Family and Politics (and prejudice)

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Monday September 08, 2008 · 8:32 PM PDT

2008/09/08 · 20:32

I posted also on DU about this issue. And I guess I need still venting. So I am, with your indulgence, post it here as well, but more in depth. So If you are interested in delving into a family divided on political issues as well as racial ones, feel free to follow me below the jump.

ejpoeta

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Sunday July 20, 2008 · 4:13 PM PDT

2008/07/20 · 16:13

I was watching the news this evening and heard that John McCain is coming to Buffalo, NY for a fundraiser. Actually two of them. One at a private residence, the second at the Albright Knox Museum. It appears that some think McCain could give a crap about this area. I don't know why they would think that, but I think they are wrong.

ejpoeta

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Tuesday June 10, 2008 · 1:29 PM PDT

2008/06/10 · 13:29

I was not around when the fever for space flight started. I have seen that speech by Kennedy about reaching the moon. It was an obsession... a competition against the Russians to get to the moon first. It seemed a daunting task, but we made it to the moon. And that is part of our proud history.

Where is our call to arms about energy? Yes, there is a growing throng of voices calling for change in our energy habits. There are those around our country who work to achieve that goal. And yet, there is not that nationalistic call to be the first nation to find that alternative that could break our oil addiction.

ejpoeta

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 6:23 AM PDT

2008/05/14 · 06:23

My brother forwarded this email you will find below the jump. I was amazed at how they placed the blame for all our problems on the dems taking congress in 2006. I don't even know how to respond to this obvious bullshit. I mean, let's forget how the lack of oversight on the banking system created these subprime mortgages which were then sold of in bits and pieces and then resulted in a meltdown and a burst in the real estate bubble, weakening dollar values and our sad state today. but that is all the dems fault. yeah right.

ejpoeta

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Thursday March 27, 2008 · 8:13 AM PDT

2008/03/27 · 08:13

I know. They aren't going to care. But I felt a little better having gotten my words onto the keyboard. Not the same as pen and paper, but... eh. I will be sending letters to sponsors as well. Will it do any good? Probably not. But I am going to do it anyway. I am tired of having a news media that has no journalistic integrity. Below the fold I will paste my letter so that you can critique it for me. And maybe get your own anger regarding the media out on paper or keyboard and give them a piece of your mind.

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Do you think a letter or email will help?

153 votes Vote Now!

Do you think a letter or email will help?

Yes- Tell them how you really feel

85 votes

No-- You are wasting your time

24 votes

Maybe

28 votes

I don't know

5 votes

Get lost

3 votes

Pie

8 votes

Why people refuse to see

ejpoeta

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 · 7:48 PM PDT

2008/03/19 · 19:48

I sent a link to the obama race speech the other day to my friends and family. Well, I got an email from my brother saying he won't watch it because obama is unpatriotic and unamerican and shouldn't be president. then he sent me an email he had gotten which i will share below the fold. I feel sad inside for the unwillingness for my family to see or hear anything.

ejpoeta

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Saturday March 01, 2008 · 6:04 PM PST

2008/03/01 · 18:04

If you look around the internet, you can find this stuff about the candidates. I was looking to see if I could find the MSNBC biographies of the candidates, but I found this instead; an A&E biography from 2007. If you can catch the biographies on MSNBC, I think it's worth your time. But please take the time to watch these if you can. I think they are very interesting. This one is for Barack Obama. Tomorrow I will try to get a hillary clinton one up too.

ejpoeta

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Friday February 08, 2008 · 4:56 PM PST

2008/02/08 · 16:56

OK. I was looking at yes we can video and others, and came across some funny ones. Now, they may be stupid, but they sure are funny. And we could use a few good laughs about now, what with wanting to surrender to the terrorists, as john mccain would like to have us believe. Well, if you are not in the mood for stupid humor, then you might as well walk away now. But if you feel like having a good laugh, please jump with me.

ejpoeta

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Monday February 04, 2008 · 1:22 PM PST

2008/02/04 · 13:22

Now, I know that we are all about our candidates, but there is one thing that I think we can agree on. Swiftboating is not cool. But it can be funny if you make it funny!! And when it is an equal opportunity joke.

ejpoeta

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 9:51 AM PST

2008/01/31 · 09:51

I have not written a diary here in a long time. My head hurts at the amount of vitriolic animous people seem to be launching at each other these days. But I feel very strongly right now about an issue that might resonate with many right now, so I risk flame wars to broach a topic that has little to do with politics, but is important to me.

My husband's employer has recently sought to cut some of bob's co-worker's pay as well as minimize their bonuses they would recieve. This has obviously made several people upset where bob works. Last night they had a conference call to discuss a union that they had been whispering about for a couple of weeks. And this morning they met with company officials who had apparently gotten wind of the union talk. So i just sat and wrote a letter which i most likely would never send, but which i felt like sharing with someone. So follow me to the jump if you want to hear more.

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What do you think?

22 votes Vote Now!

What do you think?

That company should treat their employees better.

21 votes

Your husband should feel lucky to have a job at all

0 votes

This diary is a waste of bandwith

0 votes

This should be a candidate diary

1 vote

I don't know

0 votes

I don't care

0 votes

Go Patriots!

0 votes

Administration Stifles Surgeon General Talk

ejpoeta

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Tuesday July 10, 2007 · 3:16 PM PDT

2007/07/10 · 15:16

I guess I would have to say I stopped being surprised by the brazenness of this administration long ago, but then I would have to recall countless times that I have thought that true only to have been surprised by them again. Maybe that is more because I thought there was nowhere else for them to go, but they find a way. Too bad they can't use that ability to find us a way out of Iraq. Hmm... But I digress. I was just reading an article from the NY Times entitled Former Surgeon General Says He Was Muzzled . I know, what's so new about that? Well, follow me below the jump and I'll let some pent up anger flow through my fingertips and onto the internet page.

ejpoeta

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Monday January 22, 2007 · 10:32 AM PST

2007/01/22 · 10:32

I know many of you are going to wonder why I am diarying about this. I am so infuriated right now, and i know many of you will probably know what I mean when you hear it. many of you will probably tell me to get a life and get over it. The fact that I put it out there causes me to expect some response. right? well, here goes.

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108 votes Show Results

What do you think?

108 votes Vote Now!

What do you think?

That lady needs to get a clue

74 votes

You need to get a clue

3 votes

Get over it

14 votes

What is the world coming to?

6 votes

You're an idiot.

1 vote

I don't care.

10 votes

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