Aug
05
2009
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Be Who You Are

I was going to add this to a daily digest post. But I don’t know that many people read those, and I don’t want people to miss this

School will soon start again, and countless LGBT youth will return to classrooms all over the country. Some will return to schools where they find support and protection from harassment — where administrators and teachers work together to ensure a safe learning environment to all students.

Some won’t.
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Aug
04
2009
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Aug
04
2009
2

Birthers Blues, Pt. 1

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series birther's blues

Has there been anything on the political scene, in recent memory, as amusing or disturbing as the “Birthers”.

Birther – A racist sore loser who can’t deal with having a black president so they make up absurd conspiracy theories about Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

I didn’t recognize them at first, when we first met them. Their particular brand of insanity hadn’t yet blossomed during the campaign. But the seeds, long planted, were ready and waiting.

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Written by terrance in: Barack Obama,current events,politics,race |
Aug
03
2009
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Aug
03
2009
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Aug
03
2009
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Death, Dishonesty & The GOP

In an effort to defeat universal health care, conservatives are engaging in a campaign of lies that will ultimately cause more families to suffer needlessly at a most painful time. As someone who worked for years with end-of-life care issues, and spent years working in the HIV/AIDS community, I cannot let it pass.

It’s easy to play on people’s fear of death. It’s even easier when you’re willing to lie outright as conservatives are doing in the health care debate.

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Written by terrance in: current events,health,politics | Tags: ,

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