[Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 28, Issue 228

Fri Oct 17 06:19:45 PDT 2008

At about 3:30 they say:

McCain: ". . . and you launched your political campaign in Mr. Ayers
living room."

Obama: "That's absolutely not true."

On 10/16/08, donald edwards <donaledwards at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  "Last night, however, Barack Obama absolutely denied that he launched
> his 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>
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> >
> > 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>
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> >
> >
> > 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.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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