The Black Panther Party and Obama
They like Sen. Barack Obama's progressive style of politics, but some 1960s-era radicals are questioning the candidate's recent swing to the middle on some big issues. "I like Barack Obama," says Bobby Seale, cofounder of the Black Panther Party. "I'm a progressive," he says. "The progression has to be manifested in a new direction in policies and legislation," says Seale. "I'm hoping that he is able to make a dent in that direction with the office of the presidency." Seale adds an "oh, yeah" when asked if his activism—highlighted in the new DVD release Chicago 10 —paved the way for Obama's candidacy. The movie, being released during the Democratic National Convention this month, combines animation and real video of 1968 protests at the Democratic convention and the subsequent trial of Seale and others for their participation. Seale's conviction was eventually reversed. Pal and former Yippie frontman Paul Krassner says that unlike then, today it's best to protest from inside, and Obama is best suited to do that. "This time, the protest might be more effective within the system, with voting for somebody who will at least appoint Supreme Court judges who have compassion instead of nutsiness," he says. But on Obama, Krassner frets, "I have disappointments in a lot of the compromises he's made, but that's the game he's playing. I just have to remember that his middle name is 'I'm Not Bush.' "
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WHERE IS SCHOOL ZONE OR WAR ZONE PART I?
PAUL,
MARK TWAIN SAID," IF YOUR UPSET COUNT TO TEN AND IF YOUR ANGRY SWEAR!"
IF MY COMMENTS WERE A BET RAW AND BRUTALLY HONEST ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THE TRUTH USUALLY IS. I WAS JUST RE-TELLING MY STORY WHEN AN ANGRY MOB OF PEOPLE CAME AFTER ME MY FIRST WEEK IN H.S.. IF I RE-LIVED THE STORY DURING MY COMMENTS, I'M SORRY!
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, BUT NO ONE DARE SPEAKS OF REVERSE DISCRIMINATION WHICH IS BLACK ON BLACK CRIME.
NO ONE HAS SERIOULY ADDRESS THE BLACK ON BLACK HATE CRIMES COMMITTED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR IN AMERICA. BLACK ON BLACK CRIME IS IGNORED, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PROFITABLE, IT MAY HURT AN ELECTION OR THEY JUST DON'T CARE.
AS FAR AS MY STATMENTS ABOUT JESSE JACKSON AND AL SHARPTON I STAND BY EVERY WORD AND HAVE NO PROBLEM REPEATING IT! HOW CAN THEY CALL THEMSELEVS MEN OF GOD WHEN THEY WON'T STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT!
JESSE AND AL WERE MORE OUTRAGED BY RUSH TRYING TO BUYING THE ST.LOUIS RAMS THEN THEY WERE ABOUT BRUTAL MURDER OF DERRION ALBERT AND THE ANGRY MOB THAT SET MICHEAL BREWER ON FIRE! THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS! GROWING UP IN VIRGINIA, HELL IN AMERICA IN THE LATE 60'S AND 70'S YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHINGS...CHILDREN BEING BLOWN UP IN CHURCHES, MEN BEATEN AND HUNG FROM THE HIGHTSET TREE, MEN BEING DRAGGED FROM THE BACK OF TRUCKS, WHILE K-9 DINE ON BLACK, BROWN, RED AND WHITE FLESH.
AS A CHILD WE ALL SEEN THE RACIAL VIOLENCE IN AMERICA BROADCAST ON NATIONAL TV, SOME OF US LIVED IT AND OTHERS WERE THEIR TO WITNESS IT FIRST HAND!
HEY JESSE WERE YOU AND AL A LITTLE JEALOUS OR ENVYOUS BECAUSE RUSH WAS MORE PROFITABLE WITH HIS HATE SPEECH THEN YOU?
YOU DO KNOW THAT ANGER,JEALOUSY AND ENVY ARE THREE OF THE DEADLEST SINS IN GODS EYES.
JESSE AND AL WANT TO BE THE NEXT KING OR KENNEDY, BUT YOU COULD NEVER BE THE MEN THEY WERE.
