Glenn Beck Shoots BackSince calling President Barack Obama a racist, Glenn Beck has lost 36 advertising companies. Now, he has turned his attention to Color of Change co-founder Van Jones, whom he also calls a "revolutionary." [AOL News]
C-Murder Sentenced
After pleading no contest to two counts of attempted murder, Corey "C-Murder" Miller was sentenced to 10 years in prison. [Nola.com]
Dr. King Honored
Yesterday marked the 46th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's March on Washington. Crowds gathered on the national mall to honor him. [TheGriot]
NY to Join States Against the Shackling of Pregnant Women
Five states have banned the shackling of incarcerated pregnant women. Gov. David Paterson will reportedly make New York the sixth. [Chicago Tribune]
Young Student Breaks the Mold
Since she was 13, Otana Jakpor has tirelessly advocated for greater air quality at conferences and federal hearings, and she is making her voice heard. [LaTimes.com]
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By: LaDonna Jeffries on 8/26/2009 3:06PM
Go get them Glen, the people are behind you and we are counting on you.
HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT
There is no bill in the legislation protecting U.S. Citizens from secret goverment experiments(gov. doesn't need your permission they can just do it without you knowing it) A bill was introduced in 1997 by Senator John Glen Human Research Sugject Protections Act of 1997(S.193,U.S. Senate,105th Congress, 1st Session) to protect US citizens from being used as secret experiments but it was ignored, then again a bill was introduced in 2006 by John Mecca called "Safeguard USA" who claimed (many others claimed too)to have been secretly implanted with the "legal cochlear" device behind his ear without his knowledge. (John Glenn even said there was complaints in Ohio of this.) Ignored again by the goverment. This bill has been introduced again in Feb 2009 to the Obama Admin. (so far nothing and you won't hear about this). Would our goverment do something like this? Do you trust them right now? The H1N1 vaccine is to be given to ages 6m to 25 (is this not strange to you) elderly should be first in line but they are last(goverment rationing already) it hasn't been tested and must go to the advisory board......who is that? Congress, the Senate and the President. The CDC is under The Dept. of Health and Services (who runs that)......Kathleen Sebelius. This scares the hell out of me and there are alot of sites on the internet about secret experiments the goverment has been doing for years.
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By: Kevin on 8/26/2009 7:34PM
I am sorry, but Glen Beck is an idiot. He is only saying what he is saying to get an audience for his tv program. And to say that Obama is a racist, without any proof, shows, what Beck knows.
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By: Jay on 9/01/2009 2:49PM
I think the Beck's allegations are serious and credible so I think it is necessary for those who disagree to stop with the insults and start with the factual responses which show where he is wrong. Silence or insults without some sort of facutal counter to his arguments will lead people to think he is right even more.
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By: Real on 8/27/2009 2:58PM
Jones is a revolunionary, read his own words here:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/the_new_face_of_environmentalism/Content?oid=290098&showFullText=true
And I quote:
"Jones had planned to move to Washington, DC, and had already landed a job and an apartment there. But in jail, he said, "I met all these young radical people of color -- I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.'" Although he already had a plane ticket, he decided to stay in San Francisco. "I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary." In the months that followed, he let go of any lingering thoughts that he might fit in with the status quo. "I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th," he said. "By August, I was a communist."
Glenn is not attacking the founder of a great organization, but of a welf-avowed communist.
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