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EXPLOSIVE: CYNTHIA MCKINNEY TOLD 5000 EXECUTED DURING KATRINA
EXPLOSIVE: CYNTHIA MCKINNEY TOLD 5000 EXECUTED DURING KATRINA
I have been told by contacts in Louisiana that there were extrajudicial slayings going on at the hands of the police and/or Blackwater and/or the National Guard in New Orleans and adjacent areas during Katrina. Cajun singer Tab Benoit has stated as much publicly. I have been making fruitless inquiries because, I am told, people are scattered to the winds or too scared to talk. What Cynthia is saying, however, is a major break in the wall of silence. It also corroborates what an OpEdNews article on Dec 3, 2007 reported, that unjust slayings were going on. More witnesses need to come forward NOW!
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Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney, during a news conference at the Criticial Resistance 10 Conference in Oakland, California on Sept 28th, 2008, made an astounding statement that backs up several reports that I have received in the last year from contacts in Louisiana regarding unjust slayings of citizens. Listen and watch carefully.
McKinney not only relates what an informant has reported to her, but states that insiders in the Red Cross have confirmed to her that it is true. If this is indeed true, and I regretfully believe it, based on what I have heard and read (see below), then this is a damnable crime of massive proportions, in a word, a massacre of Americans, and must be brought to light.
One might dismiss this whole allegation as absurdly impossible, but if you listen to a broadcast by Malik Halim, a co-founder of Common Ground Collective, which has helped thousands of New Orleanians get back on their feet since Katrina, then you might begin to question the official scenario. Go to another one of my posts by clicking here to listen to his ghastly interview from New Orleans' Algiers district during the middle of the catastrophe.
Meanwhile, Georgianne Nienaber, who has written for OpEdNews on the subject of extrajudicial slayings previously, booached this ghoulish topic in an article entitled Baghdad on the Bayou: Disaster Capitalism and the War on Equality, dated Dec 3, 2007. Here are some excerpts from this article, which was based on an interview with Cajun Blues artist Tab Benoit. In it Benoit is claiming that there were many more people slain by the authorities and Blackwater than is being told. In fact, he is alleging that Blackwater was blowing people (read Blacks basically) away left and right. Check out these quotes from Benoit, but first let me emphasize that this was written well beofre McKinney's above remarks and is in no way an endorsement of McKinney. The two peices stand apart in focus:
"This Katrina thing was handled as if it would have been Iraq. It was handled in a military way for resources; resources were the main focus, and the only difference is that the hurricane scattered people instead of bombs. There were people getting shot, there were bodies everywhere, there was destruction everywhere, and there's oil coming out of the ground like it never has before. Remind you of something else? The only difference is that we didn't have the equipment and the ability to fight back."
"As soon as Homeland Security took over FEMA, people down here started paying attention. I can't say people in New Orleans were because they never had to deal with FEMA. Down here we flood every three or four years from a storm event. But New Orleans doesn't flood as often, you know, when we hear Homeland Security took over FEMA, it's like "Oh my god-now what?"
"So I really started paying attention to things and how things were run. When Homeland Security is running it, that's a whole different agenda. It has nothing to do with rescuing people. Homeland Security is not a rescue operation.
"I did an interview with more than one person from another country. One in particular was a guy from Canada... we [FEMA] had ordered 20,000 more body bags after Katrina, from Canada. Somebody was investigating. And because they were saying 1300 people died, and we had 20,000 body bags in New Orleans and they ran out, and had to reorder another 20,000 body bags." (2)
Blackwater, Terrorism and Casualty Counts
"They found out that Blackwater was killing people. Blackwater was just in there eradicating. If you didn't make it past the checkpoint and got to the dome or the convention center, or the bridge, or whatever, you were fair game.
"They were claiming that they would deputize to confiscate guns. But they were told to shoot whenever they felt like it." (3)
"Everybody here knows that there are more than 1300 people dead. Everybody that actually got into the city and was trying to help, saw bodies floating, saw bullet wounds. The coroner knows what's going on, and he ain't talking. But he knows. Because I know for a fact from some other sources that he was saying to somebody, probably on a private level, that those bullet wounds were military or highly powerful wounds. [Our investigation noted the same reports from multiple, unrelated sources.]
Those were not 22 caliber pistols. Or 9-millimeter pistols. Let's face it; criminals want to save their lives too, in a situation like that. It's not some free-for-all. People are trying to get the hell out of there."