THESE MEN DIE TRYING TO BRING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER AND DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE LITTLE MAN NO MATTER WHAT THE COST!
THEY PAID WITH THEIR LIVES TRYING TO BRING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER, NOT DYING TO GET PAID TO TEAR IT APART!
WHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF PUBLIC EDUCATION HE WANTED TO NURTURE AND DEVELOP THE YOUNG MINDS OF OUR FURTURE LEADERS. MR. JEFFERSON WOULD ROLLOVER IN HIS GRAVE IF HE KNEW OUR LEADERS WEREN'T PROTECTING OUR FURTURE LEADERS BECAUSE THEY WERE BUSY LINING THEIR POCKETS AND/OR RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
JEFFERSON SAID," ANY MAN LONGING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, HAS NO BUSINESS IN IT!"
DON'T KILL THE MESSAGER FOR DELIVERING THE MESSAGE. IF YOU NEED
TO EDIT OUT SOME FRENCH FROM THE SCHOOL ZONE OR WAR ZONE BLOG FEEL FREE TO DO SO,BUT PLEASE DON'T PULL MY COMMENTS.
I'M GREATFUL THAT USNEWS AND WORLD REPORT WOULD GIVE ME SOAPBOX TO VENT MY FRUSTRATION ON THESE SO CALL POLITICAL LEADERS.
I'M A VERY PASSIONATE PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES I CARE ABOUT, AND IF WE CAN HAVE A FRANK AND HONEST DISCUSSION MAYBE WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION!
HEY PAUL IF YOU NEED A WRITER OR A POLITICAL CARTOONIST DROP ME A LINE.
STACEY
WHERE IS SCHOOL ZONE OR WAR ZONE PART I?
PAUL,
MARK TWAIN SAID," IF YOUR UPSET COUNT TO TEN AND IF YOUR ANGRY SWEAR!"
IF MY COMMENTS WERE A BET RAW AND BRUTALLY HONEST ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THE TRUTH USUALLY IS. I WAS JUST RE-TELLING MY STORY WHEN AN ANGRY MOB OF PEOPLE CAME AFTER ME MY FIRST WEEK IN H.S.. IF I RE-LIVED THE STORY DURING MY COMMENTS, I'M SORRY!
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, BUT NO ONE DARE SPEAKS OF REVERSE DISCRIMINATION WHICH IS BLACK ON BLACK CRIME.
NO ONE HAS SERIOULY ADDRESS THE BLACK ON BLACK HATE CRIMES COMMITTED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR IN AMERICA. BLACK ON BLACK CRIME IS IGNORED, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PROFITABLE, IT MAY HURT AN ELECTION OR THEY JUST DON'T CARE.
AS FAR AS MY STATMENTS ABOUT JESSE JACKSON AND AL SHARPTON I STAND BY EVERY WORD AND HAVE NO PROBLEM REPEATING IT! HOW CAN THEY CALL THEMSELEVS MEN OF GOD WHEN THEY WON'T STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT!
JESSE AND AL WERE MORE OUTRAGED BY RUSH TRYING TO BUYING THE ST.LOUIS RAMS THEN THEY WERE ABOUT BRUTAL MURDER OF DERRION ALBERT AND THE ANGRY MOB THAT SET MICHEAL BREWER ON FIRE! THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS! GROWING UP IN VIRGINIA, HELL IN AMERICA IN THE LATE 60'S AND 70'S YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHINGS...CHILDREN BEING BLOWN UP IN CHURCHES, MEN BEATEN AND HUNG FROM THE HIGHTSET TREE, MEN BEING DRAGGED FROM THE BACK OF TRUCKS, WHILE K-9 DINE ON BLACK, BROWN, RED AND WHITE FLESH.
AS A CHILD WE ALL SEEN THE RACIAL VIOLENCE IN AMERICA BROADCAST ON NATIONAL TV, SOME OF US LIVED IT AND OTHERS WERE THEIR TO WITNESS IT FIRST HAND!
