Linked here is a very honest, passionate essay by Jesse LaGreca whom you may recall totally owned some smug Foxnews producers last Fall at Occupy Wall Street. He was the young man with the Union soldier cap and at least I think, he looks like a young Michael Chiklis who played TV's "The Commish", way back whenever. But, that's neither here nor there. I can only add to this that I ran it by the usual suspects on Topix and also by my friends on Facebook and the latter did me proud and the usual suspects spun like fucking tops. A couple of ladies who always claim the somehow superior high road of impartiality and disinterest in politics but use Fox phrases like "kicking the can down the road" tried to tell me that, though there was plenty of blame on both sides, Barack Obama was to blame after all. To be fair, one gave up reading after a paragraph and a half. So much for the high road. I guess she broke down before she got there.
Anyway, here it is. Enjoy! Or, pull over and scream.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/09/1053088/-An-open-letter-to-the-people-who-hate-Obama-more-than-they-love-America
3 comments:
That is SO powerful! I'm not surprised there are those who don't want to read it; it doesn't make them look very good.
By the way, Jesse was proven right during the Republican debates. The audience clapped heartily when someone in the audience suggested a theoretical man who couldn't afford health insurance and went into a coma should just be left to die. Executions also registered a lot of whoops and applause. They saved their boos and disdain for a gay soldier.
He is a passionate, exceptional young man. His parent's must be proud!
WOW! What a powerful piece. This should take out a full-page ad in a newspaper - if you have one that is not owned by Murdoch!
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