Never gonna be the same!

http://spitfiremurphy.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/911-ten-years-later/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiqEUBux3o&feature=player_embedded

Just yesterday my aunt and I were discussing the current attempts of terrorism on the United States, after hearing a radio broadcast on power 105.1. It was talking about a couple guys trying to blow up the New York subway system. I made the statement to her, “no I do not condone terrorism, not at all, but Osama Bin Laden was a Genius.”  I continued saying, “The people who try to commit these acts of terrorism now have no aim. They do not target significant places, like the world trade center, they just want to kill.”  I told her that I thought Bin Laden was tactful in his actions therefore carrying out a well-planned yet horrible decision. She countered in saying, “Yes I agree all people like to do these days is kill, however the United States was lazy. We were not paying attention or even thinking that something like that would happen; therefore people like Bin Laden slipping through our fingers.” I told her, “maybe so, but what if president Bush did know what was going on, just decided not to do anything about it,” therefore Failing the American Public. Rodger Streitmatter understood this in his chapter 9/11: Failing the American Public in “Mightier Then the Sword.”

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmoozeUC330&feature=relmfu

            It was September 11, 2001. I remember it like it was yesterday just as many other Americans do. I was sitting in my 5th grade class doing our regular morning curriculum when the principal came over the intercom and instructed everyone to turn on the news.  I remember thinking my dad went to work that day and cousin was also in the city, both not that far from the WTC. I remember many of my class mates and myself trying to frantically contact our parents. I remember the immediate fear I felt along with many other Americans, the immediate fear that would seem permanent for years to come.

     We as once fearless Americans were afraid of what was to come. This was because we were kept in the dark. In this chapter Rodger Streitmatter highlighted how the news media failed to inform us on the ins and outs of the attacks. As a nation we needed every source of information to be in effect immediately. We knew who, what, when, where and how progressively over time, but never knew the why.  He highlighted how the news was a culprit of never fully capturing of how this affected the public. Instead the press followed how bush was running away from this issue, and prepped the world for an unnecessary war.

http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/writing-about-iraq/Content?oid=1472430

        The common phrase “America the Beautiful” would be an oxymoron on this day. This was a day that we lost three landmarks, The Twin Towers, and Pentagon.  This was a day domestic air flights completely stopped for hours, jobs were lost nationally (http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata248.htm), and kids probably saw their family members die. This was a day that Americans would have nightmares about; suffer from PTSD (http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata248.htm), and a day that the people of this country would lose faith. Although we had mass media coverage of this horrid day we will never understand, mainly because we choose not to.  After the attacks   President Bush stated, "Why do they hate us so much?  They hate our freedoms – our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote..." and then "I'm amazed that there's such misunderstanding of what our country is about that people would hate us ... I just can't believe it because I know how good we are. (http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata248.htm) “He attempted to make us feel at ease about the current acts but in all reality life as we grew to know and love will never be the same!

BEFORE 9/11  -  http://9-11domorethenneverforget-stopislam.blogspot.com/2011_09_25_archive.html

AFTER 9/11  http://www.dailypaul.com/53330/9-11-truther-challenge-wtc7-collapse

SOME ARTICLES YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT

1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/george-w-bush-9-11_n_913056.html (George W. Bush lack of concern)
2. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/connelly/article/The-aftermath-of-9-11-A-neglected-looted-America-2161582.php (the aftermath)
3. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/09/11/opinion/20110911_Editorial_Timeline.html (N.Y. Times on the Aftermath)
4. http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata248.htm (9/11 Effects on the USA)

Built for Destruction?... OR NOT?

After clicking on the link click on the fiery cross image 

http://rexcurry.net/kkk-ku-klux-klan-christian-socialism.html

Some people may think I am a little strange, awkward, and maybe a little out there for wanting to write about the Ku Klux Klan, and actually getting enjoyment out of it. I tell all those people, I really could care less about what they may think.  I have a chance to learn about my history and all the various decisions from different groups that made the world what it is today, despite their creed, race, or financial standings. The Ku Klux Klan or what people may refer to as the KKK was also part of the United States history, and a very interesting group of people who had their own beliefs. As bad as they may have been portrayed they did contribute something. I believe that it is my job to my country and to my-self to uncover the negative and positive truth about the KKK and allow people to see who they really are.

http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/04/jews-and-kkk.html

            The KKK or invisible empire (Streitmatter pg. 103) originated on values and belief. I mean sure to many who opposed them they might have been messed up but to others these “Klansmen” spoke up for people with lesser power. Originally starting on December 14, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, by six young ex- confederate officers, who were looking for something to occupy their time, they started a club (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898581,00.html . Little did they know this club would erupt to what it is today.

For centuries they based their beliefs on opposing the Restruction policies of the radical Republican Congress, and maintaining “white supremacy ( http://www.infoplease.com).”  It seemed that government and society was designed to keep the black man down. This is said because for years the southern government barely stood on its own and instead of welcoming blacks to speak up the people in the south looked at this as a crime. They decided to form groups that repressed the black community and the Ku Klux Klan was the best known of these groups. The KKK wanted to be known as a Christian organization. One may ask themselves while studies the Klan is this what Jesus would do? The first Klan lasted until the late 1870’s.

