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Re: Young African Americans are engaged in politics but aren't guaranteed to turn out in 2012
Okay ... I have to admit that I found this article - with all it's facts and figures and sectioning and analyzing - somewhat confusing. I think I understand where he was trying to go ... but, I don't think I agree with his analysis in its entirety. I mean, I think there's no disputing that our youth are "under-engaged" in the political process. At least as far as actual VOTING is concerned. And I do believe that intellectually , many of our young people know and understand politics at a rate...
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Re: Leading Intellectuals Call for 'Global Democracy' to Challenge Corporate Globalization
Sounds like the blind (outta desperation) leading the blind to me. Are these intellectuals actually calling for a one world government? Well I suppose that the gullble, (outta desperation) could only concede. I'll tell ya...there's never been a reason any more urgent, than to reach back to Our Afrikan Roots. I would'nt let a krakkka run my lemonade stand, let alone a 'world'. smdh.
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Re: The Right's Stupidity Spreads, Enabled by a Too-Polite Left
Yes, conservatism thrives on low intelligence and poor information. But the liberals in politics on both sides of the Atlantic continue to back off, yielding to the supremacy of the stupid. It's turkeys all the way down. Yep
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Re: Commemorating Political Prisoners During Black August
It seems like it's 1960 again. And it's regressing fast. Cuz what we talked about back then is what we are CURRENTLY discussing today. I heard about Aretha Franklin's taking about a statement he made at her funeral. And Steve shouted black lives matter. And the preacher said black lives don't matter, if black folks don't care about each other. We need to start caring about each other again. And he is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo right! Black on black crime.....nasty neighbors....family...
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Re: POINTS OF DISCUSSION
These people don't like "black" anything, I doubt if they like black shoes. When they finish arming themselves to the nines and point their guns in all of our direction, what are going to do? We're all going to DIE. They call Barack Obama and Michelle all kinds of women and men, gorillas, Silverbacks; have no respect for them whatsoever. They've called us everything in the book, shot our asses down in the street, hung us up trees; yet, when they go to war with other people of color, there we...
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[I don't know why the images keep disappearing from what I posted.] Norland, I hope you don't give up on voting just yet. But, I have to say that I'm near burn-out myself. I think I'm actually burning-out on the number of Americans walking around in fantasy land while racist right-wing fascists are staging a coup d 'etat against the United States of America, the United States Constitution, American Laws, Government Agencies and the Rights of American Citizens. And that is on top of all of...
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That's the main problem I was having. So I just stopped posting the articles per se....and launch into the convo as I read it. Kinda like going back to school and reporting what was read and the opinions/perspective behind it. I thought it was my computer doing this. But! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe MBM will see this and tweak whatever needs tweaking, so we can post pictures that will stay posted. But, however and whatever it takes...
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Re: POINTS OF DISCUSSION
We're always begging these assholes for this, that and the other and all we get is the same old shit. They hate our guts and they've shown us and told us for 400 fucking years or more. What is wrong with us, are we all deaf, dumb and blind at the same damn time? We're in hostile territory through no fault of our own, and there's no way out. I don't know about you guys, but I've NEVER been in an all black environment. I've ALWAYS been surrounded by these wrinkled creeps telling me how...
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Re: Black Women of Political Action Group Calling for Support for Ambassador Rice
Never even heard of this group. :/ Any information like a website or something?
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Re: Black Women of Political Action Group Calling for Support for Ambassador Rice
ABOUT ABOUT BLACK WOMEN ORGANIZED FOR POLITICAL ACTION (BWOPA) Founded in 1968, BWOPA understands that everything that affects the quality of life is in most ways political. Therefore, BWOPA’s primary goal is to educate, train, and involve as many African American women as possible in the political process. Today, BWOPA is a statewide 501c4 non-profit advocacy and membership organization. Click Here to CHECK OUT A QUICK VIDEO about BWOPA! OUR MISSION The purpose of Black Women Organized for...
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Re: Now The Housing Crisis Is The Fault of "African Americans"
So whose fault is it that Democrats, Republican and Educators have not suggested that double-entry accounting be mandatory in our schools for the last 50 years? What would that have done to the economy by now? NOBODY KNOWS! Double-entry accounting is older than Shakespeare according to the palefaces. So why does everybody get Shakespeare in high school? How long are Negroes going to let White people tell them what education is? What if it is really designed to keep most White people...
