Apr 30 2008
Back in January Ilona Meagher, of PTSD Combat-Winning The War Within posted about a Justice Court being set up in Buffalo NY to help Veterans who get into legal trouble you can read her post Here
This Court came together with the help of the local Buffalo chapter membership of Vietnam Veterans of America:
Apr 30 2008
A journey through the past week has proven that America is not even close to being ‘post-race’ as some would have us believe. No, what this week has shown us is that while Americans may be able to get their collective head around the idea of voting for a black man, they will not do so if that black man has ever associated with an ‘uppity negro’. It seemed for about an hour-and-a-half Friday night that perhaps America’s view of the most recent ‘uppity-negro’ could be mollified by the smooth as silk dulcet voice of Bill Moyers, and the now-dressed-like-a-white-man-with-his-elbows-on-the-table Reverend cooing softly to the nice white fellow with the tie…
Ah, but alas, it was not to be. It was but a mirage. The NAACP speech was just too much, and absent Mr. Moyers whiteness to protect us by petting the Reverend softly and almost purring into his ear, our ‘uppity negro’ dared to…well, be ‘uppity’. And, America may not be as bad as it was, but, it just is not ready to listen to an ‘uppity negro’. God forbid they challenge the negro du jour with counter arguments–to do so would be to legitimize him! (Oh, and we white folks don’t have convincing counters–what the man said in Detroit was solid as a rock).
I leave aside one of our other favorite ‘uppity negros’ the good Reverend Sharpton who we all knew could not endorse Senator Obama because once he did, the filthy knuckle-draggers at Fox and elsewhere would have Senator Obama roped together with the Reverend Sharpton so that they both would cast an indistinguishable shadow for the next several months.
How truly pathetic it all is. By Sunday, Senator Obama was licking at the trough at Fox with his hat in his hand like a beggar selling pencils to passersby who could care less if he lived or died.
Monday gave us the Press Club. Uhoh! Uppity-negro, days away from the docile petting of Mr Moyers, and days after the NAACP, decided that the latter event was indeed more to his liking and told it as it is. Again, nothing he said was incorrect. But, no one cared to argue against him; no, they don’t have to. For, he is an ‘uppity negro’ and they need not apply.
Today, Senator Obama, appearing in white-face, a sandwich of bologna, wonder bread, and mayonnaise beside him for support, heaved one uppity negro so far under the bus that he may have come out of the backside of it as exhaust. But, no fear, the bus was ridden over his carcass over and over… The faux-liberals all breathed a sigh of relief, ‘whew…glad that is over with….’.
But, it isn’t over. It will not be over until the time that uppity negros are no more. And, I’ve got news for America: it ain’t gonna happen! And, this campaign, as it unfolds and winds its way through the streets of Denver will, God willing, make the ‘uppity negro’ the rule, and not the exception…
Apr 30 2008
Elizabeth Edwards Calls Racist GOP Wright Ad an “Assault Weapon”
Taking time off from her family vacation in Florida, Elizabeth Edwards commented on the GOP racist ad, “Extreme,” during an MSNBC interview, calling it an “assault weapon.” Elizabeth went on to support Obama’s decision to separate himself from Reverend Wright.
Watch the interview here:
Apr 30 2008
WTF? Are we going to import the rest of the Iraqi countryside too?
http://www.tdn.com/articles/20…
And Kansas, serves them redstaters right.
http://www.gulfwarvets.com/rad…
And webpages of the past can be so telling.
http://www.notinkansas.us/
Nothing says package store run like DU!
Apr 30 2008
Want to find out what your neighbors really think about the immigration issue?
Try putting one of these signs in your yard or window.
They were produced by the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ), just in time for some May Day marches that focus on justice for immigrants.
The signs feature handwritten messages of "welcome" in six languages by people from many of Wisconsin's immigrant communities. The two-sided yard sign features "welcome" in Spanish and Hmong, single-sided 11×17 window signs feature either Spanish or Hmong.
The Milwaukee event is billed as a statewide action, organized by Voces de la Frontera and endorsed by Peace Action Wisconsin. The movement is growing and linking up with the antiwar movement.
Organizers at Voces say:
The immigrant rights movement has made great progress over the last two years in defeating some of the most anti-democratic legislative proposals in the history of this nation. All three remaining presidential candidates support some form of immigration reform. However, we face continued efforts to criminalize both employers and workers through initiatives like the Social Security No Match Letters, increased raids that tear families apart, and anti-immigrant local and state ordinances that have led to increased racial profiling, civil rights abuses, and economic damage to local communities.
Last year at least 80,000 people of all races and ages from across the state marched in Milwaukee to support civil rights for immigrants. This year we must mobilize again in massive numbers to send a clear message of the need for change.
This year's themes:
* Stop the raids and separation of families
* Just legalization
* Access to driver's licenses
* Stop Social Security No Match Letters
* Fair International Trade Agreements for Workers
* Good Jobs and Health Care for all
* End the War in Iraq
If you’d like a sign, here’s the info: Window sign: $2 plus postage. Call (608) 250-9240 or email [email protected] to order. For PC fashionistas, T-shirts are $15. Be the first on your block.
Apr 30 2008
It seem to me there was Bluegrass around here more recently than September, but I couldn’t find it. Come to think of it,I can’t even remember who I’m subbing for on Tuesdays. Also, a promo for Thursday, since RiaD , after one week on, is going to ….something ….maybe one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q… or a graduation or something. Anyway, it will be very special.
Why bluegrass
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f…
The inflorescence
http://online-media.uni-marbur…
Taxonomic controversy (Abstract)
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1224640
More than almost anyone wants to know.
http://64.233.167.104/search?q…
Beginning Lesson
There is some GREAT STUFF on the FRONT PAGE.
NEWS, ANALYSIS, INSPIRATION, HUMOR, (not counting RiaD’s joke)
ACUTE AND CHRONIC DEPRESSION and, of course, SEX.
Go fucking read some of it you Giggling Neo-Fascist Liverals!!
and, if you please, don’t rec this.