Harry Belafonte on OWS

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Thursday November 03, 2011 · 7:41 AM PDT

2011/11/03 · 07:41

Following up on the interview they did with Chris Hedges, OccupyTVNY has posted a wonderful interview with Harry Belafonte.

I don't have a transcript but here are some of the highlights of the interview:

The Press

If you’re looking for the media to be your ally it’s a very naïve thing for you to be thinking. It’s not your ally. Most of the media is owned by those who control the very things that oppress us, and they speak for that, and they have a loyalty to that kind of class structure and that kind of class definition.

Unions

I think the labor unions view what’s going with this Occupy Wall Street movement as an opportunity for them, after many decades, to get back on track, to become a part of what it was when they were conceived.

Non-Violence

Non-violence does not represent a passive spirit, it represents a higher order of civilized behavior, and if you can confront the state and bring it to its’ knees non-violently it is safe to suggest that perhaps the state will never rise again.

Mr. Belafonte continues to be one of the most eloquent voices in support of social and economic reform. He discusses the protest itself, unions, the press, and other topics affecting the 99%.

He appeared on The Colbert Report back in mid October and spoke in support of the OWS movement at that time. It's great to see him continuing to speak out in support of the protestors.

Operation Cookie Drop

John3

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Thursday September 09, 2010 · 10:39 AM PDT

2010/09/09 · 10:39

My wife has been a Girl Scout leader for fifteen years, and been the local Girl Scout community director for about ten of those years. When people say "Girl Scout" nearly everyone immediately thinks "Cookies", but Girl Scouts do far more than just sell cookies. They do community service projects, learn about history and culture, go camping, and any number of other activities.

But today I'm going to reinforce the stereotype a bit as I'm going to talk about cookies. More beneath the fold...

John3

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 11:44 AM PDT

2008/10/26 · 11:44

This story is actually about two weeks old, but it hit home for me today when my wife and I picked up her parents from the local Catholic church they attend. While waiting in the foyer my wife noticed a brochure published by Randall Terry. It likely was placed there by a parishioner as officially the Catholic church does not endorse Terry's positions. As we drove home with her parents my wife read the brochure and got pretty angry. A few choice excerpts after the fold:

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55 votes Show Results

What would you do if your place of worship distributed Terry's pamphlet?

55 votes Vote Now!

What would you do if your place of worship distributed Terry's pamphlet?

Complain to the "powers that be" at the local church

14 votes

Complain to the regional "powers that be" who oversee your local church

6 votes

Find a different place to worship

9 votes

Not a problem for me, I don't attend religious services

17 votes

Come back next week with a stack of Obama flyers

5 votes

Pie

4 votes

Business income versus personal income

John3

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 6:08 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 18:08

For some reason I'm watching Fox News, and Mike Huckabee is speaking with his special guest Joe the Plumber. They are talking about how taxes will impact a small business, how terrible it will be if/when Joe the Plumber buys his own business (Joe's Plumbing?) and has to pay higher taxes on the $200,000 or more his small business will make. Do these guys have a clue about small businesses?

John3

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 11:42 AM PDT

2008/10/13 · 11:42

Dave Zirin writes a great weekly column called Edge of Sports, providing his perspective on politics, culture, sports, and everything in between. This week, he teams up with Philly-based journalist Daniel Denvir to cover the Sarah Palin appearance at the Wachovia Center. Here are two snippets:

You cannot make this up. Sarah Palin, the best-known hockey mom in the United States, gets booed Saturday at the Philadelphia Flyers hockey game. And the game is played, of all places, at the Wachovia Center. It's all over YouTube: failing candidate, failed bank as corporate sponsor, the kind of anger that cannot be scripted.

Responsibility for this failed political charade starts and ends with Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider, a big-time Republican donor who invited Palin on the mistaken assumption that she would burnish the brands of the sport and his team. This is yet another example why hockey is the worst-marketed game on the planet. It's like inviting PETA to a barbecue.

Head over to The Nation and read the whole thing.

Banned at Red State

John3

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 5:18 PM PDT

2008/09/01 · 17:18

This was a rare two-day weekend for me so I had extra time to browse the blogs, and I started visiting the right-wing blogs to read the reaction to the developing Sarah Palin storylines. I signed up over at RedState.com and posted what I thought was a polite, thought-provoking comment regarding Palin's decision to accept the VP role in spite of the personal challenges she is facing. I received a few thoughtful responses, some insults, and I posted a follow-up. More comments and insults followed, but when I tried to continue the discussion I discovered I had already been banned.

Is this common practice at RedState? Do other Kos members post to Red State and have you been banned for your comments? Does the same thing happen here at DailyKos to our right-wing friends when they post dissenting comments?

