tagged w/ Confederate History Month
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Despite American ignorance on the issue, the fact is that secession and the Civil War were about slavery. The fact that we still have official commemorations and celebrations of the institutions and the people who fought for slavery is as shameful as it is astounding.
http://veracitystew.com/?p=33857Despite American ignorance on the issue, the fact is that secession and the Civil War... more
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"It's premature to say this is catastrophic." The words of Gulf Coast Coast Guard Commander Mary Landry about the BP oil spill Tuesday were spoken as the families of eleven rig workers were still waiting for word of their loved ones, now presumed dead. While Landry may have reviewed her assessment, the word still makes one think. How do we define catastrophe? By Iraq's uncounted dead? By the uncounted casualties of greed on Wall Street? By the 40,000 dead a year due to lack of health insurance? How about by the 5,000 workers who die every year on the job? April 28 marked Workers Memorial Day, when workers and their unions pause to remember those who die or are injured at work. This year’s toll already includes 29 men killed in a dangerous but money-making mine, 195 coalition forces in a couple of imperial wars. And how about the thousands in Haiti impoverished so we can have cheap shirts? Those eleven oil rig workers might have been saved by a safe-guard switch that other oil producing countries require but US regulators don't. And as I speak, two more miners are trapped beneath the rubble of a Kentucky coal mine's collapsed roof. Maybe at the end of Confederate History Month, it's time to admit that's it not just good ol' boy Southern governors who like to hush about slavery and loss. In an economic climate that prizes wealth over life, the erasure of pain in pursuit of profit is as American as mining or drilling. As American as making a killing. The F Word is a regular commentary by Laura Flanders, the host of GRITtv which broadcasts weekdays on satellite TV (Dish Network Ch. 9415 Free Speech TV) on cable, and online at GRITtv.org and TheNation.com."It's premature to say this is catastrophic." The words of Gulf Coast... more
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Pat Buchanan rode onto MSNBC's Hardball yestersday and provided enough cover for Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell to slink off the Confederate History hot seat and back to a pig-pickin' around back of the Gov's Mansion.Pat Buchanan rode onto MSNBC's Hardball yestersday and provided enough cover for... more
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What kind of complete idiot doesn't know Confederate History Month is a bad idea? And what sort of idiot would then extend that very faulty logic to say the role of slavery in the Civil War isn't worth mentioning because it isn't "significant" enough? Meet Virginia's Goobernator, Bob McDonnell.What kind of complete idiot doesn't know Confederate History Month is a bad idea?... more
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Does he not understand the Civil War was basically about “states rights” to keep the slave industry alive? How doesn’t he know this? Or does he know this? Is he just playing politics? Gov. Bob McDonnell has sign a few laws that some in his state see as liberal. Is this a way to strengthen his conservative credentials? Isn't that race baiting?Does he not understand the Civil War was basically about “states rights”... more
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