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Re: Now The Housing Crisis Is The Fault of "African Americans"
This is also a good site for Double-Entry Accounting: http://simplestudies.com/doubl...counting-system.html There's even a practice test for what you've learned, and it all free online.
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Re: Now The Housing Crisis Is The Fault of "African Americans"
This is where the American Short Term Memory (or the Orwellian Memory Hole) shines. This explanation has seen many different forms and has been shot down in every incarnation. It is, however, a hustle of language that looks to appeal to the responsible and prudent individual while taking complete focus off of the other part of the equation (the institution that actually grants the loan). For people who do not buy into this frame, and have no fear of questioning the entire system- its easy to...
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Re: Political Extortion
Another reason why Worker Self Directed Enterprises should be on the minds of people being threatened in this way. .
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Re: Political Extortion
How to embed videos into African America. First copy the 'embed code' from the video you desire to upload. Once you go to post or reply box, select 'HTML'. This will take you to an HTML editing box. Paste the embedded code, select 'Insert'. I used this method to insert the MSNBC video. Sunnubian, was this the video that you were referring to regarding the death of a former NAVY seal in Benghazi? Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy
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Is this the video you wanted us to look at Sunnubian?? Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy
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Originally Posted by Yemaya: How to embed videos into African America. First copy the 'embed code' from the video you desire to upload. Once you go to post or reply box, select 'HTML'. This will take you to an HTML editing box. Paste the embedded code, select 'Insert'. I used this method to insert the MSNBC video. Sunnubian, was this the video that you were referring to regarding the death of a former NAVY seal in Benghazi? Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about...
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Re: Political Extortion
This is political harassment and political extortion, and I'm glad to hear that this man (and the Koch brothers) are being investigated. These are jim crow tactics being used on their employees. jim crow was not just about harassing Black people and trying to keep Black people from voting, it was also about harassing White people and making sure White people did nothing to assist or further the cause of Civil Rights or equality in this country. These same Jim crow tactics were used against...
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Re: Political Extortion
This is exactly the kind of thing we were talking about as far as companies engaging in "deliberate conspiracy" against the President!! Corporations will and are committed to pulling out any dirty, underhanded, chickenshit stops in order to appear/attempt to crush the economy by limiting/controlling hiring of employees!! Which is all the more reason that Black people need to get into the business-owning game and control our OWN companies and empower our OWN economies ... and let assholes...
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Re: How America Built the Racial Wealth Gap
This is why you change the "social contract" of a society. I can name several countries where the above paragraph is a false statement. These places understand the insanity of making the above necessities (for any community to be healthy and functional on basic levels) to be dependent on the "wealth" of said community. Black people in this country are quickly becoming the last holdouts of this dying system.
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Re: How America Built the Racial Wealth Gap
Originally Posted by Muhammad Cipher: This is why you change the "social contract" of a society. I can name several countries where the above paragraph is a false statement. These places understand the insanity of making the above necessities (for any community to be healthy and functional on basic levels) to be dependent on the "wealth" of said community. Black people in this country are quickly becoming the last holdouts of this dying system. In other words we are becoming the permanent...
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Re: How America Built the Racial Wealth Gap
If the racial wealth gap is what is so important then why are so many White folks so bad off recently? The system is designed to screw the majority of non-rich people. Race is irrelevant. This is from 1974. THE SCREWING OF THE AVERAGE MAN By David Hapgood https://www.kirkusreviews.com/...-of-the-average-man/ That book pointed out then that college degrees for everybody was not the answer because supply and demand would just devalue the degrees. So education was just another scam. It is so...
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Re: How America Built the Racial Wealth Gap
If it were just the average man Xumbrachist. This country has had it in for black people through the law since 1638. Follow the legal trail. Its just NOW somewhat hitting the rest of the non-black population. They are the limited collateral damage, while we are the main targets.
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Re: Elaine Brown told us how reform "could result in policies that further criminalize and target black people."
http://www.policymic.com/artic...ot-down-by-democrats A gun or other weapon must be armed, and someone must pull the trigger or leave such a weapon in a precarious position before any physical bodily harm or property damage can take place. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution?o=3986&qsrc=999 Furthermore, the 2nd Amendment will never be repealed, because the "right to bear arms" is a tool to be used against government when it violates the rights of...