Mass[ive] Media Cover-Up
"The way it was portrayed [by media] was totally wrong. And from what I hear from outside of this country, which really is embarrassing to me, is that our media doesn't touch the stuff. I did an interview with a guy and he was blown away every time he opens a new door, it's a whole other big story that nobody is covering. He said that this thing is like the ten-headed snake. You grab one head and the other one is ready to bite you.
"There is a story trying to go out on the Associated Press right now about oil and how that is why we're in the situation we're in right now, and the guy has submitted it, ready to go, and it's really a huge step, but it hasn't been out yet. This has been over a month that it's been submitted and it hasn't been out on the wire, so, is he gonna print it? That's a whole different thing. At least someone is willing to listen.
"This Katrina thing was handled as if it would have been Iraq. It was handled in a military way for resources, resources were the main focus, and the only difference is that the hurricane scattered people instead of bombs. There were people getting shot, there were bodies everywhere, there was destruction everywhere, and there's oil coming out of the ground like it never has before. Remind you of something else? The only difference is that we didn't have the equipment and the ability to fight back. We didn't have suicide bombers and the things that other people have.
"You get knocked out, and then you get killed. Look how easy this was to do. All the peoples' records were wiped out. Their city hall, their courthouses, their medical records, and their hospitals-all of that is gone. How easy is it to start taking people out at that point? That's the easiest thing in the world to be able to do.
"You hide it from the media, you keep the media focused on the [super] dome and the convention center, and you keep giving opinionated stories about what this picture is, and then you pull the wool over everybody's eyes. I don't know what we're doing outside of this country, but I know what I saw right here."
NOTES:
(2) Reports of as many as 70,000 body bags have been published, but have since vanished from Internet archives. In September 2005, the Modesto, California Bee and the AP reported, "The federal government is trying to purchase an additional 50,000 body bags for use in the Hurricane Katrina cleanup and in Iraq,” according to John Hassapakis, manager of Central Valley Professional Services in Modesto. "Those were sent directly to New Orleans." Previously, the Federal Emergency Management Administration purchased 25,000 body bags and shipped them to New Orleans.
(3) George W. Bush instituted a “zero tolerance” for looting in the aftermath of the flood, even if someone was “looting” “food or water.” Louisiana’s governor, Kathleen Blanco, added a “shoot to kill” order to Bush’s “zero tolerance” proclamation (see various media reports from BBC, ABC News, CNN et al). When National Guard troops from other states entered New Orleans five days after Katrina, troops aggressively pointed their rifles at black survivors who approached them while seeking aid (see People’s Hurricane Relief Fund www.peopleshurricane.org). The private military company Blackwater issued a press release stating they were in New Orleans: seewww.blackwaterusa.com/press/katrina2.asp. Reporters Jeremy Scahill and Daniela Crespo quoted Blackwater operatives in September 2005: “They say they are on contract with the Department of Homeland Security and have been given the authority to use lethal force” (www.Truthout.org).
Again, the full article, part of a series, is athttp://www.opednews.com/articles/3/o..._the_bayou.htm.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
In 1994 the style changed to fresh ... so why are rappers Hatin on the fitted look maybe it's because there that OLD!! (Cough Wu-Tang ) lol
Urban teens say baggy is out; the high-priced collegiate look is in. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
PHILADELPHIA _ When Damon ``Rick'' Davis, 16, and his buddy, Edward Bolden, 17, go shopping for clothes, they bypass the racks of big baggy jeans, oversized hooded sweat shirts, plaid flannel shirts, and other components of what has been the uniform of the urban young and hip.
Instead, they load up on colorful, collegiate-looking shirts, sweaters marked with crests, and jackets and slickers distinguished by embroidered sailboats. They also sweep up sweats, sweaters and golf shirts bearing the famous polo-player insignia. Worlds away from the wrinkled, rough-and-saggy look popularized by rappers, the teens sport their new ``phat'' fashions, pressed to a minute and fitting the way nerds would say they should. ``The baggy look is out,'' declared Davis and Bolden, both students at West Catholic High School in Philadelphia. ``This is the new thing that everybody is following,'' Bolden said, fingering the Polo shirt he was wearing. The hip-hop set has gone WASPy. Like their homies throughout the Philadelphia area and other urban centers, Davis and Bolden have given hip-hop clothes the heave-ho in favor of the pricey all-American country-club offerings by Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Ralph Lauren, Perry Ellis and Eddie Bauer. These collegiate and WASPy-looking duds, long favored by bluebloods and ambitious wannabes, are sported now in places where they've rarely gone before: rap concerts, dance halls, and inner-city high school football and basketball games. The trend has turned some urban sidewalks into rivers of preppy chic, with streetwise teens dressed as if ready to board a yacht or sail off to boarding school. ``It's unbelievable. The...
