September 2008 Archives
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Dear Senators Richard Durbin and Barack Obama, and Representative Jerry Weller. I am a registered voter in the 11th congressional district of Illinois.
As a citizen of the United States of America, I am appalled at the idea that the congress would even consider ceding its authority to the executive without congressional and judicial review, as stated in section 8 of the proposal from the Bush administration:
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.As a taxpayer of the United States of America, I am disturbed by the idea that one man should be given "non-reviewable " authority over seven hundred billion dollars.
As a homeowner - and please note that I have a conventional mortgage that is not in danger of foreclosure - I am dismayed that this action focuses on the "big fish" of the financial world and ignores the rest of the economic ecosystem. Until we begin to resolve the problems of the millions of homeowners who were sold mortgages they could not afford (in many cases, when they were eligible for conventional mortgages), housing prices will continue to fall, construction sector unemployment will rise, and the foundation for such financial giants will remain shaky.
Finally, as a human being, I care at least as much about my struggling neighbors as I do about large financial institutions and retirement funds. It is our moral duty to help our distressed neighbors find a way to remain in their homes.
Please do not underestimate my resolve to support those who take the above into account, and to work for the unemployment of those legislators who ignore these issues.
Sincerely,
Cindi A. Knox
I don't even think there is an L community, a G community, a B community, or a T community. There are too many layers of class and empowerment in each group to consider any one of them a community.
There are homeless gay youth who turn tricks to survive. There are rich closeted men who pay them. Are they part of the same community?
There are "heterosexual crossdressers only" organizations. There are people taking black market hormones and getting silicone injections. Are they part of the same community?
I find it hard to believe in community when I read about, and hear, comments like:
- (by a gay man about transsexuals)Men in women's bathrooms.
- (by lesbians about mtf transsexuals)A man in a dress is not a lesbian.
- (by gay men)Women are taking over the HIV/AIDS organizations.
- (by crossdressers)I'm not confused like a transsexual.
- (about crossdressers) I'm not a man in a dress.
- (by heterosexual crossdressers)No homosexuals allowed
While we're saying "were the same as everyone else", we betray our real feelings by declaring ourselves different from each other.
It's not bad enough that there are a bunch of us locked outside the big tent that calls itself "normal". We have to divide ourselves up into smaller camps of "more normal than thou". And, by exploiting our divisions, those who control access to the big tent will continue to keep us out.
