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by kid oakland on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 09:58:18 PM PDT
- btw (84+ / 0-)
  
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  read this too, it's relevant: Fannie Lou Hamer.
  
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  by kid oakland on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 10:02:01 PM PDT
  
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  - I was thinking about Hamer and the MFDP (42+ / 0-)
    
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    tonight in a free associative way, vis-a-vis Ferraro's comments, her veep nomination by Fritz Mondale in '84, and Mondale's task 20 years prior of diluting the MFDPat the '64 convention in Atlantic City.
    
    Show of hands... who would join Kucinich's effort to impeach VP Cheney?
    
    by Mogolori on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 10:21:22 PM PDT
    
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  - Just found a very good student film on Hamer (40+ / 0-)
    
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    at YouTube.
    
    Man, is there a paucity of history on YouTube or what? Somebody needs to raid the Vanderbilt TV archive, post up their stuff, and free our broadcast legacy.
    
    Show of hands... who would join Kucinich's effort to impeach VP Cheney?
    
    by Mogolori on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 10:36:53 PM PDT
    
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    - oh crap, (16+ / 0-)
      
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      you made me cry. I don't do that very often. I try very hard to buck that...
      
      "I don't think the heavy stuff is coming down yet"
      
      by MadMs on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 01:22:26 AM PDT
      
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    - Whoa - people, go look at that video!! (14+ / 0-)
      
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      It was made by two 7th-grade girls. Dear Lord.
      
      And yes, Mogolori, the Vanderbilt archive has got to be opened up to all. It's everyone's legacy, not just the television networks' legacy, and I am sickened by how hard it is to access & make use of.
      
      You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or she hates all the same people you do. - Anne Lamott
      
      by javelina on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 05:37:37 AM PDT
      
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      - Incredibly moving video- (7+ / 0-)
        
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        painful but important reminder of the struggle to overcome murderous injustice.
        
        by Zulia on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 08:12:23 AM PDT
        
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- the work's not done in MS (53+ / 0-)
  
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  fighting to get black voters their right to vote.
  
  not with a guy like this as secretary of state:
  
  can you hear the dogwhistle?
  
  here's a hint: "election fraud is a big problem in our country." (even though there's no evidence of it actually happening, unless you adopt the republican definition of fraud, which is black people voting.) then he says, "i'll do what it takes to make sure your vote counts. and while simon here [his dog] may have some strong opinions, he won't be voting in mississippi on my watch. sorry boy."
  
  l'audace! l'audace! toujours l'audace!
  
  by zeke L on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 11:06:16 PM PDT
  
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  - Whoaw... I would not have caught that... (7+ / 0-)
    
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    This is so sad, that people still think this way, act this way, and get away with it.... Good job decoding this BS
    
    by IntownATLdem on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 05:32:20 AM PDT
    
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  - Persistence (18+ / 0-)
    
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    In an essay that's had a profound effect on my view of the ethics and practice of politics, the sociologist Max Weber concluded with this definition of politics:
    
    Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards. It takes both passion and perspective. Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth--that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had reached out for the impossible. But to do that a man must be a leader, and not only a leader but a hero as well, in a very sober sense of the word. And even those who are neither leaders nor heroes must arm themselves with that steadfastness of heart which can brave even the crumbling of all hopes. This is necessary right now, or else men will not be able to attain even that which is possible today. Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say 'In spite of all!' has the calling for politics.
    
    Few things in politics come easy, or quickly, or without continued vigilance. People fought to erase the scar of racism for decades before Meteor Blades traveled to Mississippi 44 years ago, and while things have undeniably improved in America, our work is far from complete.
    
    The revolution will not be televised, but we'll analyze it to death at The Next Hurrah.
    
    by DHinMI on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 05:45:28 AM PDT
    
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    - Still, its impressive to think that a black man (12+ / 0-)
      
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      in Mississippi can now freely vote for another black man who actually has an excellent chance of becoming President of the United States. I am of Meteor Blades generation and its not something that I thought I would see in my lifetime.
      
      Please let us not ever take it for granted or allow history to backslide on this progress we've gained.
      
      The sleep of reason brings forth monsters. --Goya
      
      by MadScientist on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:33:53 AM PDT
      
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      - same age... same amazement ... same determination (0+ / 0-)
        
        by fhcec on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 05:17:37 PM PDT
        
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  - I don't know why they call it "dog whistle" (0+ / 0-)
    
    He barely even hides it. I guarantee his charge of "election fraud" in Washington is 100% fabrication.
    
    I feel bad for the dog having to live with that jackass everyday.
    
    by savvyspy on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 08:37:52 AM PDT
    
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  - Nice. (0+ / 0-)
    
    Really classy. "Sorry boy." Heh-heh.
    
    "YOPP!" --Horton Hears a Who
    
    by Reepicheep on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 09:40:24 AM PDT
    
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