Workin' for Obama
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- SigDesign0
OK... as a side note... and this really ticked me off... Our MSNBC channel with Comcast used to be 56, then suddenly, after the primaries, it switched to 266, where there are no other channels, and it was difficult to find.
A friend of mine in Pittsburgh had it taken off her basic cable altogether... conspiracy?
- SteveJobs0
SigDesign - it IS partly education, but you can't rely solely on our school systems to inform our kids about who to vote for. For many Americans, it's a moral decision - evidenced by the election results four and eight years ago.
You can't begin to reach these people if you don't understand them.
- DrBombay0
Could it be that they are just rubes?
- ItTango0
Designbot:
I know some of the "Register to Vote for Obama motha' fucka'" types. They piss me off to no end. they have a skewed perception of this election that does more harm than good.They think it's all about being Black, and can't get it through their heads that even if every African American in the US voted for you, you'd be about 80% shy of what it takes to get elected.
I'm Black (there, I said it :)) and this campaign has occasionally brought me to tears, but the people with whom I volunteer make up the face of the UN... every color.
Obama's run has blown the shit out of racial, religious, gender and economic borders. Some folks, including some supporters, don't quite get that yet.
- pr20
ItTango recently i did a little pro Obama video and you know what i noticed? The race issue was an issue only for black people where at least 3 mentioned that "They don't just vote for him because he's black," WTF? You really think that what we thought before asking you the questions? So i think the black issue is and issue only in minority communities and super white KKK places.
(In other words, if you weren't black it wouldn't be an issue)
- ItTango0
pr2...
many of us wear the past just beneath our skin. scratch once and BOOM! there it is.For the happily racist, it will never change. For Black folks, there's still a lot of shit we're trying to get over. Some of us are doing better than others.
I have (oh, God. dare I say it and risk the sarcastic wrath of QBNrs everywhere? Oh, FUCK IT!!!) Hope.
- Jnr_Madison0
Good intentions versus harsh reality = scary.
- ukit0
Indiana's a scary place.
- October0
funny story. someone send it to a mom that likes to forward cute bunny pics and hopefully it'll flood the interweb.
- ItTango0
I really wanted to ask some of them "Why when you appear to have NOTHING..." but we all decided that wouldn't turn out well for us.
- SteveJobs0
We named the dog Indiana!
- +10IamND
- hahaComplexfruit
- you are named after the dog?mcLeod
- IamND0
it was prob one of those no teeth mf's banging on my door tonight looking for one of my no teeth neighbors -- ugh
i try - but i still hate them
- ItTango0
Making fun is the popular thing to do, but the truth is closer to what Jnr_Madison said: "harsh reality".
When you live inside intensely Urbane environments like many of us on QBN do, it's easy to forget that just outside of your little world (especially in the US) is the town of Mayberry.
You painfully realize that logic and reason are purely optional. Time has stopped. The Civil Rights act is still up for debate, Pro Choice is just "baby killin", and interracial relationships are against God.
Joe the Plumber is about as real as Lewis Carroll's "March Hare" and yet, these are the people who spontaneously genuflect at the mention of his name.
Valparaiso is a stone's throw away from Chicago, and it's another world.
Harsh Reality.
- jonatne0
What's the point of that? Making fun of hicks?
Stating that you're obviously better than them.. And of course you are! You're an Obama supporter!
You don't want their stinky vote anyway.
- SigDesign0
"I was born in a small town" in Indiana... It has its scary areas, but what I've realized is... EVERY state does... Michigan has those crazy people in the thumb who went and bombed the Oklahoma Federal Building. I've even heard people on Staten Island are racist... certain areas are rough, but there are also always great parts to every state, and intelligent people living in the country as well as the city.
- zenmasterfoo0
I've been to a few of these towns myself, and you're right, some of these folks are backwater and scary. But, it an easy thing to generalize based off your one experience. You know who you want to win, we all know who you want to win and that's cool. But don't put people down just to make yourself feel better about your own choices. Remember, these are the folk Obama himself uses in his advertising. The middle America where everyone needs hope. Check yourself in the mirror before you mouth off about how other people look, or act, or choose.
Wow...apologies for the lengthy rage. Now I go to the weekly company allocations meeting. Talk about toothless jabbering.
- designbot0
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
Have any pictures?I don't know...a part of me thinks that you could argue it the other way too. The people that are not in more urban areas haven't been subjected to as much propaganda as the rest of us either....instead of people telling them "how it is" it seems to me they would be more inclined to live by what they know. They are not being bombarded with information like the rest of us either, which often times clouds issues that would otherwise be clear. To imply that someone who lives out in the sticks is any less intelligent is pretty ignorant imo (maybe I read too much into what you said) To me I really do see abortion as "baby killing" it's as clear of an issue to me as racism...which is obviously wrong. Wonder how some of us would change if we were taken out of our environment and placed somewhere else...how much our surroundings influence our beliefs. More importantly, how in the "information age" do we even discern truth.
- they don't have tv in rural areas?DrBombay
- sure, if they can get it to come in :) But that is only one source of info. I don't think it's as intrusive as other forms.designbot
- like what, radio?DrBombay
- Internet. A lot of these places are stuck on dial-up, so it isn't a very common thing. Even in my town...ismith