ElBruce, Armenian genocide? Phfft, please!

See, you criticizing me like that is exactly like one of Stalin’s purges.

Talk about jumping the shark.

Get bent, lunatic.

This exchange here is uncomfortably reminiscent of the Rwandan massacres…

Bobby Rush is mental.

The brother needs to retire.”

for real!!!

My grandfather was the Jefferson County (Birmingham) coroner during the civil rights era. He saw the deaths that resulted from someone’s skin being the “wrong” color, and impressed upon me the injustice that happened here at that time. I have seen the autopsy photographs of those who were not “fortunate” enough to have been born with melanin deficient skin during the 60’s and 70’s.

No. You do not get to co-opt the pain and struggle of those here in Birmingham (or anywhere else, really) who dealt with very real, very life threatening racism.

Blago is corrupt. Burris has tainted himself by accepting this very bogus appointment. Step down now and run for the office. IL deserves nothing less.

The brother needs to retire.

I agree this isn’t a civil rights situation, but your hypocrisy in the matter means you should really keep your trap shut…
January 7th, 2009 at 7:55 pm

Get bent, lunatic.

I’d like to see your proof that I “did the same thing.”

…US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s statement announcing a filing of a complain –no grand jury indictment had been issued– and the Illinois Governor’s alignment with the UE workers at the Republic Windows factory takeover…

Fitzgerald quite reasonably explained that he wanted to publicize the situation before Blago appointed a Senator, hopefully to give someone a chance to stop him.

But I like your irrelevant connection better than Rush’s irrelevant collection. Looks like fun.

Frankly, the whole situation just smacks of the Armenian Genocide all over again.

When you’ve been up against it all your life you can tell by subtle signs when you’re being messed with and shitted. Most of what happens in the light of day is prompted by what’s underneath ordinary conscious life. Sometimes people act intentionally, sometimes out of habit. Sometimes carelessly. Sometimes just plain stupidly.

This whole situation has not been handled very well by Reid and other party leaders. And Obama’s odd initial stated opposition to seating Burris didn‘t help the matter– although Obama has modified his position by now calling the situation a Senatorial matter.

Asked about Burris in a press conference, Obama called it a “Senate matter” but added: “If he gets seated than I am going to work with Roland Burris just as I work with all the other senators.”

[ See WP article: Burris To Be Seated?

Furthermore, there are many questions that must still be explored regarding the timing of the coming to light of the Blagojevich Affair, US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s statement announcing a filing of a complain --no grand jury indictment had been issued-- and the Illinois Governor's alignment with the UE workers at the Republic Windows factory takeover and their demands against the powerful Bank of America for just compensation, and how that direct labor action ties in with a “message” communicated in no uncertain terms to President-Elect Obama--who supported the workers, something no President since FDR has openly done-- by the Powers That Be on High i.e. the moneyed market-dominant elite. All this within the timeframe of crucial negotiations between Big Auto and the United Auto Workers (UAW). [See:

The Wonderful Life and Strange Death of Walter Reuther ; Walter Reuther and: The 1936-'37 Flint Sit-Down Strike . ]

The best thing the Dems can do ASAP is to seat Burris and move on to bigger things. Then let’s get Franken in there. And impeach Saxby Chambliss (that bloated Neo-Confederate a-hole…!)

In any event, there’s certainly more here than meets the eye.

At least, that’s the way I feel about it. Call me crazy.

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Notes:

Arrest of Illinois guv: Were real targets Obama and UAW?

http://www.workers.org/2008/us/illinois_guv_1225/

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