Drug Czar--a whole department whose demise could help to bring down the cost of government--should be axed immediately. It has been a waste of money, time and resources since its inception. The real drug war is coming over the border. When things really start to boil over into white middle class neighborhoods, maybe people will wake up to the fact that this war on drugs has been a boondoggle and a sham. Maybe then we will reform the drug laws in an intelligent way. I have known many drug addicts. I don't use and am not a supporter of drug use. …
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I must agree with the author when she says that the racism that is occurring in this country is a more serious issue than the sexism. I think it's partly because women are used to doing double duty and carrying the load; we don't always see that as discriminatory, more as just the way things are. But when I see how the African American women that I know are struggling (and with things that many middle-class white women don't even realize are an issue), I know that something needs to be done. An honest, open dialogue about race relations is long …
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"In America, they came first for the Drinkers, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Drinker; And then they came for the Smokers, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Smoker; And then they came for the obese people, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t obese; And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up."
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I am not an Obama backer. I was a John Edwards supporter. But this has nothing to do with the Jeremiah Wright controversy. Reverend Wright said some very interesting things in the sermons that were excerpted by the media. I challenge everyone who reads this to find the YouTube videos that show the FULL sermons. If you do your research, it quickly becomes clear that what the media was portraying as "fanatical" and "hate speech" was TRUTH. Part of the reason that middle class white people are so quick to buy into these sound bytes and turn against Obama is because …
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People love to point a finger and call names at those who believe that our government is capable of evil deeds . It's a lot of fun for people to laugh and pretend they know more. The problem is that those crazy folks have FACTS to back up their "theories." Before you start calling Reverend Wright a conspiracy theorist, check some facts; do some research of your own. You may be surprised at what you will find. I have been. Try this website that lists the medical and scientific experiments that have been performed without consent (and sometimes without knowledge) on …
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One way that the powerful in this nation stay in power is by dividing those of us who are not in power. They divide us by race, religion, educational background and economic background. They divide us and they conquer. What I am hearing here is a lot of people who have bought into those divisive strategies lock, stock and barrel. We need to question why we all have to differentiate ourselves when we are fighting to advance our collective situation. Some see Rev. Wright as divisive because they have bought into the base theory that black people and white people are …
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"There’s only a certain number of hundreds of years that average Americans (including many blacks) are willing to give a historically oppressed segment of society a pass. And I think we are fast approaching that point in time. White Americans (in fact all Americans) need to keep any tendency to judge on stereotypes and superficial characteristics in check. " Natalie, please explain this "pass" that you believe that any oppressed segment of society has ever received. I would like to hear the details of this theory that anyone but rich white people get a pass because I have not seen that. …
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"Wright used his sound bites repeatedly knowing full well he was communicating to his audience that all the problems (including totally unfounded ones like intentional spreading of aids) are due ONLY to WHITE men." Wright did not employ "soundbites" the media did. The media did it to pander to a fearful white audience in order to cast a negative light on Barack Obama. Obama has never sanctified any of this and the only reason you ever heard any of it is because the media was trying to put Obama on the defensive. And it is working. Thanks to people like you. …
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That's a German flag, drobe. You aren't overseas, are you? The flag just shows up when I post and I don't see a setting anywhere that changes it (or even a place that might ask what country you are from).
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Sadly, you have sold yourself on the idea that Bill Moyers is a weak, Jesus-hating , liberal journalist. Truth may be relative to some degree, but your truth is definitely relative to your short-sighted view of the world. If you want to attack Bill Moyers on the Iraq war issue, explain why we went there in the first place when Osama Bin Laden was in Afghanistan. Explain why we wasted efforts on Saddam Hussein, who had nothing to do with Al Queda or 9/11 when we had Bin Laden in our grasp. Explain why the administration starting talking about war in …
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