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This, Be Our Land - By Joe Wood

By Joe Wood on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 2:58am |
"This, Be Our Land" A poem by Joe Wood (2010)   I had a memory, of a land a'plenty The men a'working, the women talking I had a nightmare, the world was ending This land was made for you...
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Why Vote?

By Joe Wood on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 2:41am |
After a certain amount of time, almost everybody who loves politics or government or social causes loses not interest--but faith in the system.  At some points we have believed in our lives that this guy was "our guy"--that he would...
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The Problem Is On The Inside

By Joe Wood on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 3:18pm |
I remember the night in early 2008, waiting in a line that stretched for 5 blocks.  People all excited.  Freezing temperatures.  20,000 of us, waiting to see our man. His speech was electrifying; I was seeing Lincoln, RFK, Malcolm X. ...
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What Sherrod Deserves

By Joe Wood on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 2:10am |
The Obama administration--namely Secretary Tom Vilsack--made a huge blunder by not handling this sensitive issue with care and discretion.  Any White House official, and any administration official--who took the ball and simply rolled it without asking questions, digging, or fact-checking--is guilty...
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The Legend of the Barefoot Bandit

By Joe Wood on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 7:55pm |
  I believe, at some point, every good person has drempt of the perfect heist, the perfect getaway--because for most good people life is tedious, boring, dull--and somehow we know there is a more exciting life to be led,...
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Goodbye

By Joe Wood on Sun, 04/25/2010 - 6:35pm |
  This is going to be my last entry.  You guys at TPMcafe have really been great and wonderful kindred spirits, especially at my darkest of struggles.  Thank you for being there, all of you. I have realized that...
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Simple Words

By Joe Wood on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 4:41pm |
I was thinking that in keeping with the Cafe's more personal touch in recent days, perhaps someone should recognize that personal testaments and sharing thoughts and feelings is not an obstacle to political power--but a privileged path to it. The greatest political...
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Why Am I So Angry?

By Joe Wood on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 1:26am |
Well, I'll tell you.  I should have been a pair of old shoes that you wear and then throw away so drive my weathered soul into the mud at least I'll be used I guess some shoes are never shined...
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Why is Race Important?

By Joe Wood on Sat, 04/17/2010 - 3:23am |
The title is not rhetorical.  I have no damn idea, even as I write this, why we constantly focus on race, racism, white black, etc.  We act like we are somehow light years beyond where we once were.  But by...
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LOVE IS HATE/WAR IS PEACE

By Joe Wood on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 3:12am |
    If I support Gay Rights, am I being hateful to Marriage? If I am pro-black, am I anti-white? If I fly the Confederate flag, am I a racist? Well, to some people yes.  But I am guessing they...

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