Vetwife stood up for civil Righs in a redneck Resturant just now !

[vetwife]

I just got mad at a local BB-Q house where a lovely black couple (elderly) waited and awaited for service. My husband and I were getting madder by the minutes as couple after couple was waited on and then I got up demanded service and whispered, "I am about to pitch a fit if you don't wait on those folks real quick, you got about 5 seconds. They took the folks order and the black couple called me over and thanked me. I would not move until they were served. I gave them my Take it Back CD and said Spread it around. They kept thanking me. I would have been as guilty as the ones doing the ignoring had I not done something.
Upon leaving, I told the management I would not be back and I and then told them I spoke everywhere. They would not get good publicity from me.
I told the kind elderly couple to listen to CD and , I try to practice what I preach ! They had tears and I ws still mad at the ownership !
Just made me feel like was in the 60's all over again !


http://cafeshops.com/focusgroupnow.9200633
Take it Back

[salin]

1. good for you for standing up.

may I ask in what region of the country this occurs? Some folks think that this level of overt racism no longer exists in this country... but it rears its ugly head in all corners.

[Metatron]

2. Well done!

[vetwife]

3. Red Red State of Rural Ga.

Funny, they asked me if I was from around here and I said yes, I am taking it back ! The couple laughed. I said, Help us Take it Back !

[Must_B_Free]

39. i'm really starting to hate GA.

it's the most facist state in the union

[vetwife]

40. Oh its ridiculous. ! You must live here LOL !

[doni_georgia]

53. What restaurant, so I will be sure not to go there?

I'm on the southside of Atlant (far southeast suburb). You really need a passport once you go south of I285!

[keithyboy]

46. This shit is happening all over the coutnry. "The tone is set at the top!"

Same kind of tone and agenda was set when Ronnie was elected and it has just gotten worse. Carter and Clinton tried to make a difference but the inbred racism in this country is just too powerful. I am ashamed of most of my relatives, even the one who is in Iraq right now. He just wanted a chance to be able to kill....well, I won't even go there.

[Bozita]

4. Standing and applauding!

Thanks for standing up for all Americans.

[Career Prole]

5. You go, girl!!!!

Hooray for Vetwife!!!!
:toast:

[reprehensor]

34. I second that! n/t

[bemildred]

6. Bravo. nt

[Poor Richard]

7. Outstanding!!

you are a fine american!

[beanball]

61. you are

a great human being.One of God's commandants is love one another.

[Kanary]

8. I salute ya, sistah!

What to even say.......... we've all been waaay too complicit....... With your permission, I'm going to share your storey, as it's a poignant reminder to us all what we need to be doing.

What makes me really sad is how grateful that couple felt........ gives a sense of just how much of this they have endured in silence.

Where's that hats-off emoticon when you need it? :)

:hug:

Kanary

[vetwife]

24. Kanary..You go right ahead ! Share..We got to take it Back !

These rednecks around here and this activist drew lines in the sand a long time ago ! Share..I want everyone to Take it Back ! It our country and that is why I don't stand and pledge because there is no equal justice for all. ! Hubb fought with 101st in Nam, he don't pledge alligence over the Equal Justice line either.

[Kanary]

29. The "Take It Back" Club

:) :hi: :)

I *like* it!

A friend talked the other day about how we've lost our sense of being "our brother's keeper". "As you do unto the least of these......"

Here's the BAckbone Award to you, and here's to the start of the "Take It Back" Club!

:toast:

Kanary

[Catshrink]

9. Awesome!

vetwife: :yourock:

[Just Me]

10. Here's hug in appreciation,...

:hug:

Way to go, "vetwife"!!! :thumbsup:

[NJCher]

11. bless you, vetwife

Cher

[TacticalPeek]

12. Ooorah!

Liberty - use it or lose it!

Right on, vetwife.

[LeahMira]

13. Thank You!

So often I see things happening and I'm so taken back that I can't think what to do until it's too late. Good for you for thinking fast and doing the right thing. Feel proud of yourself!

[playahata1]

14. Good for you!

If THAT had happened with MY grandparents -- who are also in their 70s -- God knows what I would have done.