HEY JESSE WERE YOU AND AL A LITTLE JEALOUS OR ENVYOUS BECAUSE RUSH WAS MORE PROFITABLE WITH HIS HATE SPEECH THEN YOU?
YOU DO KNOW THAT ANGER,JEALOUSY AND ENVY ARE THREE OF THE DEADLEST SINS IN GODS EYES.
JESSE AND AL WANT TO BE THE NEXT KING OR KENNEDY, BUT YOU COULD NEVER BE THE MEN THEY WERE.
THESE MEN DIE TRYING TO BRING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER AND DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE LITTLE MAN NO MATTER WHAT THE COST!
THEY PAID WITH THEIR LIVES TRYING TO BRING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER, NOT DYING TO GET PAID TO TEAR IT APART!
WHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF PUBLIC EDUCATION HE WANTED TO NURTURE AND DEVELOP THE YOUNG MINDS OF OUR FURTURE LEADERS. MR. JEFFERSON WOULD ROLLOVER IN HIS GRAVE IF HE KNEW OUR LEADERS WEREN'T PROTECTING OUR FURTURE LEADERS BECAUSE THEY WERE BUSY LINING THEIR POCKETS AND/OR RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
JEFFERSON SAID," ANY MAN LONGING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, HAS NO BUSINESS IN IT!"
DON'T KILL THE MESSAGER FOR DELIVERING THE MESSAGE. IF YOU NEED
TO EDIT OUT SOME FRENCH FROM THE SCHOOL ZONE OR WAR ZONE BLOG FEEL FREE TO DO SO,BUT PLEASE DON'T PULL MY COMMENTS.
I'M GREATFUL THAT USNEWS AND WORLD REPORT WOULD GIVE ME SOAPBOX TO VENT MY FRUSTRATION ON THESE SO CALL POLITICAL LEADERS.
I'M A VERY PASSIONATE PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES I CARE ABOUT, AND IF WE CAN HAVE A FRANK AND HONEST DISCUSSION MAYBE WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION!
HEY PAUL IF YOU NEED A WRITER OR A POLITICAL CARTOONIST DROP ME A LINE.
STACEY
SCHOOL ZONE OR WAR ZONE PART II
I CHECKED MY SCHEDULE AND NOWHERE ON MY SCHEDULE WAS AN ASS BEATING FOR STACEY.
I DON'T TAKE ASS WHIPPING I GIVE THEM!
DENISE GOT A FREE HISTORY LESSON ON THE NATIVES OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
NOT ALL POWHATANS ARE AS KIND, TRUSTING AND FORGIVING AS POCAHONTAS, IN FACT SHE WAS THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE!
CHECK YOUR HISTORY BOOKS!
I CUT MY HAIR SO NO ONE WOULD GRAB ME BY MY HAIR AND ATTACK ME FROM BEHIND!
TO THIS DAY I THANK GOD FOR THE PERSON WHO INVENTED HAIR WEAVES THIS GIVE THESE SILVER BACKS SOME HOPE AT TRUE BEAUTY.
TODAY I'M WORKING ON A BILL AND WHEN I COME TO WASHINGTON I WILL BRING A LEGIONS OF MOTHERS, FATHERS, HONOR STUDENTS AND VICTIMS OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE WITH ME.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THEY VOTE!
WE WILL NOT ALLOW OUR KIDS TO BE HUNTED DOWN, BEATEN, BURNED, RAPED, BULLIED OR KILLED ANY LONGER!
WHY HASN'T THE WHITE HOUSE SAID OR DID ANYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL VIOLENCE?
I Hear That The City Of Chicago has announced a 30 Million Dollar Anti- Violence Campaign to help the kids of Chicago.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY PLEASE DO NOT LET JESSE JACKSON OR AL SHARPTON ANY WHERE NEAR THAT MONEY!
DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO PROFIT OFF THE BACKS OF THE POOR AND IN THE NAME OF BLACK CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND DIED!
Stacey Bridges
Native Of Northern Virginia
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