tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post6144961214627666628..comments2023-11-02T11:59:12.553+01:00Comments on The Chronicles of Tewkesbury: ImpactJ.M. Tewkesburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-44160918596692553902008-11-08T21:26:00.000+01:002008-11-08T21:26:00.000+01:00Cele: You have hit the nail on the head on precise...Cele: You have hit the nail on the head on precisely why I chose these articles! I don't think the majority of non-colored Americans truly grasp what this election means to people of color. I hope they get it now! As for your mother, it is astonishing to believe you've been raised by progressives, when you haven't really. I'm experiencing similar realizations.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Suburban Dyke: I like the idea of boycotting California <I>and</I> Utah. What I hope is two things: <BR/><BR/>1) Members of the Mormon Church who voted No on Prop H8 will walk with their feet and their tithing money.<BR/><BR/>2) Corporations that are the bedrock of the California economy, like high tech and Hollywood, will decamp to other states and take their tax revenues and jobs with them. I'm sure Oregon and Washington or Maryland and New Jersey would welcome them!J.M. Tewkesburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-23615456745416350502008-11-06T22:59:00.000+01:002008-11-06T22:59:00.000+01:00Let’s fight back on Proposition 8. Let’s boycott ...Let’s fight back on Proposition 8. Let’s boycott California wines, produce and travel. Let’s publicize it. Let’s embarrass them. It worked a few years ago in Colorado. What do say?suburban dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07417934731335771033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-87565216364724875842008-11-06T18:29:00.000+01:002008-11-06T18:29:00.000+01:00I am a happy American, there is change on the Amer...I am a happy American, there is change on the American landscape, and yes we have elected a man who is half black/half white. I am happy it break a barrier. But there are two things that this has brought home for me.<BR/><BR/>1) As much as I have always thought every person in this country is equal, watching comments like those of Sherry Shepard (did I get her name right?) and Whoopie and the comments made by others who are black made me realise how far up in the clouds my head has always been. I don't get hatred, I don't get racism, and for the most part I have always lived where the majority of people held my view. So to see and hear this brings home a reality to me.<BR/><BR/>2) The second thing that I learned out of this election cycle was how unprogressive my progressive mother is. I love this woman, she is largely responsible for the person I am today. But to come to the realization that she knows nothing about the Republican party, the candidates, and the issues she supports, nor about the consititution was mind numbing to me. I'm still not sure how to deal with it. I believe everyone has their right to an educated opinion. But how do you deal with people who blindly hold on to opinions that are based on total ignorance?<BR/><BR/>Well now that I have unveiled my quandary I'm off to work. After I fix my damn mascara again. <BR/><BR/>Tewkes thank you again.Celehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471318342104018488noreply@blogger.com