September 2011
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We are all Troy Davis...and we are Free!
If any of you are Facebook or Twitter users, you might have noticed a flurry of activity last night about a man named Troy Anthony Davis. Troy was an inmate on death row in Georgia for more than 20 years for the crime of killing a police officer in cold blood. I said Troy WAS an inmate because at 11:08pm last night, he was executed after US Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas denied Troy’s...
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This Day For Me...Ten Years Ago
When I was in high school, I loved wood shop class. I found something so comforting in the focus you had to have on the work you were doing. The attention to detail was not just a desirable quality, it was in fact a necessity when dealing with tools that could easily cause severe injury. I was often in my own little world in that class, completely cut off from everything going on outside of it....
June 2011
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No One Likes To Be Guilt-Tripped
Let me set the scene for you. I take the Metro in DC every night to get home from work. Last night, I was heading to an event after work. On my way to the Metro, right outside the escalator to head down to the platform, there were a bunch of protestors putting on what’s commonly referred to as a “stunt.” What they were protesting is US militarism in Honduras and they chose to display their, let’s...
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No Relief for Me Today...
News of Osama bin Laden’s death came as no relief to me. First off, I would have been much happier if he was captured and brought to true justice through a public trial here in the United States. I would have loved to see him stand trial for the murder of thousands of American citizens, and be held accountable based on the values and principles we have chosen to live by and that which are ideals...
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This is About a Lot More Than Just a Birth...
As I am sure most of you have heard, President Obama today held a press conference to show to the world his long-form birth certificate, which many conspiracy theorists and outright racists have been clamoring for for what seems now like an eternity. Most recently, Donald Trump, possible Republican Presidential candidate and shameless self-promoter, has been constantly talking throughout the media...