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Miri Ben-Ari, The hip-hop violinist playing in songs with Twista and Alicia Keys is in Gaza destroying and hip hoping Palestinians. American Jews are allowed to join the Israeli Military as they are also allowed to hold both passports. They are allowed to vote in both nations. They can be in the militaries of both nations. They can receive Social Security payments while in Israel. They can receive unemployment insurance while they serve in Gaza. And American taxpayers pay for Israels bills. Israel is the only country that presently has no Economic Problems. Americans, living in Washington D.C., that believe that Jesus(who was born jewish) and that believe Jesus is God; cannot vote for Baraka Hussein Obama or for Roland Burris or anyone for Senator-President-House of Representative. But Miri-a hip hopper can vote for Barak, has a Senator and a Representative in the House. Israels population is 7Million and they have more effect on American tax payer money than Minnesotan and Washington D.C. residents. Is this helpful to the safety and economic well-being of America? Is there anything wrong with this Picture?
Posted By: robert powell
Thursday, January 8th 2009 at 11:07PM
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My apology, I was so confused about this American-Israeli situation that I did a bad job of initially writing. I pray that my edit makes a little more SENSE.
Saturday, January 10th 2009 at 11:54AM
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Israelis have so much special treatment, We always hear of the Jewish Lobby and we always hear of the Great Israeli Military and great commanders. Yet we have never heard of Great American Jewish military commanders.
But these industries are majority Jewish Control
1-Wall Street(disaster for America)
2.Banking System(disaster for America)
3.Mortgage Industry(disaster for America)
4. Arab oil situation(disaster for America)
5. America invaded Iraq because Sadaam gave rewards to Palestinians(disaster...
6. Talk about Iran for Israel(disaster awaiting for America)
7. Record Industry(disaster for America)
8. Hollywood(disaster for America)
Why and what is our infatuation for a small minority of Americans that have shown a history of disaster for America?
I'm an old man and I can remember most liquor stores in Inner Cities were Jewish owned before Arabs purchased them in 1980's---(Disaster for America)
Absentee landlords mostly of Jewish ownership in Inner Cities became crack houses of Inner Cities in 1980s-1990s. (Disaster for America)
Why? Has anyone ever asked why, after living in Europe for 1500 years, did the Europeans decide to burn and gas 6 Million Jews?
Sunday, January 11th 2009 at 1:08AM
robert powell
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Thank You Earl for listening to TRUTH that matters in all our lives.
Hamas was nothing in 1998--it was made up by Israel; Hezbullah was nothing in 1988--Iran in 1978 was an ally of Israel---These made up things are for a broader purpose. Israeli/Americans made up Wall Street derivatives, AIG lending Practices, Goldman Sachs derivative gambling in Gas and Oil Commodities, Maddoff Charity work and USA Banking regulations. 4k of them stayed home on 9112001 because they knew what was going to happen.
They have a Messiah agenda---remember they are still waiting for the Messiah and do not recognize Christian idea of Jesus.
At least Muslims believe that Iesa ibn Maryam(jesus son of mary) was prophet.
Earl, Irma, all---Let us support and be a strength for our Leader and President Baraka Hussein Obama---we may get INTELLIGENCE and TRUTH for 4 years maybe 8.
Monday, January 12th 2009 at 10:53AM
robert powell
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Irma--All Western European and USA-Canada and Hitler had total responsibility. I know they didnt have polaroid and internet in 1939-1940 but everyone knew whether it was 6million or 10,000, and what was going on.
Its just that we have been, as I tried to tell Mozell and Mr. Madison,
the CULTURE of DENYING TRUTH AND REALITY, both MasterAmerican and SlaveAmerican from at1500-NOW; TRUTH and INTELLIGENCE should be honored by Men and Women
Now we have Baraka Hussein Obama as our Leader and President-finally we might see the light, some truth. Lets help him.
A President of USA can do whatever He wants to and dont have to worry about the police in his back mirror.. Baraka is the most Courageous American I believe I have ever heard of, Lets help SlaveAmericans in Washington D.C. for the next 4 years maybe 8--and keep and eye on Israeli/Americans stealing from the urban areas.
Monday, January 12th 2009 at 11:09AM
robert powell
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Irma, we just had a President Bush for 8 years.
He, a President, started 3 wars(Israel as this blog shows is a USA State). The Law says only Congress can start wars.
President Bush even started something called the War on Terror, with no end and Who's the Enemy? This "WAR", allows America to Torture-against all National and International Law. He developed a new term called 'Enemy Combatants'-never heard before Bush. He suspended Habeus Corpus-Nationally unlawful. President attacked Pakistan, Yemen, and Syria and killed/destroyed their citizens-Against national and international laws.
President Bush allowed Wall Street and Financial Criminals, through, deregulation to steal and plunder the USA Economy-some may go to jail but not A PRESIDENT.
