Slog - Comments on The New Spirit of Power http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one Somewhere I read that the dying (or dead) leader of Cuba believed the winning ticket for the third U.S. presidential election of this century would have Hillary Clinton as the runner and Barack Obama as her running mate. Because this kind of thinking does not find itself isolated in the head of a dying (or dead) dictator on an impoverished island state, but has serious currency everywhere, including the U.S., it needs to be examined. What is the meaning of this kind of thinking? What is it saying to us? And in what language is it saying this thing that... Copyright 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:54:59 -0800 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:45:02 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey Bill would be the Holy Ghost of which you speak.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797482 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797482 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:52:22 -0800 Comment by BILL! BILL!

]]> BILL! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797485 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797485 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:53:27 -0800 Comment by Horace Charles Mudede, you are the most mystical human being I know. I look forward to your book on the alchemy of politics.

]]> Horace http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797488 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:56:20 -0800 Comment by tsm Negative space as presidential ticket. Nice.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797489 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:56:26 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Uh huh.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797490 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797490 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:57:39 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 Excellent post, Charles. But, in that context, unfortunately I also agree with @1 & @2. Bill is the unseen white male overseer.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797493 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:58:21 -0800 Comment by infrequent i'm tired of negative space campaign advertisements.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797494 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:58:32 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale In the words of my cab driver during, of course, the war and peaking gas prices: "Where's Bill Clinton"?

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797500 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:02:00 -0800 Comment by Helen of Troy I would guess that Charles was totally baked when he wrote this...

]]> Helen of Troy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797504 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797504 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:05:36 -0800 Comment by Big Sven OR... Clinton + Obama = Shirley Chisholm.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797505 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797505 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:06:34 -0800 Comment by adrian! i'm pretty sure hillary has a penis. maybe two. sadly, at least one of them is a puerto rican jew.

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797507 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797507 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:09:43 -0800 Comment by monkey Clinton + Obama + Jesse Jackson = Shirley Q Liquir

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797518 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797518 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:23:13 -0800 Comment by Cook I actually lol'ed at this. oh mudede

]]> Cook http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797521 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:25:00 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave "Because this kind of thinking does not find itself isolated in the head of a dying (or dead) dictator on an impoverished island state, but has serious currency everywhere, including the U.S., it needs to be examined. "

fuck you and your leading statements; "it needs to be examined"?

an authoritarian dictator has ideas about democracy despite never having to actually face it or operate within it. his ideas about winning tickets is null and void.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797522 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797522 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:26:08 -0800 Comment by Tost Oh this is beautiful

]]> Tost http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797524 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:26:38 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave and secondly, your idiotic race baiting political alchemy is sad.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797526 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:30:51 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Best post in a while, Charles. I don't know where in that strange mind of yours you come up with this shit, but this is why I *heart* you.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797527 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:31:50 -0800 Comment by Katelyn I would launch into a lecture about trinitarian theology but it's not worth it. Bad analogy, Charles, but interesting thought in the end. If I'd skipped over the middle paragraph, I would call this genius.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797528 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797528 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:32:37 -0800 Comment by berlin I AM JESUS! I am the stain that came to life, yes, I am the ghost.

]]> berlin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797539 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797539 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:42:17 -0800 Comment by Holy Toast That photo is awesome! It captures an an essense of something.

]]> Holy Toast http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797546 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797546 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:46:40 -0800 Comment by marigold rolling along w/ #10
Hillary negates Barack’s maleness; Barack negates Hillary’s whiteness ... this sounds like a conservative fundamentalist's worst nightmare

]]> marigold http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797580 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:26:41 -0800 Comment by supergp Why can't it be that Obama negates Hilary's race, and She negates his sex.

Maybe your "Holy Ghost" is a black woman.

