[Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 28, Issue 228

Thu Oct 16 10:37:12 PDT 2008

"Last night, however, Barack Obama absolutely denied that he launchedhis political career at Ayers house (3:35):"
 
If you listen closely, Last night McCain suggested that Obama launched his campaign for president at Ayers house not his carreer some umpteen years ago on the eve if the mysterious Juneteenth. To: vision2020 at moscow.com> Message-ID:> <28a621640810160905q50cd1b5dse8c87814550cdd85 at mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > This CNN video (4:35) shows that State Senator Alice Palmer announced> Barack Obama as her heir apparent at the home of domestic terrorist> Bill Ayers:> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvROBLortBQ> > Last night, however, Barack Obama absolutely denied that he launched> his political career at Ayers house (3:35):> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abLh3b68IHc> > I am confused. Should I believe Alice Palmer or Barack Obama?> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:11:18 -0700> From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Juneteenth> To: Bev Bafus <bevbafus at verizon.net>, No Weatherman> <no.weatherman at gmail.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>> Message-ID: <COL110-W44209BF5C5270C32D4450F82330 at phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"> > > Sorry, Bev. I shouldn't have said that anyone who sees Diddy as a spokesman for African Americans is an idiot. I should have said such a person "is entirely smug in his prejudices and fears, wrapping them around him like a warm blanket while sipping from the cup of bitterness in front of a fire stoked by hate." But my arthritis is acting up today, so I went for the shorthand.> > Keely> http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/> > > > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:50:08 -0700> > From: bevbafus at verizon.net> > To: no.weatherman at gmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Juneteenth> > > > can we cut out the insults?> > > > Thank you> > Bev> > > > -----Original Message-----> > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com> > [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of No Weatherman> > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:43 AM> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Juneteenth> > > > > > That's right. It's a national holiday. We celebrate it every year in> > Moscow and Idaho and the USA.> > > > It's right there on my calendar but I've never noticed it.> > > > And you have confirmed my secret suspicions of you.> > > > You are a racist.> > > > To call anyone who thinks Diddy speaks for African Americans "an> > idiot" makes you a racist and an oppressor of all those African> > Americans who look up to Diddy as their official peeps and spokesman.> > > > But now you have me wondering if you think that anyone who thinks> > Bishop Dave Thomas speaks for African Americans is an idiot.> > > > Ms Mix, do you think Dr. Gier is an idiot?> > > > > > > > > > On 10/16/08, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:> > >> > > I can imagine why you've never heard of Juneteenth. It appears that your> > > people have little interest in a celebration of the Emancipation> > > Proclamation, which freed slaves. I've been to several Juneteenth> > > celebrations wherein you'd not only have been welcomed, but educated.> > >> > > And, for the record, I think P. Diddy is an idiot. So is anyone who> > thinks> > > he speaks for African Americans.> > >> > > Keely> > > http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/> > >> > >> > > > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:07:57 -0800> > > > From: no.weatherman at gmail.com> > > > To: vision2020 at moscow.com> > > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Palin's Poor Record with African Americans> > > >> > > > Dr. Gier,> > > >> > > > I been round long time but I aint never no heard of Juneteenth> > > celebration.> > > >> > > > But I did heard of my homeboy Diddy.> > > >> > > > "Alaska? Alaska? Alaska, Alaska, come on, man. I don't even know if> > > > there's any black people in Alaska. If you really think that we're> > > > going to let you win this election with these, like, crazy decisions> > > > that you're making, November 4th, we have to protect our future> > > > because John McCain is bugging the fuck out, okay? What is the reality> > > > in Alaska? There's not even no crack heads in Alaska, no black people.> > > > There's not even no, like me."> > > >> > > http://www.zimbio.com/P+Diddy/articles/354/What+no+Crackheads+in+Alaska> > > >> > > > He be talkin like Bishop Dave Thomas: "We wasn't even able or allowed> > > > to go into the meetings."> > > >> > > > Give me a break.> > > >> > > > If you want a job then you should ask for it based on your> > > > qualifications to perform, which includes your ability to communicate> > > > effectively, cause I aint never got hired by playin the race card.> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > On 10/15/08, nickgier at roadrunner.com <nickgier at roadrunner.com> wrote:> > > > > How Sarah Palin Excluded African-Americans in Alaska> > > > > posted by Max Blumenthal on 10/14/2008 @ 01:55am> > > > > The Nation on the Web> > > > >> > > > > On April 29, 2008, 14 leaders of Alaska's black community met with> > Gov.> > > Sarah Palin to voice discontent with her minority hiring record. Palin's> > > response, which was first reported by journalist Earl Ofari Hutchinson,> > only> > > compounded her icy relationship with her African-American constituents.> > > > >> > > > > Gwen Alexander, the president of the African-American Historical> > Society> > > of Alaska, told me that Palin stated defiantly that she had no intention> > to> > > hire any minority staffers. And according to Bishop Dave Thomas, senior> > > pastor of Anchorage-based African-American church Jesus Holy Temple, the> > > Palin administration excluded black business owners from the Alaskan oil> > and> > > gas pipeline board. "We wasn't even able or allowed to go into the> > meetings"> > > to seek contracts for the pipeline, Thomas told me.> > > > >> > > > > Palin further alienated Alaska's black community by becoming the first> > > Alaskan governor in recent memory to not recognize the Juneteenth> > > celebration of the emancipation proclamation. "She doesn't hire any black> > > people, she doesn't have any on her staff, so it's not a surprise that she> > > doesn't support our Juneteenth celebration," Alexander said.> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > =======================================================> > > > > List services made available by First Step Internet,> > > > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.> > > > > http://www.fsr.net> > > > > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> > > > > =======================================================> > > > >> > > >> > > > =======================================================> > > > List services made available by First Step Internet,> > > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.> > > > http://www.fsr.net> > > > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> > > > =======================================================> > >> > > ________________________________> > > Stay organized with simple drag and drop from Windows Live Hotmail. 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