President Bush allowed Enron to develop a Financial Derivative Scheme that made oil and gas commodities used in Illegal Finance. some have gone to jail and others will , but THE PRESIDENT will not.
President outed a CIA Agent-a USA crime, some went to jail but PRESIDENT will not.
President Bush lived in Washington D.C. for 8 years with total power and he did nothing to allow the SlaveAmerican and MasterAmerican populations the opportunity to be American voters with representation in America-
President ignored the City of New Orleans-A MORAL CRIME
PRESIDENTS or (Presidential Dictators) do not go to jail-----FOR ANYTHING
Baraka Hussein Obama has an christian evangelical giving a speech, a gay christian clergyman giving a speech and he will put his hand on the Bible of an atheist(Abraham Lincoln) at his inaguration. Baraka Hussein Obama was put out of a Christian church he had attended(20 years), married and baptized children in; by HARD WORKING AMERICANS. I believe for the good of the nation, the world and FOR CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN he will return to the religious structure of his father, mother and stepfather-a Mosque.
SlaveAmerican--I apologize to you for not explaining my description.
My thought on this is that in 1864, there were people because of their country of origin calling themselves; BritishAmericans, FrenchAmericans, IrishAmericans, GermanAmericans, CanadianAmericans, etc. But in 1865, Abraham Lincoln said those that America had used as animals and property were now;
1) Human Beings and
2) Citizens.
Of course these people had been in America longer than most others except for Natives-----Slaves took, in defiance-(no masterAmerican would name his slaves his European Christian name or welcome them into his family). Also in Defiance of all Christian American laws they took Christianity---
They could have taken Native names, they could have taken french, german, latin or even African names--they could have worshipped with NativeAmericans or Chinese or even African religions.
HENCE I CALL AMERICANS WHO WERE SLAVES THAT TOOK THE MASTERS NAMES AND RELIGION------------SLAVEAMERICANS-----we were black/african in 1500-1864, in 1865-2009 we are SlaveAmericans.
Baraka Hussein Obama is not SlaveAmerican---he is KenyanAmerican.
Just like Patrick Buchannan is IrishAmerican, Mario Cuomo is ItalianAmerican. and Ben Bernake is IsraelAmerican.
By the way Irma, I voted for Pat Buchannan president in 2000----I am GermanAmerican and I like his tough love views and his 'like him or hate him'; he stands up for his ideas.
Now, back to President Baraka Hussein Obama, I believe he can do whatever he wants and with Michelle Obama in the white house with him--
Washington D.C. will get representation and will get 2 Senators, and 1-2 representatives--within 8years-smaller states(Alaska,Vermont,N.Dakota,) do and Israel does,
WHY CANT SlaveAmericans......have their own Sarah Palin..?
Tuesday, January 13th 2009 at 11:30AM
robert powell
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Earl every nation on earth, from USA, China, Germany, Britian, India, Vietnam even Australian has had a recession and economic crisis. Israel does not!
My dear brother Keith Ellison-House Rep. Minnesota was the only vote against agreeing with USA Congress that Israel could go and bomb their prision-Gaza.
Folks lets all work hard to get Change for Washington D.C.---a governor, senator-we would even take the one legged single 50+ Secretary of State Condi.
Lets help our Leader President Baraka Hussein Obama.
Hey Mr. Maxwell: I dont listen to a preacher and dont want to hear any choir. To be a Christian I believe that you must believe that the jews will fight the muslims and that then the rapture will begin? Israel control of USA Christians is Biblical. Except the Jews are waiting for a messiah and had jesus mutilated and killed.
Its a good thing our President doesnt have to listen to this stuff anymore.
Change, we can believe in.
Wednesday, January 14th 2009 at 12:05AM
robert powell
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Irma, Muslim is an arabic word that is an adjective meaning-of peace or natural order of Creator --so if I were an arabic speaker in referring to a tree, I could use the adjective Muslim, or to clouds, gravity, motherhood, breathing and even a human being.
we get caught up in the MasterAmerican definitions-cause in 1865--we chose the language and belief of master for our religion.
'and we gave Moses(as) the word of Creator and made it a guidance to the offspring of Creator---take no Creator besides me----"
Some, that saw Moses(as) part the Sea and drown Pharoahs thinking------then made a Golden Calf and said this is our Creator. as SlaveAmericans we followed the tribe of the MasterAmericans that made the Golden Calf not the tribe that was in awe of the power of Moses's Creator and destroyer of Pharoah.
Those that call themselves-----jews, christians, buddists, muslims, hindus start in the womb of women as muslim(an adjective in the tongue of moses(as))-then they become believers or non believers in Creator.