LOOK AT HOW THEY TALK ABOUT US
Hip-hop just a slick marketing gloss of ghetto life
| By Mike Seate TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, September 17, 2008 I've written before about the phenomenon of suburban white kids in Sewickley and the North Hills listening to the hardest gangsta rap, but lately, it's taken a turn for the surreal. Don't get me wrong -- music is a universal language, as they say, and I'm thrilled to watch the way songs can close gaps between disparate people and cultures. I especially enjoy the way hip-hop confuses and angers middle-aged folks who seem to conveniently forget that their parents had the same reaction to rock 'n' roll a generation before. But it's sort of strange when I stroll down my driveway for my Sunday newspapers and I hear the words "it's all good I'm do it fo' mah 'hood" thumping at 80 decibels from a high-end, imported car driven by someone who could win a Campbell Soup Kids look-alike contest. story continues below Most recently, the kids living out their mall-rat gangster fantasies are stepping up their game, so to speak, by acknowledging me, their -- ahem -- black brother, whenever they pass my place. In recent weeks, I've been greeted by an increasingly elaborate set of head nods, clenched-fist black solidarity salutes and variations on "sup, dawg?" and "what it look like, cash money?' than I care to remember. This is all fun and games, but I'm starting to wonder just what this is all about. Music writers say white suburban kids are attracted to hard-core ghetto rap because rock 'n' roll is considered older people's music. They also like rap for the same reasons their parents never missed an episode of "The Sopranos." Crime, thuggery and hypersexuality are always fascinating from a distance. A safe, middle-class distance, that is. Which is why I'm seriously considering a concept that would introduce these wannabe-Gs to the very culture they admire so much. If this suburban fascination with hip-hop continues, I'm thinking of launching a bus tour company that shuttles groups of privileged 50 Cent and Lil' Wayne fans from the hinterlands straight into the 'hoods they daydream about from the passenger seats of their parents' Lexus. Once there, in the litter and the homelessness, the petty crime and lack of economic hope, I think these kids will learn something important. They'll learn that most hip-hop is a carefully marketed exaggeration of a lifestyle lived by a few desperate people. If the kids blaring songs about "slappin' hoes and shootin' foes" on my block spent a weekend in Beltzhoover or St. Clair Village, they'd come to realize most people in these communities are just hard-working, law-abiding folks getting by day to day. They play the Daily Number, go to church and strive for better lives for their kids, just like suburban families. But I guess nobody's going to listen to a song about that. |
Judge STOPS THE LIES
Judge scraps ban on sagging jeans
A US judge has decided a law banning sagging jeans in a Florida town is unconstitutional after a teenager spent a night in jail accused of exposing too much of his underwear.
Julius Hart, 17, was charged last week after an officer said he spotted him riding his bicycle with four inches of blue and black boxer shorts revealed.
Circuit Judge Paul Moyle ruled that the law was unconstitutional based on "the limited facts" of the case.
YOUNG MONEY TAKES OVER BET AWARD BITCH!!
Anne Lu - Celebrity News Service News Writer
Atlanta, GA (CNS) - Black Entertainment Television (BET) Networks has announced this year's list of nominees for the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards. Rapper Lil' Wayne leads the pack with 12 nominations.
The "Lollipop" hitmaker has topped rap moguls Kanye West and Jay-Z with a staggering 12 nominations. West is nominated for 8 categories, while Jay-Z is nominated for 6.
Up for a sure award is industry great Russell Simmons. He will be presented with the "I Am Hip-Hop" Icon Award, which recognizes his outstanding and notable contributions to the hip-hop community.
The 3rd Annual BET Hip-Hop Awards 2008 will take place on October 18 at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center and will be aired on the network on October 23.
Comedian Katt Williams returns as host.
