South DaCola Flashback
l3wis 
2008
Powell endorses Obama
The Motherload 
“I think he is a transformational figure, he is a new generation coming onto the world stage, onto the American stage, and for that reason I’ll be voting for Sen. Barack Obama,” Powell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“Obama displayed a steadiness, an intellectual curiosity, a depth of knowledge,” Powell said.
“He has met the standard of being a successful president, being an exceptional president,” he said.
I wonder how long it will take the McCain campaign to smear Powell when he spoke of Obama being a Christian:
Powell, who served as Secretary of State for President George W. Bush, said he was also “troubled what members of the Republican party” have said along the lines of , “We know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.”
First off, Powell said, Obama is a Christian. But more to the point, he said, “is there something wrong with being a Muslim?” He worried about the message the GOP was sending to a hypothetical 7-year-old Muslim American who thinks he can grow up and be president some day.
History making. This is what this election has been called in many ways. The glass celling has been shattered. How inspiring for Americans to be able to feel as they may have when they were 7-years-old, when someone told them, “you can be anything. Even president of the United States of America.”
South DaCola music club w/ G & R
I wish I would have gotten this album (Lies) before Appetite for Destruction. It has a much rawer sound and you can tell Axl is actually trying.
Review by Ensio N. Mikkola
I am a huge fan of Guns N’Roses (see my slobbering review of “Appetite for Destruction”) and I regret the fact that they imploded just as they had reached their creative peak. Here’s a nice little snapshop of an L.A. hair metal band (with a ‘tude) coming up through the ranks, kicking butt and taking names as they went along.
“Reckless Life”, like the entire A side (I still think of this as a cassette tape) was first released on the unattainable “Live! Like a Suicide EP”. The song just tears your nuts out. There’s some classic Axl wailing and a classic Slash guitar solo. “Nice Boys” is a Rose Tattoo cover and it’s not bad. Kind of rough around the edges. “Move to the City” is another cover but I can’t remember who wrote the original. “Mama Kin” is also a decent cover of an Aerosmith classic. This is pretty standard stuff – one original song and 3 covers. But then we get to the B side. There’s some budding song-writing talent here with the gentle “Patience”, with it’s whistling intro and acoustic guitars. “Used to Love Her” is a hilarious country-ish song about killing and burying your girlfriend in the backyard. “You’re Crazy” would end up on the “Appetite for Destruction” album, amped and speeded up. But this version is superior. “One in a Million” is a controversial song but perhaps one of the Gunners best slow songs. In my opinion, these are the only Guns albums you need to own.