New to the Blogroll (”To Live and Die in L.A., Mostly Die”) July 8, 2007
Posted by Webmaster in Black Crime, Hispanic Crime.comments closed
Los Angeles County Homicide Log. Jill Levoy of the L.A. Times blogs the homicide victims and apprehended murder suspects in the country’s most populous county. The rotting of America on parade, if you please.
And yes, race of both victims and perpetrators is given where known. I hope Miss Levoy has programmed her computer keyboard so that the word “black” and the word “Hispanic” can be typed with the touch of one key, as those two words seem to be used a lot.
Edwards to Confront Poverty (For the First Time) July 8, 2007
Posted by Webmaster in Campaign 2008, Elitist Hypocriscy.comments closed
Fresh off curing his own poverty under the pretense of curing other people’s poverty, John Edwards wants to meet poverty.
Can JRE pull off a JFK, or an RFK? John Edwards plans to announce Monday that he’ll take a break from fund-raising and campaigning in early-voting states next week for a three-day, eight-state, 12-city “Road to One America” tour aimed at calling attention to poverty in the deep South, the Mississippi Delta, Appalachia and the Rust Belt. The campaign points out that none of the states he’ll visit has an early 2008 primary, and says Edwards won’t be doing rallies.
Instead, TV viewers will see Edwards in coal country, Edwards in a factory, Edwards on a farm, Edwards in a struggling neighborhood, Edwards in a school, Edwards in a health care clinic. “It’s an effort to show the rest of the country how 37 million Americans live their lives in poverty every single day,” an Edwards aide said. “It’s not only their workplaces — it’s their homes and the places they get health care.”
Perhaps Mr. Edwards can explain to them why he spends more on a haircut than their monthly household incomes, or why his garage has more square footage than their entire domiciles.
When the Pro-Defamation League Denies It’s About Censoring Speech, It’s About Censoring Speech July 8, 2007
Posted by Webmaster in Censorship, Paranoia-Industrial Complex.comments closed
Boston Globe via Tongue Tied Blog:
A Watertown man is criticizing the Town Council for adopting a program that seeks to curb hate crimes, saying he believes it violates his right to free speech.
Ralph Filicchia, 71, said he’s “not a hater” but believes the town’s participation in the Anti-Defamation League of New England’s No Place For Hate program infringes on his freedom to hold opinions that may go against the grain.
“People should be free to express things without being charged with hatemongering or hate speech,” said Filicchia, who is retired but does some freelance writing on political issues. “Isn’t the whole idea of free speech to protect offensive speech?”
Filicchia hung a Confederate flag outside his Bellevue Road home last week in protest, saying he would leave it up until a “No Place for Hate” sign in front of Town Hall is removed.
Council President Clyde L. Younger said in an interview he was surprised at Filicchia’s stance, since the No Place For Hate program is well-known and not about censoring speech, but fighting bigotry. The sign in front of Town Hall simply alerts the public that the town embraces diversity and that law enforcement will not turn a blind eye to hate crimes, he said.
This blog is representative of a local chapter of a national organization that has recently sued library districts for unconstitutional internet censorship. The ADL itself develops and provides web filter software for the purpose. In addition, ADL organizations in other majority white countries where “hate speech” laws and codes exist vigorously support their adoption, enforcement, and oppose their repeal.
Like superstar athlete that is in the process of negotiating a new contract, when he says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
