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What will November 4th Tell Us?  Presidential Election or Popularity Contest

What will November 4th Tell Us? Presidential Election or Popularity Contest

By Jazzy of Because I Said So This election is beginning to remind me of the time I ran for my high school senior class secretary position (which I won, yeah me). That election was solely based on how many people knew your name, what they knew about you, and...

Old School Friday: Girl Groups

Old School Friday: Girl Groups

This category took me back, way back.  First I thought I’d share a song from the first cassette tape that I ever bought.  That’s right, it’s the Mary Jane Girls.  I knew they were birthed by Rick James, but I didn’t know where the “Mary Jane” really came from. Then...

How Dare They?

How Dare They?

By Earnest Gates After Senator Obama gives a major speech on education, the McCain campaign comes back with an ad that says that he supported sex education for kindergarten kids. How ignorant can you be? What type of man would allow his campaign to make such an ad? Someone desperate to...

JOINT STATEMENT FROM BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN MCCAIN

JOINT STATEMENT FROM BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN MCCAIN

John McCain and Barack Obama issued the following statement on coming together to mark the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: “On September 11, 2008, we will join together to mark the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at Ground Zero. “All of us came together on 9/11 — not as...

Dallas South on New York Post’s Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Payne/Jeremiah Wright “scandal”, former Friendship-West staffer

Dallas South on New York Post’s Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Payne/Jeremiah Wright “scandal”, former Friendship-West staffer

As anyone who has visited the site more than twice knows, I am a proud member of Friendship-West Baptist Church.  On yesterday, the New York Post reported that Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III’s former executive assistant -Elizabeth (Liz) Payne- was involved in a “steamy sexual affair” with Dr. Jeremiah Wright,...

Sarah Pal(es)in Comparison to other GOP Women

Sarah Pal(es)in Comparison to other GOP Women

The question must be asked: Is this the best you can do? The answer is obviously yes if posed to Senator John McCain. The Republican party has a strong farm system of women senators and representatives with foreign policy and domestic policy experience. Why Sarah? To ignite the social conservative...

Gov. Sarah Palin says “dynamic” Obama’s message “does resonate well” in Alaska

Gov. Sarah Palin says “dynamic” Obama’s message “does resonate well” in Alaska

OK, one more Sarah post.  As far as I can tell this is an interview with Sarah Palin.  Listen as she all but endorses Obama’s message for change. No wonder they won’t let her talk, their afraid she’ll express her true feelings for Obama.

Shawn Williams appearances on KLIF (Jeff Bolton) and NBC 5

Shawn Williams appearances on KLIF (Jeff Bolton) and NBC 5

Still trying catch up on some stuff from the DNC Convention, it will probably take me the rest of the month to get all of the content out.  The above is part of an interview I did with Jeff Bolton on KLIF 570.  Thanks to Jeff and Clint Granberry for...

Political Election Season in full swing for next 60 days

Political Election Season in full swing for next 60 days

By Earnest Gates People, it is game time. The next 60 days will be here and gone before you know it. There is still much work to do. If you live in Dallas County, you have until midnight on October 6th to register voters. Don’t take any chances! We need to...

Bonus Video: An intimate look at Wasilla, Alaska by Slate V

Bonus Video: An intimate look at Wasilla, Alaska by Slate V

In case you haven’t noticed, there is a spirited discussion going on at our post A Note By Anne Kilkinney. In the 4+ days since posting the letter from a Wasilla, Alaska resident it has received the 2nd most comments in the history of Dallas South. The most recent comment...