The L.A. Dime

So, our little girl is almost five months old. Here’s a new video of her having fun with mommy last Wednesday night while daddy was teaching. She babbles, bounces, kicks, dances with an octopus, and gives a stirring recollection of her first five months on Earth.

Here is a full debunking of the ridiculous emails that have circulated about Obama. You don’t have to vote for him, but know the truth, and don’t contribute to the fear-mongering run rampant in this nation.

Don’t worry, The Dime won’t be entirely political from now on. I just needed to get my viewpoint out.

Recently, I was shocked to learn that there are numerous internet email campaigns, and several websites, and probably a lot of barbershop and hunting trip conversations propagating a wicked conspiracy that Senator Obama is a Muslim sleeper agent bent on destroying America from the inside out. Seriously?

I understand people’s politics on abortion, the war, etc….I may disagree, but that’s democracy. But I can’t abide the kind of fear-mongering that allows people to lose their sense of reason. I can’t abide an America built on fear and threats and color-coded warning systems that keep some folks from going to the mall. I can’t abide smear campaigns like Bush 43′s Swift Boat campaign against Kerry. Let’s vote on the issues. On leadership. On character and charisma.

My friend Jan and I were outraged that people actually believe such nonsense, so we decided to enter the world of political satire and create some nonsense of our own. That’s how we came to create Obamadamus.

Visit the site, if you think it’s funny, then tell your friends. If you hate it, let me know. But please, do what you can to keep people thinking reasonably, and to not be swayed by propaganda and fear. Haven’t we had enough of that in the last eight years?

It should be noted that my sometime partner in The Dime, Tina, is on record as opposing Obamadamus, because she feels it only contributes to the noise, and only calls more undo attention to a dangerous idea. Point taken. But we’re hoping to make people laugh, and in so doing, make them realize how silly all of this is in the first place. Decide for yourself.