BlackDots

Name: BlackDots
Joined On: Sep 06, 2005
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Age: 30
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01/15/08

3 Graphic Designers Re-create D-Day

It looks like Spielberg might have spent too much on extras.

Posted by BlackDots @ 10:59 am EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments

01/15/08

Stay Classy

The big story in the news now is how the race between Clinton and Obama is heating up, and turning negative. For the past few days, reports have hit the press of different speeches Hillary and Bill have made dropping certain phrases that could be construed as racial slams against Obama. Well, true to form, Obama had this to say about the whole thing:

You have seen a tone on the Democrat[ic] side of the campaign that has been unfortunate. I want to stipulate a couple of things. I may disagree with Senator Clinton and Senator Edwards on how to get there, but we share the same goals. We all believe in civil rights. We all believe in equal rights. They are good people. They are patriots....
I don't want the campaign at this stage to degenerate to so much tit-for-tat, back-and-forth, that we lose sight of why we are doing this.

Obama said he wants to send "a strong signal to my own supporters that let’s try to focus on the work that needs to get done. If I hear my own supporters engaging in talk that I think is ungenerous or misleading or unfair, I will speak out forcefully against it....

Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton have historically been on the right side of civil rights issues. They care about the African American community.… That is something I am convinced of. I want Americans to know that is my assessment.

Obama's handling of this situation illustrates why he will have my vote in the California primary on February 5th. Even in the midst of an intense political fight, he refuses to take the easy way out and sling mud back at his assailants. Instead, he acts like an adult and steps away from a petty fight. This is how a leader acts. This is how a president should act.

Hopefully, things will go his way in Nevada on Saturday.

Posted by BlackDots @ 1:24 am EDT | Permalink | 8 Comments

01/14/08

More Pictures

It's great when people visit; I actually get out of the house! Yesterday, my brother-in-law and I went to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA. Here are some pictures. You can view the rest here.

Posted by BlackDots @ 2:11 am EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments

01/13/08

Beautiful San Diego

My brother-in-law is in town from New Jersey, so we took a trip to San Diego. Here are some pictures. You can see the rest here.

Posted by BlackDots @ 2:21 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

01/11/08

No, I Said I Wanted to Be Buried in an Air Jordan

Underwire, one of the blogs over at blog.wired.com, posted this story yesterday about a West African tribe that buries its dead in "fantasy coffins."

"Plain rectangular caskets are so passé. For the past four decades, the Ga tribe in Ghana have celebrated the deceased by designing 'fantasy coffins'. These resting places are made to symbolize the livelihood of the person inside of them -- a fisherman is laid to rest in a giant wooden fish or a seamstress is tucked away in a sewing machine."