Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Giannoulias To Kirk: 'You're Trying To Suppress The African-American Vote' | TPMDC

Giannoulias To Kirk: 'You're Trying To Suppress The African-American Vote' | TPMDC: "'We have a corruption problem in our state,' Kirk said. 'We've become a punchline on late night television.'

But Democrat Alexi Giannoulias countered that the program was targeting African Americans, because 'there has never been an accusation of fraud on the West or South side of Chicago.'

'You're trying to suppress the African American vote,' Giannoulias said."

Maddow Reveals GOP's Scare Tactics

Rachel Maddow: GOPs southern strategy rises again


If you ever doubted that the GOP caters to white rage and resentment, the evidence is right here. I guess the GOP figures that if they can convince poor white folks that the blacks, Muslims and Mexicans are stealing their jobs, they won't go after the real enemy -- Corporate America.

Juan Williams gets "nervous" around Muslims on airplanes





Juan Williams you are a coon-ass negro, who jumps when Rupert Murdoch pulls the chain.
Shame on you, as a black man, you should understand what racial profiling is. But I guess when you
work for FOX you have to get with the program. Did your control chip hurt when they put it in?

Robert Reich: The Perfect Storm That Threatens American Democracy

Robert Reich: The Perfect Storm That Threatens American Democracy: "Hundreds of millions of dollars are pouring into advertisements for and against candidates -- without a trace of where the dollars are coming from. They're laundered through a handful of groups. Fred Maleck, whom you may remember as deputy director of Richard Nixon's notorious Committee to Reelect the President (dubbed Creep in the Watergate scandal), is running one of them. Republican operative Karl Rove runs another. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a third."

Monday, October 18, 2010

Think slavery is a thing of the past? Think again - Home News, UK - The Independent

Think slavery is a thing of the past? Think again - Home News, UK - The Independent: "Thippawal, 36, from Bangkok, paid an agency to bring her to Britain for restaurant work in 2008 so she could send money home for her daughter's schooling. But when she arrived in the UK she was locked up and made to work as a prostitute.

'When I got to Heathrow, the man that met me took my passport. He took me to a house in west London and said I had to work as a prostitute. I showed them the contract which said I had to work in a restaurant, but they just laughed. They said if I tried to leave I would die. They made me work 24 hours a day saying I had to pay off my debt to them for bringing me over – which they said was �65,000. I had to have sex with 20 men a night and some of them would hit me."

GOP lawmaker: Illegal immigrants are like ‘Hitler’, should be shot | Raw Story

GOP lawmaker: Illegal immigrants are like ‘Hitler’, should be shot | Raw Story

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G.A. Afolabi is a progressive blogger based on the Left Coast.