Was the result of the 2010 elections a result of a majority population of lapdogs of the oligarchs? Or a product of our apartheid public education system? Or just mean-spirited compassionate conservative religiosities doing what they do?
Is all the acrimony we are experiencing in political discourse related to every part of our republic and culture? That would especially mean our apartheid public education system, the inherently mean-spiritedness of the majority population or just part of being a good compassionate conservative religiosity lapdog of the oligarchs? I’m just asking…
Given the racist history of our nation how is it something as important as public education is left in the hands of the most racist of all…and are the results really a surprise?
Patchwork Nation: Mapping High School Dropout Rates
On Tuesday, a new report from the America's Promise Alliance studying the graduation rates of high schools around the country showed good news: The number of "dropout factories" in the United States was declining. But the Building a Grad Nation report also found there are still some major challenges - some 40 percent of minority students fail to graduate.
Police respond to DREAM Act rally (arrest students and perhaps a dream)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/police_respond_to_dream_act_rally_111008674.html
Earlier this week I was up early and reading on the topic of Euro Anglo bully racists. Seems where the Euro Anglo sets foot no one of color is safe. Also sanctioned hackers, probably those hired by Euro Anglo elected representatives in Israel, the U.S., England or elsewhere managed to cause a "denial of service" to Wikileaks even as Wikileaks leaked diplomatic cables to the world.
The cables are evidence of the concerted efforts of the global oligarchs to rule the world---much as they always have. it is a little more difficult if evidence of them are being broadcast by Wikileaks.
It is evidence that it isn't "conspiracy theory nuts paranoia” but reality that the "unseen" hand is orchestrating events on the world stage.
The cables are evidence of the concerted efforts of the global oligarchs to rule the world---much as they always have. it is a little more difficult if evidence of them are being broadcast by Wikileaks.
It is evidence that it isn't "conspiracy theory nuts paranoia” but reality that the "unseen" hand is orchestrating events on the world stage.
And in a play straight out of the McCarthy era playbook amazon has turned its back on WikiLeaks.
back to the McCarthy witchunt days……
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101201/wr_nm/us_wikileaks_amazon
I remind Jeff Bezos and Amazon of the words of Edward R. Murrow, “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.”
When Republicans stand with only the wealthiest 2% of Americans on the tax cut issue, it's absolutely insane for Democrats to be obsessed with "compromise." boldprogressives.org
So it is with great appreciation that I read Arianna Huffington’s article that follows.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-wikileaks-cables-smal_b_790158.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=120110&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FeatureTitle&utm_term=Daily+Brief
They are not, as Hillary Clinton claimed, "an attack on America's foreign policy interests" that have endangered "innocent people." And they are not, as Robert Gibbs put it, a "reckless and dangerous action" that puts at risk "the cause of human rights."
And they do not amount to what the Italian foreign minister, in one of the sorrier moments in the history of hyperbole (or is it hysteria?), deemed the "September 11 of world diplomacy."
…But here is what makes the leaked cables so important: they provide another opportunity to turn the spotlight on the war in Afghanistan, which, despite the fact that it's costing us $2.8 billion a week keeps getting pushed into the shadows -- even in this deficit-obsessed time. The cables are a powerful reminder of what this unwinnable war is costing us in terms of lives, in terms of money, and in terms of our long-term national security.”
How we vote and for whom we vote has many consequences intended and not. Those consequences often result in “public policy” that doesn’t necessarily benefit the public and harms the nation.
Every time that we as a people vote in a manner that rewards the few and exploits the many we only manage to set us as a people and a nation back just a little bit more.
From Texas Red: a cratered landscape of prisons, deplorable apartheid public education, lack of healthcare and politicians and majority population intent on keeping it that way…
Hasta Siempre,
Hasta Siempre,
More:
Imagine that. Sounds like trying to “kill” “terrists.” That doesn’t work either. There will always be someone to take up the mantle. That’s a promise and I make scant few of those.
AP IMPACT: Cartel arrests did not curb drug trade
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_re_us/us_failed_drug_war_justice
Revised deficit panel plan seeks deeper cuts
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AS4Z120101201
UN: defining terrorism
The UN remains unable to draw a distinction between "freedom fighters" and "state sponsored terrorism".
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2010/11/20101124114621887983.html
Carter: 'Serious Doubts' on Afghanistan
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/11/carter-excerpt.html
Public Policy: America’s prejudice, bias toward anything different---isms die hard
A People's History of the United States – Howard Zinn
http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-P-S/dp/0061965588/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290505605&sr=1-1
Profiles in Courage
13 Bankers
Winner take all Politics
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field- keywords=winner+take+all+politics
Slavery by Another Name
Illusions of Justice
The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990
“However, James W. Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen offer a more complex thesis. In their book, The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990,[5] they argue that Texas' execution rate reflects the Southern "cultural tradition of exclusion," and that "[s]uch exclusion was a basic element of the legacy of slavery."
The Powers That Be
The Best and the Brightest
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_35?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+powers+that+be+david+halberstam&sprefix=the+powers+that+be+david+halberstam#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_46?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+best+and+the+brightest+by+david+halberstam&sprefix=the+best+and+the+brightest+by+david+halberstam&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Athe+best+and+the+brightest+by+david+halberstam
back to the McCarthy witchunt days……
Amazon stops hosting WikiLeaks website
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101201/wr_nm/us_wikileaks_amazon
I don’t know dude maybe it’s because we hold ourselves out as so much better than those Muslim extremists---maybe not. Religiosities are religiosities regardless of the source of the man-made dogma they worship…
Smithsonian Under Fire For Gay Portraiture Exhibit
But included in that meditation is a crucifix — a cross bearing the body of Christ — crawling with ants. The image, according to Catholic League President Bill Donohue, is offensive. He calls the video "hate speech" and says that "the Smithsonian would never have their little ants crawling all over an image of Muhammad."
“If it's wrong for the government to take the taxpayers' money to promote religion, why is it OK to take taxpayers' money to assault religion?” - Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League
Library of Congress/Religion
The prison-industrial complex, apartheid public education system, racism and Elections 2010
Lost Bill Moyers Documentary The Secret Government 1987 P2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qm2ojIb6no
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