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Friday, February 17, 2012

Is this Alabama today? Alabama tomorrow? Alabama forever?

There is a mean spirit on the lose, not only in Alabama but in America, and that's what makes this election so important~Alabama State Senator Hanks Sanders (D.Selma) to CNN's Anderson Cooper when asked about his "race baiting robo call to democratic voters".

Senator Hank Sanders warning has come to pass, there is mean spirit on the lose, especially in Sweet Home Alabama. Pubic education, public school teachers, labor unions,voting rights, women, children and immigrants, are under constant and sustained attack from the red, republican,  Alabama state legislature, led by Governor Robert I will Eff Up the State for free Bentley.  You get what you pay for, or in this case, what you don't pay for.

 Alabama has one black Congressional representative out of seven, and it is driving some people crazy.  Some people refer to it Gerrymandering, and, hemming up black voters because although racism is dead (yeah right), blacks are too dumb to make electoral decisions for themselves.    They need white people to tell them who should represent them in Congress.   I guess they've forgotten how, and why, the 7th Congressional District came to pass.  But they certainly haven't forgotten, or forgiven, the black man responsible for it's creation.

The Voting Rights Act is not re segregating the south, the GOP is re segregating the south.  Republicans are using the redistricting process and passing tough Voter ID laws, to undermine minority voting power, suppress the vote, and ensure their parties dominance.  Why?  Because it's the only way they can win.

So here we go again...marching from the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement (Selma, AL), to the cradle of the Confederacy (Montgomery, AL) for the right to vote, immigrants rights, workers rights and education.  The five day march, sponsored by the National Action Network, the Congressional Black Caucus, the AFL-CIO, and other Civil Rights Organizations, will begin on March 4th, in remembrance of Bloody Sunday, culminating with a rally on March 9th in Montgomery.

All roads lead to the closing rally at Dexter Ave. Baptist Church, located in the shadow of the Cradle of the Confederacy, tomorrow, today and forever?

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