Hendrik Hertzberg’s New Yorker piece, “Let It Rain,” points out the mean spirit in Palin’s speech:

According to Time, Palin’s acceptance address was drafted—by a former Bush White House speechwriter—before she was chosen and then retailored to fit her. Like almost every major speech at that Convention (Mike Huckabee’s being an exception), it substituted sarcasm for humor in its sneers at Obama. “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities,” she said. “Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America, and he’s worried that someone won’t read them their rights,” she said, a little chillingly. “Listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or even a reform, not even in the state senate,” she said. This last was simply false; Obama’s legislative record, both in Illinois and (given its brevity) in Washington, is impressive. (Also, it’s McCain whose books have been “authored.” Obama wrote his.) But the speech was well crafted and more than competently delivered, with even its most mean-spirited lines accompanied by perky smiles and wrinklings of the nose.

The GOP has been criticizing Obama for lack of experience, yet when CNN‘s Campbell Brown questioned McCain spokeman Tucker Bounds regarding to Palin’s experience, he badly fluffed his way out. The McCain’s campaign got so upset that they canceled McCain’s appearance on Larry King Live. Brown punked them.

While I am still waiting for the debate to decide who to root for, anyone who could step up to the antediluvian O’Reilly earns my credits. Obama is doing a great job of holding down Papa Bear on the first part of the interview. Hopefully, Fox News won’t edit the interview and distort the truth like they always do.

The 2008 election is just around the corner and I have yet to make up my mind which party to rock with although I have been leaning toward the left. John McCain, however, got me excited when he announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. She seems like someone that could feel our pain. She’s a middle class who is married to a production worker. She has five kids. One is pregnant at seventeen and one requires special needs. We heard some buzz about her accomplishments as a governor of Alaska. She seems decent and not as evil as some of the republican old heads. Yet last night she released her demon on her acceptance speech.

The evilness in her smile and sarcasm when criticizes senator Barack Obama irked me. She was so hostile in her speech. I was not even sure why she was disrespecting the community organizers, but I am sure they are way more decent then most of the politicians, particularly Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. In his speech, Romney said, “Just like you, there has never been a day when I was not proud to be an American.” How low do you have to go to attack a candidate’s spouse? Then again, you can’t really take any of these guys’ words seriously, especially when Guiliani claimed, “Sarah Palin has more experience than the entire Democratic ticket combined.”

I was hoping that Palin would stand out from the guys. I was looking for some real substances instead of lies and tough talks. After last night’s speech, the only thing that is different between Palin and and Guiliani is the lipstick.

A fundraising fashion show will be held on Saturday, September 27th at the Tampa Convention Center to help an 18-year-old Vietnamese girl who was raped and beaten to blind outside of the Bloomingdale Library. Because of the medical bills, her family is going bankrupt. You can read more about the incident here.

If you’re in Florida, come and support the victim and her family. If not, you can still donate online.

Maison Chance will be hosting concert events in various states, including Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, to raise money for the disadvantaged children and disabled people of Vietnam. Check out Maison Chance’s upcoming event page for more information.

If you’re in D.C. area, come to Fortune restaurant (6249 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church, VA 22044) on Saturday, October 11 to hear Tim Aline Rebeaud speaks about her journey in Viet Nam, enjoy the good music from the great folks at Quan Van Nova, and most importantly, give the less-fortunate people in Viet Nam a second chance in life.

It’s about time Giant Food replaces its ancient, horrendous logo with a new one. When I first got to Virginia, I couldn’t tell Giant was a grocery store by looking at its current logo.

“Excuse me Mr. Attitude, why you got an attitude?” Young Jeezy rhymes in his new joint “Welcome Back.” It’s a pretty hot track.

Simple, one-page portfolio of William Smith. Nice use of brown.

Friday I went to the DMV to get a new license. (I think my wife lost it when we bought some drugs.) The man behind the counter was so friendly that we had a bit of a causal conversation. He asked me where I work and followed up with the most frequented asked question, “Are you a professor?” I replied, “No, just a web designer.” To my surprised he complemented, “Web design is not a just. It’s big.” He really made my day. Visiting a DMV not so bad at all.

Saturday we spend the entire day with my family and celebrated Samantha’s ninth birthday. She is such big girl now with a big appetite. Watching her eat is a joy. She could clean up a regular bowl of Pho and an avocado shake with no problem. Our typical weekends have mostly spent with our families, and we alternate between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I can’t even look at our credit card’s monthly bill just for eating out and gas for the weekends.

Sunday we drove back to Virginia for house hunting and only one out of eight looked decent. I am getting tired of looking at houses, but also feeling bad for our agent for putting up with us. If we want to see fifteen houses, she would take us to fifteen houses. She just had a knee surgery and couldn’t take us, but still making sure that her husband is taking us. Real estate is quite a job.