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February 28, 2014
Another view. Not so fast, pal:
Of course, it rains a lot:
On a clear day you can see, uh:
Houston has needed this for years:
But beware, DeLay is on the loose. Thanks for the good news, ProSense.
LOVE IT. Anything to reduce Houston's HELL. GOBAMA! (Warning, Pic Heavy)
Wanna leave town in a hurry?Another view. Not so fast, pal:
Of course, it rains a lot:
On a clear day you can see, uh:
Houston has needed this for years:
But beware, DeLay is on the loose. Thanks for the good news, ProSense.
February 28, 2014
They were not in the least bit discriminated against, except occasionally for religion. It is not a matter of white guilt for me, it's basic logic.
400 years of knowing one's own name, getting to decide where one lives even through the tides of misfortune, and all of that built up.
Not that there is any fortune in my family, no wealth of any kind to speak of, except what little was given by hard work and opportunity.
Opportunity. Such a long word, that encompasses privilege and rights and the peace to go about one's own business unmolested. People who have always had it don't see the beauty in the word.
Chances that natives, blacks, hispanics had stolen from them and thus are not where my family could be in society if that was what we lived for. We had peace, and they did not.
I am talking about the personal effect and the dysfunction from being deprived. Yes, we had deprivations; but not because of law, our color or ethnicity.
It would be dishonest for me to deny it. I believe that those who have been given much should give back in return.
Peace does not come from injustice, not peace in the heart or body, or a nation.
For all of us to survive, we must treat each other equally. Who knows what tomorrow will bring and does not need the goodwill of others?
I know my family history and it overflowed with white privilege. Was some of it earned?
Undoubtedly. But they did not come to this land as paupers nor slaves. They did not have their children sold off, nor were they assaulted by white people.They were not in the least bit discriminated against, except occasionally for religion. It is not a matter of white guilt for me, it's basic logic.
400 years of knowing one's own name, getting to decide where one lives even through the tides of misfortune, and all of that built up.
Not that there is any fortune in my family, no wealth of any kind to speak of, except what little was given by hard work and opportunity.
Opportunity. Such a long word, that encompasses privilege and rights and the peace to go about one's own business unmolested. People who have always had it don't see the beauty in the word.
Chances that natives, blacks, hispanics had stolen from them and thus are not where my family could be in society if that was what we lived for. We had peace, and they did not.
I am talking about the personal effect and the dysfunction from being deprived. Yes, we had deprivations; but not because of law, our color or ethnicity.
It would be dishonest for me to deny it. I believe that those who have been given much should give back in return.
Peace does not come from injustice, not peace in the heart or body, or a nation.
For all of us to survive, we must treat each other equally. Who knows what tomorrow will bring and does not need the goodwill of others?
February 27, 2014
Perfectly stated regarding personal rights, beliefs and the wastefulness of hatred. Thanks. n/t
February 27, 2014
I hadn't seen this! Thanks! n/t
February 27, 2014
Didn't work in 2012, but they're still at it!
Huffington set the site up with Breitbart. Her running buddies hate Obama, too:
Didn't work in 2012, but they're still at it!
February 27, 2014
By Spencer Ackerman
January 3, 2012
Forget Kenya. Never mind the secret madrassas. The sinister, shocking truth about Barack Obamas past lies not in east Africa, but in outer space. As a young man in the early 1980s, Obama was part of a secret CIA project to explore Mars. The future president teleported there, along with the future head of Darpa.
Perhaps this all sounds fantastical, absurd, and more than a little nuts. We couldnt agree more. Thats one of the reasons we love conspiracy theories the more awesomely insane, the better. Each week during 2012, when the Mayans tell us to expect the apocalypse, Danger Room will peel back a new layer of crazy to expose those oh-so-cleverly hidden machinations powering this doomed plane of existence. Welcome back to Tinfoil Tuesday.
Officially, the White House says Obama never went to Mars. Only if you count watching Marvin the Martian, Tommy Vietor, the spokesman for the National Security Council, tells Danger Room. But thats exactly what a secret chrononaut wants you to believe.
It is not known what exactly Obama did on Mars. (Socializing Martian health care, perhaps? Building a birth-certificate printing press?) His mission was a perilous one, according to Basiago and Stillings. The CIA wished to establish a defense regime protecting the Earth from threats from space as well as a legal claim to territorial sovereignty, making Obama something of a Martian conquistador. Presumably, Obamas CIA handlers needed him to acclimate Martian humanoids and animals to their presence in order to secure the U.S.-Martian alliance. (Well bet you werent even aware of Martian animals.)
Simply put, your task is to be seen and not eaten, an elder chrononaut, retired Army Maj. Ed Dames, is alleged to have told a young Obama.
Read the full article at:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/obama-mars/
You know how he looks old one day and young the next?
Shapeshifing!
Well, his age is certainly suspect as a traveler through and time and space. He may be immortal:
White House Denies CIA Teleported Obama to MarsBy Spencer Ackerman
January 3, 2012
Forget Kenya. Never mind the secret madrassas. The sinister, shocking truth about Barack Obamas past lies not in east Africa, but in outer space. As a young man in the early 1980s, Obama was part of a secret CIA project to explore Mars. The future president teleported there, along with the future head of Darpa.
Perhaps this all sounds fantastical, absurd, and more than a little nuts. We couldnt agree more. Thats one of the reasons we love conspiracy theories the more awesomely insane, the better. Each week during 2012, when the Mayans tell us to expect the apocalypse, Danger Room will peel back a new layer of crazy to expose those oh-so-cleverly hidden machinations powering this doomed plane of existence. Welcome back to Tinfoil Tuesday.
Officially, the White House says Obama never went to Mars. Only if you count watching Marvin the Martian, Tommy Vietor, the spokesman for the National Security Council, tells Danger Room. But thats exactly what a secret chrononaut wants you to believe.
It is not known what exactly Obama did on Mars. (Socializing Martian health care, perhaps? Building a birth-certificate printing press?) His mission was a perilous one, according to Basiago and Stillings. The CIA wished to establish a defense regime protecting the Earth from threats from space as well as a legal claim to territorial sovereignty, making Obama something of a Martian conquistador. Presumably, Obamas CIA handlers needed him to acclimate Martian humanoids and animals to their presence in order to secure the U.S.-Martian alliance. (Well bet you werent even aware of Martian animals.)
Simply put, your task is to be seen and not eaten, an elder chrononaut, retired Army Maj. Ed Dames, is alleged to have told a young Obama.
Read the full article at:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/obama-mars/
You know how he looks old one day and young the next?
Shapeshifing!
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