Take the poll! :)

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Have you ever been banned at Red State?

149 votes Vote Now!

Have you ever been banned at Red State?

No, and I post liberal propoganda there all the time

3 votes

No, but I don't really post much there

7 votes

Yes, and I was being totally polite

11 votes

Yes, and I definitely deserved it

2 votes

I never visit Red State

126 votes

We honored the Veteran's Tuesday

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Friday November 10, 2006 · 1:19 PM PST

2006/11/10 · 13:19

I just received an email a few minutes ago that contained a salute to veterans that appears to have been circulating for a number of years. Sadly, although his intentions were noble the words he forwarded seem condescending.... Read More

Armstrong and Iraq

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Tuesday July 26, 2005 · 11:27 AM PDT

2005/07/26 · 11:27

With all the media hype about Armstrong's Tour de France win Sunday it's disappointing that there hasn't been much MSM coverage of his remarks about Iraq. Luckily for us, Dave Zirin's Edge of Sports column fills in the details...

"Lance is an incredible inspiration to people from all walks of life, and he has lifted the spirits of those who face life's challenges," Bush said about the fellow Texan and "old friend". "He is a true champion."

Wow...kind words from our president concerning Lance's latest triumph. Funny to hear this praise from Bush considering Lance Armstrong's comments about the war in Iraq....more below the fold.
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AFA quietly drops Ford boycott

John3

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Tuesday June 21, 2005 · 3:03 PM PDT

2005/06/21 · 15:03

I missed this in the junk email that I get from the American Family Association. Apparently they started a full-blown boycott of Ford Motor Company on May 31, even launching a supporting website. They announced a "suspension" of the boycott on June 6, only one week later, even though Ford made absolutely no changes to their policies (advertising, promotional or personnel). AFA claims to have received support from over 110,000 online members, but that's pretty tepid support considering they claim an online membership of 2.2 million. My guess is they realized that attempting a boycott of an American car manufacturer that's on the brink of bankruptcy might not sit well with their core membership. Cody Lowe of the Roanoke Times has a nice column discussing the "success" of AFA boycotts.

Forget the food stamps, let's buy stadium naming rights..

John3

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Monday April 18, 2005 · 5:40 AM PDT

2005/04/18 · 05:40

In this weeks Edge of Sports column, Dave Zirin writes about the National Guard's plan to buy the naming rights to RFK Stadium in Washington DC:

This is why, even though 25,000 soldiers are currently on food stamps, there is 6 million dollars in the Pentagon Budget for stadium naming rights. This is also why RFK stadium of Southeast DC is a perfect locale for their new publicity push. Since September 11th, Armed Forces enlistment by African-American men has dropped by 47%. Southeast DC, with its decrepit high schools and spiraling unemployment makes for an ideal location. Presumably, even if they can't afford tickets, they can come on by to sign up at the adjacent recruitment stands.

Forget Veteran's Stadium, a name that conjured up respect for the dedication of soldiers in past wars...we're moving on to using stadiums as the recruitment office for the 21st century.

When is a poll not a poll?

John3

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Saturday April 02, 2005 · 5:57 AM PST

2005/04/02 · 05:57

A few days ago I posted a diary pointing to an American Family Association online poll about bibles in jury rooms. I discovered the poll via my subscription to the AFA email alerts, and I immediately visited the site and voted. I also made a note of the polling tally at the time:

Should the Bible be banned from the Jury Room?

No, the Bible should not be banned from the Jury Room.
    36317 votes 99.15%

Yes, the Bible should be banned from the Jury Room.
    328 votes 0.90%

Two days later and the vote tally is unchanged, and a query to the webmaster of the site has not been answered. Is it possible that an organization that promotes Christian values would themselves post false poll results in order to advance their political and moral agenda?

Should the Bible be banned in a jury room?

John3

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Thursday March 31, 2005 · 8:10 AM PST

2005/03/31 · 08:10

The story is a few days old but the campaign by the American Family Association is hitting email inboxes today:

Recently the Colorado Supreme Court threw out a death sentence for a man convicted of rape and murder. Their reason? Some jurors in the jury room read from the Bible before reaching a verdict.

Oddly enough, the judge in the case - as Colorado law requires - sent the jury off to deliberate about the death penalty with an instruction to think beyond the narrow confines of the law. Each juror, the judge told the panel, must make an "individual moral assessment," in deciding whether the defendant should live.

The jurors voted unanimously for death. Because of that, the Colorado Supreme Court changed his sentence to life in prison without parole.

Should the Bible be banned from the Jury Room?

Rather than posting a poll here, just click on over to the AFA site and cast your vote.

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