Word comes from Australia that the government plans to issue a formal apology to the Aboriginal people when parliament resumes next month. The apology is aimed specifically at what is referred to in Australia as the “Stolen Generations” … those Aboriginals who were taken from their parents as children, and given to white families [...]
Archive for January, 2008
America Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Short Guy With a Mean Left Hook
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Being only 5′ 2″ ourselves, OMT takes a special interest in people of exceptionally short stature who are doing extraordinary things. And we think we’ve found someone who qualifies. In the US Senate race in Oregon, the incumbent, Republican Senator Gordon Smith is being challenged by Steve Novick, who, in addition to being [...]
Oh, Just Shut Up and Go Away
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The San Francisco Chronicle asked its readers today what the best thing was about Bush’s State of the Union speech, and a whopping 86% replied “It’s his last one”.
It’s hard to argue with those numbers. Granted, this is coming from San Francisco, never a Bush stronghold, to be sure, but there are indications of [...]
The Torch is Passed
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ted Kennedy yesterday endorsed Barack Obama’s candidacy for the presidency in front of a crowd that, for the most part, wasn’t even born when Kennedy was first elected to the Senate in 1962. Indeed, the candidate himself was just a toddler at the time. Kennedy called Obama, “man with extraordinary gifts of leadership and [...]
It’s Catching Up
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been wondering ever since I started OMT how long I would be able to keep up the pace. You know, coming up with ideas every day and then writing about them in a way that would be interesting to the eight-or-ten or so of you who have [...]
Our Lady of Spirit
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From among the hundreds of pictures that NASA has released from the Spirit and Opportunity rovers that have been exploring the surface of Mars for the past four years, comes one taken by Spirit, in which a rock has an appendage that appears to be the figure of a person strolling along the surface of [...]
One Channel, One Vote
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, we blasted MSNBC and ABC for excluding Dennis Kucinich from their televised debates (“Whose Choice is it, Anyway”, January 14). Kucinich persisted, however, taking his MSNBC case all the way to the Nevada Supreme Court.
MSNBC had initially offered Kucinich a position in the debate, and Kucinich accepted, but [...]
OMT to Dems: Get a Grip
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here at OMT, we’re getting pretty fed up with the escalating war of words between Barack Obama and Hillary (and yes, Bill) Clinton. Last night’s CNN “debate” set a new low for intramural back-biting, and if these two campaigns don’t get on top of it, and get on top of it soon, the wounds [...]
Red Sky in the Morning
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There was a beautiful sunrise in Pittsburgh this morning, which I saw from the expansive vista that the Parkway East affords when coming up over the rise at Churchill, headed eastbound in the direction of the Monroeville exit. It seemed as though the entire sky before me was on fire with the most [...]
The Unity Candidate
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of the things that has really bothered me about the 2008 Presidential campaign is the shabby way that Dennis Kucinich has been treated. The media has never taken him seriously, and they have often been dismissive towards both him and his candidacy.
And this isn’t fair. Once before in a post, I had [...]
