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Of Ballots and Buffoons

October 15th, 2005 at 9:09 pm by Preston Taylor Holmes

Two big stories went on today that I didn’t have time to comment upon, due to the fact that the real world (the one with actual physical human beings in it) wouldn’t allow blogging.

First, another election in Iraq – this time it’s a yes-or-no vote on ratifying the new Iraqi Constitution. The good news is that election day turned out to be one of the most peaceful days seen in a while in Iraq.

BAGHDAD, Iraq – (KRT) – On what turned out to be one of the most peaceful days in Iraq in recent memory, millions of people walked through eerily quiet streets Saturday to vote in a referendum on a new constitution that could either unite the country or tear it apart.

Though there were scattered incidents of violence at polling stations, no suicide bombers blew themselves up, no car bombs exploded, and the only two civilians reported killed were shot dead accidentally by nervous Iraqi security forces guarding voting centers.

The calm was in stark contrast with January’s landmark democratic election, when more than 50 people died nationwide in a blitz of bombings that failed to deter voters but left no doubt as to the Sunni-dominated insurgency’s determination to undermine the political process.

Also in contrast with January’s vote, Sunnis were among the most enthusiastic participants, swarming to polling centers in areas that saw little voting activity the last time around, when embittered Sunnis mostly boycotted the process.

Plenty of coverage from Publius Pundit, a ton of stuff from The Adventures of Chester, and if you really want to get up close and personal, Iraq the Model. Also see Goldstein’s interesting round up of headlines and quotes regarding the election.

Second, there was the Million More March – where millions – nay, billions – of American black men came together for unity in blaming the government – and whitey – for their issues. Though I haven’t gotten to see any coverage, it had to have been priceless, if it was anything like the thousand-man-march ten years hence. I look forward to scouring the wires for gems from that meeting of the so-called minds.

A few nuggets found in the digital dirt thus far:

Dozens of speakers, educators, ministers, entertainers, politicians, addressed the audience. Several, like Robert Muhammad, spoke of black suffering during last month’s hurricanes along the American Gulf Coast. Mr. Muhammad brought a message from the poor people of New Orleans. “The heroes and the sheroes-not evacuees and refugees-but heroes and sheroes, who suffered near death experiences, chest-high water standing on the roofs while helicopters flew by to pick up white people and left our people on the roofs,” he said.

There were white people stranded down there? Fox never showed me any stranded crackers in between Shepherd & Geraldo’s tear-filled missives. I guess I should have switched from Fox over to CNN or MSNBC – surely they would have shown scores of suffering honkies. More…

“This is the start of getting black people together to get organization to get some change,” said Amon Ra, 50, an Ohio state employee who drove more than 10 hours with his son to attend the “Millions More Movement” event, a decade after the “Million Man March” to empower black men in the United States.

“We feel that, since black men occupy the majority of the unemployment rate, that we need to get some change to get them employed so they can take care of their families,” Ra said, as marchers trudged to the venue in colourful T-shirts, some toting signs reading “Defend Affirmative Action.”

There were also unified chants of “Here we go, Quotas, here we go! Here we go, Quotas, here we go!” If this new Million More movement is going to actually create any kind of change, they need to get rid of the race-baiting leaders who have actually been the ones keeping them down for years, in order to line their own fat wallets and Rainbow Extortion Coalitions.

Last and certainly least, from the wisdom of the entertainment community, Wyclef Jean brings us his wisdom…

145pm EDT. Wyclef Jean, Howard Dean’s favorite rapper, sings: “If you not scared of George Bush, you got to stand up.” Calls for withdrawal of troops and sympathizes as “Father Saddam cries in prison.”

Father Saddam. How fucking detached from reality is this sonofabitch? In actuality, this is probably par-for-the-course for this lineup of “educators.” No wonder they’re faced with such a high drop-out rate, if that’s what they consider education.

I almost forgot… according to Malkin, one of our favorite criminals/race-hustlers Ron Karenga, the creator of Kwanzaa, was there, spreading his good news. Now that is truly a lineup of which to be proud. Malkin…

If you tune into C-SPAN right now, you will hear a lot of angry bloviating and blaming. The 10th anniversary of the Million M[o]an March is here and Farrakhan’s fulminators have seized the day in D.C. I’ve just finished watching “Maulana” Ron Karenga, who fabricated the Kwanzaa holiday,” and implored the attendees of the Millions More March to remember their history, fight oppression, and restore equal relations between black men and women.

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2 Responses to “Of Ballots and Buffoons”

Jane Says:
October 16th, 2005 at 9:22 am
pretty fucking detached
The Chip Mathis Experience Says:
October 16th, 2005 at 10:22 pm
Iraqi Elections Successful, But Lefties Don’t Care

Success is ELUSIVE? What about when we got rid of Father Saddam (according to Wyclef)?