Comments on: “I made the hard decisions.” http://maritzia.com/2009/01/22/i-made-the-hard-decisions/ A witch in the modern world Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:59:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Maritzia http://maritzia.com/2009/01/22/i-made-the-hard-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-46285 Maritzia Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:39:01 +0000 http://maritzia.com/?p=300#comment-46285 Exactly! Thank you for pointing that out. I mean, why not torture them? It's not as if they were white or anything! Exactly! Thank you for pointing that out. I mean, why not torture them? It’s not as if they were white or anything!

]]> By: Ryan Martin http://maritzia.com/2009/01/22/i-made-the-hard-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-46281 Ryan Martin Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:43:00 +0000 http://maritzia.com/?p=300#comment-46281 After watching Obama's first day on the job, I was amazed how busy the presidents actually are on any given day. I imagine that it would be impossible to go through any day in that position without making at least one hard decision. Of course that all depends on your opinion of the word "hard". <abbr><em><abbr><em>Ryan Martins last blog post..<a href="http://ryanmartinrealestate.com/blog/2009/01/scotty-browns/" rel="nofollow">Scotty Browns in Bellingham WA - 3101 Newmarket Street Suite 201</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> After watching Obama’s first day on the job, I was amazed how busy the presidents actually are on any given day. I imagine that it would be impossible to go through any day in that position without making at least one hard decision. Of course that all depends on your opinion of the word “hard”.

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]]> By: Renee http://maritzia.com/2009/01/22/i-made-the-hard-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-46280 Renee Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:39:48 +0000 http://maritzia.com/?p=300#comment-46280 <em>It was the expediant decision. It was the easy way out. It was a decision he figured he could easily defend before the country, because it was done under the guise of “keeping America safe”. </em> More than that he counted on the ability to portray them as aggressive brown peoples, which is an image that many can identify with given the proliferation of racism in American society. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Renees last blog post..<a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/when-hyper-masculinity-supports-racism.html" rel="nofollow">When Hyper Masculinity Supports Racism and Sexism In Policing</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> It was the expediant decision. It was the easy way out. It was a decision he figured he could easily defend before the country, because it was done under the guise of “keeping America safe”.

More than that he counted on the ability to portray them as aggressive brown peoples, which is an image that many can identify with given the proliferation of racism in American society.

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