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Obama accepting the nomination/ All acces at inveso field pt2

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Barack Obama at Invesco Field All Access pt 1

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The Day we voted for Barack Obama and Won

My actual voting experience on Nov. 04 2008 and interviews of voters in line waiting to vote in Atlanta Ga. the Westside on Westview

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Obama captures historic White House win

Democrat Barack Obama captured the White House on Tuesday after an extraordinary two-year campaign, defeating Republican John... more

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Division Tactics Go Back to Slavery

The current elections discussions, now focusing on race, men, and women, and age, and who is voting for who, have taken a very interesting turn. It cannot be denied that the media has an influence over the outcome of any election due to its size, power, and reach, and especially its ownership structure. It can be argued that the division tactics being used by the Republican party can be traced back to the division tactics from the times of slavery in the Americas: dividing the old from the young, the men from women (as in polls suggesting that white women favor Obama, white men favor McCain), and of course dividing each race from another.

The following is a speech allegedly delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712. Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies. He was invited to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to slave owners there. The term “lynching” is derived from his last name.

(I am obligated to also say that this speech is reported to not have happened by some researchers, but is still widely used and quoted by many who discuss the past and current divisions among citizens of all races in the United States and around the world. While this speech may not be authentic, it is hard to deny the message rings true, even today)

Excerpt from Speech:
Gentlemen, you know what your problems are; I do not need to elaborate. I am not here to enumerate your problems, I am here to introduce you to a method of solving them. In my bag here, I HAVE A FULL PROOF METHOD FOR CONTROLLING YOUR BLACK SLAVES. I guarantee every one of you that, if installed correctly, IT WILL CONTROL THE SLAVES FOR AT LEAST 300 HUNDREDS YEARS. My method is simple. Any member of your family or your overseer can use it. I HAVE OUTLINED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENCES AMONG THE SLAVES; AND I TAKE THESE DIFFERENCES AND MAKE THEM BIGGER. I USE FEAR, DISTRUST AND ENVY FOR CONTROL PURPOSES. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies and it will work throughout the South. Take this simple little list of differences and think about them. On top of my list is “AGE,” but it’s there only because it starts with an “a.” The second is “COLOR” or shade. There is INTELLIGENCE, SIZE, SEX, SIZES OF PLANTATIONS, STATUS on plantations, ATTITUDE of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine hair, course hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action, but before that, I shall assure you that DISTRUST IS STRONGER THAN TRUST AND ENVY STRONGER THAN ADULATION, RESPECT OR ADMIRATION. The Black slaves after receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self-refueling and self-generating for HUNDREDS of years, maybe THOUSANDS. Don’t forget, you must pitch the OLD black male vs. the YOUNG black male, and the YOUNG black male against the OLD black male. You must use the DARK skin slaves vs. the LIGHT skin slaves, and the LIGHT skin slaves vs. the DARK skin slaves. You must use the FEMALE vs. the MALE, and the MALE vs. the FEMALE. You must also have white servants and overseers [who] distrust all Blacks. But it is NECESSARY THAT YOUR SLAVES TRUST AND DEPEND ON US. THEY MUST LOVE, RESPECT AND TRUST ONLY US. Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to control. Use them. Have your wives and children use them, never miss an opportunity. IF USED INTENSELY FOR ONE YEAR, THE SLAVES THEMSELVES WILL REMAIN PERPETUALLY DISTRUSTFUL. Thank you gentlemen.”

Rest of Speech found at linkThe current elections discussions, now focusing on race, men, and women, and age, and who is voting for who, have taken a very... more

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19 days ago

Parsing the (Tracking) Poll: The White Catholic Weathervane

Looking for a bellwether group to focus on in the final week of the presidential race? Look no further than white Catholics,... more

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20 days ago

Barack Obama's Journey

Over the last 2 years we have been introduced to an unlikely candidate with an unlikely background in the most unlikely time... more

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Silencing Indigenous People: Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum promotes Native American Genocide

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1 month ago

HBO miniseries "John Adams" nominated for 23 Emmys

John Adams, HBO's prestige historical drama about one of America's founding fathers, swept up 23 Emmy nominations today,... more

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3 months ago

How did archaeologists find half a million artifacts at George Washington's boyhood home?

Archaeologists announced on Wednesday that they had unearthed George Washington's boyhood home at a site not far from... more

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5 months ago

Our Founding Fathers On Liberty and Tyranny

To me this is what the Fourth of July is all about. Remembering the men who sacrificed all they had to take the journey to a more... more

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5 months ago

The Election of 1800: Adams/Jefferson

Can you imagine what this campaign would have looked like on tv? I thought this was a cute illustration. Though we know that... more

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5 months ago

The secret history of the American empire

Interview with John Perkins, author of "The Hidden History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth... more

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5 months ago

A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn

Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn Narrated by Viggo... more

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5 months ago

Why can't Americans stand up like our Founders did?

Where has that spirit of liberty gone? Where has the sustained fire and passion for Democracy gone? In this clip from HBO's magnificent miniseries John Adams, the president of the Continental Congress reads off King George III 's letter of disdain to the members calling them traitors and vowing to have them hanged for disserting their allegiance to the crown. Yet, did they cower? No, they stood up to the first King George, stared him down, and beat his empire with a passionate group of farmers, doctors and the like. Citizens just like you and me who stood up and gave their lives and all they had because this country and freedom were more important than the fear and apprehension of the future and the feigned stature of a King.

Yet today, we sit and cower waiting for a subservient Congress to do what it will never do in upholding its oath... Impeach the second King George with the same spirit that birthed this nation. We wait for them to stand up and face down the same threats and usurpations that brought these Founding Fathers to Philadelphia and dare to call ourselves free while allowing it to continue. I watch clips like this and weep for what we have become. Fearful, distracted, comfortable enablers who talk about the crimes and misdemeanors of these people but who don't on the whole seem to have the guts to do what is necessary to preserve the Declaration of Independence these men put everything they had on the line to sign.

And now, our elections are nothing more than popularity contests wrapped up in dollar bills. Words, promises, platitudes and jockeying to be the "most powerful" ruler in the world, when what we originally set out to do was to be a free country that was benevolent to all, not a money hungry empire maker. We have become that which that Declaration spoke out against.

So why is it that we Americans for all of our talk really cannot stand up as our Founders did? Are we on the whole truly too distracted to care? Or is that even a viable excuse anymore?Voting alone will not bring it back. One person will not bring it back. One election will not bring it back. Personally, I would love to see a new Continental Congress meet in Philadelphia to put the ineffective one we have on notice that if they don't do their job we have many here who will.Where has that spirit of liberty gone? Where has the sustained fire and passion for Democracy gone? In this clip from HBO's... more