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Re: Elaine Brown told us how reform "could result in policies that further criminalize and target black people."
https://www.africanamerica.org/...t/320064903666824732 RE: "Ex-officers get probation in Houston teen beating" b y JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press | April 24, 2013 Here again, when U.S. born Blacks place no value in Constitutional protections for U.S. citizens, and when there are no civil lawsuit mega-buck penalties on the back end, to hold public servants or anyone else financially liable for damages in the City (Houston, TX), County, State, or Federal jurisdiction where this beating, "...
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Re: Elaine Brown told us how reform "could result in policies that further criminalize and target black people."
http://conservativeblackchick....emocrats-are-racist/ http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-964276 CNN i-Report: "President Obama Forget RICH & WHITE Americans FIGHT for Black/Hispanics American NOW" by Vera Richards Selected comment: "African and Hispanic Americans need President Obama to fight for us NOW. FIGHT FOR us President Obama Don’t sign Senate “Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013” Bill. FIGHT tell Reid to do filibuster reform so that you can appoint federal judges and deliver on your...
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Re: Elaine Brown told us how reform "could result in policies that further criminalize and target black people."
https://www.africanamerica.org/...unsialibya-situation RE: "US & France Intervene in Mali To Protect Land & Resource Grabs, Not Because of Al Qeda" by Bruce A. Dixon, 4-23-2013, and uploaded by Yemaya http://www.archives.gov/exhibi...tion_transcript.html US Constitution, Article 2, Section 2: " The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States , and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may...
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Re: How America Built the Racial Wealth Gap
I could say that we should learn how to apply equality in ourselves.Did you know that there's a video went popular of over the very first weekend of March. Its name, "Wealth Inequality in America," claims it all. It explains, in obvious, accessible images, that the space between the wealthiest and the poorest Americans is far vaster than most people have even imagined. With a personal finance you can pay things instead of taking money out of savings.
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Re: How America Built the Racial Wealth Gap
Welcome Rianna! Unfortunately, finance, personal finance and economics is something that most Americans learn at an older age rather than at a young age. African Americans in particular, (IMO), often are just surviving financially, and often that is the primary financial focus , surviving and making ends meet until the next paycheck. It is usually people who were taught from a very young age, the value of money and the importance of saving over spending, manage their finances prudently.
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Re: The American Economy, Politics and Plutocracy
Ahhh well .... I guess we can dream! Since we'll never know what something like that looks like. I was just thinking today how TOTALLY ridiculous it is that - mostly our media ... but really our entire government environment - is ALREADY starting to gear up for the 2016 presidential campaign!! I mean ... do these White people not understand that we have REAL problems ... that need their professional and political attention .... RIGHT FREAKIN' NOW!!! Yet, instead, .. for the next 2 1/2 years,...
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Re: The American Economy, Politics and Plutocracy
It's time for there to be a revolution in America, one that will turn our government back over to the people, one that will rid our government of corporate puppets and race-baiting con-artists. I really don't know what it is going to take for the American people to see that our politicians and their being under the undue influence of corporate American and diabolical billionaires is not going to do anything but run our government, economy and our Constitution and Civil Rights further into...
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Re: The American Economy, Politics and Plutocracy
Originally Posted by sunnubian: It's time for there to be a revolution in America, one that will turn our government back over to the people, one that will rid our government of corporate puppets and race-baiting con-artists. When are people going to figure out that science and technology are more important than politics and economics? This ain't 1900 anymore and we ain't in Kansas, The Wizard of Oz has taken over. In 1900 there were 8,000 cars in this country. In 1995 there were...
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MLK re Science: (source) Martin Luther King, Jr. (15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968) American clergyman and civil rights activist who led a non-violent and effective Civil Rights movement from 1950 until his assination in 1968. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and his brthday has been commemorated as a federal holiday. Science Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. (6 quotes) Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Commenting on the way...
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Re: The American Economy, Politics and Plutocracy
Originally Posted by sunnubian: MLK re Science: (source) Martin Luther King, Jr. (15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968) American clergyman and civil rights activist who led a non-violent and effective Civil Rights movement from 1950 until his assination in 1968. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and his brthday has been commemorated as a federal holiday. Science Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. (6 quotes) Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and...
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Re: The American Economy, Politics and Plutocracy
Originally Posted by sunnubian: It's time for there to be a revolution in America, one that will turn our government back over to the people, one that will rid our government of corporate puppets and race-baiting con-artists. I really don't know what it is going to take for the American people to see that our politicians and their being under the undue influence of corporate American and diabolical billionaires is not going to do anything but run our government, economy and our Constitution...