President Baraka Hussein Obama is as much a muslim as President Hosni Mubarrak, or George Bush. He is as much a jew as Ehud Barak or George Bush. He is as much a christian as Billy Graham or George Bush. He is as much a hindu as Manmohan Singh or George Bush------
All we should hope for is that he is a Believer...and lets hope he is a Believer and user of the right translation of religion.................
Lets follow our Leader President Baraka Hussein Obama
Friday, January 16th 2009 at 9:58AM
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Irma, President Baraka Hussein Obama is not Rev. Jesse Jackson---
and I have never thought of JJ as anything but a Negro-SlaveAmerican, to his face.
Irma you say "I" let other people think for me? Please-I believe the "waisting my valuable time" remark you made--can be better used, reading more.
How soon we can forget-I have included President Baraka Hussein Obama speech in Selma at a SlaveAmerican church-----And note that the only two Congressional leaders that he mentions are Rep. Keith Ellison--Muslim from Minnesota and Rep. Artur Davis--Zionist condemmer from Alabama-- And of course if you watch the video this speech is delivered with more emotion and outrage at his Church audience than all of the emotion and outrage we have ever seen from him..
I follow our Leader Baraka Hussein Obama.
Obama's Selma speech. Text as delivered.By Lynn Sweet on March 5, 2007 7:35 AM
SELMA, ALA.--From the pulpit of the historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. church, White House hopeful Barack Obama talks about the job of the "Joshua generation" and his own claim to a place in the civil rights movement.
" So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama," Obama said.
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama As Delivery Selma Voting Rights March Commemoration, Brown Chapel A.M.E Church March 4, 2007 Selma, Alabama
Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I’m going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every day, not just in Capitol Hill but also back here in the district. Please give a warm round of applause for your Congressman Artur Davis.
It is a great honor to be here. Reverend Jackson, thank you so much. To the family of Brown A.M.E, to the good Bishop Kirkland, thank you for your wonderful message and your leadership.
I want to acknowledge one of the great heroes of American history and American life, somebody who captures the essence of decency and courage, somebody who I have admired all my life and were it not for him, I’m not sure I’d be here today, Congressman John Lewis.
I’m thankful to him. To all the distinguished guests and clergy, I’m not sure I’m going to thank Reverend Lowery because he stole the show. I was mentioning earlier, I know we've got C.T. Vivian in the audience, and when you have to speak in front of somebody who Martin Luther King said was the greatest preacher he ever heard, then you've got some problems.
And I’m a little nervous about following so many great preachers. But I’m hoping that the spirit moves me and to all my colleagues who have given me such a warm welcome, thank you very much for allowing me to speak to you here today.
You know, several weeks ago, after I had announced that I was running for the Presidency of the United States, I stood in front of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois; where Abraham Lincoln delivered his speech declaring, drawing in scripture, that a house divided against itself could not stand.
And I stood and I announced that I was running for the presidency. And there were a lot of commentators, as they are prone to do, who questioned the audacity of a young man like myself, haven't been in Washington too long.
And I acknowledge that there is a certain presumptuousness about this.
But I got a letter from a friend of some of yours named Reverend Otis Moss Jr. in Cleveland, and his son, Otis Moss III is the Pastor at my church and I must send greetings from Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. but I got a letter giving me encouragement and saying how proud he was that I had announced and encouraging me to stay true to my ideals and my values and not to be fearful.
And he said, if there's some folks out there who are questioning whether or not you should run, just tell them to look at the story of Joshua because you're part of the Joshua generation.
So I just want to talk a little about Moses and Aaron and Joshua, because we are in the presence today of a lot of Moseses. We're in the presence today of giants whose shoulders we stand on, people who battled, not just on behalf of African Americans but on behalf of all of America; that battled for America’s soul, that shed blood , that endured taunts and formant and in some cases gave -- torment and in some cases gave the full measure of their devotion.
Like Moses, they challenged Pharaoh, the princes, powers who said that some are atop and others are at the bottom, and that's how it's always going to be.
There were people like Anna Cooper and Marie Foster and Jimmy Lee Jackson and Maurice Olette, C.T. Vivian, Reverend Lowery, John Lewis, who said we can imagine something different and we know there is something out there for us, too.
Thank God, He's made us in His image and we reject the notion that we will for the rest of our lives be confined to a station of inferiority, that we can't aspire to the highest of heights, that our talents can't be expressed to their fullest. And so because of what they endured, because of what they marched; they led a people out of bondage.
They took them across the sea that folks thought could not be parted. They wandered through a desert but always knowing that God was with them and that, if they maintained that trust in God, that they would be all right. And it's because they marched that the next generation hasn't been bloodied so much.
It's because they marched that we elected councilmen, congressmen. It is because they marched that we have Artur Davis and Keith Ellison. It is because they marched that I got the kind of education I got, a law degree, a seat in the Illinois senate and ultimately in the United States senate.
