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sheshe2

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22. Thank you, brer, no apology.

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 11:37 PM

Jun 2017

Also this since I could only post 4 paragraphs, it is hard to chose....I think I left out the most important one. It is this.

***I’m a black man in America with graduate degrees on top of graduate degrees. I feel just as comfortable at a country concert as I do at a rap concert. My friends look like the big box of crayons and my family looks like the United Nations. I am the walking embodiment of this country’s progress, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to sit by silently and watch us go backwards. The costs are too high.***

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Please Read: You Will Never Get Your Country Back [View all] sheshe2 Jun 2017 OP

When I call my Republicon congresscritters WhiteTara Jun 2017 #1

Good for you! Keep it up WhiteTara. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #2

I used to be and now I'm in Arkansas WhiteTara Jun 2017 #3

I most certainly do wish you luck. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #5

Good Luck TomSlick Jun 2017 #13

I sent a scathing letter to the Gazette and they published it WhiteTara Jun 2017 #14

Sorry, I misunderstood TomSlick Jun 2017 #15

Actually, I want a bi-weekly column WhiteTara Jun 2017 #16

Oh please...do it. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #23

Please let us know if this works out. TomSlick Jun 2017 #25

okay WhiteTara Jun 2017 #30

My first column prints next week! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #38

That's REALLY shrewd, my friend. calimary Jun 2017 #31

Really? WhiteTara Jun 2017 #32

Nice!!! calimary Jun 2017 #33

Thank You! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #37

I, too, use republi-CON all the time. This is GREAT, WhiteTara! calimary Jun 2017 #39

Your keyboard to the syndicators ears! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #43

thought you might like to see my first column WhiteTara Jun 2017 #47

You might want to have it framed, just to mark this auspicious occasion! calimary Jun 2017 #49

Thank you for your kind thoughts! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #50

I'd take the column, AND the mast head. And have it framed so you see not only the work calimary Jun 2017 #52

Thanks for all the great suggestions. WhiteTara Jun 2017 #53

I didn't realize what a rush I would get when I found out the column WhiteTara Jun 2017 #54

Ooooooh yeah!!!!!! calimary Jun 2017 #55

Thanks and WhiteTara Jun 2017 #56

I grow more proud of you by the day! calimary Jun 2017 #57

You're lucky Bettie Jun 2017 #4

I sorry... sheshe2 Jun 2017 #7

I'm curious...what's their response? Jacquette Jun 2017 #27

It's mixed. Some are true believers and they WhiteTara Jun 2017 #29

The thing is Bettie Jun 2017 #6

It is their fantasy world... sheshe2 Jun 2017 #8

I watched those shows after school when I was a kid Bettie Jun 2017 #9

I didn't watch those shows, but my mother did. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #36

So sorry that was your childhood, Blanche. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #41

Awww thanks she. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #44

I knew that, Blanche. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #45

Me too, she. I hope so too. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #46

Great article, volstork Jun 2017 #10

Yes...performed by Dylan and Woody was credited in my OP as author. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #11

My apologies-- volstork Jun 2017 #18

No problem, volstork. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #21

It is brer cat Jun 2017 #12

Thank you, brer, no apology. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #22

That was very moving. brer cat Jun 2017 #24

Yes it was moving. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #26

Its their world, they own it elmac Jun 2017 #17

A powerful statement, elmac. volstork Jun 2017 #19

This is moving and beautiful and true. Thanks so much, She... Hekate Jun 2017 #20

So many of us from that era see the words as a point of reference.. asiliveandbreathe Jun 2017 #28

Thanks so much, asiliveandbreathe. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #42

an idea put to test Demonaut Jun 2017 #34

I have pretty much been a Black-and-White kind o' gal. Republicans have never proven me wrong. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #35

It's not unlike the rhetoric associated with addiction ck4829 Jun 2017 #40

it no longer means anything to be an American, aside from geography and legalities. geek tragedy Jun 2017 #48

The UNITED States of America are just words to Conservatives. HughBeaumont Jun 2017 #51