http://peoplesdialectic.com Creating Change Through Discourse Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:28:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently was forwarded an email being circulated by the Hawai. I have mixed feelings about posting the email, however here's my response: According to Hawaii's GOP, Democrats have failed to stop crime in our State, improve education, and lower the cost of living. Not only do they suggest an Obama ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2008/08/19/in-response-to-a-gop-mailer/ after reading poinography!'s post on the apparent clash between the lingle administration and the DOE over the $1.5 million spent to send 652 employees to a conference in florida for the second year in a row, i was immediately skeptical of the governor's position. several points are raised by the BOE, ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2008/08/12/lingle-the-boe-and-disney-world/ (written for a talk on 8/6/08 to the Interfaith Alliance) Alan asked that I join him today in talking to you on the topic of marriage for same-sex couples and I thank you for having me. To start, I'll share with you a bit of information that caught Alan by surprise and ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2008/08/05/on-marriage-for-same-sex-couples/ let me start by first saying that i don't currently support, nor subscribe to, either of the remaining democratic presidential campaigns.  the candidate i supported was forced to drop out prior to super tuesday and since then i've been a man without a candidate.  however, given the groundswell of support ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2008/04/08/in-finding-the-democratic-candidate/ see my post on this issue here. http://peoplesdialectic.com/2007/12/15/closed-primaries-in-hawaii/ these days i find myself generally pissed off at the democratic party, both on the national scene and here in hawaii.  now, i'll admit that i've never been a huge fan of the party to begin with, as i feel it offers (nationally anyway) only moderate differences in policy to ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2007/09/20/dems-fall-on-their-faces-again/ let me start by telling you that i am a strong supporter of dennis kucinich. i am working on his campaign here in hawaii, i will vote for him in the primary and when (unfortunately, not if) he loses to one of the top three democratic contenders, i will neither ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2007/08/02/a-few-words-on-obama/ below is an email i received from the obama campaign regarding impeachment. honestly, this is reason enough for me not to support him.... Dear Friend, Thank you for contacting me to share your thoughts on impeaching President George W. Bush. I appreciate and share your high level of dissatisfaction and frustration ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2007/08/02/an-email-from-obama/ Aloha, I received, a few minutes ago, an email from the campaign, in response (I'm assuming) to a request I send several months ago about where Senator Obama stands on a couple of very specific issues. I asked about single-payer health care, not health care in general. I asked ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2007/07/18/a-letter-to-barack/ i imagine most of you are aware of the media matters for america organizational website, but if you're not you should check it out because they do a good job shining the spotlight on major new media when they aren't walking the straight and narrow, so to speak. with all the ... http://peoplesdialectic.com/2007/06/15/the-myth-of-american-conservatism/