Sex, Football and Politics

Joe you did us proud!

You stuck to the issue, you showed your passion, you displayed your intelligence.
And you almost shed a tear! That was the moment for me when you talked about the tragedy you faced in your life.
Governor Palin hung in there. She was folksy, told stories, felt that she was strong on the [...]

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So, its 8:15 pm and we all are waiting for the Vice-Presidential Debate.

When was the last time we waited for a debate, much less the VP Debate?

This will be the most watched debate ever. Obama-McCain II and III will not get this many viewers combined. That is my prediction.
I am concerned.

Palin has been horrible [...]

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I went to a meeting last night and was completely frustrated. I hate non-profit organizations who deny the role that politics plays in the governance of their organizations and mission.
Fucking tired of it. Shit, if the Dems don’t win, there won’t be a system to save. The GOP will not pass any legislation to protect [...]

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I am on the bus coming home from work today.
I got on the bus with a mother and her child. The child could not have been more than 6 months old. Maybe a few months older.
Mama was a big beautiful woman. I noticed a tattoo on her arm. I think it was the baby’s feet. [...]

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Getting ready for Monday Night Football and crawling along the bottom of my 13 inch screen, that Lance Armstrong was coming out of retirement.

Wow!
The wire report story says that it’s for five races, and that he’s racing for free; no salary or bonuses.
My questions are:
Why?
And knowing what he did in the past, is there pressure [...]

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Got this email from a colleague in community organizing, Gabriel Thompson.
Gabe addressed this letter to Sarah Pailin.
I address it to the undecided voters in the battleground states. Especially, the blue-collar independent women in those states.
Because that’s where this fight will be won, not between the candidates at the top of the ticket:

An Open Letter to [...]

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If these two knuckleheads had jumped to the NBA from high school, I might be a little sympathetic.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3569725
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-34-27/
These guys played on a National Championship basketball team. They attended a top level institution of higher learning, Kansas, where I am sure they were rules that are as stringent as the NBA.
And though, I don’t disagree [...]

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Why does this happen?

I am on the 5 train going downtown yesterday. There are 4-seat chairs (2 of them) based in the corner of some of the cars.

At 59th street, the woman pictured gets on the train, and basically imposes her fat ass will on two unsuspecting young women.

The woman, who had to be close [...]

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Being a parent is the toughest job out there.

Even if you are a a badass, you really learn how wicked and evil and tough the world is, and that you want to protect your child from it. I think it’s natural.

Of course there are extreme cases where this is not evident. In my experience I [...]

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I saw a really young kid on the subway tonight. He could not have been older than 15. If you want to know how violence overloads and sets things off, shorty riding the subway late at night might be a cause.

I couldn’t help think that he was homeless, being neglected, abused. Someone is not stepping [...]

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