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Re: The American Economy, Politics and Plutocracy
Originally Posted by Xumbrarchist: He uses the word "science" but he does not impart or advocate scientific knowledge but makes comparisons between it and religion and attitudes about it. But he does admit it gives people power so how are Black Americans supposed to engage with it? Trust White folks to teach us science? ROFL I consider 9/11 to be the perfect example of White folks and science. Most of them can't figure it out and their "scientific authority" is either silent or BSing. It...
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Originally Posted by sunnubian: I'm sure that Science would have become very high on their agenda, and also Mathmatics, Law, and Entreprenueurship. That is one of the peculiar things about European culture. Why is mathematics separated from science. Why not just teach science and do the math when it is necessary to deal with the science. But we have kids spend hours doing mathematics which does not seem to have anything to do with anything. But no, we must continue the Greek traditions.
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Re: The American Economy, Politics and Plutocracy
"But we have kids spend hours doing mathematics which does not seem to have anything to do with anything." This is so true. Most teachers can't even tell their students why they need to know any mathmatics beyond arithmetic or relatate it to anything tangible.
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Re: The American Economy, Politics and Plutocracy
Here is an interesting Big Picture: The Road to World War 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP7L8bw5QF4 http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/faq.html http://subrealism.blogspot.com...s.html#disqus_thread Xum
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Re: House Passes Legislation on School Meals: They Don’t Have to be Healthy Anymore
Bottom line: Money over the health of our children. I think we should go back to days when I was a kid and there were cafeteria workers in the kitchen COOKING the food. They wore hairnets on their pressed hair and aprons around their waists. They served food twice a day: Nutrition and Lunch..with lunch being a new addition cuz I used to bring a paper bag filled with a peanut butter sandwich, apple or banana and a cookie. Some times I used my dad's lunch pail so I could carry milk or...
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Re: House Passes Legislation on School Meals: They Don’t Have to be Healthy Anymore
Originally Posted by Kocolicious: Bottom line: Money over the health of our children. .............................................................................................. We need to be very clear on this. Humans are livestock farmed for their energy and their money by the rulers. Democracy does not change the will of the rulers.Money and power are the only values in the wasteland. Genocide too is allowed. From how we treat farm animals to humans, as Jesus said . . . how you treat...
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Re: House Passes Legislation on School Meals: They Don’t Have to be Healthy Anymore
Re: House Passes Legislation on School Meals: They Don’t Have to be Healthy Anymore
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Re: House Passes Legislation on School Meals: They Don’t Have to be Healthy Anymore
Brotha DK wrote: We need to be very clear on this. Humans are livestock farmed for their energy and their money by the rulers. Democracy does not change the will of the rulers.Money and power are the only values in the wasteland. Genocide too is allowed. From how we treat farm animals to humans, as Jesus said . . . how you treat the least of me is how you treat God. Not talking about some church . . . The just man rages in the wilderness. It is unfortunate that Jesus didn't MENTION...
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Re: Black Community Empowerment Leader Found Dead in DC
This is so sad, what a great loss. The man had it going on, indeed he was brilliant with an impressive vision for the black community. His actions spoke volumes, while some folk talk a whole lot of nothing. My condolences to his family, I cannot imagine their pain. And I don't believe for one-second that he committed suicide, because I do not trust the police, period-point-blank. I hope his work can continue.
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Re: Black Community Empowerment Leader Found Dead in DC
Is the Black Man of the World ever going to be allowed to STAND ON HIS OWN TWO FEET or is he always just going to be the FLOOR MAT for everyone TO WIPE HIS FEET ON??????????????????? Every time one seeks to raise his brother, he ends up dead. Foot prints on the ass become painful and their's no cure for the pain.
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Re: Black America’s Failed Experiment With White House Politics And The Urgent Appeal For A New Black Economy
I hope we got the message, white people see the national economy, education, safety net and all benefits as theirs and to primarily serve them. Blacks will never be viewed as countrymen by the white establishment. If we don't get this then we get what we obvious see coming at us. I love this charter.... http://www.usliftingus.com/
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Re: Klansman David Duke, Warns Republicans: Back Steve Scalise, Or I’ll Name Names
"You'll do it our way or it's your ass" should be America's motto.