Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Passport Information

By Karoli March 20, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

Here is some of the information contained in passport files, as described in an official State Department document: Applications for passports, or applications for amendment, extension or renewal of passports;…

Obama’s Passport File Breaches: A Timeline

By Karoli March 20, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

January 9, 2008: The New Hampshire Primary. Even though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, Barack Obama tied her in delegates. Barack Obama also challenged the Bush administration assertion that…

Obama Turns the Mirror on Us

By Karoli March 18, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

I’m still digesting Barack Obama’s amazing speech and also digesting the reactions to it, so my comments here are the off-the-cuff reactions that come from reading the expected “buts” from…

Irish for Obama 2008

By Karoli March 18, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Andrew Sullivan: I don’t renounce the church or that priest

By Karoli March 18, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Andrew Sullivan writes of a heart-wrenching encounter with his church: I was grappling with the terror of my own HIV infection, and as the day drew to a close, went…

No, I Won’t Leave My Church. Neither Should Barack Obama

By Karoli March 18, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

The following is verbatim text of an email I sent to my pastor on December 18, 2007, after discovery of a petition in our church lobby intended to repeal a…