During Barack Obama’s campaign stop in Milwaukee, WI, he used the Virginia Tech massacre as a jumping-off point to address “other kinds” of violence:
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There’s the “verbal violence” of Imus.
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There’s “the violence of men and women who have worked all their lives and suddenly have the rug pulled out from under them because their job is moved to another country.”
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There’s “the violence of children whose voices are not heard in communities that are ignored,”
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And so, Obama says, “there’s a lot of different forms of violence in our society, and so much of it is rooted in our incapacity to recognize ourselves in each other.”
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Many politicians would avoid, I think, suggesting that outsourcing and mass-murder belong in the same category.
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As well they should, to say nothing of a radio jock’s obnoxiousness! Verbal violence?! More like verbal flatulence.
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There’s the “verbal violence” of Imus.
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There’s “the violence of men and women who have worked all their lives and suddenly have the rug pulled out from under them because their job is moved to another country.”
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There’s “the violence of children whose voices are not heard in communities that are ignored,”
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And so, Obama says, “there’s a lot of different forms of violence in our society, and so much of it is rooted in our incapacity to recognize ourselves in each other.”
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Many politicians would avoid, I think, suggesting that outsourcing and mass-murder belong in the same category.
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As well they should, to say nothing of a radio jock’s obnoxiousness! Verbal violence?! More like verbal flatulence.
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Listening to Obama’s speech, I had another question: where was the Senator’s famed charisma? I sure didn’t hear it. Maybe Obamamania has to be taken in small doses due to its extreme potency…yeah, that’s it…
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(In comparison, I think my guy—who just received the Ronald Reagan Award from Frontiers of Freedom—has the upper hand on charisma.)
Listening to Obama’s speech, I had another question: where was the Senator’s famed charisma? I sure didn’t hear it. Maybe Obamamania has to be taken in small doses due to its extreme potency…yeah, that’s it…
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(In comparison, I think my guy—who just received the Ronald Reagan Award from Frontiers of Freedom—has the upper hand on charisma.)
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