I remember you mentioning that you live in Georgia. What part of Georgia? My grandparents and my mother are from that state. Peace.

[Kali]

15. EXCELLENT!

For folks who don't think this is still going on....GOOD JOB VETWIFE!

[vetwife]

18. Thank all of you..and I am in Temple Georgia..really redneck !

Been fighting the editor too !

[molly]

16. You do us proud!

and there is a place for you beyond. Those yo-yos can - well, you know!

THANKYOU!!!! It's still a battle and it will get worse before it gets better.

[ewagner]

17. BRAVO!

<Give standing ovation!>

You took it back!

Ooops! forgot one of these!1 :hug:

[progressivebydesign]

19. I love instant activism! And.. having a good heart!

Good for you! I love doing things like that for people, I know there are so many of us out there fighting the good fight.

At our dinner table every night, my husband and our 12 year old go over the days events with a round of "highs, lows, comment, and nice-thing-I-did-for-someone-todays". I'd say you have a GREAT "nice-thing-I-did-today" to share at our table anytime!

[vetwife]

20. Thank all of you..Hubby did the same thing at VA couple months back !

But he practically got kicked out of the VA. Ask him if he cares?

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. Well-done

[Fleshdancer]

22. I'm pissed off just reading about it!

Vetwife, it's people like you and your husband that make this country a better place. Thank-you.

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. Thank you.

*

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

25. Thankyou....n/t

[wellstone dem]

26. You took it back

Thank you for reminding me that we all take it back one action at a time. Thank you.

This story reminds me of a story my Dad told me. When he was in the South before being sent overseas in WWII he was riding a bus either to or from the base. An elderly black woman got on the bus, and my Dad (to be)--a North Dakota farm boy who had learned his manners-- stood up to give her his seat. The bus driver yelled at him to "sit down!" Dad remained standing until the woman said, "Don't make no trouble for me white boy." My Dad sat down and then got off at the next stop and walked the remaining miles back to camp.

[vetwife]

28. You had a Great Daddy ! That story Rocks !

[never cry wolf]

27. Kudos on ya!!

Thank you very much!

[Padraig18]

30. God bless you!

If more Americans would stand up for what is right, decent and proper, America would be immeasurably better off!

:thumbsup:

[vetwife]

31. The Take it Back Club !

Now that inspires me ! Got a call from WTVU and an email from the MOBB (Mainstream Moms oppose Bush) and that Take it Back CD may get put in all of their kits. That is good news because I take the proceeds and give to Skinner and Guy James. Let us hope !

[Straight Shooter]

32. "you got about 5 seconds" -- That's terrific!

Most people would give them one minute. Way to go, vetwife. You are a class act.

I hope the patrons of that restaurant recognize courage when they see it.

[vetwife]

33. LOL I tell the truth and I said 5 seconds..and I meant it !

She ran to the table and I felt so sorry for the couple who had their heads dropped as I was seething ! I could not believe how thankful they were, the lady said, I guess we would still be sitting here if ya'll had not said something.
It didn't take the waitress but about 4..I was about to pull a Norma Rae and anybody on this site ..ask Marie 333 or Catwoman knows I am capable of it..More likely than not to do that ! I appreciate all of your encouragements because when any one of us do things like this, we do it for all of us ! I was standing there but DU was behind me.

[Gato Moteado]

35. great job!

keep on exposing racists and racism when you see it. racism, and other types of bigotry, must be exposed and the perpetrators humiliated.

sounds like the bbq joint near you is owned by freepers.

[Tamiati]

36. I am not alone!!

Sometimes here in redneck SD, you begin to feel like no one has the same values you do anywhere, thanks for sharing your story. It gives me the fuel I need to keep keeping on with my activism.

Bring back the 60's! Too young then to participate, fully prepared now!

Keep keeping on with your style vet-girl.

