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All the Old Showstoppers
In Kenya, the death toll has passed 1,000, but negotiations are continuing. Kofi Annan was already my hero, but if he can pull this off I will love him forever.
To the northwest of Kenya, Chad is also in crisis; overwhelmed with refugees from the Darfur crisis and the Central African Republic, with a war raging between the government and rebel groups. The president there won his position by coup, just as his predecessor did, and in 2006 he abolished term limits.
In news closer to home, tonight I will caucus for the first time in my life. Being that this is (apparently) some kind of bizarre ritual in which people socialize while they vote, I am probably more terrified than excited. But I'm doing it anyway. I don't want to get into it in a big way, but I'm for Obama. There are many reasons why--this eloquently expresses one of them--but the main one comes from a different impulse entirely. I am 37 years old, I've voted in every presidential election in which I was eligible to do so, and this is the first time I've ever looked forward to voting for someone as opposed to against everyone else. It's not disgust motivating me this time, it's hope. It's kind of a good feeling.
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To the northwest of Kenya, Chad is also in crisis; overwhelmed with refugees from the Darfur crisis and the Central African Republic, with a war raging between the government and rebel groups. The president there won his position by coup, just as his predecessor did, and in 2006 he abolished term limits.
In news closer to home, tonight I will caucus for the first time in my life. Being that this is (apparently) some kind of bizarre ritual in which people socialize while they vote, I am probably more terrified than excited. But I'm doing it anyway. I don't want to get into it in a big way, but I'm for Obama. There are many reasons why--this eloquently expresses one of them--but the main one comes from a different impulse entirely. I am 37 years old, I've voted in every presidential election in which I was eligible to do so, and this is the first time I've ever looked forward to voting for someone as opposed to against everyone else. It's not disgust motivating me this time, it's hope. It's kind of a good feeling.
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The Kenya stuff is horrible. The agency I adopted my son through set up an orphanage in Kenya this last year and while they have been safe, getting parents there to pick them up or escorts to bring them to their new parents is problematic. Not to mention that the fighting is creating more of a need for orphan care.
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They are saying that 300,000 people have been "displaced" in Kenya, which is just staggering. I'm afraid that even if they negotiate an end to this, the tensions--both existing, and as fallout from the past couple of months--are never going to go away.
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I fear you are correct.
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