It is because they marched that i stand before you here today. I was mentioning at the Unity Breakfast this morning, my -- at the Unity Breakfast this morning that my debt is even greater than that because not only is my career the result of the work of the men and women who we honor here today. My very existence might not have been possible had it not been for some of the folks here today. I mentioned at the Unity Breakfast that a lot of people been asking, well, you know, your father was from Africa, your mother, she's a white woman from Kansas. I’m not sure that you have the same experience.
And I tried to explain, you don't understand. You see, my Grandfather was a cook to the British in Kenya. Grew up in a small village and all his life, that's all he was -- a cook and a house boy. And that's what they called him, even when he was 60 years old. They called him a house boy. They wouldn't call him by his last name.
Sound familiar?
He had to carry a passbook around because Africans in their own land, in their own country, at that time, because it was a British colony, could not move about freely. They could only go where they were told to go. They could only work where they were told to work.
Yet something happened back here in Selma, Alabama. Something happened in Birmingham that sent out what Bobby Kennedy called, “Ripples of hope all around the world.” Something happened when a bunch of women decided they were going to walk instead of ride the bus after a long day of doing somebody else's laundry, looking after somebody else's children. When men who had PhD’s decided that's enough and we’re going to stand up for our dignity. That sent a shout across oceans so that my grandfather began to imagine something different for his son. His son, who grew up herding goats in a small village in Africa could suddenly set his sights a little higher and believe that maybe a black man in this world had a chance.
What happened in Selma, Alabama and Birmingham also stirred the conscience of the nation. It worried folks in the White House who said, “You know, we're battling Communism. How are we going to win hearts and minds all across the world? If right here in our own country, John, we're not observing the ideals set fort in our Constitution, we might be accused of being hypocrites.” So the Kennedy’s decided we're going to do an air lift. We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is.
This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country. He met this woman whose great great-great-great-grandfather had owned slaves; but she had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided that we know that the world as it has been it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama.
I’m here because somebody marched. I’m here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants. I thank the Moses generation; but we've got to remember, now, that Joshua still had a job to do. As great as Moses was, despite all that he did, leading a people out of bondage, he didn't cross over the river to see the Promised Land. God told him your job is done. You'll see it. You'll be at the mountain top and you can see what I’ve promised. What I’ve promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. You will see that I’ve fulfilled that promise but you won't go there.
We're going to leave it to the Joshua generation to make sure it happens. There are still battles that need to be fought; some rivers that need to be crossed. Like Moses, the task was passed on to those who might not have been as deserving, might not have been as courageous, find themselves in front of the risks that their parents and grandparents and great grandparents had taken. That doesn't mean that they don't still have a burden to shoulder, that they don't have some responsibilities. The previous generation, the Moses generation, pointed the way. They took us 90% of the way there. We still got that 10% in order to cross over to the other side. So the question, I guess, that I have today is what's called of us in this Joshua generation? What do we do in order to fulfill that legacy; to fulfill the obligations and the debt that we owe to those who allowed us to be here today?
Now, I don't think we could ever fully repay that debt. I think that we're always going to be looking back; but, there are at least a few suggestions that I would have in terms of how we might fulfill that enormous legacy. The first is to recognize our history. John Lewis talked about why we're here today. But I worry sometimes -- we've got black history month, we come down and march every year, once a year, we occasionally celebrate the various events of the civil rights movement, we celebrate Dr. Kings birthday but it strikes me that understanding our history and knowing what it means is an everyday activity.
Now, I don't think we could ever fully repay that debt. I think that we're always going to be looking back, but there are at least a few suggestions that I would have in terms of how we might fulfill that enormous legacy. The first is to recognize our history. John Lewis talked about why we're here today. But I worry sometimes -- we've got black history month, we come down and march every year, once a year. We occasionally celebrate the various events of the Civil Rights Movement, we celebrate Dr. King's birthday, but it strikes me that understanding our history and knowing what it means, is an everyday activity.
Moses told the Joshua generation; don't forget where you came from. I worry sometimes, that the Joshua generation in its success forgets where it came from. Thinks it doesn't have to make as many sacrifices. Thinks that the very height of ambition is to make as much money as you can, to drive the biggest car and have the biggest house and wear a Rolex watch and get your own private jet, get some of that Oprah money. And I think that's a good thing. There's nothing wrong with making money, but if you know your history, then you know that there is a certain poverty of ambition involved in simply striving just for money. Materialism alone will not fulfill the possibilities of your existence. You have to fill that with something else. You have to fill it with the golden rule. You've got to fill it with thinking about others. And if we know our history, then we will understand that that is the highest mark of service.
