Frank Chow: Asian- American Political Pundit

Helloooooo Thursday. It is Flash Forward night with the lady and I am excited. Tonight's episode seems to be revealing an important piece to the puzzle, who was behind the global blackout? We also found out that everyone is starting to get intertwined. I am still a big fan of John Cho and his characters inner struggle, the lady and I go back and forth about this, but his character's complex issue of figuring out who is going to murder him before they do has me on the edge of my couch. Looking forward to it and no worries I won't spoil anything by blogging about it. So you DVR's are safe PEOPLE! Anywho, the headlines are all a flames and I am all the rage, so let's get on with it shall we? Here are your highlights: HEY WALL ST. KARMA IS A BITCH! Halloween 2009, I get it you want to be funny, but this gets all kinds of racisty In Chicago Atheists can buy Billboards too The new dumb debate amongst the Elephants and Donkeys... WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! Nuh-uh we do....we...

I must preface this by saying I was in costume, hidden in the shadows and completely undetected, so for those of you worried about my ninja guise being unmasked fear not...thank American Apparel. This past Saturday I had the opportunity to attend the Netroots Nation Salon in Chicago. The salon actually took place north of Chicago in the Rogers Park neighborhood joint, the No Exit Café . Along the walls Che Guevara posters and photos hung crookedly. The place reminded me of a lost era where worn wooden floors were a sign of customer traffic not deterioration. I entered as the panelists took to the stage with host Matt Filipowicz welcoming each one WWE announcer style. It was a rowdy start. The crowd was for the most part over 30 and white which was discouraging, however what I expected. Considering the locale of the venue and normal café-goers I did have a smidge of hope it would be a diverse crowd. *Sigh* We did fill the place to the brim, but that should be the case every time. The p...