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Hillary: About Face, originally uploaded by The Searcher.

Advisor: Hey, you. Have you seen our girl?

Aide: Oh, hello ma'am. Yes, yeah she's in the conference room, going over her race speech.
Advisor: Thanks, I'll go- wait, what? Her "race speech"?
Aide: Um. Yeah. You know, her speech to answer all the critics and speculation about her position and views on race in our country and how it affects her personally.
Advisor: But.. why would she do that?
Aide: Uh. Because Obama did?
Advisor: She's giving a speech on race because Obama gave a speech on race? I ask again. Why?
Aide: Well. Because that's how it works. Obama creates a message of Hope, and Hillary takes it and makes it hers. Obama talks about the need for change, and Hillary makes it a campaign slogan. Obama says "Yes We Can!" and Hillary improves on it with "Yes We Will!" So if Obama makes race a focus, Hillary will find a way to get out in front of that, too.

Advisor: So, stupid question. Does she realize he's black?
Aide: Oh, well sure. Why do you think she's been in makeup for so long today?

# posted by Derek Chatwood @ 11:16 AM

When Sharks Fly, originally uploaded by The Searcher.

Jakeem remembered what it was like before the sharks. He could play in the park, and go swimming. Now the only sky he saw, was through steel reinforced wire and glass. He asked his Dad why it happened, but doesn't think he really knows. His Dad said it just happened, somehow. We did something wrong, broke the oceans somehow, and sharks just started flying. All of them.

Jakeem asked his Dad how do they fix it, but doesn't think he knows that, either. His Dad told him they just have to figure it out, or learn how to live with them until it can get figured out. It might take a long time. It also, his Dad's voice going kind of soft, might never happen.

Jakeem looked up at them, through the wire. And hoped it got fixed someday.

# posted by Derek Chatwood @ 12:19 PM