Second thing that the Joshua generation needs to understand is that the principles of equality that were set fort and were battled for have to be fought each and every day. It is not a one-time thing. I was remarking at the unity breakfast on the fact that the single most significant concern that this justice department under this administration has had with respect to discrimination has to do with affirmative action. That they have basically spent all their time worrying about colleges and universities around the country that are given a little break to young African Americans and Hispanics to make sure that they can go to college, too.
I had a school in southern Illinois that set up a program for PhD’s in math and science for African Americans. And the reason they had set it up is because we only had less than 1% of the PhD’s in science and math go to African Americans. At a time when we are competing in a global economy, when we're not competing just against folks in North Carolina or Florida or California, we're competing against folks in China and India and we need math and science majors, this university thought this might be a nice thing to do. And the justice department wrote them a letter saying we are going to threaten to sue you for reverse discrimination unless you cease this program.
And it reminds us that we still got a lot of work to do, and that the basic enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, the injustice that still exists within our criminal justice system, the disparity in terms of how people are treated in this country continues. It has gotten better. And we should never deny that it's gotten better. But we shouldn't forget that better is not good enough. That until we have absolute equality in this country in terms of people being treated on the basis of their color or their gender, that that is something that we've got to continue to work on and the Joshua generation has a significant task in making that happen.
Third thing -- we've got to recognize that we fought for civil rights, but we've still got a lot of economic rights that have to be dealt with. We've got 46 million people uninsured in this country despite spending more money on health care than any nation on earth. It makes no sense. As a consequence, we've got what's known as a health care disparity in this nation because many of the uninsured are African American or Latino. Life expectancy is lower. Almost every disease is higher within minority communities. The health care gap.
Blacks are less likely in their schools to have adequate funding. We have less-qualified teachers in those schools. We have fewer textbooks in those schools. We got in some schools rats outnumbering computers. That's called the achievement gap. You've got a health care gap and you've got an achievement gap. You've got Katrina still undone. I went down to New Orleans three weeks ago. It still looks bombed out. Still not rebuilt. When 9/11 happened, the federal government had a special program of grants to help rebuild. They waived any requirement that Manhattan would have to pay 10% of the cost of rebuilding. When Hurricane Andrew happened in Florida, 10% requirement, they waived it because they understood that some disasters are so devastating that we can't expect a community to rebuild. New Orleans -- the largest national catastrophe in our history, the federal government says where's your 10%?
There is an empathy gap. There is a gap in terms of sympathizing for the folks in New Orleans. It's not a gap that the American people felt because we saw how they responded. But somehow our government didn't respond with that same sense of compassion, with that same sense of kindness. And here is the worst part, the tragedy in New Orleans happened well before the hurricane struck because many of those communities, there were so many young men in prison, so many kids dropping out, so little hope.
A hope gap. A hope gap that still pervades too many communities all across the country and right here in Alabama. So the question is, then, what are we, the Joshua generation, doing to close those gaps? Are we doing every single thing that we can do in Congress in order to make sure that early education is adequately funded and making sure that we are raising the minimum wage so people can have dignity and respect?
Are we ensuring that, if somebody loses a job, that they're getting retrained? And that, if they've lost their health care and pension, somebody is there to help them get back on their feet? Are we making sure we're giving a second chance to those who have strayed and gone to prison but want to start a new life? Government alone can't solve all those problems, but government can help. It’s the responsibility of the Joshua generation to make sure that we have a government that is as responsive as the need that exists all across America. That brings me to one other point, about the Joshua generation, and that is this -- that it's not enough just to ask what the government can do for us-- it's important for us to ask what we can do for ourselves.
One of the signature aspects of the civil rights movement was the degree of discipline and fortitude that was instilled in all the people who participated. Imagine young people, 16, 17, 20, 21, backs straight, eyes clear, suit and tie, sitting down at a lunch counter knowing somebody is going to spill milk on you but you have the discipline to understand that you are not going to retaliate because in showing the world how disciplined we were as a people, we were able to win over the conscience of the nation. I can't say for certain that we have instilled that same sense of moral clarity and purpose in this generation. Bishop, sometimes I feel like we've lost it a little bit.
I'm fighting to make sure that our schools are adequately funded all across the country. With the inequities of relying on property taxes and people who are born in wealthy districts getting better schools than folks born in poor districts and that's now how it's supposed to be. That's not the American way. but I'll tell you what -- even as I fight on behalf of more education funding, more equity, I have to also say that , if parents don't turn off the television set when the child comes home from school and make sure they sit down and do their homework and go talk to the teachers and find out how they're doing, and if we don't start instilling a sense in our young children that there is nothing to be ashamed about in educational achievement, I don't know who taught them that reading and writing and conjugating your verbs was something white.
