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matyra recommended "We're all of one race, the human race." by ~flowerchild~

2009-06-20T03:44:23Z

matyra Commented on "We're all of one race, the human race." by ~flowerchild~

2009-06-20T19:19:40Z

heh, I loved that part.

matyra Commented on The Sunday Show Line-Ups by Eric Kleefeld

2009-06-20T19:09:10Z

So is this disparity because Dems actually like visiting their families over weekends?

matyra Commented on The other universal health care--222 years old but still failing by matyra

2009-06-20T17:18:25Z

You're welcome. When it comes to how the US perceives Native Americans (like ignoring them), some things never change. But maybe with the implementation of health care, some things will.

matyra recommended Just Sayin' by LisB

2009-06-20T00:19:47Z

matyra Commented on How to Scream Effectively at Congress - Just the Fax by clearthinker

2009-06-20T06:45:24Z

I just emailed my Senators and Rep last week. Next time, I'm trying this way. Once you go through the arguments, it makes perfect sense to me.

matyra recommended How to Scream Effectively at Congress - Just the Fax by clearthinker

2009-06-19T18:31:11Z

matyra Commented on How to Scream Effectively at Congress - Just the Fax by clearthinker

2009-06-20T06:42:06Z

heh, it's true that your method works. Just a bit slow.

matyra Commented on Inhofe Turns Down Meeting With Sotomayor -- Mind Already Made Up by Eric Kleefeld

2009-06-19T20:27:31Z

heh heh, the scales are now in balance.

matyra recommended ABC Unprecedented Access? SHOCK - Fox Got it Too by coonsey

2009-06-19T12:35:25Z

matyra Commented on "POST CLAIM UNDERWRITING" The SINGLE BEST REASON for KILLING the ENTIRE SOUL EATING BASTARD Industry, (aka: The Health Insurance Industry) by O¿O in the crowd

2009-06-19T20:09:34Z

LOL, I'm just trying to keep you from coming off like the net equivalent of William Shatner! ;)

matyra Commented on 30 Years of Revolution: There and Back Again in Iran by oleeb

2009-06-19T04:18:43Z

One thing keeping them from that role has always been us. Always marginalizing. Getting other countries to sanction them with us. Always meddling. Supporting Iraq against them during war. It seems to me that one of our goals in recent memory has been to keep Iran from becoming a major power in the Middle East. "Axis of Evil" was just the latest push.

A secular Iran that is allowed to prosper on its own, may well become the power you say. And with a strong Turkey, maybe Egypt would be the next to go secular. And then what? (uh oh, I'm probably drinking the Kool Aid here. But what's wrong with optimism? Of course I'm ignoring Hezbollah, and Israel, and Syria, and Iraq, and the little thing called Palestine).

matyra recommended Ensign Has Close Ties To Second Firm That Employed Hampton by Zachary Roth

2009-06-18T20:10:58Z

matyra Commented on Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Steve Forbes -- Motivational Speakers? by Eric Kleefeld

2009-06-18T22:45:26Z

Access to Rudy for $5? Heck, I'd rather eat a meal at some crappy fast food joint.

matyra recommended Hiatt Firing Froomkin: WaPo Jumps the Shark by Desidero

2009-06-18T19:43:48Z

matyra Commented on 30 Years of Revolution: There and Back Again in Iran by oleeb

2009-06-18T22:39:17Z

oleeb,I really enjoyed what you had to say. I'm curious what would exist in Iran's place had we not intervened. Heck, 'intervened' is not the right word when we've been constantly pressuring them in one way or another for decades.

Thanks for the thought-provoking post.

matyra recommended 30 Years of Revolution: There and Back Again in Iran by oleeb

2009-06-18T20:48:21Z