What a week. One shooting at Fort Hood, then a second shooting in Orlando…a bit closer to home (Portland, OR), the 3rd shooting of the week…because she filed for divorce?? And a fourth shooting and a fifth shooting in the Portland-metro area. In all five cases the perpetrators are men.
UPDATE (11/18): A sixth shooting…
In the last three four intimate partner cases, it is the same old story…
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oh, you know it’s true…
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here is the video URL: http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/baylis-revolution/4505-6490_7-33357756.html
Below is my letter. Don’t know if I’m over-thinking it, but I am going with my gut on this one…
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Here’s the word, I won’t ask why:
It all started yesterday with
Senbei’s Shikata Ga Nai (V.II)
I know I’m sick and I need
to get up early tomorrow and work
from first light until day’s end.
But I’m going to sleep more soundly
and work harder having heard
what I’ve heard tonight and
shared it with anyone willing
to read and wanting to listen.
So check it out:
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poem: free trade 071609
September 22, 2009Sex service users create the demand that moves pimps to provide supply women and young girls. Without demand, there would be no pimp, no sex slave. We need to go after the users, most of whom are men, many of whom are white and/or economically privileged. ’nuff said…here’s the trick…
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