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Shame that it finally took this to make sure Obama's win would be certain, when it should have been decided way back in June. But hey, it sure is memorable though for how great it was a year ago. After Lehman falls, here is what McCain regrets to this day. And it lead to this punishing ad: And now, you can see President McCain on your Sunday morning TV sets almost every single week.

September 3, 2008 marks the official day of the Whole Delivery beginning and launching. Now previously, the Delivery had many posts before September 3, 2008. Especially in that month of August with the Bejing Olympics going on last year, there were many posts with the site, but the direction of the site wasn't figured out yet. But once the National Conventions of both parties ended, and senior year of school commenced, the direction of the site (or at least the basics) were figured out. I didn't just want to make this into a sappy blog about one person and all. That was never this website's intention, and it WILL NEVER be. And I like to make the distinction of saying the word "website" instead of " blog" for a reason. Yes, it is still in the blogger template and all, but the connotation on the word "blog" (unless you're one in the current condition of Duncan Black or John Amato to name a few, who have slaved in the dark days to be where th...

From a rock group I have so much respect, from 2008, here is Radiohead's "Stop Whispering."

Remember this! Well, it is a flashback to last year at around this time, as John McCain's infamous green screen background was one of the fitting examples of how his campaign was arguably the worse in presidential history. On the night when then candidate and Senator Obama clinched the Democratic nomination, McCain's staff in Louisiana decided it was appropriate to place him in front of a green screen. Not a good idea to say the least. Remember how Jeffrey Tobin reacted to it. Memorable: Cenk and crew showed just how terrible McCain's speech was compared to Obama's and Hillary's. And it prompted one of the more unforgettable political humor movements and competitions ever known: Such as: And this one: "Raiders of the Lost McCain: The good old early 20th century background allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> "He was there" Obama's eye beam power And finally, my favor...

Yes, It has come to this. The 2008 worst song of the year is actually two worst songs. It was a tough decision, but first, Soulja Boy gets his own seperate award for Marco Polo. It was so bad that it had Bow Wow in it, and that certified how it would have been an injustice to the other songs. Nothing was as bad as this: But, the Cacophony Award goes to: Summertime - New Kids On The Block Yup, New Kids on the Block. Happy New Year everyone.

Photo from google.com Whether you are celebrating or not in the mood to celebrate (because all of our lives are vastly different of course), still it is courteous to say Happy New Year's Eve and hope that you make it on the flipside. Today unlike earlier in the week, it is expected that there won't be many posts made today. Things are going down here for the owner, publisher, and founder of The Whole Delivery. But make sure that it is known that news coverage of almost everything, from the meaningless bowl games to the real meaningful situation still arising in Gaza (with Israel rejecting France's truce option), that The Whole Delivery will be here to either delivery for you or deliver you to other places. Also, in the next post, we will announce our worst song for 2008. It was so hard, that we may have to slip the Cacophony Award down the line here.

Photo from the Associated Press Apparently, after getting caught for shoplifting, Mychal Bell apparently shot himself in the chest on Monday night. If you remember, Bell was of the six black teenagers charged with beating a white classmate in 2006 at the Jena high school after stunning racial tension. And here's the reason why he did just so Bell's grandmother, Rosie Simmons, and mother, Melissa Bell, told police that "Mychal had made comments over the past two days that, because of the current media attention he had because of the shoplifting arrest, he didn't feel like he could live anymore," Monroe Police Lt. Jeff Harris said, reading from a police report. On a much, much brighter note, tomorrow is, duh, the last day of 2009. In fact, technically, tomorrow is today already. And with that last line ringing a bell, here's "Tomorrow" from Telvin Campbell, a usual fixure on the "TSTRNS" threads. Seriously, you wished this applied to what is...

