I haven’t followed that closely this whole “race-baiting” thread that’s been going back and forth between the Obama and Clinton camps that much. To be honest, it doesn’t really interest me that much other than it did not raise it’s head until now, when we are about to head into the Nevada caucuses and the SC primary, the first two primary states with substantial enough minority populations for race to be a factor. But today I read this article about good ole New York Rep. Charlie Rangel. He was once the man that I took the unpopular stance among my friends to side with over the issue of reinstating the draft. The way that issue got portrayed was that he was saying the draft is pure good and that we need it, when he was actually saying that if the sons of politicians were eligible to be conscripted, the congress might not take so lightly the decision to declare war. I understood this logic. But today I am baffled by his statements supporting Hillary Clinton’s recent MLK faux pas. (As an aside, I am not so sure that I still agree with Rangel’s idea to reintroduce the draft. Upon further consideration over the last couple of years I have realized that the rich and powerful have always figured out ways to keep their kids from having to really be in the shit – e.g. our president (W)) Whereas the subsequent fallout of the Clinton MLK/LBJ statement does seem a little overblown to me, I do believe it is validly available for critique. She was being a politician, a white...
So I just started this week at a new Job with CNN, and whereas it has been an interesting start, I have kind of had to do a roll-your-own training schedule that has left me with lots of time to check out the site and keep up with the daily news, even down to a granular level. So today I am looking and I see this story about Ron Paul being a racist, or about some old remarks attributed to him, or some other sort of thing. The story didn’t startle me as much as it may have others. I do believe Paul when he says he did not write the things that are being attributed to him, but they apparently were written under the banner of a political newsletter bearing his name. Regardless of whether he wrote it or not, he should have protected his “brand” (his name) a little better. But all of that is neither here nor there, the real question is whether or not the Internet will shut down if Ron Paul does not receive the Republican nomination for president? An acquaintance of mine recently boldly stated that the Internet would indeed shut down if Paul does not get the nomination at his house one night after he had imbibed at least a couple of pints of Irish Whiskey. I do not know this person or his political views very well. I do know that he is smallish, has a tendency toward a Napoleon complex at times, and that if he has an opinion at all about something, it is a STRONG opinion. I really...
It’s sweet that I kissed your cheek, but what I wanted was full-on-the-lips kissing, the cheek was nice enough and all, but I still imagine tongues in each other’s mouths, don’t remember what it felt like with you, but I imagine. And I imagine holding hands at movies and while we drove down the road. I imagine I imagine many things that never existed. I imagine your hair all piled up on your head in the morning, and the time that I decided french toast would be good for several weekends. I imagine one million cigarettes on the front porch and a few hundred foot rubs that I could’ve done better, and I imagine the time we went to Italy in the summer and decided to stay in bed for one whole day. I imagine the day I proposed with the ring I thought to be ill-fated and you said yes and I imagine the time in late spring when we got married out by the river and we were barefoot. I imagine the kids, all off to college now, and retirement fast approaching, and possibly the cliche RV in the near future. I imagine, despite a full working furnace, and the thermostat turned up amply high, that the bed will be cold tonight, the pillow will...
So many friends of mine here in my space tonight, some that know me, many that do not. I will soon post the favorite albums (CDs) of the year post. We should all wait it out till morning. We should all love each other and suffer in the morning. We need that commitment to one another, since we have nothing that equals it in our past or current life. I love each and every one of you. I do. I promise our parents will ever know the...
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