On April 4th, 1968, American history changed forever. At 6:01pm, gunshots ripped through the flesh of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as he stood on the balcony of his motel room. The purest embodiment of the civil rights movement lay motionless from a gaping wound to his neck. Dr. King became that which most in [...]
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Putting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Assassination In Focus 43 Years Later
April 4th, 2011 · No Comments · america, Democracy, News, Racism
Tags: america·Civil and political rights·Civil rights movement·history·Martin Luther King·Martin Luther King's Assassination·Racism
Saving Black America
January 4th, 2011 · No Comments · america, Politics, Racism
Let’s get right to it. Here is part of John McWorter’s persuasive piece about ending the drug war, and saving black America: If there were no way to sell drugs on the street at a markup, then young black men who drift into this route would instead have to get legal work. They would. Those [...]
Tags: African American·america·black people·Drug·Legalizing drugs·Prison system·War on Drugs
The Unemployed Don’t Vote?
December 9th, 2010 · No Comments · america, Democracy, News, Politics
This explains quite a bit about the ambivalence in the electorate regarding UI– and in some cases unemployment. Any thoughts from the masses?
Tags: america·education·unemployment·voting
Welcome To America’s New Reality
November 19th, 2010 · No Comments · america, Democracy, News, Politics
H/T to Andrew and the Dish: This was too good not to pass along to my readers. It gets better: While 75% identify the Republicans as the party regarded as doing best in the midterms, fewer than half (46%) know that Republicans will have a majority only in the House when the new Congress convenes [...]
Tags: america·Dancing with the Stars·Politics·republican·United States
A Confederacy Of Dunces
November 1st, 2010 · No Comments · america, Elections, Political Fringe, Politics, Republicans
“The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president,” - Senator Mitch McConnell. “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.” -Jonathan Swift Surely the leader of the senate in the [...]
Tags: america·Democratic Party·Elections·GOP·Mitch McConnell·NYT·Politics·republican
What Happened At F E Warren Air Force Base Should Never Happen
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · america
The security failure–if that is in fact what happened–is unfathomable, and unconscionable. Just how close were we to potentially initiating World War III?
Tags: america·nuclear weapons·Security
Conservative Muslims Have Spoken
August 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · america, Politics
And it’s about time too. Via Brown Man Thinking Hard: August 17, 2010 Dear Republican Colleague: We are writing to you today as loyal Americans who are active members of the Republican Party. We also happen to be proud of our Arab American and Muslim American contributions to the Republican Party. We are deeply concerned [...]
Tags: 911·america·Conservatives·Hypocrisy·Islam·muslims·Politics·Religion
Glenn Beck’s Anti-Islam Mockery
August 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Political Fringe, Republicans
Are Americans this fucking stupid? Is this the type intelligent discourse they crave? Why do some of us presume to be more enlightened than others? Clearly we are not, judging by this idiot’s disrespectful banter. [editor's note: I have broken my unbreakable vow not to comment or post anything about the messiah Glenn Beck. I [...]
Tags: america·Glen Beck·Hypocrisy·Islam·Political Fringe·Ramadan·Religion
America: Divided We Fall
August 15th, 2010 · No Comments · america, Politics
So, what does this front page picture on Drudge Report tell you? What do you think it means? Conservatives seem hell-bent on devolving this WTC mosque issue into gutter politics– a place most are accustomed to working from–for reasons I cannot imagine.
Tags: 911·america·conservative·Drudge Report·Mosque·Muslim·New York
