In the last two months I have been tempted to post on the conflict and falling out with my childhood friend, Marilyn Reed. Her choir is involved. Weeks after Barach Obama got elected, I became a Republican. I told the Reeds, why, and tried to explain the importance of my move in keeping white swing voters from leaving the Democratic party. I heard talk of Reparations for all Black Americans. White men and women – were going to pay! Whoopi’s statement about ‘white people doing it to white people” suggests this performer is for reparations.
John Presco
When Ms. Goldberg was challenged by other on-air hosts including Joy Behar saying that race was a factor, she said, “This is white people doing it to white people, so y’all going to fight amongst yourselves.”
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Last night I got to see the most soulful and tired woman on the planet. I saw a bereft and powerful woman put her late husband, Kenny Reed, to rest. Marilyn Reed is the most generous human being I will ever meet. When Mary Anne and I got married, no one made any plans. Mary Anne did not think about a wedding dress, so Marilyn leant her train dress she designed and sew. My wife was stunning. However, she did not tell me she hated staying in hotels and motels, the residue of living with Thomas Pynchon in Mexico. So, we had nowhere to spend our wedding night. Marilyn offered us her bed, and that’s where we spent the night. However, I had reservations of consummating our marriage with my first flame in the other room – on the couch! This was enough. Love filled…
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