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Obama Versus Reagan Round One

In his article "The Obama Era," Michael Maiello posited Obama as Reagan. I could write about ten pieces about that - I thought I'd start off with one that covers the basics.

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It's A Boring World

I was talking with a friend about globalization and its many effects on society. One big thing that seemed to stand out for both of us - before globalization, everyone lived in some sort of fantasy world - of some kind.

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Recovery

I thought I would write another piece on depression, now that I'm - LOL - not that depressed. Things have worked out for me alright considering everything - I have great subsidized housing, I have the space and privacy my disposition requires and I'm relatively healthy. I try not to think about how crazy I really got, it's very upsetting.

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Socialist wins historic 27% against WA State House Speaker!

Not only is Barack Obama president again for another four years, gay marriage is legal, pot is legal (in Washington state) and Puerto Rico may finally become a state but this happened:

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Maybe America Just Isn't Into Conservatism Anymore

This country had conservatism on a lock for well on decades. Even during liberal presidencies like John F. Kennedy's, Martin Luther King Jr. was invited through the back door and effectively told that there were much more important issues at hand than that of the Negro. When Democrats won, they usually did so by putting out a Southern bumpkin like Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton.

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Canvassing

Now that I'm out of the chaos that was an entire horrible year of my life, I think it's about time to get back to work.

There is alot of canvassing work here in Seattle, Washington and that is what I'm looking towards getting back in to.

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A Randian America - Time To Tune Out?

It's becoming really intolerable to talk politics. I used to do it really, really easily. Maybe it was the drugs I was on. Maybe it was my weird brain. Maybe it was my youth. Who really knows?

Dagblog is one of the only places I really feel comfortable talking about public issues anymore. Everywhere else has a touch of the immature with a big dose of the psychotic. On Facebook, I made the error of posting something I knew would bait the right wingers I still have on my friends list - I said that, if Ayn Rand were still alive and living in New York (where she wrote most of her books) today, she'd be "running out of town on a government subsidized bus while telling the rest of the city to drown."

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A Black Man's Take On Obama

With that whole topic of race relations fresh in my head, it was odd what happened. I talked with an older black man about current events. The man lives here in the same housing complex I do. He grew up in Mississippi, in 1954.

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Republican Racism Is Real

I had a big debate with a friend online about race relations, Obama and Romney. Please add me on Facebook here.

I have been up close and personal with conservatives in many instances. I grew up in a sheltered, liberal environment but much of the extended family I've reached out to as an adult is pretty conservative generally.

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Keep This Image In Mind When You Go To Vote

I had a friend tell me at one point that all human dementedness comes from the feeling of isolation - of no longer being a part of "the tribe."

Well, it may not be that simple:

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