Sunday, October 19, 2008

Obama - Harlem's icon of choice

Walking around Harlem I  found signs of Obama everywhere. 
McCain and Palin have conceded Harlem - no traces of advertising for them to be found anywhere. Obama has a great look to be plastered on product. Haven't seen any McCain t-shirts around but I'm sure they are out there somewhere.










Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Concern about having a maverick as president



















My friend , the poet Ann McGarrell, wrote a letter to the editor of her local paper in Vermont about mavericks. It struck a chord with me so I looked through my archives and  have posted it with images I think illustrate her text well.

To the Valley News Forum:
As a reader whose childhood was spent in the American Southwest and whose father was a cattleman, I am alarmed at the possibility of a “maverick” president. In my experience, mavericks – wild unbranded cattle – are irredeemably ill-tempered feral creatures, so traumatized by life that they are dangerous to those around them. They are usually culled from the herd and end up as dog food.- Ann McGarrell