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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>For those of you who may or may not know, African
American activist and Professor Cornel West and African American PBS Radio show
host Tavis Smiley began an anti-poverty tour last week starting in
Wisconsin with stops in ; Chicago, Detroit, Clevland, and other cities as
well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>They were on Democracy Now last week and one of the
main purpose of the tour is to put pressure on Obama and many democrats to start
representing the poor and the disintegrating middle class as opposed to
representing their corporate campaign contributors on Wall Street, who can't
wait to get their greedy little paws on OUR Social Security money and privatize
Medicare.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Anyway an African American comedian and Family Feud
game show host, Steve Harvey, has called Cornell West and Tavis Smiley " UNCLE
TOMS " , because they dared to criticize and embarrass Barack
Obama.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Talk about propoganda !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>You should check out Steve Harvey's website. He has
so many corporate logos on it from corporate sponsors that it would put a NASCAR
event to shame.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>It amazes and troubles me that shameless corporate
sell-out oppurtunists like Harvey are trying to portary two dedicated activists
like Cornell West and Tavis Smiley, who have spent a lifetime fighting for the
interests of both Black and White Working people as " Uncle Toms " because they
are fighting for all of us.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>In particular what is troubling is the way Harvey
is using racism to try to divide Working people, in other words, if you do
not support Obama, no matter how much he has sold ALL of us out ( Black and
White ) you are either an " Uncle Tom " or a racist.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>This on the other hand indicates to me that the
corporate ruling class are nervous, and why more than likely they probably
recruited and " suggested " to Harvey that he go on the attack against Smiley
and West.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>After all, more and more Working people ( Black and
White ) are waking up and seeing who Obama really represents, the corporate
elite.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> 2/3 of the Congressional Black Caucus voted
against the phoney dog and pony show " shock doctrine " tactic debt ceiling
vote. Including Jesse Jackson Jr., Keith Ellison, Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters,
and John Lewis.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>In fact, 50% of ALL democrats ( about 75 ) voted
against the debt ceiling bill which one member of the Congressional Black Caucus
( whose name escapes me ) called a " Satan Sandwich ".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>These are confusing times for many Working people.
Many Working people have been conditioned over their lifetimes to believe that
the democratic party is the party of FDR and the defenders of the Working class.
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>This was really never the case, but was to a
certain degree more true in the past than what has been occuring in
the last 20 years, begining with the betrayls of Bill Clinton ( NAFTA, WTO,
China Trade Preference Treaty, dismantling habeous corpus rights and throwing
tens of thousands of families off of Public Assistance).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Since then of course, corporate money has come to
control our democracy via our elected officials, the same corporations donating
money to both candidates in a given race, so that no matter who wins, they win
and WE lose.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>The corporations also of course control the
media that 99 % of Americans watch or listen to with the parameters of
debate ( if any ) ALWAYS promoting the corporate agenda and varying between
rabid right-wing fascists and weak kneed wishy washy bought and sold corporate
liberals whose distaste is not towards the right-wing, but the unwashed
working masses. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>To see through the charade and diversions of the
ruling class we need to always look at NOT what someone says, but what they do.
Whose side are they on ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>You are either for Working people or you are for
the corporate ruling class.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>And I am sick and tired of hearing these lame ass
excusses about Obama and many of the dems.... " oh they are trying their best
".... Oh what else can they do " ? " We have to compromise ".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Do you ever hear the republicans say " oh we must
compromise " ? Hell No you don't !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Where there is a will there is a way !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Power to the People.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>David Johnson</FONT></DIV>
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