SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-27
August 27, 2008
- #dnc08 Back blogging in the Big Tent. Great time connecting with @chrisrabb, @writewhatilike & others. #
- #dnc08 at PDA panel listening to a special surprise address by John Conyers. #
- #dnc08 @digitalsista: we don’t need to be as big as the big guys to change the conversation. #
- #dnc08 “George Bush slid into first, and then he stole second.” - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland #
- #dnc08 @iheartquotes Progressives are Liberals with more plans and less money. — Garlin II #
- #dnc08 Can anyone share thoughts Devall Patrick as a Governor? I haven’t heard bad things & assume no news is good news. #
- New post at The SuperSpade: A guide to watching the DNC Convention ( http://tinyurl.com/65usav ) #
- New post at The SuperSpade: From Historical Moments to Historical Movements ( http://tinyurl.com/5o29u8 ) #
- @Villager Let’s start looking for trailers. #
- This Hillary Clinton video is actually good! Maybe she’d have had a shot if her commercials were more like this. #
- Hillary Clinton is a proud supporter of Barack Obama! #
- #dnc08 Hillary Clinton is a proud supporter of Barack Obama! Now the PUMAs can go back to their lairs & work to elect a Democratic President #
- #dnc08 Hillary Clinton: “No way, no how, no McCain.” #
- #dnc08 Hillary Clinton: “I ran for President to renew the promise of America.” #
- #dnc08 Hillary Clinton: The reasons that she ran for are the reasons she supports Obama. #
- Obama Assassination attempt was rooted in racism. What a surprise. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0826082dnc1.html #
- #dnc08 Hillary Clinton: “We need to get going by electing Barack Obama.” #
- #dnc08 Hillary Clinton just made a hell of a speech. Unfortunately, she may have just reminded the PUMAs why the love her so much. #
- @randomdeanna Nobody’s sleepin’. #
- @karsh the TVOne convention coverage is a joke, flat out. #
- @faboomama do you have a mainstream link for that? That site looks suspect. #
- @ProfessorTracey Definitely. I actually reached out, and I know others that did too. Unfortunatley they weren’t in need of actual substance #
- @randomdeanna It was pretty hard to find something disappointing in that speech. Those guys were reaching pretty far. #
- @BWBConference be careful & prayerful #dnc08 #
- #dnc08 Is is racist for a white person to refer to a Black person as ‘mulatto’? My cab driver kept saying it about Obama & it felt dirty. #
- Was working on a post when I was given a credential to go to Convention floor. I’m on my way now to scope it out and take pictures. #
- Just met Louis Gosset Jr. At the convention center. #dnc08 #
- Just left Radio Row and ran into Thom Hartmann & Randi Rhodes, both of whome remembered me from Seattle #
- Michael Baisden’s producer asked me if I’d come on their show. We’ll see what happens. He doesn’t know I don’t like them http://is.gd/1YFC #
- Back at @bigtentdenver. Took lots of pics at the Pepsi Center being uploaded now. #
- uggghhhhh, I left my camera cable in my suitcase this morning!
