- Council Asks that Libraries Remain Open
- Good news! City Council stands up to the mayor, says "the public have questions!"
- Be There For Health Care Today at City Hall at noon
- City Paper on the effects of the YPP poll and other online organizing on budget cuts
- Another local library group organizes
- Kids organizing in Mantua to keep their library to open
- Talk solutions with Maria Quinones-Sanchez @ PFC Meetup tonight
- Talking Out of Both Sides on Libraries
- Vince Fumo, the Charmer
- SCI Camp Hill Update—Call for Action, Increased Monitoring, Constant Vigilance
An Exellent Letter Describes Electoral Racism As We Know It To Be
Anyone who read Dave Davies piece on race and elections will appreciate this letter that's making the rounds. Keep it going - the more we talk about the subtle racism that exists the less likely it will rear up and surprise us.
From Letters to the Editors @ Fort Worth Star-Telegram
How racism works
What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review? What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom on of his graduating class? What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said "I do" to? What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally throu gh her charitable organization? What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard? What if Obama were a member of the "Keating 5"(The Savings & Loan Banks demise) ? What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, ration alizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.
— Kelvin LaFond, Fort Worth











RobStuart's great evaluation
You are 100% correct!!!!!!!!!
Koba
One more...
This could probably be updated with something along the lines of "What if a video surfaced with a witch hunter praying over Barack?"
And by witch hunter, I mean a guy that goes out and hunts witches.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/the-witch-hunter-anoints_b_...
This is the most surreal election ever.
anti semite
Did you catch the preacher talking what good bankers the Israelites are, "even today"? Nothing like watching anti-semitic shit, and then five minutes later seeing the VP candidate appear.
What do you expect?
To a certain percentage of the Christian right, blatant antisemitism merely proves Palin's bona fides.
-Z
The video would seem to be a
The video would seem to be a good message to communicate to a few states, such as Florida.
Anybody want to dress up
Anybody want to dress up like witches and hang out at the Irish Pub tomorrow? Dan, maybe you could get dressed up like a banker???
Maybe we can reenact a scene from "Witches vs. Bankers, the Apocalyptic Throwdown!!!"
Oh, in case people don't get my humor - Palin is apparently going to watch the debate tomorrow night at the Irish Pub.
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7511496&ver...
To be clear, I'm serious about getting dressed up as witches and raising a ruckus outside of this whole thing.
for example...
We could hold up signs that read
"Hunt Moose, Not Witches"
or
"Witches are People Too"
If people want to understand
If people want to understand the evil that Sarah Palin has helped perpetuate, just watch this video:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/video/2007/dec/09/video
or read this from the accompanying article: