Progressives speakers in Mississippi

Last Saturday, February 26th, a few Mississippians gathered together to support unions, teachers, police, firefighters, protesters in Wisconsin and to alert Mississippians to how we too may shoot ourselves in the collective foot. I expected a large number of Tea Party people to appear. The Tea Party propaganda machine is well oiled and sexy. I, a member of MoveOn.org and the teamsters union( http://bit.ly/eDRQ8y) do not have a sexy, smooth sales pitch. We only have the naked truth, which has been trying to get attention for the last 11 years.

I am not sure how to dress the truth where it will gain attention of those who are opting out of the political process and those who continue to fall for the sexy-smooth pitch of those who encourage voting against self-interest. I am not sure how to dress the truth to get progressives to run for office in Mississippi even when it looks to be a losing battle. Currently the Republicans in Mississippi do not have a Democratic challenger for Lt. Governor, Secretary of State or State Auditor. I pray the Green Party of Mississippi has candidates. ( I enjoy wine, craps, and sex too much to run for office. Also, I am not afraid to tell the truth as it is and not as we may want it to be). I do have someone in mind to run for office,the woman who took the videos in the links below. I have asked her husband to get her to run for office in Mississippi. She is very passionate about progressive policies and works in the community, at ground level, to promote such policies. I doubt if anyone would be able to attack her moral code in this uber-Christian state. If allowed, I will post her name online so we can get her to be a write in candidate.

I am posting links to the speeches given by those at the rally at the capitol in Jackson, MS last week. A word of caution, I am not a professional protester or speaker. I am passionate about my country and the freedoms we enjoy. After 9/11, I saw fearful Americans giving away their rights to the government. I saw predators waiting in the wings ready to consume the rights of Americans. We now see the results of being fearful (Wisconsin and Ohio). It is time for us to let go of the fear and to organize for a better tomorrow. We as adults must accept the truth that we are all on this rock together and we must work together for a better world.

Remember we have more work to do. MoveOn.org is holding organizing parties until Tuesday, March 8th to prepare for the next events. If you can host a party to help frame our national voice please click on the link below.

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=122&id=26356-9101744-uZ3mJ3x&t=1

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Dr. McElvaine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADQSTKLBqLw

Father Jerry Tobin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyZHVzO8tvo

Mr. Bill Chandler MIRA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX7AmaJAZHc

Carl Gibson – US UnCut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQskTC6vlic

Luke Lundemo – Moveon.org (Listen to this speech. He nails it for Americans)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMk2BDbyhfY

Albert Gore (Listen to this speech. Our elder telling the truth to us - it hurts but it is a truth we need to hear)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3b_Xz95Zug

Bob McElvaine – Millsaps College

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADQSTKLBqLw

Scott Nine – Institute for Democratic Education in America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQQkaWWL2A

Sue Harmon – WJTV Interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv8nC_YzV08

Jerry Tobin and Savina Schoenhofer - Prayer and Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZlNFLippdk

Black Lightning is more than ready for prime time

Black Lightning It is finally here. I do mean finally for I have been waiting for seems to be ages (1977). I am calling for a second season having only watched the first two episodes. I am not sure of the level of involvement Tony Isabella & Trevor Von Eeden in the production of each episode. The first two I enjoyed, did I say that already? The first two episodes seems to have been packed with every issue seen in mainstream media and think pieces regarding the Black community. This posting is not a think piece. It is my piss piece. Before I touch on the piss, thanks, many thanks, to Salim and Mara Akil for making it happen. Black Lighting opens with a Black parent, once again, having to bail a child out of jail for exercising his/her right of protest in the USA. We need to question why peaceful protests with no guns see protestors arrested. Please do not take I am saying people of color should have guns at protest marches. We would be shot before the

White Boys Whine

Quick and dirty Star Trek Discovery is everything I thought it would be. It is my hope the White boys chill the fuck out . There will be a White male captain . The Black woman will be of a lowered status. White boys are you appeased ? My personal view fuck White boys who had their dicks in a vise over women of color at the helm of a fictional space vessel. I shall watch Star Trek Discovery . I shall pay the fee to CBS Access with joy. If you wanted to watch OITNB you paid Netflix . Overall I look forward to the day a fictional show that features women of color in prominent positions doesn't freak out White males. They were so freaked out they compared The Orville to Star Trek Discovery . Guys chill out , future happens .

Y'all should eat my grits no cheese

It is two days after the GOP primary in Mississippi. We are still laughing at Mitt's attempt to cuddle up to us with cheesy grits and a few y'alls thrown in. In my area of Mississippi it is yaw'all(10 second word). Had he come here expecting us to be able to count to 20 without removing our shoes, he may have been taken a little bit more seriously. I am not sure if Mitt's grits ranks with Bush's "this part of the world" statement after Katrina but it ranks. Truthfully, I enjoy cheese in my grits along with garlic and red pepper. However, I do not think my love of grits, a bowl every morning, makes me Southern. Although I was born in Southern California and partially reared in Southern Wisconsin, I consider myself a full blown Mississippian. Along with keeping my grits to myself, I also speak without care of accent. The fact that I can tell you how to get from Memphis to the Coast without using the interstate or Google says I am from Mississippi.

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