(Photo from NASA) The sad report of the Columbia Space shuttle Crew Other news coming out from the world on the penultimate day of the year: Ukraine has finally played off its gas debt to Russia. The BBC unearths the chilling NASA report details of the the crew onboard the disintegrated space shuttle Columbia and their final minutes. The report includes grim details of the crew's final moments as the shuttle broke up over the state of Texas. It also concluded that the astronaut's seat restraints, suits and helmets did not work well, leading to "lethal trauma". "This report confirms that although the valiant Columbia crew tried every possible way to maintain control of their vehicle, the accident was not ultimately survivable," said Nasa's deputy associate administrator, Wayne Hale. And this may make you more sad and angry at the same time after reading this: Nasa also found that the astronauts did not have the necessary training that may have increased ...

Photo from the Associated Press Sooner or later, Mike Shanahan was going to feel the pressure of losing his job in Denver after only winning one playoff game since John Elway left the building. But still, the shock of him losing his job today is still, well, a shock to some fans. And it basically brought disgust from Jay Culter and shock from basically the whole locker room. "I was talking to Mike yesterday about personnel moves," he said in an interview on KCNC-TV in Denver. "I'm as shocked as anybody else. I think it's the wrong move." Though Culter and the team may not be happy about this, it just had to happen. As John Clayton said, what cost Shanahan his job was more his General Manager's role, especially with his draft picks (um, Maurice Clarett)and moves on the defensive end. You can say whatever you think about Shanahan being a great coach or not after he won his second Super Bowl title, and you can point to how classy the man is. But results ar...

The suggestions have all come in, and the choice will be made tomorrow. Tune into The Whole Delivery to see who will be the winner of the inaugural Cacophony Award, the worst song for 2008. Peace!

Photo from google.com Add Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated to the list of people not seeing the big picture with why bowl games, in the total whole scheme of things, are antiquated and assisted in the shameless money making corporations of college presidents and the NCAA. Mandel's lets compulsive nostalgia from his Northwestern days fuel his argument of why bowl games matter : In 1995, I was a sophomore at Northwestern when the Wildcats, which hadn't posted a winning record in 25 years, inexplicably rose up to go 10-1 and earn their first Rose Bowl berth in 47 years. Those of you old enough to remember it don't need me to rehash the details. For those of you who weren't, I would describe the shock level as akin to Appalachian State beating Michigan -- if Appalachian State had completely stunk the year before and also gone on to beat Notre Dame, Penn State and Wisconsin. Obviously, the excitement level on our previously apathetic campus soared with each mounting win,...

CNN ran a headline tonight saying, "Obama's 12 day vacation in Hawaii nearing its end, family plans to move to Washington this weekend." Amazingly enough, President-elect Obama is not the President. Wouldn't you think about having an update of the current President, in his last few days, amidst all the craziness going on, since he is still, you know, the President? Nope, no deep discussions or headlines about him ending his vacation in Crawford, Texas. Yes, his vacation, at the end of his tenure, and yet, he takes a vacation just because it is the holiday season? Didn't he take plenty of vacations this year, like official ones (because with the job he's done, we all know he taking his share of unofficial vacations until his friends signal him to show his ugly head to get bills like FISA passed of course). Nevertheless, he goes free without any coverage from the likes of CNN or MSNBC. No coverage, or outrage, of why he isn't working his butt off 24/7 from o...

Due to me having constant headaches, The Whole Delivery has been far from "the whole delivery" as 2008 is in its last hours. Hopefully that won't be the case anymore, as the headaches have subsided from now. With that, today's agenda will focus on a few highlighted videos of importance that has made the rounds on the Rational Online News Network: Today, on Morning Joe, in discussion of the ongoing problems in the bombing of Gaza, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski told Joe Scarborough a mess again, in front of his daughter: Lovely. On yesterday, MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall showed further how idiotic RNC chair committee candidate Chip Saltsman is for pushing the "Barack the Magic Negro" song (and how idiotic Kate Obenshain is for defending Rush Limbaugh for using the song): TPM's 100 Seconds from yesterday, as America's media spits out all types of perspectives on what is going on in Gaza, And finally, CNN International, much better than their American counterpar...