The list of nominees is as follows:
Best Hip Hop Video
David Banner f/ Chris Brown and Yung Joc - "Get Like Me"
Common - "I Want You"
DJ Khaled f/ Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman and
Rick Ross - "I'm So Hood" (The Remix)
Lil Wayne f/ Static - "Lollipop"
Snoop Dogg - "Sensual Seduction"
Kanye West f/ T-Pain - "Good Life"
Best Hip Hop Collabo
David Banner f/ Chris Brown and Yung Joc - "Get Like Me"
DJ Khaled f/ Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman and Rick Ross - "I'm So Hood" (The Remix)
Flo Rida f/ T-Pain - "Low"
Plies f/ Ne-Yo - "Bust It Baby Pt. 2"
Kanye West f/ T-Pain - "Good Life"
Best Live Performer:
Busta Rhymes
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Kanye West
Lyricist of the Year:
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Nas
T.I.
Kanye West
Video Director of the Year:
Gil Green
R. Malcolm Jones
Rage
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
Producer of the Year:
Akon
Bangladesh
David Banner
J.R. Rotem
The Runners
MVP of the Year
DJ Khaled
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Kanye West
Track of the Year:
"A Milli" - Lil Wayne produced by Bangladesh
"Dey Know" - Shawty Lo produced by Balis Beatz
"Good Life" - Kanye West f/ T-Pain produced by Kanye West and DJ Toomp
"Lollipop" - Lil Wayne f/ Static produced by Jim Jonsin & Deezle
"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)" - Jay-Z produced by Sean Combs & The Hitmen
CD of the Year:
Jay-Z - American Gangster
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's "The Cool"
Nas - Untitled
Kanye West - Graduation
Rookie of the Year:
Ace Hood
Flo Rida
Maino
Rocko
Shawty Lo
DJ of the Year :
DJ Drama
DJ Felli Fel
DJ Khaled
DJ Tony Neal
DJ Greg Street
Hustler of the Year:
50 Cent
DJ Khaled
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
P. Diddy
Alltel Wireless People's Champ Nominees:
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Lupe Fiasco f/ Matthew Santos - Superstar
Plies f/ Ne-Yo - Bust It Baby Pt. 2
Rick Ross f/ Nelly and Avery Storm - Here I Am
Young Jeezy f/ Kanye West - Put On
Yung Berg f/ Casha - The Business
Hottest Hip Hop Ringtone of the Year:
Flo Rida f/ T-Pain - Low
Lil Wayne f/ Static - Lollipop
Plies f/ Ne-Yo - Bust It Baby Pt. 2
Rocko - Umma Do Me
Yung Berg f/ Casha - The Business
Best UK Hip Hop Act:
Chipmunk
Dizzee Rascal
Ghetto
Giggs
Skepta
Wiley
BEST DEATH ROW PERFORMANCE EVER
I can remember watching this on TV like (I know what i wan't to do with my life!!!)
MUSIC!!!!
Paris Loses Two Dogs GROSS
Paris Hilton lost two out of her 17 dogs Wednesday night when they were attacked by wild coyotes.Apparently, the dogs were outside at night in the Celebrity Petting Zoo that is her Hollywood Hills home.
Please, don't let it be Tinkerbell! Please, NO!
Wait, so they were outside, not inside? At night? In the Hollywood Hills?
That's practically like setting the table, lighting candles and inviting the coyotes over for dinner!
Paris reportedly also owns a goat, cats, two ferrets, a chinchilla and arguably a few other exotic pets, possibly not legal in California.
It’s certainly not legal to have more than three dogs in L.A. without a breeder’s permit. After she bragged about having 17 dogs on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," the Department of Animal Services visited her home.
But nothing much came of it because she wasn't there and the house was under construction. There weren't even any dogs there. After that, the animal control officer, Captain Wendell Bowers, told The Dish Rag that he wished Paris hadn't said it on national TV because then a buncha animal rights folks heard about it and complained.
Paris was reportedly "devastated" by Wednesday night's tragic loss.
So are we.
UPDATE! People is reporting that NONE of Paris Hilton's have been eaten by coyotes. Thank heavens.
""They were at Paris's house Wednesday in her recording studio, and all the dogs were playing and looked as healthy and happy as can be," a rep for the heiress tells People. "Paris even had a doggie mansion built for them and it is very secured. "
That's nice. Anyone want to go over to her house and count the dogs just to be sure? 'Cause 17 is a lot of dogs.....
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