Chicago sociologist Walter Benn Michaels thinks the racial divide is REALLY based on money?who has it, and who doesn’t. He says, “We love race?we love identity?because we don’t love class. We love thinking that the differences that divide us are not the differences between those of us who have money and those who don’t but are instead the differences between those of us who are black and those who are white or Asian or Latino or whatever.”
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A year ago I wrote a diary that has comforted many bereaved people, called My Adventures With the Green Man. Since it has now been exactly TWO years since an aneurysm suddenly burst inside my brain, almost killing me, I thought it was time to write an update.

My brave, loyal husband and my wonderful son and daughter- in-law showed what they were made of that day, and in the frightening weeks that followed. If I had been aware enough to judge their actions, I wouldn’t have been at all surprised, since I would have expected no less from them.
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Update – An earthquake struck the Big Island of Hawaii this morning,knocking out power and raising the possibility of largewaves in the area, but the United States Geologic Surveysaid there was no chance of a Pacific Tsunami. GovernorLinda Lingle declared the Big Island a disaster area onSunday afternoon. Residents reported powerful shaking. Onewrote, “Iheld onto my bed for 20 seconds, and said, this mustbe the BIG one!”

The National Earthquake Information Center reported that thequake, tentatively measured at 6.3 on the Richter Scale,occurred at 7:07 a.m. local time, 10 miles north-northwestof Kailua Kona on the west coast of the Big Island.

There have been numerous aftershocks, including one thatmeasured 5.8 on the Richter Scale.
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The Angus-Reid poll organization reports that a large percentage of the US population thinks that the government is NOT telling the truth about what happened on 911, as Jim Marrs reveals in his dynamic new book The Terror Conspiracy. 53% think the government is hiding something and 28% believe the government is lying.

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From the beginning, this web site has fought hard to bring you the truth about what really happened on that fateful day when everything changed. And we’ll KEEP ON doing it?but we can’t do it without YOUR help, so be part of this team: subscribe today. At less than $4 a month, it’s surprisingly affordable.

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