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A Tour Of Poor Dayton - Main Street USA

2008-10-20T15:30:48Z

Let's take a trip down Main Street in Dayton, Ohio. The tour last only 10 minutes and through stop lights and pot holes:

There comes boarded up houses, vacant buildings, prostitutes, red light cameras, construction and drifters. Ah, this is my hometown.

No disrespect to my town, but if there were things of interest here plus, tree lined roads and sense of hometown feel, then maybe some of this stuff that occurs currently can disappear.

Still, instead I will direct this message not only to our mayor, but the congressmen who represent our area, the senators who represent our state, the governor, and President Bush. Here's a look at a community hit hard by the loss of jobs, foreclosure, crime and poverty. Think about that when you say the economy is doing well.

Still if the 2008 Presidential candidates come through Ohio, why don't they make Dayton, Ohio their first stop!

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A Tour Of Poor Dayton - The Oregon District Pt. 1

2008-10-24T03:29:40Z

On a windy day, I decide I was bored, so I decide to continue posting my tours of Dayton.

Some of the Dayton YouTubers asked, and now I take the opportunity to go through the entertainment area known as The Oregon District. This historical district is the part culture, part entertainment, and part neighborhood all surrounding the vicinity of Wayne Avenue, Fifth Street, Sixth Street, Brown Street, Jackson Street and Patterson Boulevard. These local streets guide us through an area that was once home to many XXX Porn, crime, and vacant buildings. Since the renovations in 1993 to present, Dayton's most popular district is hereby crown one of the most safest areas (minus the occassional bar fights).

Still like in all tours of poor Dayton, I stand by my words and declare that if change doesn't come to this community, this area will become a ghost town and believe me, I will not become a part of it.

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Why did Hillary win?

2008-01-25T09:48:21Z

[Cross-posted from culturekitchen]

I believe that Hillary Clinton won for 4 very important reasons :

1. The campaign was able to get as many registered Democrats to vote for her as possible.

2. Since most registered Democrats who came to vote were women, the "tear heard around the world" was successful in getting her the last minute sympathy vote from people who ...

3. would have otherwise voted for John Edwards.

I think it is clear that for Hillary Clinton to stay in the race she needs to beat John Edwards, not Barack Obama.

Edwards ran a remarkable game in Iowa. Had he had as much money as Clinton, he probably would have beaten her by more than just 1%. I am not sure though that under the voting trends of Iowa, he would have been able to beat Barack Obama.

4. The Obama campaign has insisted in equating their "I am not a black candidate" campaign with a complete disregard for the colored blogosphere. Yesterday was the day that it showed how much that has cost them.

So let's look at the numbers, courtesy of MSNBC.com: