In These Times

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• • 12 Mar 09
  • 3:48 pm

  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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• • 30 Apr 08
  • 2:00 pm

  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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• • 29 Apr 08
  • 7:14 pm

  "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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• • 25 Apr 08
  • 9:12 pm

  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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• • 26 Apr 08
  • 2:03 pm

  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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