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Comment on The Moral, Successful Version of Don't Ask Don't Tell

Out Military — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:46:11 GMT

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Comment on Why We Occupy: Loony Newt's Loony SpokesIdiot on Maddow

Phil Malthus — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:01:00 GMT

heh, I just finished watching Tyler slime the TV screen (on the 11pm repeat) and then caught your post here. & that sounds about right for Ingraham, who seems to achieve epic levels of sublime unawareness with an effortlessness unmatched in the current political realm

Comment on Dude: Divorce your Alzheimer's wife and "start over"

Phil Malthus — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:01:43 GMT

Robertson does seem to be the anti-Christian, reliably preaching the cruelest and least-merciful option or judgement on, well, anything. I don't understand how he ever got an audience, but then american christianity usually leaves me scratching my head :/

Comment on And I Thought I Had It Bad

Phil Malthus — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:20:52 GMT

Not just in relation to divorce, but I can easily imagine how much they are allowed to run riot in that arena. Bleh.

Comment on The Absurdities of Poverty: Call Someone Else

earledj — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:14:30 GMT

I'm convinced certain personality types gravitate to these social service jobs for the power trip.

From Debra: I suspect it's more likely that, once in those positions of power over the powerless, and without firm control from above, the nascent sociopaths and egomaniacs spring forth to wreak havoc in inundated environments. As I said, almost all have been kind and frustrated by their own impotence.

Comment on re: Call Someone Else

Denise — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:37:38 GMT

Way to go. Your patience serves you well. I am praying that it will truly pay off for you and your children very soon.

Comment on Acquisition Strategy for FINOs

frayedcat — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:31:09 GMT

Dear Ms. Dickerson,
I am glad to hear that you are alive. I am sorry that your life is not well. I don't know you as a person, but I love you as a writer and have read every piece of writing of yours that I can find. I have followed the writer-you from Mothers That Think, thru' your books to Mother Jones and now here. I wish that I could offer you an Job, but I can say that you have made a profound difference in my thoughts about race in america.

Comment on Angelina Jolie Proves That Obama Still Isn't Black

Priscilla — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:19:30 GMT

Chinue: Egyptians represented themselves as many different things, because Egypt was diverse. They were not uniformly represented as "brown people with big noses" and in fact their art clearly makes a distinction between people we would today see as Black, and people we would not. Whatever she may have been, if we saw Cleopatra on the street today, we would probably not identify her as a Black woman. Roman diplomats described her as "fair" and having brown hair.

Egypt is in Africa, but look at WHERE in Africa it is. Egypt was a crossroads of the world, comparable to NYC today: it was much more related, in terms of commerce and travel, to Asia and Europe than to southern Africa.

Portraits of Cleopatra indicate that she had a larger nose, but otherwise it's possible that she looked a lot like Angelina Jolie. This isn't a case of whiteface.

Comment on Debra Doesn't Live Here Anymore

car games — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:40:28 GMT

a nicely focused piece of writing, am thankfull for your notes.

Comment on Destitution is STILL a Full Time Job.

Maid — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:56:56 GMT

I hope you continue working on that book. I think you will have a unique perspective on this problem in America that will be a blessing to many and help create change.