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We think strikes and demonstrations along with boycotts are very effective means of telling the powers that be how We The People generally feel about the management and leadership being provided for our nation.

On October 17th 2007 it was Shut It Down. On November 2nd 2007 it was Consumer Black Out. We now suggest we pick up the baton from writer Garret Keizer of Harper’s Magazine, who suggests November 6th as a date for a strike, by organizing a General Strike on Black Friday, November 23rd 2007, the day after Thanksgiving.

This is an uber powerful idea from our leader Henry T. Gandolph, Site Administrator.

Henry is a very wise man. He has come up with a solution to the quandary of when a general strike would have the most impact, and we really like the idea.

Henry says, “For the most impact, Friday, November 23rd would be the best day for a general strike! If everyone boycotts the stores it will send the whole country into a panic. If sales people refuse to work, how will they even open the stores? The whole Christmas sales season is prognosticated upon the the day after Thanksgiving sales. If We The People just withhold our holiday shopping on that day, We The People would surely get the media attention and the attention of the whole country including our political dictators. ” (They may not be 100% dictators in the classical sense but they truly love to dictate what we will do.) (more…)

Attorney at law and radio talk show personality, Warren Ballentine has proposed consumers of every race, especially blacks participate this weekend in an event he has named “The National Black Out”.

Ballentine believes a demonstration of this type is well overdue in light of the continuing disrespect, disenfranchisement and injustice perpetrated on American citizens of all races especially American blacks. It is estimated more than 700 billion dollars is spent annually by blacks on everything from low rider jeans to fashion jewelry, to cars and automotive accessories to the latest music to cosmetics including hair care products. The black dollar is a major component of the American economy. (more…)

There have been calls for a general strike from several quarters of our diverse political community. October 17th or November 6th

Garret Keizer, contributing editor for HARPER’s Magazine suggested we citizens organize to send a strong message, loud and clear to our government that what they’ve feared all along has become a reality. Why else would there be a Patriot Act?? but to protect the government from its own citizens. These laws were not imposed on the citizens of another country.

We The People are mad as hornets in a nest that’s been stirred up. We’re not gonna to take it anymore. Enough is enough! Finally! Americans are fed up with the lies. (more…)

You may have read about the idea here or in an article by Garret Keizer a contributing editor for HARPER’’s Magazine. In the October 2007 issue of the magazine Keizer makes the suggestion, one we believe is an excellent one, to hold a general strike to express our displeasure with the present administration, the congress and its policies.

Sick of it all are you? Iraq, Afghanistan where our young men and womane are dying to fill the pockets of those who already have too much? New Orleans where established families have been displaced and insurance companies cry, “I’m sorry you were not covered for those damages.” Incredulous about Jena Louisiana and the fact the town seems caught in a time warp remeniscent of 1937 Dixie?

Do you feel helpless to affect change in policies? There is something You can do. Express your disapproval of the system. Get the attention of the powers that be. All of us. Black white, Latino, Asian, Native Americans, immigrants legal and illegal. Workers, middle management, blue collar, white collar, laborers, low level executives. ALL OF US! You do not need to go anywhere to participate you can do this from you hometown, or your place of work.

SHUT IT DOWN OCTOBER 17, 2007!

We are plagued with unjust sentencing of juveniles and adults regardless of ethnicity. Our elderly face declining healthcare services with exorbitant prices for treatment and necessary drugs. Corporations no longer are beholding to the people who make it possible for executives to make 500 or 600 times what the average working stiff earns annually. Our children are in need of health insurance coverage as well as a decent education in order to perform basic reading and math to get them through a lifetime. If you are dissatisfied with restrictive laws, police brutality and security guards gone rabid, with so called security to provide the illusion of homeland security….you need to SHUT IT DOWN OCTOBER 17, 2007! (more…)

Recently a friend sent this to us in an email. We’ve been fans of George Carlin’s for a very long time. With all the insanity taking place daily in our world we thought it appropriate to publish the words written by the comedian, known as “The Greatest Living Stand-up Comedian” George Carlin, whose wife recently died.

In this piece George, always the clever wordsmith, reminds us to take note of the important things in life. We hope you will agree and try to put into practice his suggestions. We bring you A wonderful Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. W e have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. (more…)

When those high powered executives from Aetna, Pepsi and FedEx gathered for Earl Graves’, the renowned publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine and sponsor of the 14th annual golf and tennis event in Miami, Florida earlier this month they had no idea that while attending the sold out event they would witness Graves taking a stand to end cultural disrespect and regression. (more…)

This is dedicated to President George Walker Bush, Governor Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana, the District Attorney, J. Reed Walters of La Salle Parish with jurisdiction over Jena, Louisiana; and the members of the School Board for La Salle Parish, Louisiana. This also goes out to everyone who has the authority to make decisions that critically affect lives on a daily basis.

Carefully read the words and consider the question:
Whom do you serve?

You may be an ambassador to England or France,
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance,
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world,
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody. (more…)

Congratulations to the the Allan Hancock College football team. The Bulldogs defeated West Hills of Coalinga in a match that left the Hancock opponents devastated 41-24.

Led by sophomore runningback Andre Cirino, of Staten Island, New York, the (more…)

During the 15 minute court proceeding in front of a federal judge in a Virginia courthouse suspended Atlanta Falcons’ star quarterback Michael Vick entered a plea of guilty to federal conspiracy charges.

Following the legal appearance Vick went before world media to address his behavior over the past several months, apologize for his deception, announce his religious conversion and ask to be forgiven by his myriad fans. (more…)

No decision has yet been issued by National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell in the matter concerning the federal indictment of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.

Vick and 3 other defendants have been charged with conspiring to engage in competitive dogfighting, procuring and training pit bulls for fighting and conducting the enterprise across state lines.

Reports indicate Commissioner Goodell is waiting for a reportto be asubmitted by hired observers, a group led by former deputy U.S. attorney general Eric Holder.

Roger Goodell has the authority, based on his newly implemented personal conduct policy; a regulation which supercedes the former violent crime policy, to impose upon Vick a suspension which could be effective coincidental to any prison sentence prescribed by the federal court in Virginia or following Vick’s release from law enforcement custody.

Vick is expected to appear before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson to make a formal guilty plea on Monday August 27, 2007.