Comments on: Al Jazeera In Ohio http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jonzee http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-16307 Jonzee Fri, 23 May 2008 20:53:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1293#comment-16307 Unfortunately, I from Ohio. GM and Ford were how working class folks made it to the middle class. <br/><br/>Though I grew up in NY, I have been hearing for 20 years this story. Ohio was doing quite well from 87 to 2000. What a difference 8 years of GW makes. The events after 911 have had a significant impact to the near Midwest. <br/><br/>It would have been interesting to see this story talk about Ohio's (and Michigan and Indiana) push to develop Green Collar jobs--something that all of the candidates (not so sure about Republican candidates) have talked about. Unfortunately, I from Ohio. GM and Ford were how working class folks made it to the middle class.

Though I grew up in NY, I have been hearing for 20 years this story. Ohio was doing quite well from 87 to 2000. What a difference 8 years of GW makes. The events after 911 have had a significant impact to the near Midwest.

It would have been interesting to see this story talk about Ohio’s (and Michigan and Indiana) push to develop Green Collar jobs–something that all of the candidates (not so sure about Republican candidates) have talked about.

]]> By: Setare http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-16303 Setare Fri, 23 May 2008 20:38:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1293#comment-16303 That said, it does feature Clinton much more than it should! (At the very least, it should have featured her less uncritically.) That said, it does feature Clinton much more than it should! (At the very least, it should have featured her less uncritically.)

]]> By: Setare http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-16300 Setare Fri, 23 May 2008 20:31:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1293#comment-16300 Thanks for posting this, dnA. The aesthetics of the piece are so remarkable: no maudlin music, no obnoxious narrator (as you mentioned), and no stupid graphics. Just the eloquence of the interviewees and the heartbreaking landscape. Thanks for posting this, dnA. The aesthetics of the piece are so remarkable: no maudlin music, no obnoxious narrator (as you mentioned), and no stupid graphics. Just the eloquence of the interviewees and the heartbreaking landscape.

]]> By: Town http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-16296 Town Fri, 23 May 2008 20:16:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1293#comment-16296 Off topic:<br/><br/>Hillary says she's staying in the race because RFK was shot in June.<br/><br/>http://www.nypost.com/seven/05232008/news/nationalnews/why_hill_wont_drop_out__bobby_kennedy_wa_112232.htm<br/><br/>This fool is inviting something to happen on Obama. Kinda makes sense with all the race baiting and agitation she's done.<br/><br/>She needs a bright yellow straitjacket to go along with that pantsuit. Off topic:

Hillary says she’s staying in the race because RFK was shot in June.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05232008/news/nationalnews/why_hill_wont_drop_out__bobby_kennedy_wa_112232.htm

This fool is inviting something to happen on Obama. Kinda makes sense with all the race baiting and agitation she’s done.

She needs a bright yellow straitjacket to go along with that pantsuit.

]]> By: Craig Hickman http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-16283 Craig Hickman Fri, 23 May 2008 18:56:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1293#comment-16283 I have many brothers in Dayton. Drug trafficking is all there is for them to make a living. As I wrote in <a HTTP://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=YNXMA5BBORWC&DQ=FUMBLING+TOWARD+DIVINITY&PG=PP1&OTS=S6XEN2RQTL&SIG=4AY4HS6QNOMDQE1MRZBM_CUBQ1U&HL=EN&PREV=HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH%3FHL%3DEN%26Q%3DFUMBLING%2BTOWARD%2BDIVINITY%26BTNG%3DGOOGLE%2BSEARCH&SA=X&OI=PRINT&CT=TITLE&CAD=ONE-BOOK-WITH-THUMBNAIL HREF="" REL="nofollow">my book:</a><br/><br/>Dayton is a depressing place with littered, abandoned lots, boarded-up buildings, and burnt front lawns. There are more police cars driving down the streets than in any place Craig has ever been, including Paris. Butch, who rattles off facts and trivia and whole philosophies with the convincing authority of a college professor, claims the city is the biggest crossroads of the drug trade in North America. A few miles north of Dayton, Interstate 70 (which runs from Baltimore, Maryland to Cove Fort, Utah, where it connects with Interstate 15, which runs from San Diego to Sweetgrass, Montana) and Interstate 75 (which runs from Miami, Florida to the Canadian border at the Upper Peninsula of Michigan) intersect. <br/><br/>::<br/><br/>That was an impressive story. The one on Appalachia was just as revealing. I have many brothers in Dayton. Drug trafficking is all there is for them to make a living. As I wrote in my book:

Dayton is a depressing place with littered, abandoned lots, boarded-up buildings, and burnt front lawns. There are more police cars driving down the streets than in any place Craig has ever been, including Paris. Butch, who rattles off facts and trivia and whole philosophies with the convincing authority of a college professor, claims the city is the biggest crossroads of the drug trade in North America. A few miles north of Dayton, Interstate 70 (which runs from Baltimore, Maryland to Cove Fort, Utah, where it connects with Interstate 15, which runs from San Diego to Sweetgrass, Montana) and Interstate 75 (which runs from Miami, Florida to the Canadian border at the Upper Peninsula of Michigan) intersect.

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That was an impressive story. The one on Appalachia was just as revealing.

]]> By: nigel http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-16281 nigel Fri, 23 May 2008 18:52:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1293#comment-16281 Wow. Deep. I'm speechless. Imagine if stories like that were on the nightly news on a regular basis. Wow. Deep. I’m speechless. Imagine if stories like that were on the nightly news on a regular basis.

]]> By: The Christian Progressive Liberal http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-16274 The Christian Progressive Liberal Fri, 23 May 2008 18:21:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1293#comment-16274 It says that media outlets outside America are more willing to tell the truth than our own so-called, "Mainstream Media".<br/><br/>Fake News thinks we'd rather hear about the latest Britney Spears/Lindsay Lohan meltdown, than to hear about how Bush has economically screwed the country.<br/><br/>Who knows? Maybe those Appalachian Mountain Folk would get a clue if they were actually told the truth in accurate reporting... It says that media outlets outside America are more willing to tell the truth than our own so-called, “Mainstream Media”.

Fake News thinks we’d rather hear about the latest Britney Spears/Lindsay Lohan meltdown, than to hear about how Bush has economically screwed the country.

Who knows? Maybe those Appalachian Mountain Folk would get a clue if they were actually told the truth in accurate reporting…

]]> By: DWS http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/al-jazeera-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-16273 DWS Fri, 23 May 2008 18:19:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=1293#comment-16273 Wow, I know so many people who worked at that plant as interns, engineers and on the assembly line. It's hard seeing Dayton like this. Wow, I know so many people who worked at that plant as interns, engineers and on the assembly line. It’s hard seeing Dayton like this.

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