tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32081099.post6860073269205653139..comments2023-10-31T06:49:18.275-04:00Comments on Miami-Dade Dems: Black voter turnout key to winning FloridaLarry Thorsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04284375501317089828noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32081099.post-49547468262752547102008-08-05T23:28:00.000-04:002008-08-05T23:28:00.000-04:00Yes, let's get out and convince 10 others to regis...Yes, let's get out and convince 10 others to register and to vote. There's a structure rising to help do this, and it's easy to find at my.barackobama.comLarry Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284375501317089828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32081099.post-7626445359481976822008-08-05T12:43:00.000-04:002008-08-05T12:43:00.000-04:00Although many black brothers have fallen prey to d...Although many black brothers have fallen prey to drugs and many are imprisoned,we still have a significant number who are not.Its my opinion that our black churches are not active enough in sending out the message to our people.Blacks in south Florida ,regardless of where they come from,have surrendered their basic right to vote.Black Americans are almost like foreigners in their own land.It is time for the black communities to unite.This unity should involve blacks and minorities accross the board. Its is time for blacks to resist having to live totally by the way others would have us live that being as second class citizens. As it relates to the vote,its my opinion that if one black person can convince ten others we could make an appreciable dent in the power structure that exists in Miami Dade. If the blacks and other minorities can effectively embark on such a mission,it is a concept that would certainly be a model accross this nation. Lets tear down the walls that separarte West India minorities from black Americans.The black man in America was brought here in the same manner that blacks got to the islands''in chains''We as a people need to adopt a long range plan,one that in some way secure the future of our children and provide a legacy from which they can benefit.it's time for us to cease being spsctators and become apart of the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32081099.post-12849905006849296772008-06-25T22:21:00.000-04:002008-06-25T22:21:00.000-04:00I'll second Joy's anecdotal evidence pointing to a...I'll second Joy's anecdotal evidence pointing to a lot of interest in voting among those who are disenfranchised by that felon business. This cuts across all ethnic groups, for all have been clobbered by the "war on drugs." Talk to people in the neighborhood streets in South Beach and one in three or four is ineligible to vote because of felon rights. One of my North Beach neighbors, a young woman, declared, "It's so easy to get in trouble in this country." And she was from Colombia.Larry Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284375501317089828noreply@blogger.com