By Will Rabbe
Since the news is moving faster than ever in the home stretch and yes, sometimes it's hard to pay attention to everything -- here are a few stories of note:
First he's an "elite," now he's a socialist. The McCain camp has been hammering away at Obama's tax policy, likening it to socialism. What would Karl Marx say? Here's a take from a real commie. Close enough...
Obama raises a shit-ton of cash this month, almost three times his previous record. Small donations are the name of the game. Some republicans claim he's accepted foreign money... maybe from the Soviets?
The final debate -- varying takes, here and here.
Obama fights back on the ACORN accusations -- he wants to find out if the McCain campaign has been coordinating with the present administration. Or... what is this whole ACORN thing?
Colin Powell takes heat from Rush for endorsing Barack Obama. Because black people only endorse black candidates?
Despite not being a licensed plumber, or not being able to buy his bussiness or making far less than 250K a year, Joe the Plumber is still making a difference. More on "Joe the Plumber," American Idol.
We're down to the wire and "swing states" will make all the difference. Keep up on all the most recent polls...
What motivates voters to choose one candidate over another? "Most people seem able to provide cogent- sounding reasons for voting the way they do. However, careful observation suggests that these 'reasons' often are merely rationalizations constructed from readily available campaign rhetoric to justify preferences formed on other grounds."
Aside from the polls and predictions -- it's worthwhile to take a fresh look at our electoral system -- does it work? Maybe not?
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Paul “Earthquake” Moore was on another mission last week.
For this one, he headed south, halfway across the country in a rented Ryder truck full of supplies, to help victims of Hurricane Ike in the hardest hit Gulf Coast areas of Houston and Galveston, TX.
Hurricane Ike, a Category 2 storm with 110 mph winds, battered both Texas and neighboring Louisiana last month killing 40 people and leaving more than 2 million others without power. Electricity has still not been restored in all areas of the city.
Driven by fellow Streets Department worker Belasco Robinson, Moore teamed up with a Fox Network reporter, Emily Akin out of Houston. He loaded donations of food, water and personal items at his church, New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church of Paschall, and rode shotgun all the way to Houston on his mission, which he named “Spirit from Afar.”
“I chose to go to Houston because Tom Joyner put out a call for help,” said Moore, referring to the nationally syndicated morning radio DJ who broadcasts from Dallas. “When we got there we were greeted with open arms. I saw trees down, a skating rink with the roof blown off and people cooking outside because they had no electricity. A lot of people were devastated down there,” said Moore who got back home on Monday afternoon.
> The drive took 25 hours each way, with the duo spending only one night in a hotel room, sponsored by Globe Times publisher Ted Behr.
Moore and Robinson delivered toothpaste, personal items, food, water and a brand new bedroom set to the Open Door Mission in Houston. Workers at the mission happily unloaded the truck. Unfortunately, 1,000 t-shirts arrived in Philadelphia from World Wrestling Entertainment after the Moore left town last Friday at 2 a.m. He is still looking for help getting those shirts to the mission in Houston.
Moore said he received numerous donations from local citizens. His largest contributors were Sunoco, Blue Mountain Recycling, Ryder Trucks, Pasco Recycling and Pepsi.
A video news clip of Moore’s trip can be found at: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/ContentDetail?contentId=7635588. Moore can be reached at 215-385-2696