Heavy Mentalist

I hear that phrase a lot. “Good ol’ American values”. What the hell does that mean, exactly? No one else in the world likes to work and create stable, productive families and be kind to their neighbors, I guess, except for us “good ol’ Americans”. Go team USA! Seriously I wish someone would try to explain that to me.

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Two White Texas teens allegedly sodomized a Hispanic youth with a pipe then beat him. They thought he was trying to kiss a White girl at a party:

The attackers forced the boy out of the house party, beat him and sodomized him with a metal pipe, shouting epithets “associated with being Hispanic,” said Lt. John Martin with the Harris County Sheriff’s Department.

They then poured bleach over the boy, apparently to destroy DNA evidence and left him for dead, authorities said. He wasn’t discovered until Sunday, a day after the attack.

Damn! That’s crazy.What’s interesting in that article is, despite the fact that this young man suffered severe internal injuries and mental trauma, the authorities say they may not charge the attackers with a hate crime. Why? Because the victim didn’t die. Why is it any more of a hate crime if the victim dies? Epithets hurled in the midst of an assault definitely spell hate crime to me, which makes me wonder if this same reasoning is why the alleged Duke rapists haven’t been charged with a hate crime either.  Continue reading...

Reuters reports that:

Seven young artists on Tuesday sued New York City over its strict anti-graffiti law, saying it violated their constitutional right to free speech.

The group, backed by fashion designer Marc Ecko, argued in federal court that the city went too far by banning people under 21 from possessing spray paint or broad-tipped markers.

Huh? How are you gonna criminalize the possession of markers while at the same time allow the public school system to degrade the way it has? Some people never learn. New York went through this in the late 70s and early 80s, and laws like this only helped fuel resentment against the city government officials like Mayor Koch. It might be time to bomb New York.  Continue reading...

Voting is still open for the new NC Peace & Justice Coalition steering committee. From an announcement I received the other day:

From April 22-23, 2006, nearly 100 people from across NC with many different organizational affiliations gathered for the statewide founding convention of the NC Peace & Justice Coalition. An interim steering committee facilitated the nomination process to build a new Steering Committee to continue building the capacity and amplifying the voices of North Carolina’s peace & justice community.

Any North Carolina resident who considers themselves part of a peace & justice group or community is invited to vote in this statewide election!

Please spread this ballot to your networks!

Vote today for the new steering commitee! See the ballot, candidates and all other pertinent info on the North Carolina Peace & Justice site.

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Negroes are not allowed on the site. We hope that someday soon Negroes acquire their freedom & are allowed to become more than 3rd class citizens in capitalist, racist & imperialistic territories.

*Love it!*. Check them out pronto for gifts, etc. Buy Black!

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