Is This is My Country? #WarOnWhites

#ferguson Hey, @TIME This US citizen throwing gas can back at police while draped flag is THE PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2014 pic.twitter.com/IhB9JN0HbI
— LiNCOLN PARK (@linc0lnpark) August 14, 2014

It's important for people to understand that the man is this photo was throwing it BACK at police who shot it at him.~Antonio French

Some people don't think we have the right

To say it's my country

Before they give in they would rather fuss and fight

Than say it's my country

I've paid 300 years or more

Of slave driving sweat and welts on my back

This is my country

Too many have died in protecting my pride

For me to go second class

We've survived a hard blow, and I want you to know

That you must face us at last

And I know you will give consideration

Shall we perish unjust or live equal as a nation

This is my country

This is my country, The Impressions (Curtis Mayfield)

Some people think we don't have the right To say it's my country Before they give in, they'd rather fuss and fight Than say it's my country I've paid three hundred years or more Of slave driving, sweat, and welts on my back This is my country

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This Is My Country The Impressions (Curtis Mayfield)

Source: http://lyrics-a-plenty.com/t/this_is_my_country.lyrics.php

Some people think we don't have the right To say it's my country Before they give in, they'd rather fuss and fight Than say it's my country I've paid three hundred years or more Of slave driving, sweat, and welts on my back This is my country

Source: http://lyrics-a-plenty.com/t/this_is_my_country.lyrics.php

KKK Photobombed

This isn't very recent, since it's actually a couple of years old, but I think the idea really is timeless. Meet their hatred with child-like enthusiasm, laugh it up together and have a great time in the face of supremacy separatists. They like to march around all uniformed and jackbooted, but a fun-filled greeting to them harkens back to the days when pretty young girls stuck flowers down soldiers' gun barrels as a call to peace, not war.

Credit: Americans Against the Tea Party

Motor City Slowdown Protests Emergency Management: Does EM Even Work?

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A look at a survey by Marketing Resource Group-Inside Michigan Politics shows that "59 percent of likely Detroit voters either strongly oppose or somewhat oppose Gov. Rick Snyder's appointment of Emergency Financial Manager Kevin Orr, while 41 percent strongly or somewhat support it." Of course, surveying 600 residents in a pool of 5.2 million is hardly representative. But who did the survey and for what purpose is even more revealing: it's done by a political research group whose head, Tom Shields, speculated that "the results could mean more inner-city votes for Snyder if Orr succeeds in turning around Detroit's troubled finances."
Is there any irony in a governor who removed the right of voters to select their own leaders seeking the votes of the very people he disenfranchised?
Here's the actual survey question asked: "Last week, Governor Snyder appointed an Emergency Financial Manager to try to balance Detroit's books and bring the city out of a financial crisis. Emergency Managers have sweeping powers to overrule the mayor and city council, as well as unilaterally amend or cancel city employee union contracts. Detroit unions and city elected officials fear the State will privatize city public services, eliminate public sector jobs and usurp local authority. State officials say that an Emergency Manager is required because the city has implemented few reforms and is reluctant to take necessary steps to bring its finances under control. Do you support or oppose an Emergency Financial Manager for the city of Detroit? (IF FAVOR/OPPOSE ASK: Do you strongly (support/oppose) it or just somewhat (support/oppose) it?)"