Comments on: Urban Jacksonville Endorsement of Barack Obama for President

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:39:37 +0000

in comes “good cop”, and of course, us prisoners are happy to see him. sad he’s usually the last before you’re locked up if you don’t “work with him”. all of those well-documented fema camps aren’t for nothing. there’s hope for change, but it’s not in politics. shame obama, too is fulfilling the interests of cfr/bilderberger, and that ain’t a fast food restaurant. as predictable as the uproar over both faces of this perverted cult of celebrity is, this shit is still CREEPY. wake up, people. do just a little bit of your own research.

By: adam

adam — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:41:36 +0000

i fundamentally disagree, Jeremiah. I think you seriously underestimate the american public. obama’s campaign was definitely very showy, but it was also very substantial when it cam to the issues. he continuously went over policy, including numbers, percents, and incomes. the fact is that a large percentage of people are ready for progressive policies, including economic ones. the number one issue that people say they voted on was the economy. obama laid out very clearly what he would do in that regard. people listened, and they liked it.

By: biggie tea

biggie tea — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:54:07 +0000

Thanks for another awesome art walk guys! Thanks to the times union for letting me pump it up! Liberal media! Save the date November 15 bikevemberfest!details to follow.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:05:37 +0000

Another Adam – you took the words right out of my mouth. Bravo, yo! Obama has two things going for him: he knows what to say to get elected and he’s black. yippee. personally, as a registered democrat (i voted for McCain by the way) I can’t believe that this country was so hyped up to change history by electing the first black president that they all forgot to pay attention to what he was really saying. I guess that just goes to show the depth of laziness in our society that we can’t simply go out and get the real answers to the issues no matter what your color or creed. It also goes to show just how biased the media is, both liberal and conservative. I personally think journalists should be held up on charges of purgery for printing any story, no matter how mundane, that isn’t 100% fact and devoid of any political bias whatsoever. Considering this will never happen I’ll keep doing my DUTY as an American and get as informed as possible before I vote in the next leader of the greatest country in the world. It makes me sick to think that 60% of a country was so blinded by “change” (load of shit) that they forgot to do what is RIGHT for EVERYONE in this country. But hey, it’s only going to be 4 years of insane political and economic failures. no biggee.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:36:00 +0000

“Government-dependent, socialist America” is what I meant to type. That is what I hope that we do not become.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:31:47 +0000

Another Adam: Word up!

Sarah: “End Already” didn’t say anything about graffiti, that was Rampant and the comment was true. Rampant was right on about everything he/she’s posted on this thread. If I knew who Rampant was I’d buy him/her a beer.

All I have to say is that I’m a republican and I threw my support behind McCain and he lost. I’m not going to be a bitter American though; I didn’t particularly care for either candidate. However, I would have voted for a Clinton-Obama ticket over McCain-Palin had that been the choice.

Now that Obama is the President Elect I hope that he’s able to do the job with all of the ability that he’s been hyped to possess. I hope that he brings America the change that he’s promised and that it’s the type of change America needs. But first, I hope that all of the cross-party bickering and negativity of the last two years can be put to rest for a time and that the nation can come together in this truly historic time and support the leader that the people chose.

I just really hope that we don’t become a government dependent socialists America in the process. Because a government big enough to give you everything you need is a government big enough to take it all away. Ref: Cuba.

By: Rampant

Rampant — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:46:02 +0000

Sarah, apparently you missed the “etc.” as I see you left it out of the quote. Graffiti obviously can be done with friggen anything. As Twist said in an interview in the mid 90s, “just give me a peach pit.”
Secondly, if history isn’t important, than what is. Thirdly if it is not important why did you respond in the first place? Questioning my priorities is to question your own.

By: Rampant

Rampant — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:30:09 +0000

skink, your half right when you said, “read a little further and see how many of King georges abuses are being perpatrated by the imperial republicans”
However you left out democrats. Many of those abuses are perpatrated by BOTH parties. Failure to see that is failure to see the truth.

By: Another Adam

Another Adam — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:31:24 +0000

I will agree that this is an historic event, but simply because America voted in a black President. And that’s certainly pretty amazing.

Other than that, though, it’s really just (neoliberal) politics as usual. A continuation of the neoliberalism of the past 20+ years. There won’t be any ‘change.’ Obama is a good orator and is quite media-savvy. He has also spent the last year or more saying pretty much nothing and laying on the empty platitudes. On the other hand, the other guy sang songs about bombing Iran and picked a (potentially) corrupt religious zealot who is probably the only person in America with LESS political experience than Barack Obama as his running mate.

We heard a lot about change back in ’92 when Clinton was elected. And then he stabbed organized labor in the back and forced NAFTA through congress, killed off universal healthcare, got America into foreign wars, and pretty much acted like a Republican.

Obama won’t be any different. The differences between the two major parties are so minute that they must define themselves on ‘wedge’ issues like gun control, gay marriage, abortion, prayer in schools, etc.

So we now have Obama, which I guess means we can use the (inevitable) additional $1 or so increase to our minimum-wage salaries to pay for that abortion that will remain protected by the Constitution.

Good times!

By: Joey Marchy

Joey Marchy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:58:40 +0000

The party is at the San Marco theater.

@Rampant true. You’re right about the graf origins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti#Origins