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Cartoon Network Obama

January 25, 2009 By: Cal Skinner Category: Barack Obama, Cartoon, Cartoon Network, Inauguration Day

“Hey, Dad. Barack Obama’s on Cartoon Network.”

I ran in with my camera, but missed it.

“Don’t worry. It’ll be on again. Obama is on between every program.”

“Call me the next time,” I said.


It was Inauguration Day and between every program this was what our kids saw.

Cartoon Network Obama

January 24, 2009 By: Cal Skinner Category: Barack Obama, Cartoon, Cartoon Network, Inauguration Day

“Hey, Dad. Barack Obama’s on Cartoon Network.”

I ran in with my camera, but missed it.

“Don’t worry. It’ll be on again. Obama is on between every program.”

“Call me the next time,” I said.


It was Inauguration Day and between every program this was what our kids saw.

If I Were Holding a Demonstration for Roland Burris…

January 01, 2009 By: Cal Skinner Category: Barack Obama, Inauguration, Inauguration Day, Protest, Roland Burris, Washington

You know when I would schedule it?

Inauguration Day.

There will be hundreds of thousands of African-Americans in Washington that day to celebrate the swearing in of President-Elect Barack Obama.

If I were an ambitious black leader, I would be preparing for a demonstration to support continuation of one black United States Senator—Roland Burris.

And, if I were Barack Obama, I would ever so quietly pass the word to those white Democratic Party U.S. Senators to make sure than Burris was sworn in before my day in the international sun.

The alternative would be the danger of Burris being too large a story on January 20, 2009.

Can you think of a better end game for the racist pitch made by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Congressman Bobby Rush?

If I Were Holding a Demonstration for Roland Burris…

December 31, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Barack Obama, Inauguration, Inauguration Day, Protest, Roland Burris, Washington

You know when I would schedule it?

Inauguration Day.

There will be hundreds of thousands of African-Americans in Washington that day to celebrate the swearing in of President-Elect Barack Obama.

If I were an ambitious black leader, I would be preparing for a demonstration to support continuation of one black United States Senator—Roland Burris.

And, if I were Barack Obama, I would ever so quietly pass the word to those white Democratic Party U.S. Senators to make sure than Burris was sworn in before my day in the international sun.

The alternative would be the danger of Burris being too large a story on January 20, 2009.

Can you think of a better end game for the racist pitch made by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Congressman Bobby Rush?