Monday, December 29, 2008
Something I don't quite understand
How is it, according to conservative minds, that welfare - supporting individuals who have failed in the marketplace, who can't take care of themselves and need the government's help - is a dirty word and an execrable practice, while large-scale bailout - supporting corporations who have failed in the marketplace, who can no longer handle hteir own affairs and need the government's help - is a necessary, requisite, and even noble part of the economic machine?
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Man beaten in Shreveport, LA, for wearing an Obama shirt
This shit is ridiculous... I could comment or say whatever, but the pictures and his account below bear witness on their own. All I have to add is that this story needs to be told... the word needs to be spread. Right now, a google search for "Kaylon + Shreveport" turns up no stories on major news outlets. Go here for more and the latest info, and blog, IM, email, and otherwise share what's going on.
Local Man Wearing Obama Shirt Beaten By Group of White Men
information from Mr. Johnson's family:
Kaylon was on his way home around 11 p.m. Saturday night (12/6). He was returning from a trip to the Natchitoches Christmas Festival where he was selling items from his newly opened Obama Shop.
Kaylon stopped at the Citgo station off I-20 and W. Bert Kouns (near Greenwood) to fuel up. A witness says the truck drove then came to a stop. The occupants of the truck were White men who shouted at Kaylon "F*** Obama" [I note: other accounts report racial epithets also being used] after noticing his Obama shirt.
The men got out of the truck, approached Kaylon and proceeded to attack him ... breaking his nose and seriously injuring his eye. Kaylon will have to have surgery later this week as a result of these injuries.
No other description is given other than they were "large" White men. The clerk in the station apparently was able to get the truck's license plate number.
Kaylon was not only assaulted, he was robbed as well. The suspects took his wallet before they fled.
Local Man Wearing Obama Shirt Beaten By Group of White Men
information from Mr. Johnson's family:
Kaylon was on his way home around 11 p.m. Saturday night (12/6). He was returning from a trip to the Natchitoches Christmas Festival where he was selling items from his newly opened Obama Shop.
Kaylon stopped at the Citgo station off I-20 and W. Bert Kouns (near Greenwood) to fuel up. A witness says the truck drove then came to a stop. The occupants of the truck were White men who shouted at Kaylon "F*** Obama" [I note: other accounts report racial epithets also being used] after noticing his Obama shirt.
The men got out of the truck, approached Kaylon and proceeded to attack him ... breaking his nose and seriously injuring his eye. Kaylon will have to have surgery later this week as a result of these injuries.
No other description is given other than they were "large" White men. The clerk in the station apparently was able to get the truck's license plate number.
Kaylon was not only assaulted, he was robbed as well. The suspects took his wallet before they fled.
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"Kaylon was a key coordinator in the Shreveport for Obama campaign."
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