We've got to get over that mentality. That is part of what the Moses generation teaches us, not saying to ourselves we can't do something, but telling ourselves that we can achieve. We can do that. We got power in our hands. Folks are complaining about the quality of our government, I understand there's something to be complaining about. I'm in Washington. I see what's going on. I see those powers and principalities have snuck back in there, that they're writing the energy bills and the drug laws.
We understand that, but I'll tell you what. I also know that, if cousin Pookie would vote, get off the couch and register some folks and go to the polls, we might have a different kind of politics. That's what the Moses generation teaches us. Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. Go do some politics. Change this country! That's what we need. We have too many children in poverty in this country and everybody should be ashamed, but don't tell me it doesn't have a little to do with the fact that we got too many daddies not acting like daddies. Don’t think that fatherhood ends at conception. I know something about that because my father wasn't around when I was young and I struggled.
Those of you who read my book know. I went through some difficult times. I know what it means when you don't have a strong male figure in the house, which is why the hardest thing about me being in politics sometimes is not being home as much as I'd like and I'm just blessed that I've got such a wonderful wife at home to hold things together. Don’t tell me that we can't do better by our children, that we can't take more responsibility for making sure we're instilling in them the values and the ideals that the Moses generation taught us about sacrifice and dignity and honesty and hard work and discipline and self-sacrifice. That comes from us. We've got to transmit that to the next generation and I guess the point that I'm making is that the civil rights movement wasn't just a fight against the oppressor; it was also a fight against the oppressor in each of us.
Sometimes it's easy to just point at somebody else and say it's their fault, but oppression has a way of creeping into it. Reverend, it has a way of stunting yourself. You start telling yourself, Bishop, I can't do something. I can't read. I can't go to college. I can't start a business. I can't run for Congress. I can't run for the presidency. People start telling you-- you can't do something, after a while, you start believing it and part of what the civil rights movement was about was recognizing that we have to transform ourselves in order to transform the world. Mahatma Gandhi, great hero of Dr. King and the person who helped create the nonviolent movement around the world; he once said that you can't change the world if you haven't changed.
If you want to change the world, the change has to happen with you first and that is something that the greatest and most honorable of generations has taught us, but the final thing that I think the Moses generation teaches us is to remind ourselves that we do what we do because God is with us. You know, when Moses was first called to lead people out of the Promised Land, he said I don't think I can do it, Lord. I don't speak like Reverend Lowery. I don't feel brave and courageous and the Lord said I will be with you. Throw down that rod. Pick it back up. I'll show you what to do. The same thing happened with the Joshua generation.
Joshua said, you know, I'm scared. I'm not sure that I am up to the challenge, the Lord said to him, every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon, I have given you. Be strong and have courage, for I am with you wherever you go. Be strong and have courage. It's a prayer for a journey. A prayer that kept a woman in her seat when the bus driver told her to get up, a prayer that led nine children through the doors of the little rock school, a prayer that carried our brothers and sisters over a bridge right here in Selma, Alabama. Be strong and have courage.
When you see row and row of state trooper facing you, the horses and the tear gas, how else can you walk? Towards them, unarmed, unafraid. When they come start beating your friends and neighbors, how else can you simply kneel down, bow your head and ask the Lord for salvation? When you see heads gashed open and eyes burning and children lying hurt on the side of the road, when you are John Lewis and you've been beaten within an inch of your life on Sunday, how do you wake up Monday and keep on marching?
Be strong and have courage, for I am with you wherever you go. We've come a long way in this journey, but we still have a long way to travel. We traveled because God was with us. It's not how far we've come. That bridge outside was crossed by blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, teenagers and children, the beloved community of God's children, they wanted to take those steps together, but it was left to the Joshua’s to finish the journey Moses had begun and today we're called to be the Joshua’s of our time, to be the generation that finds our way across this river.
There will be days when the water seems wide and the journey too far, but in those moments, we must remember that throughout our history, there has been a running thread of ideals that have guided our travels and pushed us forward, even when they're just beyond our reach, liberty in the face of tyranny, opportunity where there was none and hope over the most crushing despair. Those ideals and values beckon us still and when we have our doubts and our fears, just like Joshua did, when the road looks too long and it seems like we may lose our way, remember what these people did on that bridge.
Keep in your heart the prayer of that journey, the prayer that God gave to Joshua. Be strong and have courage in the face of injustice. Be strong and have courage in the face of prejudice and hatred, in the face of joblessness and helplessness and hopelessness. Be strong and have courage, brothers and sisters, those who are gathered here today, in the face of our doubts and fears, in the face of skepticism, in the face of cynicism, in the face of a mighty river.
Be strong and have courage and let us cross over that Promised Land together. Thank you so much everybody.
