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My friend sent me this link about FISA
[Read the article: A place called Unity]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00158
I know they pushed back the vote, but I bet my bottom dollar neither Obama, Clinton, nor McCain will actually vote on the bill when it comes back July 6th. (Well, maybe McCAin.) Because they are, please excuse the sexist terminology, pussies. Sure, Obama came out supporting the bill (probaly at the request of Pelosi) and says he will vote yay on the final package, but I bet he'll be too "busy" to actually show up for the vote and that will be that. I don't know if its because he doesn't want to go against the House Democrats or if he's afraid independents and yellow dog democrats won't vote for a guy who let the terrorists win, or some such nonsense, but its sad either way. It depresses me. I do know one of my coworkers said to me the other day she would never vote for Obama because he is a terrorist. When I asked her who said that, she said everybody. I mean, he's gone from a Muslim to terrorist supporter and now he's an actual terrorist. Idiots.
Maybe the House democrats think they are doing Obama a favor by letting him appear hard on terror...but really, he's just alienating his base supporters. It's like the democratic party just doesn't care about us loyal liberals. They take us for granted just like they take for granted the black vote.
My friend also sent me this link:
http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/democratic-party/20615/but-why-did-94-democrats-change-their-votes-on-fisa/
If this is true, its just shameful. I for one think that before we go after the telecommunication industry we should be going after the Bush Administration; it's not fair to only target private companies. I know that if government agents showed up at my door and told me to do something, I'd probably go along with it because I too am a pussy.
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AKA Smith
[Read the article: Leave Bill Clinton alone!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Technically, I'm an Obama supporter and I don't want Bill Clinton to campaign for Obama. Not because I think he is a racist but because his role in the election is done. Leave him alone; let him party with Nelson Mandela all he wants.
And if he can't get over the Obama camp using "race" in the primary, (depending on your opinion) then so be it. If Clinton supporters think Obama used Rovian tactics to trash her campaign, and almost reverse Nixon strategy on race (which you gotta admit is brillant if true. He took what everyone thought was a handicap, his blackness, and made it a strength)and now they'll never vote for him, so be it.
I love Bill Clinton. I do think he made some unfortunate remarks, but I still love him. I think some of his policies as president was wrong, but still, I love him. Whenever I vist my aunt in Harlem I try to hang out by his headquarers hoping catch a glimpse of him. During the whole Monical Lewisnky scandal, I actually thought that if I were in the White House as an intern and he made a move on me, I'd be sorely tempted. I mean, c'mon; it's that raspy voice. mmm. I think this primary season won't even make it into a footnote about the legacy of Bill Clinton.
It's best, however, that he focuses on his own work and tries to make some money to help pay back that loan Hillary took out. The punditry and the media needs to stop harping on this b.s. (and that includes the War Room, are you listening Alex Koppelman?)
I agree 100 % with Joan.
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What I find the most disturbing
[Read the article: My coming-out mix tape]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is that the poor girl was a virtual prisoner in her own home. Damn, her parents were mean. Mean enough that she was pulling out her own hair.
I really liked this article. For the first time in awhile, I actually thought while reading it, here's an article no one could really find fault with.
Guess I was wrong.
What I loved about this article is that the writer and I are probably no more than 5 or 6 years apart, and I remember how much I loved (and still love) the music she's writing about. I too, was an outsider, being that was what was commonly called an oreo. Listening to white music didn't help, so I hid it from all of my friends. But one of the first cassettes I bought with my allowance was the Eurythmics.
I guess my pain ain't that important (since I was never arrested or anything for listening to it) but still, teenage angst is still angst. I still get pissed about slights from my childhood, when things that happen now seem to just roll off my back. I felt so much back then; I think sometimes, the older you get, the harder it is to remember what it was like when one little thing could make you cry for days.