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God, I love my HomeTown

Started by baratunde aka jack turner · 12 months ago

Actually, I’m from Oakland, but the sentiment is there, and I miss the times when the people come together in protest of the Government.  The Bay Area is the first part of the country to demand George Bush be impeached; they demanded an exit from Iraq as far back as 2002.  In fact, the history [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "God, I love my HomeTown", ... Continue reading »

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  • Francis L. Holland

    12 months ago

    At least they didn't name the airport after him, like they did to the residents of Washington, DC. after Ronald Reagan left office. What an insult!
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  • CPL

    12 months ago

    I have to catch myself when I say to people I have to pick up at the airport "Are you coming into Reagan, uh, National Airport?"

    Glen Ford refuses to call that airport anything but National. Most DCers feel the same way.
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  • djchefron

    12 months ago

    I have to watch my language but how appropriate.
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  • TruthSeeker

    12 months ago

    What a lovely setting for a sewage plant.

    You guys got any landfills down there you can name after Lou Dobbs?
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  • CPL

    12 months ago

    Any landfills should really be named after Dick Cheney, but I'd accept them being named after Lou Dobbs as well.
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  • blksista

    12 months ago

    I miss S.F. and Oaktown, too, although they are not as 'black' as they used to be.

    What I really do miss is the Bay Area's propensity to call it before everyone else in the country got the message.
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  • RonnieB

    12 months ago

    Being born and raised in Richmond, CA, I can appreciate how protest is definitely part of Bay Area culture.

    While I don't miss Richmond, I do miss the Bay Area.
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  • Anonymous

    12 months ago

    Oh how I love the Bay Area.
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  • Webb

    12 months ago

    Gotta love the Bay Area...the home of Berkeley and Tony!Toni!Tone!...shyt, I love all of Cali.
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  • TruthSeeker

    12 months ago

    I remember TonyToniTone!

    hehe
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  • heartsandflowers

    12 months ago

    Also Bush would never leave the airport vicinity so as to not be filmed with protesters. I love the fighting spirit of my City.....but I fear those voices will be lost with the aid of the Mayor and his plans for displacement with bringing in condo development in poor neighborhoods and unnecessary sports stadiums.
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  • emoseley

    12 months ago

    Cindy Sheehan was in my neighborhood (the Mission) last evening collecting signatures to get herself on the ballot. Please sign if you see her or her surrogates! We need t osend a message to SF Nancy!

    Great website by the way. I check in everyday.
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  • that due

    11 months ago

    Who ever thought of that was genius. GWB flushed this country down the drain....
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