The KKK has threatened Heather Ellis,who faces 15 years for cutting line at Walmart.

This was in a e-mail I got.

Dr. Boyce Watkins
www.BoyceWatkins.com

Hey family,

as you know, I sent you an email the other day about the case of Heather Ellis, a young woman in Kennett, MO who is now facing 15 years in prison for cutting line at a local Walmart. My assistant Shauntay told me about the case after seeing Heather's plea for support on local television down in Memphis, TN. As the father of a college student, I can readily empathize with what her family must be feeling.

I reached out to CNN, who agreed to cover the case (the video is here is you want to see it: http://blip.tv/file/2723952). The KKK has gotten involved, threatening Heather and her family when they were going to hold a rally in town. The head of the NAACP in the area, Rev. Jessie Bonner, informed me that he received some resistance when attempting to file permits for the rally, and he believes that many of the town's officials might be colluding to violate the civil rights of many African Americans.

Also, we discussed the issue on AOL Black Voices, and I spoke with Rev. Al Sharpton, who found the case very interesting (I'll speak to Rev. Sharpton and Rev. Jackson this week to get their takes). I've got some ideas on how we can use this terrible situation as an opportunity to achieve lasting change in the system (I welcome your ideas that you can share on the support form for Heather's case). Injustice against African Americans is like having 10 million roaches in your house - you can't kill them all one by one - you need a wider blast radius to clean the entire house.

I have 3 objectives in this case:

1) To help this young student - She deserves our support. But the many emails I receive every day are reminders that Heather is not the only one who needs our help.

2) To get the US Justice Department to investigate all of the cases tried by Stephen Sokoloff, the prosecutor in Heather's case. Sokoloff has been accused of unleashing harsh and unfair treatment on people of color in this county for a long time. Whether this is true or not should be determined by an independent third party.

3) Further push the bigger issue to the United States Justice Department in hopes that we can convince them to create broader and more effective infrastructure to investigate violations of civil rights that are occurring throughout the country.

My heart cries for every mother who emails me about how the justice system has unfairly taken the life of her child. Many people plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit primarily because they have inadequate counsel, no money and have been threatened with a massive sentence if they choose to fight the charges (it's happened several times in my own family). This is hardly a humane way to administer justice.

If you would like to help Heather, please visit www.SaveHeatherEllis.com and sign the petition. The signatures will be submitted to the Attorney General of Missouri and the Attorney General of the United States. We will also put forth other initiatives before her trial date on November 18th. If you have legal or other expertise that you would like to lend, please let us know on the submission form. Perhaps if we work together, we can make a difference - but I certainly can't do much by myself - I really need all the help you can offer.

God bless you and take care,

Dr. Boyce
www.YourBlackWorld.com

Why we never ever bring up Hitler, never

Jed Lewison of Daily Kos got this from the National Republican Congressional Committee Twitter feed:



The page they link to features a depiction of Adolf Hitler (who they call "a famous progressive", furious that "ObamaCare" will allow people to remain with private insurance plans if they so choose. And the punchline that the GOP's congressional wing finds so funny?

"Not to worry, Adolf. Chairman Zero's goals are the same as your own: absolute slavery to state for everyone."

Yes the right is calling the President a Fascist/Socialist.Funny in the real world both do not go together. Then the right always says that they would never bring up Hitler, well there's photographic proof.Did I say that this is from the National Republican Congressional Committee's twitter?

BTW, a very strange thing happened, the page mysteriously disappeared.As we know there is no proof that the Republicans put out the Obama is Hitler meme, right?

today's news

Maybe he should stop reading The New York Post.

How Noble of you

The reason why the President won the Nobel Peace Prize was primarily he wasn't Bush.

"Ain't no pimpin' like whitefolk pimpin'"

First, the title is in quotations which means that someone actually said it.Second, it wasn't me.The guy that said it was a real pimp by the name of Mr.Whitefolks.He resembles Bob Hope and dresses outrageously.BTW, he's also white.He was one of the featured pimps in HBO's "Pimps up,Ho's Down".Funny, he don't look like James Keefe.

Recently when Hannah Giles and James Keefe did their ACORN sting they dressed like a Hollywood version of a prostitute and a pimp... thirty years ago.They made up a imaginary story about prostitution.Many people on Progressive blogs were outraged at ACORN .Government funding was cut by Republicans over the "imaginary prostitution".

A few days ago Sen. Al Franken introduced legislation that would prosecute government contractors that participate in rape or prostitution.As you can guess a majority of the Republicans voted against it. When it comes to real prostitution the right is quiet . Don't believe me, well let me introduce you to Dennis Hof.

Dennis is a pimp, frequent FOX guest and owner of the Bunny Ranch, the largest bordello in Nevada.Dennis resembles Archie Bunker right down to the cigar in his mouth and membership in the Republican Party.He has a directory of over 500 women.He offered a virgin's services to the highest bidder. He even offered a "anal virgin" as well.From Geraldo to Sean Hannity many shows were filmed at the ranch.Some brothels stocks are even traded on the stock market.It's safe to say that Dennis Hof has pimped hundreds, if not thousands of women.Did I mention his HBO TV series and web site?Like Dennis says ,"there's no business like ho business."

So let's review, the right boycotts and stops funding for a group because of imaginary rapes and imaginary pimping.

The rights politicians,media outlets, and others support legislation that doesn't outlaw rape or prostitution.

One media outlet of the right supports one of the largest pimps in America , if not the world .Someone should call FOX out for their hypocrisy.



"Ain't no pimpin' like whitefolk pimpin'"

WTF, is up with Australians?

I guess where Rupert's from making fun of black people is wholesome fun.So what is offensive, making fun of a deceased personality so soon, showing lack of respect for a culture, or the blackface? I would say all three especially the blackface.There is no white equivalent of what was done.

Democrats will finally get Medieval on their ...

From The Rachel Maddow Show:

"We can report exclusively tonight, that two major power brokers on the left have told MSNBC that they are encouraging a Senate strategy now, in which the leadership would revoke chairmanships and other leadership positions from any Democrat who sides with a Republican filibuster to block a vote on health reform."



"Regardless of how individual senators would vote ultimately on the bill, committee chairmen or subcommittee chairmen who allowed Republicans to force a 60-vote requirement for passing health care...under this type of strategy would be in danger of losing their chairmanships."



"That would be the Senate equivalent of busting a Lieutenant Colonel down to Private."



"This is cracking heads time in the Democratic Party right now. This is arm-twisting, vote-counting, "are you a real Dem" time for the proponents of health reform."


Excerpts from Daily Kos diary Maddow Blockbuster: "This is Cracking Heads Time"
by MeMeMeMeMe


Hopefully the President will finally kick a little ass.After he knocks the Democrats into shape he can start on the Republicans.I hope Rachel's right on this.