Photo from BBC A "war to the bitter end." Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister, told parliament Israel was not fighting the residents of Gaza. "But we have a war to the bitter end against Hamas and its branches," he said. Barak said the goal is to deal Hamas a "severe blow" and that the operation would be "widened and deepened as needed." Israel's intense bombings — more than 300 airstrikes since midday Saturday — reduced dozens of buildings to rubble. The military said naval vessels also bombarded targets from the sea. America's passive one sided response as usual, coming from the worst Administration ever as Obama stays silent during vacation in Hawaii: On Monday, the White House released a statement saying "in order for the violence to stop, Hamas must stop firing rockets into Israel and agree to respect a sustainable and durable cease-fire." But in Damascus, Syria, a senior exiled Hamas official said there can be no talk...

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images It really did happen. So bad, that it generated a "reel feeling" from me , because it is just too real to not write about: Bad is 6-10, 5-11, 4-12. Very bad is 3-13, 2-14, 1-15. But "bad" or even "brutal" would not be sufficient enough to describe what was witnessed this year from the performances of the Detroit Lions. In their 75th year of existence, they performed lower than all expansions teams, then all bad teams, then even the all time losing teams of losing teams. "Bad", "Brutal", and even "Losers" just aren't the words to label this inept amalgamation of freight. "Utter rubbish" is what they are. "Utter rubbish" is what 0-16 is. Rookie running back Kevin Smith was one of the few players Lions fans could be proud of, but when you are apart of the mess, you make the mess as well: Smith decided it was in his best interest to taunt on the field in the 4th quarte...

With the Christmas tree in the opening scene, and a few of the decorations in the video's background, it was fitting that today's throwback video is the tearjerking classic from Jagged Edge called "Promise". The video,filmed eight years ago at around this time, is always a joy for both R&B fans and supporters of other genres. And for this week, it is the Flashback throwback on TWD Weekend. So enjoy "Promise" from Jagged Edge.

Photo from google.com America's health care woes continue . From Washington Post writer Amy Goldstein (with contribution from Chris Jenkins, Lisa Rein, and Nikita Stewart), a chilling story today about states across the country cutting back their Medicaid program. You can think the Bush Recession again for more valuable statistics added to the legacy . With revenue falling at the same time that more people are losing their jobs and private health coverage, states already have pared their programs and many are looking at deeper cuts for the coming year. Already, 19 states -- including Maryland and Virginia -- and the District of Columbia have lowered payments to hospitals and nursing homes, eliminated coverage for some treatments, and forced some recipients out of the insurance program completely. In this article, good news is harder to find than good work (or in actual reality right now, any work, but it comes here in this paragraph: According to a Washington source who is in clos...

Hope your Christmas went well everyone. And if you didn't celebrate Christmas, I hope your day still went well. Until tomorrow, peace.

Photo from the AFP Three stories to past along tonight on this installment of the TRI (The Read International) thread: Though the world is condemning it as a whole, the people of Guinea are happy that the military coup to overthrow their government in place has been successful. Leading the country now will be Moussa Camera , who forced the outgoing Prime Minister to endorse him: Ahmed Tidiane Souare said on Thursday he and other members of the government that was overthrown after the death of Lansana Conte, the long-serving president, earlier this week were ready to work with the coup leaders. "Mr President, members of the National Council for Democracy and Development, we thank you and we put ourselves at your disposal," Souare said in comments broadcast by Radio France International. Earlier on Thursday, Souare presented himself at an army camp near Conakry after being ordered to do so by the country's self-declared president. Camara ordered the government and senior mi...

Photo from Meteor Blades of dailykos.com As with Eartha Kitt, The Whole Delivery gives its condolences to the family of the Nobel Prize winning laureate : The provocative Nobel laureate Harold Pinter died December 24. Although his work in the theater over the course of 32 plays was broadly praised, his political views drew savage attacks, including one from fellow Brit and neo-conservative Christopher Hitchens, who wrote in 2005 that giving the Swedish award "to someone who gave up literature for politics decades ago, and whose politics are primitive and hysterically anti-American and pro-dictatorial, is part of the almost complete degradation of the Nobel racket." Matt Schudel at the Washington Post writes : Mr. Pinter's works, which bore the influence of the existential dramatist Samuel Beckett and the modernist poet T.S. Eliot, explored such themes as sexual frustration, jealousy, loneliness and an overriding if indistinct sense of fear. The social or mental balance of...