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Lawrence O'Donnell Thursday's

trkingmomoe — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 06:29:09 +0000

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Lawrence O'Donnell Thursday's Last Word has a great comment on Selma. He was very elegant about the movie and how moved he was. I guess the ending of the movie he said the people in the theater gave it a standing ovation.

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word

I do remember some of it on

Ramona — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:50:50 +0000

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I do remember some of it on the evening news, as well, but the Life pictures stayed with me, maybe because I could stay on the page and read all about it, whereas the news came and went. But even in black and white the impact was shocking.

People outside of the south

trkingmomoe — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:53:48 +0000

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People outside of the south was horrified at was being shown on their evening news. I know we were. We talked a great length about it in classes at school.

Now living in a poor community I can tell you there is plenty of abuse by authorities.

The timing of this movie is good because there are young people who need to see this history so they understand that the conservatives are trying to white wash this history. It is an ugly cruel past that should not be forgotten.

Thank you, Momoe, for the

Ramona — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:22:00 +0000

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Thank you, Momoe, for the link. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie, but those events are burned into my memory. One thing I haven't seen mentioned much is the impact Life magazine had on many of us who didn't live in the south and couldn't know about what was going on otherwise. They sent their photographers to those places and the pictures they published were shocking beyond belief.

I remember pictures of lynchings in earlier issues, and they were revolting, but, as a young person, I had the capacity to turn the page and turn it off. I'm not saying that was a good thing; it was simply the way I dealt with things unpleasant. But page after page, issue after issue, of stories and pictures of negroes being so horribly abused finally hit their mark and the enormity of it all finally sunk in.

We didn't have to go there to witness the events and become outraged enough to speak out. It was coming into our homes in stark black and white. it was happening all across the country--a new awareness--and I suspect Lyndon Johnson got that message, too. It's not true that he had no choice; he didn't have to stand before congress and say, "We shall overcome". But he did it, and there was no going back. The abuses didn't end with that speech, but there was no question that the fight was on and the government would win.

He is afraid of loosing his

trkingmomoe — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:36:00 +0000

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He is afraid of loosing his white privilege.

Thanks for the John Birch

trkingmomoe — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:28:12 +0000

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Thanks for the John Birch Society Song. I remember once hearing Pete Seeger singing it. It is true today. Only they today they are looking under their beds for minorities and poor people who are scary to them. After all it is all of them looking for a free ride.

Thanks NCD for the link.

trkingmomoe — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:21:20 +0000

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Thanks NCD for the link. They were so sure that the march on Washington was going to be violent. I remember my parents checking the evening news after they got home from work to see if DC had burned to the ground. The press did speculate the high risk of it. But instead there were clips of speeches and a sea of African American faces on the mall.

Never heard that one before,

NCD — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 04:25:31 +0000

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Never heard that one before, very good lyrics!

A sibling of mine was and likely remains a Birch sympathizer/member, also in 2 unions, got union pay and benefits, union health care, union retirement. Votes GOP. Can't explain it.

That could work the other way

NCD — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 04:17:05 +0000

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That could work the other way.

Lynch the white socialite and a few dozen other whites.

Just say white on white crime needs attention before worrying 'bout lynching of white folks.

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oldenGoldenDecoy — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 03:48:53 +0000

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Oh my my... them C-O-M-M-U-N-I-S-T-S?

Lyrics below the video.

Well, I was feelin’ sad and feelin’ blue
I didn’t know what in the world I wus gonna do
Them Communists they wus comin’ around
They wus in the air
They wus on the ground
They wouldn’t gimme no peace . . .

So I run down most hurriedly
And joined up with the John Birch Society
I got me a secret membership card
And started off a-walkin’ down the road
Yee-hoo, I’m a real John Bircher now!
Look out you Commies!

Now we all agree with Hitler’s views
Although he killed six million Jews
It don’t matter too much that he was a Fascist
At least you can’t say he was a Communist!
That’s to say like if you got a cold you take a shot of malaria

Well, I wus lookin’ everywhere for them gol-darned Reds
I got up in the mornin’ ’n’ looked under my bed
Looked in the sink, behind the door
Looked in the glove compartment of my car
Couldn’t find ’em . . .

I wus lookin’ high an’ low for them Reds everywhere
I wus lookin’ in the sink an’ underneath the chair
I looked way up my chimney hole
I even looked deep down inside my toilet bowl
They got away . . .

Well, I wus sittin’ home alone an’ started to sweat
Figured they wus in my T.V. set
Peeked behind the picture frame
Got a shock from my feet, hittin’ right up in the brain
Them Reds caused it!
I know they did . . . them hard-core ones

Well, I quit my job so I could work all alone
Then I changed my name to Sherlock Holmes
Followed some clues from my detective bag
And discovered they wus red stripes on the American flag!
That ol’ Betsy Ross . . .

Well, I investigated all the books in the library
Ninety percent of ’em gotta be burned away
I investigated all the people that I knowed
Ninety-eight percent of them gotta go
The other two percent are fellow Birchers . . . just like me

Now Eisenhower, he’s a Russian spy
Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy
To my knowledge there’s just one man
That’s really a true American: George Lincoln Rockwell
I know for a fact he hates Commies cus he picketed the movie Exodus

Well, I fin’ly started thinkin’ straight
When I run outa things to investigate
Couldn’t imagine doin’ anything else
So now I’m sittin’ home investigatin’ myself!
Hope I don’t find out anything . . . hmm, great God!

~OGD~