Time on the Cross - The Atlantic

Time on the Cross - The Atlantic

Birthplace of the Confederacy backs away from anniversary event

The revolution will not be televised, just an interesting fyi for those who don't believe blacks in America still a legitimate grievence those who glorify a time when we were treated as cattle.

Birthplace of the Confederacy backs away from anniversary event

Mark Buehrle On Michael Vick: My Wife And I Hoped He Would Get Injured

Amazing how screwed up some people's sense of justice can be when it comes to the value of human life compared to animals. FYI, in the grand scheme here animals are still lower on the totem pole, food chain and overall order of life. More interestin­g is how these people decide who's comeback deserves praise. Wondering if Mr. & Mrs. Mark Buehrle think Brett Favre and Ben Roethlisbe­rger's douche bag behavior towards women deserve their cheers or do they wish them bodily harm as they did Mike Vick. Doubtful. Vick's paid his debt and apparent has paid enough for the Buehrles. This is some of that sneaky racist shXt that whites never view as racism because they are never on the receiving end. Hate to do it but gotta call a spade a spade and say if Mike Vick were white this wouldn't have been said. They would never concieve such a sinster wish for a white player having such a inspiring season. Vick keep make the plays and make those with such thoughts pay twice when the endorsemen­t dollars flow again.
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Texas Board Of Education To Vote On Controversial Curriculum Changes

This is exactly why my childhood heroes were Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali and groups like the ‘Black Panthers’. They would call this insane out on its face. This Don McLeroy clown is a racist and he is so racist that he thinks he's doing a great public service. The hold Board of Education for the state of Texas needs to be turned over to the Federal Department of Education, screw states rights when you have officials attempting to rewrite history for the purpose of cultivating a new conservative base for 2025 election by omission of facts to suit their agenda. These power drunk jerks are too comfortable spitting this ignorant, twisted logic. Clearly he has large numbers of likeminded "Tea Partiers" trying to pull off this hostile takeover of young minds. What their attempting is the equivalent of brain trafficking for future use, in the form of a voter base. This is also a lack of separation between “church and state”, if push too much on his fundamentalist Christian ideology. Texas is trying to trump Arizona for dumbest state officials. This may be the worse think to happen to Texas since “Baby Bush”.
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"The History in Jena 6"

I’ve withheld commentary on “Jena 6” and the battle cry over this recurring theme in our history in America. The reasons I’ve delayed comment is because I didn’t and still don’t have enough information and details of what occurred. I’m just a little cautious of any media presentations and the court records (with eye witness accounts) I haven’t found. Another reason is that I wanted to watch our reactions. Not just the reactions but the personalities, institutions, media, churches and mainly our kids. Maybe I’m just a little too old or something but my personal reaction to the incident is far from shock and ah (how we say it). The reactions of our media appointed leaders were pretty predictable and scripted, white Americans were clueless and many of our children are the same. Two things standout in my mind regarding Jena, 1) we have forgotten Emmitt Till, and countless others from our relatively recent history that we haven’t told our children about and 2) white kids make mistakes while black kids committing the same acts are hardened criminals, not the fact but by the treatment our kids receive it's apparent. Jena 6 is a perfect opportunity to sit down with our children, black and white and share some of the nightmare stories of slavery and civil rights casualties. While doing so, point out the relevance of history and make the connections to these six young men in Jena, Louisiana.