]]> supergp http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797648 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797648 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:23:04 -0800 Comment by hipsterlite rolling along w/ #21:
yeah it fits into thier fear of the blurring of the lines that, to them, define existence; like gender, race, assured moral certainty, and social class...

it is their gray goo; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo
that slippery slope away from strict dogma and into the abyss of reality based thinking and life. but hey thats fundies for ya :)


--hipsterlite

]]> hipsterlite http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797674 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:37:59 -0800 Comment by Original Monique Wow, all I did was read the last sentence of this post, and was like "this has to be a Charles post".

So, I think you definately have refined your style. So instantly recognizable. That is a hard feat for a writer. Bravo.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797678 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:39:07 -0800 Comment by Issur America is very racist. Electing a woman and a black man to lead America would be the most racist thing that ever happened.

If only America would be come like Israel a secular nation free of religion or racism the world would be a better place.

]]> Issur http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797714 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797714 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:59:02 -0800 Comment by Katelyn @22, you're now my hero of the day. Nicely done

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797729 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:08:53 -0800 Comment by E. Steven @25, there are so many twists of irony in your post, I can't tell what you're actually trying to say!

]]> E. Steven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797748 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:21:26 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV No. 22: So if it isn't Bill Clinton, it's Oprah?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797763 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797763 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:36:35 -0800 Comment by hipsterlite "Maybe your "Holy Ghost" is a black woman"
could it be Oprah?? perhaps, or Queen Latifah, or Gwen Ifill, Pam Grier, Venus and/or Serena, Wanda Sykes, or Maxine Waters... ohhh the possibilities of the H.G. being a S.B.W....
but please let it not be condi!!

---hipsterlite

]]> hipsterlite http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797795 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:50:06 -0800 Comment by e.j. "Hooolyyy Ghooost......Hooolyy Ghooost....."
"Holy Ghost, this is not an episode of Scooby Doo".

Anyone know where that came from?

]]> e.j. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797823 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:10:14 -0800 Comment by e.j. @28 and 29... Oprah? NO!!
But seriously... isn't it interesting that Michelle Obama isn't mentioned in these comments?
Hmmm...the white male and the black woman who are "there but not there". Bill and Michelle. Now we're onto something.
ooohhhh.....deep.

]]> e.j. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797840 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797840 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:19:41 -0800 Comment by charles mudede e.j. you are on to something. that is a breakthrough. the ghosts of bill and michelle need consideration.

]]> charles mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797850 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:26:42 -0800 Comment by hipsterlite e.j.:
well Oprah does have a lot of power and seems to wield in somewhat spooky ways over the drugged out middle aged women that are her minions; it's really not a stretch.. [spooky voice] OOOprahh, OOOOprah [/spooky voice]

--hipsterlite

]]> hipsterlite http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797918 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c797918 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:00:21 -0800 Comment by aerosol Normally Mudede's writings are my favorite amongst those of The Stranger's staff, but this one falls short. This post discounts the opinions of all the citizens that support either candidate without regard to their ancestry or sex (the physical aspect different form the social construct of gender, which some may try to argue would make Hillary male). I'm a little disappointed.

]]> aerosol http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c798105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c798105 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:40:07 -0800 Comment by Big Sven aerosol, Charles postulating on the subtext doesn't negate the text. Saying Georgia O'Keefe's flower paintings are really supposed to be labia doesn't negate the views of people who look at those paintings and thing "what beautiful flowers." Both can be right on different levels, can't they?

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c798170 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c798170 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:18:15 -0800 Comment by GJ Oh my Lords, just think of the potential porno spinoffs a Oboma/Clinton presidency will produce?

]]> GJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c798180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c798180 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:44:16 -0800 Comment by aerosol Big Sven @35,

I agree: it does not negate the text. But the implication is that many US citizens may have duplicated Castro's "logic" does, I feel, by omission of alternatives, discounts those who do not share the need for a white and male president. That's why I used the word "discounts."

]]> aerosol http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c798265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_missing_one#c798265 2008 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:45:02 -0800