Sunday, January 18th 2009 at 9:23AM
robert powell
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Clark,I will add to what you said... the psyc or We the people find it just to hard/stressful to do any thing else but complain about the Federal government as the American citizen is the actual government. for example
Yesterday while watching a panel discussing this war (Hardball on MSNBC)between Israel and Hamas.I will digress by saying Hamas was duly elected..well Pat Buchannan,the very P.B.who ran for president as a Conservative Republican...said this. That Because Israel would not stop building settlements on the West Bank that Israel itself is responsible for the creation of Hamas!Now can you imagine Pat Buchannan a Conservative Republican being called a person supporting the terrorist in this manner because he attends a Catholic church or that he is a closet White Muslim?
I do hope that I have made my point about how BRAIN WASHING,PREJUDICE values along with a mass media biased, need for ratings, manipultaion of the news as just to mention a few of the Big business in America has lead us to where we are today?
And, may I add one more comment. A much respected constitution law professor made this statement yesterday. So many countrys are very upset with American's being unwilling to try our Pres. and Vice pres. for what they see(and many Americans see) as war crimes against their citizens that this has lead to those who were(or maybe thought as)members of the Bush administration could very well be arrested for war crimes if they come to these countrys in the future!Look at those scientist already blowing the whistle on those who sell these medications that is killing and doing harm to the public who buy their medications. or now the public is being made aware by way of vedioes of Ron Paul in congress calling Allen Greenspan of doing what we say Madoff has done to get those $50bills...
Clark,I am learning so much of how our government has been run that I am becoming "very afraid"...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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robert although it is not funny, I got a laugh out of your last question.No, I am not morbid;You see I laughed at the first question that came to my mind as an answer to your last question.The first thing that came to my mind was, "Why do the Duponts and the owners of good Year rubber not give back all of those millions and millions of $ that they earned from the deaths of those 6 million Jews. Why does no one ask why did pur government believe Hitler over those Jews they turned away from our American shores there by returining thme to be gased?
But, my greatest WHY is ,"why is it we still would rather accept a lie than the truth???!!? Or why do we not get beyond th blame game and try to find a way to save America because God bless America is not going to stop the blame games,killing of any children in any war started by any country, hunger, homelessness(and here in Ca. where I live public schools closings because we can not pay the teachers or buy gas for the school buses) in America of our children as state by state goes broke!
Why do we not look at today,1-11-09....WHY??????as there is plenty of shame, blame, guilt enough to go around....And, by the way a coke is just as addictive as coke corain, get over it for right now.We have too many children to save from dying in wars, desasteous economy that they did not start.
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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That is about as funny about Hamas as it is Al Quaeta was created to fight against those American bases being built in Arabia.but, even more funny is the KKK has never been classified as a 'terrorist' group. Is this because it is home grown or because they use the teachings of St. James Bible to Kill, what UNFIT TRUE WHITE AMERICANS...ha,ha,ha??????Earl???!!!???
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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So sorry Earl as the KKK also kill Jews don't they and the bank that hass all of that money from those millions and millions of dead slaves ic concidered an Ktalian bank today,Bank of America, but then eventhough the Black think tank has been able to trace that Jewish money backing those slave ships is not as accepted as the records of the Red Cross,right Earl therefore I repeat is this because of the color of the skin or the money related to death and distruction of innocent peoples?come back...
But be very carefull the Native-American may be able to creep into this Innocent victim post.
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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Please forgive me Earl, but you are talking about those things that has to do with the past when the Average American citizen had no say in it's own government's ACTIONS!!!!!!
I am talking about today and about the Israel vs Hamas war that is being met with protest at this moment and the resulting American government that can not do nor continue to do business as usual under or persent or our future president come 1-20-09.NOtice how quiet the Bush administration is for the first time in all of its 8 years???Or, maybe, because, so many of those are in prison as it comes to an end...
Or in other words, I am talking about what is going on in the real world today that will determine the tomorrows of the American government of THE PEOPLE.I am talking about a government that will no longer have "taxation withour representation"that you talk about...if it is your choice to ignore this reality than please allow me to use my 1st Amendment rights to do so also. I trust I do not have to put the American Constution on this post as my PROOF(smile)...
Oh, Earl, as you do not seem to know this "FACT". Rev. Lowery, the one who will be giving the last prayer on 1-20-09 is who you need to go to about "proofs" of the "Jews",God's chosen people, role in the slve trade as this it is his PROOFS about the tracking of these monies that will be going before our AMERICAN supreme court with or without only one Black token on it(a bigger smile to both you and those like your in rational emotional rational)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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And, another funny thing, Madoff is a Jew and me, I do believe that Catholics are the first ones to start killing themselves over what the banking system of America allowedMadoff to do to these people in American and say all over the world?!? Now I do not believe that Catholics,the average Christian like Jews do not define themselves a both a religion and a race of people.Therefore please do not anyone look at what I state as true being limited to race or religion as I never put any label on learning like this as they set limits to what I can:read, write, say, but you know this SOCIAL DRILL(prejudice) now don't you ALL...
