Letters to the Editor
L. Michelle
Published Letters: 114
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Social Positions vs Economic Interest
[Read the article: Whose fault is the Clinton-Obama stalemate?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The one caveat is that it bucks the trend of the rest of society. Most Americans nowadays vote their social positions rather than their economic interest. It may be that black people are the last voting bloc to predominately vote their economic interest...
...but in my experience, a large part of the black community's estrangement from the Republican party is rooted in the Southern Strategy and the GOP's unreserved embrace of unrepentant segregationists such as Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond (and their ideological children such as Trent Lott)."
That Southern Strategy affected the economic livelihood of many Blacks...
If there were millions and millions of Black Americans worried about cashing in on their capital gains - it could be a way different ballgame.
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On AIDS and vaccines
[Read the article: Wright's theology not "new or radical"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"A case can be made that the AIDS epidemic was caused by a hepatitus vaccine trial in NYC using a vaccine contaminated with HIV." Jack Hughes
I'll have to learn more about that. There was also an article in Rolling Stone (in 80s or early 90s - not sure) that investigated contaminated Polio vaccines as a possible root cause. If I remember correctly the series of articles proposed that a contaminated batch of the vaccine (without knowledge of the contamination) was tested in Africa back in the 50s. Some scientists back then that worked on the vaccines died of immune difficiency related diseases.
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HUH???!!!
[Read the article: How Hillary Clinton botched the black vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It may be, if Barack Obama is elected President, the people who voted for him will be the most surprised as his reality unfolds. A lot of societies bought snake oil salesmen in the twentieth century, Russia in 1917, Italy in the 1920s, Germany in 1933, China in 1949--all are great cautionary tales. But clearly Lenin, Mussolina, Hitler, and Chairman Mao and his cultural revolution and polticical correctness still have many followers. It will take awhile for the true believers trailing the Marxist Mr. Obama to lose the faith.
-- rphillips111
You're living under a Fascist neo-con regime right now.
Reality check time.
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Funny
[Read the article: How Hillary Clinton botched the black vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This works everytime...divide and conquer.
I think we should all know by now that most of the media long ago shifted to the right...
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Voters vs Voters
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In most states, during a general election, the Democrats usually get the most votes in the bigger population centers and college towns. When the Republicans come out to vote in bigger numbers they outnumber Dems in the rural, less populated areas. So even in the big states like Cali, that in a demo primary Clinton won, Obama carried the areas where the Democratic vote will be in a general election.
Also, I'm sensing a trend on this site...looks like a lot of Obama supporters don't like Clinton's policies or the way she ran her campaign...
With a lot of the Clinton supporters, their dislike seems to be more of Obama supporters than a dislike of Obama himself.
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More white people voting for Obama than the establishment is comfortable with
[Read the article: What should Hillary Clinton do now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anyone have figures?
I suspect that while Obama is getting the majority of the votes from people who consider themselves black or are considered black by others, the majority of total votes is coming from whites(and dollars to his campaign) is coming from people who consider themselves white or are considered white by others.
Just the population numbers make me also suspect that and the new, young voters for Obama - those would be mostly women and people other than blacks. Simply for the fact that way too many young black men are in prison or tied up in the justice system in some way and they don't have voting rights.
(I've decided to use this "consider themselves a certain race" term, because America is such a melting pot. Who knows what's lurking in that DNA?)
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I Love Music
[Read the article: Hip-hop is no longer cooler than me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And there's plenty of good music of all genres for those willing to take the time to search and listen.
The thing with Hip Hop and dance is simply that hip-hop is the club music of today. The environment for it is more in the club (Lil Jon, Lil Wayne, Lil ...all those Lil's. As a matter of fact, some of the more commercial hip-hop influenced artists & producers (Kanye & Timbaland come to mind) are using a lot of four-on-floor beats lately. And I'm hearing more techno and dance influence in the radio hip-hop.
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But could the primary vote in this former Democratic bastion be a clue to Obama's performance in November?
[Read the article: Can Barack Obama win West Virginia?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No.
His NATIONAL campaign against McCain will determine the election.
Also, after 8 years of Bill Clinton, the state has gone Republican the last two elections. And people are supposed to think that the Clintons can revive the state as a Democratic bastion?
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Sentiments the Same
[Read the article: California Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They really could have put this decision off until next year...it's done all the time.
Things that make you go...hmmmmmm
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Marriage
[Read the article: Gay marriage, so what?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The wedding trope is particularly nonsensical because, for several generations, gay couples have been showing America how marriages can be created without benefit of weddings. You may have seen us. Signing onto mortgages and joint checking accounts. Hosting barbecues, buying cars, planning for retirement. Starting families or not starting them. Wondering where the years have gone. Without any blessing from the state, we've married each other; we're just waiting for the rest of America to catch up.
And when the election's over? We'll still be here. Come up and see us sometime."
....Which is exactly why the judgement could have waited.
Peace and love to you though.
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LilyRose
[Read the article: Why don't those hillbillies like Obama?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Rural America's inclination to vote for warmongering neo-cons who pander to religion and guns and mediocrity is not so much Obama's problem as it is the existential problem of American identity."
I agree.
And people know exactly what Obama means when he says "change".
It's attitude before action.
But there's that other existential problem of American identity: the culture of denial.
Thus, the "Huh, duh...what change???"