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Somehow I got redirected to this while leaving CNN.com...
In action... youtube.com/watch?v=GVXCr6upWUo
CNN Anchors Brooke Baldwin (left) and John Berman (right) listen to a Boston University Student's story of narrowly escaping the blast from the Boston Marathon Bombing.
Last night I walked to the CNN building to watch the first Presidential debates. There was a group of maybe 30 people watching both inside and outside the building. I'm sure the people watching inside were actual employees.
Before the debate started I heard many of the people say that have not yet made up their minds and others saying the debate would not change their mind one way or the other. For me I've already made up my mind and I know it won't be changed. It's like picking the lessor of two evils if you want to know my true thoughts. For me the choice is very clear.
After the debates ended several people stuck around to talk and some of them who said they'd voting for Romney had changed their minds. One of them said "he just seems to slimy for me" This one woman said she like how the President handled himself and how he explained things. She said he was more trustful and for that she was changing her mind on voting for Romney.
However what stuck with me was the man in this picture who before the debates started ordered his coffee, looked around and wheeled himself all the way down to the corner. After the debates I asked him why he didn't watch with the rest of us. Having living through 29 months of homelessness myself and knowing how amazingly cold and skillfully cruel people can be towards homeless people, I had an idea of what he would say.
"I wanted to watch without people looking at me or acting like I dont have a right to be in a public area. I didn't want someone to call the cops on me or tell me how bad I smell. I just wanted to watch the debate without being bothered or told to move along by the police."
We talked a bit more and he told me he was voting for President Obama. When I asked why he replied "well I already know that Romney views me as a victim and someone who is dependent on the government. Why should I vote for someone that will make things harder on me then they already are?"
He went on to share with me his service to this county by enlisting and how he fought in two wars. "I came home beat up and there's been nothing for me. I'm treated like scum y the very people I fought to protect. The very freedoms I was willing to give my life for aren't even afforded to me."
I shock his hand and asked if he had for for the night. I then asked if he needed any hygiene supplies. he looked surprised when I asked, but before he could say anything I told him I was once homeless just like him. "I know first hand how evil people can be. How very hurtful people can be towards homeless people, then turn right around and claim to be good people." I told him I didn't have much, but was willing to help if I could and if he needed it. He smiled and said "thank you, but I am fine for right now."
There's been so much talk about the 1% and the 99%, but I know that I am not part of either group. I am the part that goes ignored, overlooked and pushed to the side. the 1% is the cream of the crop when it comes to money and the 99% is the middle class. People like the man in the picture and myself do not count. We do not exist.
However like the man in this picture I will go to my polling place and cast my ballot, because at the end of the day I know we do matter and that we do count. Every human life counts.
My wife just left for her job at Time Warner's corporate headquarters,
first she watched the live broadcast of the wedding of Prince William
and Kate Middleton on Time Warner's CNN.
This fellow helped run the place. "Used to be 80% league bowlers, 20% regular public" he says, "now it's reversed. Still made money. It was profitable depsite what people said. It was the land that got expensive. no sense relocating because no-one's going to drive to Westshore. So they sold it to Loblaw's"
As you can imagine. my heart skipped a beat when I got an e-mail entitled "CNN Breaking News" in the middle of Election Day.
In retrospect, I wonder if Karl Rove paid her to announce it on Tuesday.
A crowd of Bernie Sanders supporters watches the forum in the Varsity Theater.
Photos from the CNN Democratic Forum held at Drake University on January 25, 2016.
This was the day Jane came to Fallujah to report on progress since her last visit in November. They're still playing her clips on CNN ... check the listing for times. They;re running an hour-long special hosted by Aaron Brown. Jane's piece is the last segment in the show.
Word has come that one of modern history's great leaders has died.
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CNN:
Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison
after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died,
South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday.
Mandela was 95.
"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said. "Our
nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."