Maxine Waters is rocking the HOUSE!

[Horse with no Name]

CSPAN now.
Talking about the poverty in America and how the right wing--including Fox--including the attitudes of people like Barbara Bush and the attitudes that marginalize this as an issue!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. Thanks for the heads up! :) eom

[Horse with no Name]

2. "I wouldn't be worth my salt if I did not stand up to these atrocities"

:yourock:

[RSchewe]

3. The CBC for that matter.

I tuned in since Conyers and Brown and they been at it since.

[me b zola]

15. Darn straight!

I saw your thread so I ran in the other room to watch! :)

I turned the t.v. on when the acting speaker of the House was trying to keep Corrine Brown from mentioning how Dick & Halliburton are profiting from the no-bid contracts. Wow!!

The CBC was on fire!!!!


I am not familiar with Author Davis. Do you have any background on him??

[Lindsay]

4. I suppose it's too much to hope

that some Boosh flunky is making a DVD of her speech.

Maxine Waters speaks for me!

[calimary]

17. She's one of my personal faves!

She gives 'em all hell. Which they deserve.

I GREATLY admire Maxine Waters. Every so often I call her office and tell her so.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. I am so crazy about her. When I come back in my lifetime I think

I want to become a woman member of the Black Caucus. Go Maxine!!!!

[Horse with no Name]

6. I submit to you when you have attitudes of people like Barbara Bush,

the deputies that shot the heads over the people at the bridge,
allows the racism to perpetuate. (paraphrased)
She is thankful she has found her courage.
She is grateful that she has resigned and resolved that this congress will hear this day in and day out.
She will be in the faces of people who make policy.
The President is in her face.
Halliburton stole money in Iraq and they are in our face about it.

[faithnotgreed]

11. sounds wonderful - thanks for the details

[marions ghost]

14. Examples of racist "attitude" that Maxine used...

--Barbara Bush statement "They were underprivil;eged, so this is working very well for them"

--Baker "We couldn't do anything to improve public housing in New Orleans but God did it for us."

--Guardsmen on the bridge who fired gunshots over the people and took their water and food from them to make them go back into the city so they couldn't go into the suburbs.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. Another hero of mine! Cynthia McKinney! nt

[texpatriot2004]

8. Is there a link? n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. It's being streamed on C-Span 1 online or if you have cable.

http://c-span.com there is a link towards the bottom of the page.

[RSchewe]

10. It was live on C-SPAN, tune in.

Maybe you can watch the achive online later on cspan.org

[texpatriot2004]

12. Yes, she is. Thanks for the link. n/t

[marions ghost]

13. everyone should see the replay of this speech

Maxine is on fire with appropriate indignation

She said that she and others in Congress have been silenced by the Neo-Cons when they tried to talk about issues of race, class, and poverty.

[OneBlueSky]

16. wonder if her comments will make it into the Congressional Record ... n/t

.

[Horse with no Name]

18. I don't know.

Will be interesting to read, especially where they kept asking about parliamentary inquiries because they were told they couldn't talk about Cheney's affiliation with Halliburton.