[jeffrey_X]

37. Outstanding!!

nm

[UrbScotty]

38. This is why we have hope.

Everyday people doing things like this are like marbles in a pond.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

41. Great job...

But I would have told them to leave. If they're going to get treated like that, that restaurant doesn't deserve their hard earned money.
Duckie

[Penndems]

42. You embody the qualities that make this a great country

Americans - REAL Americans - take a stand when they see injustice, bigotry and wrongdoing.

Bravo, and God Bless You, my dear! :bounce:

[yardwork]

43. Thank you! I have tears in my eyes reading your post!

I've seen this happen in North Carolina and I have insisted that African-American people ahead of me in line be waited on when it is their turn, but I've never actually pitched a fit, and now I am inspired to do so!

I hope I don't have to do this - I keep hoping I've seen the last of overt racism at the very least - but if it happens again I'm ready!

[vetwife]

44. It is just plain not right ! We have to stand for whats right !

I tell you, this must be affirmative access that Bush kept talking about..
It sure is not affirmative action !

affirmative access = predjudice and bigotry, something that just is not any type of equality !

[vetwife]

45. I say again.. Thank all of you. You good folks give me courage and

inspiration to just step up to the plate. We the people ALL OF THE PEOPLE is what we are fighting for. Everywhere. We can't go backwards ! Hats off to all of you sweet and kind people !

[Gloria]

47. YO, that's great!!! Time to take it to 'em!

Great job!!!!!

[HootieMcBoob]

48. It does feel like the 60s all over again

you would think that we would learn from our mistakes. Thanks for doing the right thing.

[fudge stripe cookays]

49. Don't nobody mess wit' our Vetwife!

Good going again, honey!

This latest from the woman who verbally bitch-slapped Katherine Harris on national TV.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the company of a celcebrity! And I for one, am VERY PROUD!

FSC

[Darth_Kitten]

50. Hot Damn!! Way to Go!!!!

You clearly made a difference!!! :thumbsup: :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

51. excellent!

Take the battle of racism to the streets! It's those little battles that win the war.

[Robbien]

52. This story makes me both proud and sad

Sad that this kind of thing still happens. And so proud of you for taking a stand to correct it.

Vetwife you Rock!

[UTUSN]

54. Thank You - And It Always Seems to Be BBQ Places

During the Wingnut witchhunt of CLINTON, I was in line at one I had never been to before and there was a bulletin board with cartoons. Natcherly, they were almost all on the theme of Hillary-is-a-***** and Bill is whipped. I was engrossed with a deadly (and not laughing) concentration. When I turned to the front the owner or whoever was staring at me. From the look he got from me he KNEW I would never be back and that I would tell everybody.

[Liberal_Dog]

55. That Is So Great

I would like to think that this kind of thing wouldn't happen anymore, but I guess that is just wishful thinking.

[JayS]

56. IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU...

...that make it very difficult for overt racism to survive. Good job! :)

[vetwife]

57. Thanks Fudge..she knows me from long time back..I just want to

treat folks with respect as I wish to be treated. My name is Amanda Kato and I do want equality. I stand on my principles because sometimes that is all we have to stand on. There are just some things we cannot compromise. I hate hypocracy and I hate inequality and until we get that Liberty and Justice for All down pat, I rebel.

[kimchi]

58. Right on, Vetwife!

Thanks for doing the right thing when you could have been apathetic like many Americans. And for the reminder that we just have to get involved in large and small ways to take it back.

[catzies]

59. You are awesome.

What a good thing you did. Bless you honey. :hug:

[vetwife]

60. After reading your posts, I must say

I felt humbled. There is a visualization to this picture. Imagine and for those in Georgia or most anywhere in rural southern states know this picture. Picture a little resturant that serves BBQ and steaks and catfish. Imagine it being small and nothing fancy. Imagine still, the aroma of bbq cooking and few customers, as it was only 6 PM. All white. No beer or wine is served, so there is no excuse that someone was a little tanked and overlooked the only African Americans in a place that looked like white rice.