# - anyone in @bigtentdenver have a camera USB cable for a Cannon Camera? #
- #dnc08 Devall Patrick, Governor of MA, is learning to blog! #
- Michigan just went 127 to 25 for Obama in the roll call. I’m glad my state has sense. #
- Barack Obama’s sister is here in the Big Tent thanking bloggers for their “true grassroots work & support.” #
- Barack Obama’s Sister @bigtentdenver: “Bloggers are utterly revolutionary agents of change.” #dnc08 #
- Barack & Hillary are in the building. #
- Hillary just gave her delegates to Barack Obama! It’s finally, finally OVER! #
- …a PUMA cries in Denver… #
- Just had a great convo with Michael Shaw of BAGnewsNotes.com. This is my new favorite website. #dnc08 #
- This convention has a record number of female delegates and a record number of Black delegates. That’s something. #dnc08 #
- New post at The SuperSpade: Michelle Obama Tries to Create an Era of Understanding ( http://tinyurl.com/64aonb ) #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-26
August 26, 2008
- New post at The SuperSpade: Michelle Obama brings the house down ( http://tinyurl.com/5nsfcr ) #
- The Spade is in the building. FINALLY off the airport shuttle & settled in with @wild_in_grass. Tomorrow the gloves come off. #
- #dnc08 Just connected with New Organizing Institute folks & got Big Tent cred. First post coming soon… #
- #dnc08 We are not so much divided as we are disconnected. - Rev. Barron #
- #dnc08 Let’s stay connected. - Stokely Carmichael #
- #dnc08 - when you remain silent, bad things happen. charlers steel, president of sclc #
- #dnc08 just left party with a purpose: celebration me civil rights icons event that connected Obama to civil rights icons. #
- The Obama campaign has been careful with the Civil Rights connections thus far. I don’t think it hurts to be more overt with this. #dnc08 #
- New post at The SuperSpade: Live at the DNC - I survived a PUMA ( http://tinyurl.com/6jxwz3 ) #
- On the way to PDA Media Activism Panel #dnc08 #
- #dnc08 @radiomaeve: the parachute journalism is missing the real stories in Denver. #
- #dnc08 @chrisrabb: the netroots can live up to previous generations like the abolitionist movement. #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-25
August 25, 2008
- New post at The SuperSpade: Historic moments and historic movements - Obama edition ( http://tinyurl.com/5lgrgp ) #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-23
August 23, 2008
- I’m mad I found out about the Obama VP pick on the news & not on my phone. I was doubtful they could pull it off, but I wanted to be wrong. #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-22
August 22, 2008
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-10
August 10, 2008
- New Favorite Quote: Massive action without clearly defined objectives is a form of laziness. — Tim Ferris #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-09
August 9, 2008
- http://twitpic.com/71f6 - If there’s a McCain movie, then there just has to be an Obama movie. #
- Writing a new SuperSpade post. Right now, the title is #
- New post at The SuperSpade: Obama drops the ball on energy - Black on Black Thought ( http://tinyurl.com/56yzy7 ) #
- It is possible to think that John Edwards situation is none of our business and be insanely upset that he could have sacrificed the election #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-08
August 8, 2008
- @wind_in_grass I’m guessing @blackspade == @superspade? #
- Carmelo Anthony’s contribution to Animal Rights isn’t bad: http://tinyurl.com/55k3ra #
- What’s more sad, that I paid $3.97 for gas this morning, or that I was so happy about it? #
- http://twitpic.com/6yqw - This is actually cheap gas in Washington. #
- Vote for the Social Media for Social Change #SXSW09 panel, moderated by @mriggen. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/924 I’m on it! #
- New post at The SuperSpade: Vote for the Social Media for Social Change Panel ( http://tinyurl.com/6kjtee ) #
- @negrophile Wait, I thought Barack Obama was carrying the flag for all African Americans
# - I don’t condone John Edwards’ actions. However, marital fidelity is not the measure of good politicians. #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-07
August 7, 2008
- Orwell: The mixture of vagueness & sheer incompetence is the most marked characteristic of any kind of political writing. #
- Orwell: Present political chaos is connected with the decay of language & that can can bring about improvement by starting @ the verbal end. #
- It’s messed up that Obama has to comment on Kilpatrick http://tinyurl.com/obama-kilpatric. I wonder what McCain thinks… #
- @mattortega LOL no doubt. McCain is about as graceful under fire as a fish on carpet. #
- @thesmak Obama has to b/c all Black politicians are responsible for all actions of all Black politicians. At least he didn’t ‘renounce’ him. #
- @ProfessorTracey He doesn’t gain anything; that’s the point. In actuality, no on ever gains ANYTHING from pointless ‘renouncements’. #
- @faboomama Try this one http://tinyurl.com/5pnajk #
- Why do people say Barack Obama grew up in Kansas? In Dreams of My Father, he grew up in Hawaii/Indonesia. Why needlessly change the story? #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-08-04
August 4, 2008
- Thinking that offshore drilling is good energy policy is like smoking at the gas station: really, really, really stupid. #
- @ModernMuser It’s all good over here. Glad to be on the team, and good to see your PFC Johnson stuff. #
- Excellent campaign ad for Darcy Burner, who’s running for Congress in Washington’s 8th district. http://tinyurl.com/6quhet #
