tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post1095341334083879145..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Pondering bridge building...Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-5649169218926330132008-12-31T11:59:00.000-06:002008-12-31T11:59:00.000-06:00I can't find the reference now, but in Uganda -- U...I can't find the reference now, but in Uganda -- Uganda is not a fucked country -- Bush's no-condom policy cost 35,000 needless deaths from AIDS.<BR/><BR/>There's a word for abstinence-only AIDS prevention: genocide.<BR/><BR/>Maybe a little slower than no treatment, but genocide nonethless.<BR/><BR/>I think it's possible Obama is playing a deep game, and Warren is tactics and the feminist and LGBT blogosphere and Warren himself are providing enough rope for Warren to hang himself.<BR/><BR/>I blieve it's possible, but I don't trust it.Rev. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980273904644917114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-20012013949756261342008-12-30T07:43:00.000-06:002008-12-30T07:43:00.000-06:00Flamingbanjo said it best for me on this issue.Flamingbanjo said it best for me on this issue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698117410778232102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-41726357728210096852008-12-29T20:02:00.000-06:002008-12-29T20:02:00.000-06:00I suspect the talk of bridge building has somethin...I suspect the talk of bridge building has something to do with the fact that Obama has about two years to accomplish some major turnaround on the economy before the next election cycle starts up, and he's "reaching across the aisle" in anticipation of some very difficult votes to get his initiatives passed. The evangelical vote won't just go away, and trying to get their support on some contentious issues (I'm thinking health care) may be seen as a necessary compromise. Also, by dealing directly with evangelicals he is trying to bypass the Republican Party's historic lock on this group based on "Culture War" issues, most notably abortion and now gay marriage.<BR/><BR/>This may prove to be a smart political strategy, but unfortunately doesn't bode well for swift action on those "Culture War" issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-60059747519480999962008-12-29T18:34:00.000-06:002008-12-29T18:34:00.000-06:00Great post. Warren doesn't belong at the table, he...Great post. Warren doesn't belong at the table, he belongs on a street corner somewhere.Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551523252110967405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-40382200950734558162008-12-29T16:26:00.000-06:002008-12-29T16:26:00.000-06:00You have so hit a nerve today with this post. As t...You have so hit a nerve today with this post. As the mother of two girls and the grandmother of three girls and 4 boys, I watch and listen as my daughters preach and teach sex education at home from the "your ass does not need to be getting in someone elses pants" to birth control and condoms, and how to use them properly. These kids probably could teach a sex education class from both perspectives. In the end what we need are informed children that have all the tools to make the right choices. Parents have got to take the lead in this shit. <BR/><BR/>What worries me is the number of supposed abstaining christian females that are ending up pregnant. What are these parents thinking (or not) by not being up front and brutally honest with their children. <BR/><BR/>I guess my point is, this is not a game. Parents and educators are playing with childrens lives when they refuse for religious reasons to properly educate.AOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02664333737875522229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-70553976821376820102008-12-29T14:27:00.000-06:002008-12-29T14:27:00.000-06:00Bridge building is a good thing as long as what we...Bridge building is a good thing as long as what we're building is really a bridge. Lots of us could use the construction work right about now. I'm afraid though, that if I show up on the job site and it turns out to be a demolition job on the seperation between church and state, I'll have to "just say no" and go back home and eat some more ramen...<BR/> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-84705333137504343982008-12-29T12:44:00.000-06:002008-12-29T12:44:00.000-06:00well put.well put.midwesterntransporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749445416512279883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-19786081035148164272008-12-29T09:43:00.000-06:002008-12-29T09:43:00.000-06:00Well put. I gotta say, my biggest fear of an Obama...Well put. I gotta say, my biggest fear of an Obama administration was (is) that he would <I>Bob Barker</I> us into oblivion - the only thing we had to fear was, not fear itself, but that rhetoric and stagecraft were all he had.<BR/><BR/>Aside from a few decent scientific-based appointments I've not seen anything encouraging and after 8 long years I am damned sick of stagecraft (how many fucking flags can a man put on the stage with him and his little president-elect podium).<BR/><BR/>It's clear with Israel's latest actions in Gaza that they're fairly certain there will be no repercussions from either Bush or Obama (with his staunch pro-Israel at any cost primary turnaround).<BR/><BR/>There may be less change in our pockets these days but not so little as there will be in DC next month.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944649205659070225noreply@blogger.com