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The Failures of Technological Advances on My Sense of Belonging

By Joe Wood on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 3:08am |
                                                               Recording devices should have been made not only for mass producing and capitalizing on another's musical ability for profit. They were, most likely, an invention to get bored people with money to buy another sure cure-all for their...
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Who Cares About Las Vegas

By Joe Wood on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 9:02pm |
In the midst of 10+ percent unemployment, who gives a crap about what Obama says about wasting money in Las Vegas? I care about finding a job.  Not even a good paying one anymore.  Just a job. I have been unemployed...
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It's A Hard Rain A Gonna' Fall

By Joe Wood on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 3:41am |
     What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore -And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over -like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a...
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Physician, Heal Thyself: Where The Hell Is The Left?

By Joe Wood on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 9:02pm |
As a disclaimer, I am one of those laid-off people who worked hard and played by the rules.  I have no health care.  I am a diabetic.  I had no health care when I did work last.  The last time I did have...
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On Being Polite At A Debate

By Joe Wood on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 7:17am |
When I was a young boy, I remember constantly being scolded over and over by my Father on how to be polite.  "Don't yell."  "Watch your mouth, dammit!"  Apparently, I was always saying or repeating something that made me either...
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A Letter From An American To The People Of Iran

By Joe Wood on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 4:48pm |
  سلام به دوستان In America, for the past month my family and I have watched the images and sounds coming out of Iran.  We have stayed up nights to listen to the voice of the Supreme Leader, to...
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A Letter To The People of Iran

By Joe Wood on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 5:13am |
If we did not care about Iran before, we do now.  Through five American Presidents, we knew Iran as a Turban on a white-bearded man's face, a man with dark brooding eyes.  We knew Iran as a group of hostage...
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Racism Is Not About The "N" Word

By Joe Wood on Sun, 06/14/2009 - 3:45pm |
As noted in another post, many white people in our media, as well as many of us, seem to think that racism ends when we go to school with bussed in children, or when we choose not to use the "N"...
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My White Aryan Resistance: Dissecting The Lone Nut in American Politics

By Joe Wood on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 7:14am |
I have two rifles; both are pre WWI, a 7mm and an 8mm Mauser rifle. When I was 15, I got my first guns. My best friend and I would go to our private range underground, and shoot .303...
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Just Words: The Results of Hate Speech Part II

By Joe Wood on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 6:39pm |
Today a 89 year old man with a Confederate flag and a rifle walked up to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, and opened the door.  His website and his book unfurl his feelings towards Jews and Blacks.  He is not...

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