Thursday, January 19, 2012

Wikipedia to shut down Wednesday in SOPA

Wikipedia to shut down Wednesday in SOPA protest

Anger grows against online-piracy bill

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has announced that the "encyclopedia anyone can edit" will go dark this Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act, aka SOPA, that's dividing Washington DC – not to mention pitting online content providers against ISPs, search-engine sites, civil libertarians, and others.
Wales tweeted on Monday that the English-language version of Wikipedia would go down at midnight this Wednesday, Eastern standard time (5am in the UK), and come back up in 24 hours.

Conservative leader: Democratic Party is ‘party of the KKK’

Conservative leader: Democratic Party is ‘party of the KKK’


Raging Elephants founder Apostle Claver
The founder of a movement to increase racial diversity within the Republican Party told a crowd of tea party supporters on Sunday that they weren’t racists because “the Democratic Party is the party of the KKK.”
Speaking at the first ever South Carolina Tea Party Convention, Raging Elephants leader Apostle Claver explained that Republicans would need to attract black and Latino voters if they intended to win elections in the future.
“Look around,” Claver told the mostly-white crowd. “Y’all hear me? Turn around and take a look. Where’s our black brothers and sisters? Where’s our Hispanic and Latino brothers and sisters? Our Asian brothers and sisters?”
“Now here’s the good news,” he continued. “Them folks, them blacks and Hispanics, they’re just as conservative as you are. … But the point is, we’re their friends, not the Democrats.”
“And we need to have the courage to go into their neighborhoods and tell them the truth about the party of Jim Crow, the party of the KKK, the party of Dred Scott, the party of segregation. The Democrats are the ones who are the racists, not you! Through their policies, their liberal policies, it’s the Democratic Party that has done damage to the black community; decimated their family; miseducated their children; devoured, destroyed their economic base.”
Claver added: “They want to say your are the racist. No. No. If anybody is a racist, it’s [Texas Congresswoman] Shiela Jackson Lee! If anybody is a racist, it’s [Democratic Congressman] John Conyers! If anybody is a racist, it’s [South Carolina Congressman] James Clyburn! If anybody is a racist, it’s Jesse ‘castration’ Jackson! If anybody is a racist, it’s Al ‘shakedown’ Sharpton! They’re the racists! We’re their friends!”
Watch this video from CNN, broadcast Jan. 15, 2012.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Difference between KKK and Tea PartyTea

What is the difference between this picture:
Tea Party

and this picture:
KKK

Answer: About 100 years.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Conyers Encourages Detroit and the Nation to Reflect on the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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For Immediate Release
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Contact: Matthew Morgan – 202-226-5543

Conyers Encourages Detroit and the Nation to Reflect on the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

(DETROIT) –  Today, Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released a statement encouraging the city of Detroit and the Nation to reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in recognition of the upcoming observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 16, 2012. 

“I fought to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a national holiday because America needs to not only honor Dr. King’s memory but also to reflect on his legacy.  His legacy encourages us to act for social and economic justices for all, but to also have the courage to do so in nonviolent ways.  I am proud to have worked on making the day of Dr. King’s birth a national holiday.  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is not only a reminder of how far the Nation has come, but also a reminder of how far we must go to fully realize his dream of social equality and economic justice for all.”

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