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Tavis Smiley, how much am I enjoying a moderator that takes no slack whatsoever! I liked the 1 minute format though I think maybe the 30 second is a bit too hard. I liked the variety I was hearing during the 1 min. Especially when the candidates were building on each other.
I [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Guest Bloggers, PBS All-American Presidential Forums on June 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Can Gravel answer a question without first criticizing someone? My money says no. And as far as abolishing the income tax for a consumption tax is concerned, is it just me or would that aggravate the situation? If there is a poor family who spends every cent they earn, living paycheck-to-paycheck, wouldn’t [...]
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I’m not sure why, on the topic of HIV/AIDS, no one talked about comprehensive sex education. For me, accesability to comprehensive sex eduaction is one of the biggest factors in the prevention of STDs. Why no one touched abstience-only education is confusing to me.
And again, what is Gravel talking about? How did [...]
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Gov. Richardson’s line that ‘people don’t ask how we are going to get the money for the war’ referencing education spending was the best applause line of the night so far from here. I don’t understand why Democrats don’t hit on points like this more outside of Presidental Forums. I really think this [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Democracy's Challenge, Dialogue and Deliberation Models, Facing Racism, Get Involved, Guest Bloggers, LBJ Library, PBS All-American Presidential Forums, Texas Forums Events, deliberate on June 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tavis’s show at PBS is now begining and it’s talking about the “Covenant with Black America.” The G21 team here, Allaina and I are Blogging on the event. It turns our that Yours Unruly is a celeb because I’m the only working journalist at the event. I was interviewed by a [...]
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I think the first question of a forum is one of the biggest; it sets the tone. I like the question; while not nessecarily the hardest question, it gives the canadates the ability to show how much they have thought about the issue. Though just about every canadate got in their nessecary talking-points, [...]
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We’ve got just over 25 people in Carver Library. About 3/4 appear to be African American.
Dennis Kucinich’s response to the first question has so far brought the most positive murmurs from our group. Given that Kucinich is the candidate who often makes the most radical and inflammatory statements, and is seen as a [...]
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The group is asked how they have helped others secure productive futures. Vicki Bradley shares her experience as a social worker moving people from a state institution into group homes to become independent members of society. Jesse Anderson notes how important it is to have a sense of place rather than just mindless busy work [...]
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Our citizen group discussion discusses how to achieve success for one’s children. Passing on successful advice is difficult when success is so difficult to achieve as a minority.
Do mentoring programs work? Richard in Austin, who runs a mentoring program, says they do. If we demand success from them, they learn to demand [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Guest Bloggers, PBS All-American Presidential Forums on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I am all on-board with the idea of a convenant with oppressed people, but at the same time I hope people are not pushed away from the name of the movement. As a white man who has grown up going to ‘black schools’ with lower income families, whose parents never went to college, and [...]
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