Some additional reading October 8th from 10:42 to 15:11:
- ESPN Page 2 – Simmons: The forgotten pioneer – Elgin Baylor – Beautiful article by Bill Simmons on race relations and American athletes. "When Elgin was serving our country in 1962 and potentially sacrificing his livelihood, there were dozens of towns and cities strewn across America that wouldn't serve him a meal. Black stars felt like two people at once, revered in one circle and discriminated against in another. Just because America changed over the last four decades doesn't mean those guys forgot the way it used to be. Throw in today's nine-figure contracts and the babying and deifying of today's basketball stars and you can see why they would be a little bitter."…
"We might elect our first black president in four weeks; this wouldn't have a chance of happening without the strength of people like Elgin once upon a time." - Health Care Fines for Small Businesses? | The FactCheck Wire – "McCain said that Obama’s health care plan would mandate that “small businesses” provide coverage for their employees and would fine them if they failed to do so. Actually, Obama’s health care plan, posted on his Web site, says: “Small businesses will be exempt from this requirement.”
McCain is a liar, in other words.