators defend their positions.