Comments on: Kucinich: In Gaza, Israel has violated arms export act http://minnesotaindependent.com/22335/kucinich-in-gaza-israel-has-violated-arms-export-act News. Politics. Media. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave Huntsman http://minnesotaindependent.com/22335/kucinich-in-gaza-israel-has-violated-arms-export-act/comment-page-1#comment-22857 Dave Huntsman Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:57:11 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=22335#comment-22857 I never thought I'd say this about my Congressman, which Dennis is: but I've got to praise him for being write on this, and saying it in the right way. He's practically the only American politician of the major old parties who actually says that the children of Israeli Jewish parents and the child of Palestinian Muslim parents are equal. If Barack Obama's inauguration speech wants to be brave and set a brand new tone that would make a difference, he needs to say the same thing: adding in that the children of Chinese and Taiwanese and Tibetans are equal; that the children of Russians and Georgians and Ukrainians are equal; and that the children of white American citizen parents and those of brown undocumented citizen parents are also equal. These statements could set the tone for more even handed, balanced - and meaningful - policies for the next several years. I never thought I’d say this about my Congressman, which Dennis is: but I’ve got to praise him for being write on this, and saying it in the right way. He’s practically the only American politician of the major old parties who actually says that the children of Israeli Jewish parents and the child of Palestinian Muslim parents are equal.

If Barack Obama’s inauguration speech wants to be brave and set a brand new tone that would make a difference, he needs to say the same thing: adding in that the children of Chinese and Taiwanese and Tibetans are equal; that the children of Russians and Georgians and Ukrainians are equal; and that the children of white American citizen parents and those of brown undocumented citizen parents are also equal. These statements could set the tone for more even handed, balanced – and meaningful – policies for the next several years.

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