Tensegrities

Kelly Fryer has a GREAT reflection on the recent McCain ad “The One.” Her whole post is worth reading, but here’s a taste:

So all they can do is poke fun and count on us being so embarrassed by our own sense of hope - I mean, what is more uncool than being all hopeful?!? - that we’ll, well, just stop doing it. Their only chance of winning is if we decide to slink back to our self-absorbed, fear-filled, terror-ized lives — allow ourselves to become consumed again with what “those” people (i.e., muslims, gays, people who kill babies, immigrants from anywhere except Europe (even Eastern Europe is ok because at least they’re sort of white), the ACLU, moms on welfare, Hollywood stars, Al Gore and his stupid powerpoint slides, etc., etc., etc.) might be doing to screw up our lives and the world — and stop sending so much *#%& money over the internet to support the guy we think might help us make the difference.

The McCain campaign’s only hope is to take away ours.

FURTHER UPDATE:

Well, the NYTimes is now reporting that she has died. Once again, and always, prayers are necessary.

UPDATE:

After noting below that she had died — a note that came from a family member in Ohio — I realized I’d gotten the link wrong. So in going back to fix the link, I’ve learned that at the moment the Plain Dealer is no longer reporting that she’s died, but rather that she’s on life support.

So I’m not sure what to think, other than that clearly prayers are called for!

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I’m shocked and saddened to report that Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died from an aneurysm. Please hold her family in prayer! She was an amazing legislator, and the first African American woman to represent Ohio in Congress.