Mississippi Burning

[lala_rawraw]

I had never seen it before, but good god, tell me this is not the Republican party as it stands today defending like a clique of bigots the actions of this administration in the face of Katrina victims. Does this sound familiar: "atheists, commies, un-american, etc." vs.
"Christian pride." And this is our legacy. Sorry, just had to post something on this.

Learn more: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/price&bowers/price&bowers.htm

[shraby]

1. That is an excellent movie and very true to the times.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Excellent movie! Have seen it over 6 times! N/T

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

3. I've seen Mississippi Burning many, many times but something hit

me tonight that I never noticed before. Dialogue between Willem Dafoe's character and Gene Hackman's character when they're discussing what they need to do. It went something like this: Dafoe: "These people crawled out of a sewer." Hackman: "Then maybe we should be in the gutter."

That particular exchange of dialogue in Mississippi Burning sums up the way I feel about the present administration.

In order to win back the House and the Senate this fall, the Democrats better be prepared to go "to the gutter" because at least as far as I'm concerned Bush, Cheney and the entire present-day Republican Party did crawl out of a sewer.

In another note, it still blows me away after all these years that the town Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for President was Philadephia, MS...

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[lala_rawraw]

6. I don't speak for Raw Story, nor am I on the editorial side

I am on the news side, as such, I have said what I can and I will let others be the judge. I really do not understand your absolute harassment and hatred of me... I mean everywhere you post lies and ugly statements, even when something happened at the site that I have no control over, you blamed it on me as you do now. At some point, this excessive attacking and harassment can be called stalking, don't you think? Hate you know about, that is for sure. Beyond that, I have seen little to find of value in your statements that are honest or respectful. It is ego with you and you know it. But feel free to "get the dogs out" like you did last time, because nothing says progressive/liberal like a hit squad of lies and smears. I really have asked you over and over to stop attacking me. I have asked you privately and I have asked you publicly. If I am not making myself clear, let me say again: I have no interest in discussing anything with you, for any reason, and at any time. I don't have to explain myself to you and I frankly don't care what your thoughts are on me, although you have this habit of posting your Lalalala-hate everywhere you go. I don't know you, nor do I want to. I see nothing of value in your comments and I see nothing honest in your intentions, all of this I have privately written to you. I have yet to attack anyone for their beliefs, religious or non-religious. So your hate-a-thon and obsession with stalking me is really becoming a very sick and twisted thing that has to stop, I mean it. I don't know how many times and how many ways I have asked you to not address me, not bother me, not contact me. I don't care if you continue to smear me up and down, as you have done. Just leave me alone!!! Is that clear enough yet???

[symbolman]

7. WHO is smearing YOU personally?

Was it not YOU tho who responded as a spokesperson for RS? That is what I was asking.

I do not smear you nor do I stalk you, if I appear on RS threads it is to point out hypocrisy of the WEBSITE, and that means THE WEBSITE..

YOU my dear are the one who follows me around when I post about RS and screams that I am somehow defaming YOU.

Not true. But if you do make a Statement for the site as a spokesperson then am I to believe that you don't have anything to do with it?

I got nothing against you, don't care what you do either.

But as RS pulled another Boner today, was that NEWS or not?

This is maybe where I'm confused, because in the end it's really NOT NEWS at all is it? It's a Mistake.

To repeat I do NOT personally have anything against YOU, just the rag you work for. Put me on ignore, don't answer my stupid statements, I have no "attack dogs" to release.. If I question your site and you respond it would seem to me that it's You that I answer to, would it not?

Nevermind. Don't answer that. Don't talk to me, that will resolve everything.

But I don't appreciate being made a yo yo by false and misleading stories, by RS or any other site. Believe me, if Buzzflash writes BS, I let them know, or Daily KOS or TPM, etc.. I just wonder WHO would report that Rove was a Target today at RS only to find out he's NOT. (and he may still be, but I'll believe it when I see it) Guess I'll write to the nutty editor that posts the bigotted stories.

Sorry if you misinterpreted my asking you as a representative of RS why the hell they are wrong so much, thought that was News.

[symbolman]

5. Gonna let this die as usual?

No answer?

I've seen this so many times before - if you're caught with your hands in the cookie jar you just drop the subject and you THINK it goes away, it doesn't, it's cumulative.

BTW, we've figured out how Raw Story goes about making sure there's no "PROOF" that they said or did something that doesn't pass the smell test, and we are going to write a little blockbuster about it.

We've got the goods and we're gonna let the public figure it out.