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  • Clinton: 'We are winning' (calls Obamacare protesters "teabaggers")

    11/10/2009 12:11:34 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 39 replies · 1,660+ views
    politico.com ^ | Nov. 10, 2009
    During his appearance at the Senate Democrats' weekly lunch Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton told members of his party not to back down when they're winning the health care debate. A source close to Clinton said the former president had a simple message for Democrats: Make sure to pass something. "The point I want to make is, just pass the bill, even if it's not exactly what you want," Clinton said, according to the source. "When you try and fail, the other guys write history." Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Clinton described the ongoing tea party protests against the Democratic...
  • In the FDNY, slurs are more than horseplay (A culture of hate toward gays, women, minorities)

    01/21/2004 7:57:55 AM PST · by presidio9 · 64 replies · 1,396+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | January 21, 2004 | TOM RYAN
    New York's firefighters are known by many names. Traditionally, they are called the Bravest. After 9/11, many called us the Heroes. Within the FDNY, some refer to themselves as the Brotherhood. Unfortunately, many firefighters have other names for their colleagues that are racial, ethnic or sexual slurs. I know, because I served more than 20 years in the FDNY, and I'm also a gay man. I heard those terms used and saw them scrawled on walls countless times in firehouses throughout the city. On New Year's Eve, one firefighter attacked another in an assault preceded by what some newspapers are...