The little frail woman and man sat down and looked around. They were not even talking. They were just waiting. The frail old gentlemen pulled out a pack of camels and lit a cigarette. Not wanting to make a fuss, he keeps noticing the waitresses buzzing from about two tables. There were a few folks in the non smoking area too but they had their own waitress. As they waitress filled our tea, and left our table, I was sure she had found time to run off to that table and take an order. People..white people gawking at the black elderly couple as the black couple held their heads hung low. I look to my husband as two couples walked in and sat right beside the black couple. The are waited on immediately.
Then a second family appears. Same thing. About the same time. I told my husband, I am about to make a scene if they don't get waited on. He said, "If you don't I will." He was just thinking the same thing as me.

I sit there and observed a couple of more minutes. I urgently removed myself from my chair. Not slowly pushed back but like there was a fire in the place. That is when I approached the lady and made my statement. Keep in mind my husband would have been loud enough for everyone to hear and we may have all gone to jail and I think that is why I got the nod. This has made me feel ashamed that this type of thing goes on un noticed and unattentive everyday. We have to wake up and pay attention to the injustices. We just have to. and that is the rest of the story ! God Bless YOU ALL !
T A K E I T B A C K !

http://cafeshops.com/focusgroupnow.9200633
If you wish to order..proceeds go to DU and The Guy James Show
My narration of getting out the vote and Taking it back ! Visit my site at above link !

[slor]

62. You are a noble person indeed!

And your hubby!

[IkeWarnedUs]

63. Here is the international equivilant of that

I just came across this story in LBN. There are no replys and it is headed for the archives.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x604949

90 days to stop disaster in Africa
Mail & Guardian online 6/5/04

A huge operation to tackle the world's worst unfolding humanitarian crisis will swing into action today following a warning that up to 300 000 people in Sudan could die within months even if essential aid gets through.

The United Nations will launch a 90-day emergency programme after securing promises of funds from the US and other countries at a conference in Geneva.

The UN on Friday described a developing catastrophe in the region of Darfur and said the relief effort was crucial "to avoid massive death and starvation".

International aid agencies blame the scale of the crisis on the neglect of the international community and the obstruction by the Sudanese government of aid efforts.

<snip>

Andrew Natsios, head of USaid, a government agency, told the conference, which was held in private: "If we get relief in, we could lose a third of a million. If we do not, it could be a million."

<snip>

Jan Egeland, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, admitted the response to the crisis had been too slow and a further $96-million was needed for the remainder of this year.

"This is no wish list. This is exactly what it would take to avoid massive death and starvation," he said in an interview on Friday. "If we don't get it all, so many people will perish. It is as dramatic as that."

link: http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=67462

I've been hearing this on BBC and many, many international news outlets.

If 350,000 people in England were about to die from starvation it would be all over every news broadcast. If 1 million Austrailians (not to Aborigonies) were in danger it would be a world wide crisis. And if thousands (much less hundreds of thousands or millions) of Americans were in danger, we would be looking at 24/7 CNN coverage and emergency sessions of Congress.

But if it is Sudan the reaction is "too slow" to save 350,000 people. They have already been written off. The town I live in is about 45,000 people. It would take 6 or 7 of the local suburbs to make up 350,000 people. Think about how many peiple in your area it would take to make up 350,000. All dead. Even if the aid comes through.

How dare the US spend Billions (with a capital B) on "reconstruction" in Iraq and not come up with the $96 million to save hundreds of thousands of people. Fuck who gave what. If the US can declare war unilaterally (or damn near) then why can't we provide relief (damn near) unilaterally? Our defense budget now over $400,000 billion. Less than 1/400,000th of the defense budget would keep HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM DYING OF STARVATION! Not to give them oil wells and pipelines. Not to give them a Democratic government. Not to improve their way of life.

To give them life. Just to let them live.

I am proud of vetwife. Thank you so much for doing what you did. Change, like politics, is all local.

Just don't loose sight of the big picture.

[psychopomp]

64. Well done!

WTF is wrong with people sometimes? Racist hate is sickening.

[noiretextatique]

65. that couple could have been my parents

i would go ballistic if somebody treated them that way :grr: they had tears in their eyes because many people would do NOTHING, except feel bad about doing nothing later...such is the power of the law of silence about "it."
you did a good, vetwife :hi: