tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15582941483938282512011-07-28T17:12:14.611-04:00A place to share and discuss links to current events and charitable opportunities. Yes, the author of this blog does lean liberal but that does not mean this blog is only about politics and it does not mean that only liberal links and ideas will be posted here. Diverse opinions and discussions are encouraged.LiberalTendencieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597108106643252779noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558294148393828251.post-48100709423588185772008-05-16T11:24:00.005-04:002008-05-16T23:27:26.608-04:00

I'm back. I wasn't really away, though, just wasn't posting new entries. There have been a few comments, which is exciting to me. It's always much more interesting when there's a dialog in comparison to when there's only a monologue. I've added a "widget" over on the left hand side that will track the 5 most recent comments if you want to go back and read what's being said. I actually added that

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Tomorrow is National Day of Silence, a day to call attention to the silence that many gay, lesbian, bi and trans-gendered people are forced to experience through bullying, harassment and intimidation. Because of this anti-LGBT attitude, the LGBT community fears coming out of the closet and must silence their true selves.This day is primarily a youth event that takes place in middle schools, high

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I'm not one of those people who believes that any one thing leads to violence in America or in today's youth. I also have a feeling that people who blame things like the Internet, video games, movies and TV know that there is much more to it than that. I do believe that those things probably do desensitize us to violence and for people with other risk factors (for lack of a better term), violent

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This is a very sensitive subject and I do not intend to say that my opinion is the answer. I'm looking in from the outside on all of this. I didn't go to Virginia Tech and I've never lived in Blacksburg, VA. I do have connections to Tech and feel a certain sense of Hokie pride upon seeing, for example, someone wearing a VT hat while in London, England. There's this feeling that I have some kind

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A Time to RememberTomorrow will mark the anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech. This blog will be maroon and orange for the rest of the month in honor of all those affected by the shooting. I may say more about this later, but for now I will simply post Nikki Giovanni's speech and the responding spirit of the Hokie Nation shown in this CNN video.

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Upon first hearing about Barack Obama's comments at a fundraiser in San Francisco on April 6, I didn't think it was that of a big deal. Americans, specifically Small Town Americans, are bitter. What's surprising or controversial about that? It seems like the primary focus has been on the idea that calling people "bitter" is insulting. This idea doesn't make sense to me.Hard working Americans are

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Just posting here to say that if you scroll down to the first entry of this blog, you will see the brand new Master Links List. I put a 04/04/08 00:01 timestamp on it so it would be the first entry on the site even though I just now posted it. This master list will be a work in progress and I'll probably post a new blog entry every time I make changes to it. I'll also have an *updated on MM/DD/

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I've spent most of my free time getting things set up and writing my intro post. I may add to this post later but for now, here are a few links that I visited today:1. From CNN HEROES - Runner Gets Homeless On Right Track2. From Consortium News - (The Late) M. L. King Still Silenced3. My favorite columnist - Leonard Pitts - I'll probably link him a lot and highlight specific columns.4. Perceval

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Although this is a new blog, I am not at all new to blogging. I have accounts with LiveJournal, Xanga, FaceBook, MySpace ... you name the networking site, I most likely have an account with them. I'm also a member of numerous forums and I was even on volunteer staff for a forum for a while. Now I hardly ever read, must less post, on any forums. Other than my AIM screenname and a little bit of

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*updated April 14, 2008 --- 16:29*I actually created this on April 13, 2008 but it makes sense to keep it back with the intro entry. I'll include an *updated* date every time that I add new links to this master list. I will not be adding links to specific articles here ... only links to homepages of certain websites. Also, this is a very slow start. I just wanted to get this particular entry

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