I only mention Madoff being a Jew, because I read that this 'exclusive' club was created because of Jews being locked out of the White exclusive MEN'S clubsin this land of the free-America. And, because when Asians were caught using this same club to run a scam in this same club a few years back,it was considered by these clubs members that this scam was something to be expected because they were not "one of THEM'. I gather in this article that I read this in(my daily) New York Times meant the 'them' was that these Asians were not Jewish...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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robert,this post has me so confused. I refer to the statement about the Jesus and the born Jewish bit. Could you please explain what you are talking about in your third paragraph? I would be forever grateful to you for doing this...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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Robert and Earl in this land of freedom of religion, what church do you believe the public is going to allow President Obama and family to attend?I guess attending Black churches is out?so which is it to be a Jewish Temple or a Mosque? Oh, maybe a nondemominal church that accept gays?OK you tow which church can he attend?
I am serious, which is you choice Earl......your choice Robert.....
If Obama as the president of the U.S. I will follow his lead as long as his lead it the laws of the land and he not forget that tihs country that I love is no longer up for sell to the highest lobby bid! Obama is a man who is going to be our president not a dictator. He may do a good, great or a lousy job, we must wait and see. I plan to help my country in any way I can.
The Israel as we all knew it is gone along with the Bush administration. Hillary goes before the Congress tomorrow. My admive to her is to tone down all of that America is going to do this to the enemy of Israel. There was now public protest back then when she said this. England nor France is backing this. We can not even afford to fight our own wars and I do not believe that Israel has a way to earn any money at all. They are the only ones who don't have oil.
I repeat robert powell, it will be President B.H. Obama a MAN that must obey the laws of this land which does not allow a legal DICTATOR. Very soon you will see how Bush and Chney made that fatial mistake.
In a few months President Obama will be going to the supreme court so that the laws of this land can start looking into Bush was trying to be ABOVE THE LAW. Change that will never allow what the Bush administration did to happen again in this country. If you want to lnow where I got this info I will be glad to tell you. Remember I am about truth and the real world.
robert what is slaveamerica?is it a person, place or a thing. I am not fimilar with this word. I am serious
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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Hi Clark, thanks for the 411 on Condi. I was wondering what had happened to her, but I was thinking that she , Bush and Cheney were hiding because the USA was not wanting to come out not with all of these nations against-------for the first time.
Lets see no one calling Obama a Muslim?Everyone still over looking the words of President B. Hussein O. will not being doing political business as usual? The 'no man is above the law'??!!??
Please no disrespect because as a N.D. Buddhist, I have no dog in the religious fights, but as my two state senators are Jewish, I tend to keep up with "LOBBY" money they receive from the Jewish lobby each Israely "war". And, all I will say is that the senator who got the most money the last war(over $1/2 mill)just got a shall we say 'cost of living raise' this time around.
Our next president has promised to respect and inforce the American Constitution while in office. I still believe that those of the Bush administration that are not already in jail will soon be going along with Bush, Cheney and Rove leading the bunch right after Obama takes his case about an American citizen being held in the US untried by Bush for the past 6 years.Obama will be bringing this himself to our Supreme court, in relations to the closing of Gitmo!!
Now if any one wants to go back then lets go back to King David being from Afgahnistan and all of his mistress being from Iran...Delhia being the most famous one...I say this although I realize that some would rather make up their own facts dispite they ahve the whole internet at their finger tips?????
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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robert, if you were in any way in any form knowing who and what B. Hussein O. was/is all about, the last thing you would be calling him is a Christian...It is so good that Rev. Jesse Jackson is who you and countless others got you reducation from that we in the Black community can be counted as any thing but individuals. and as the philosopher said, "I think therefore I am". Those like you allow others to do their thinking for them then settle for what makes them feel good, safe and secure...for example
What do you know about Oprah and Obama being the most powerful people on this planet...and this is because they have =====as the one thing in COMMON.And, why this is the reason why Oprah has her money and M.J. does not have his. He sure was famous for years and years long before Oprah and has made way more money that she and Obama put together!!!! Me, I say 2 for the non Black-----and 0 for robertand stop waisting my valuable time except when I want to keep this pitiful JOKE going.
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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And, for you Earl if Lincoln was a racist and owned no slaves, did the Black people who DID own slaves at the time make up for his being a racist so let him go on this matter?
I guess those White people who voted for him (their whole and not 1/2 vote& not one femalevote)are turning over in their graves over what you just told robert?
Now please do not let US Black FOLK know that Blacks are now able to serve on the jury as those kinds of revelations getting out even here in Northern Cal. where I live because we are is still l not intergrated here,O.K.? We might just try and get "fair trials by "OUR PEERS" if we learn about things like this going on in 2009? Please, Earl...robert!!!
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
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