The second Klan was then started up in 1915 near Atlanta by William Joseph Simmons. He led men to believe in a sense of Fraternity and brotherhood.  This was after seeing “birth of a nation”.  This Klan went nationwide and became a very powerful empire taking over the political scene. They elected one of their own to the U.S Senate held their own primaries in Arkansas, Held their own governorship in Oregon, and selected senators and governors for the state of Colorado and Indiana (Streitmatter). They were however stopped because of their violence, un-agreeable politics, and leadership qualities. Although opposed by various regions in the U.S., such as the eastern region for example, and more particularly NY; this Klan showed the United States that it does not take much for a secret society to form and prosper. Therefore, this klan has made a way for the Third KKK and klans of today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Z8A4lzUOQ

Since they have started the KKK has opposed anyone of racial difference, which makes me surprised that black people really would befriend people who are in the KKK or would want a role in it. The media has not made this an easy task for those people either.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcdQ_2HXok 

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The Media like the Memphis major newspaper, the "Commercial Appeal" or even the CNN news cast up above shapes our mindset about the KKK. So far we are made to believe that this group of men are a violent behaving hate group, who would be nothing but happy if everyone stayed in their corners and played their role. We however as a society are too dumb and scared to challenge and disagree with what is just simply accepted. We think that being that Martin Luther King Jr. was a substantial leader that he cannot possibly be a bad person. The things the Klan says about him are not true at all. We also think that because we are taught that the Klan burned crosses, and hung blacks’ means that they are reckless and terrible, but we never say did they start out this way. We think in Black and White and are afraid to research what is considered to be the truth. This being said I question society, and our motives. I wonder as to why people do the things they do. Is this because our intrinsic need to belong and be accepted by our peers?

http://www.motifake.com/tags/racist

The Klan throughout history is known to be violent and has done some terrible things, but I challenge you to challenge yourself and society and find out the truth as to why? The KKK may not be many peoples “Fan Favorites” but they stood for something and followed through with their beliefs. The KKK, an underground society, a Hate club, but how much do you really know?

 Sites You Should Visit:

A Blog dealing with the KKK 
http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/04/jews-and-kkk.html

What the KKK said about M.L.K Jr. 
http://www.martinlutherking.org/

Is the KKK really about hate?
http://www.kukluxklan.info/#Ku_Klux_Klan

History of the Klan

 http://kkk.org/

The Opposing History

 http://www.johnnyleeclary.com/files/page.php?p=21

Sowing the Seeds of the Revolution

 "In a revolution, one triumphs or dies."    http://www.hey-che.com/archives/famous-quotes-from-el-che-guevara/

       Whether it’s revolutionaries of the 1770’s, 1950’s or the new millennium one thing we have learned is that when growing societies around the world have something to say they voice it, and in a big way. First it was America, then France, Russia, China and the Philippines. It was called the events of 1776 and according to the world known to stand alone.  To be a revolutionary you must require the elements of passion, intelligence, skill, and a vision.




http://pattyebenson.org/2012/02/22/the-revolution-in-chester-county-technology-helps-shed-new-light-on-local-history/

         In 1763 the British had defeated the French and gained rule over North America and India. This not only did not sit well with the Americans, but began a long lasting battle with the French. This victory dismissed the French from American territories. This was an event in history that led advocates, such as Sam Adams and other Boston men to create works such as “The Journal of Occurrences”.  This was a series of newspaper articles published  
from 1768-1769 in the New York Journal recounting the acts in Boston done by the   British troops. This led to the verbal response of the Boston Massacre, which made a way for Thomas Paine to publish “Common Sense.”Now do not make the mistake of thinking that the American Revolution was just powerful words being thrown around by some inspiring powerful men. There was blood, gore, and a fight to be won as well. All These events led to what we like to call the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  

http://clevawords.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-your-revolution.html

     Let’s all take a look at Sam Adams. He was not only known to be cousin of John Adams who would years later organize the Boston Tea party, but one of the most outspoken voices of the revolution. He basically ignited a fire with his controversial writings.  He was the most noticeable voice of the Boston Gazette and his message was spread like wildfire throughout
the colonies. According to Streitmatter's "Mightier than a Sword," to this day he is known to have started America’s first systematic gathering and distribution of news. Sam Adams once said, “Where there is a Spark of patriotic fire, we will enkindle it (Streitmatter),” and he lived by this rule.  

Adams journalistic style seemed to have brought out the worst in the British soldiers, and as the soldiers abused those in Boston Adams would report on it. There however was one writer Thomas Hutchinson who counteracted every claim to be said about the British soldiers, calling them false and grossly misrepresented. All of these occurring events in a sense contributed to the psyche of the community and the Boston Massacre, which was said, “to wash the ground with profusion of innocent blood” All killed by the barbarian, cruel, infamously mean British soldiers with their loaded guns, well according to Sam Adams in "Mightier than a Sword" that is.  This would go down in history as a horrible massacre, The Boston Massacre!

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After this horrid scene Thomas Paine comes along like a Knight in shining armor at first being a Quaker writing for the Pennsylvania magazine and making a name for himself.  One that says he fights against the norm. He was said to be an insightful commentator. He fought for things like women’s education or the abolishment of slavery and frowned upon the recklessness of the British colonies. According to streitmatter, in his publication “Common Sense” he referred to King George III as the brute of Great Britain, and fought for colonial independence. In the summer of 1776 he joined the army to fight in the French and American Revolution for the independence from Britain, he greatly discussed in “Common Sense.”

Without the works of Thomas Paine, and Sam Adams we would still be under British rule and furthermore not have some of the first publications of printed rebellious literature. Without Thomas Paine, John Adams, Sam Adams, and the several other men who made this rebellion come to life we would not have other revolutionaries that stood up for what they believed in like Ernesto Che Guevara of the 1950’s revolutions or the revolutions of the 21^st century.  As Thomas Paine once said,   “These are the times that try men’s souls.” As Ernesto Che Guevara once said, “I would rather die standing up, then live life on my knees.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1f95KSVW8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKzHEPMYxpI

A Bit of Reading: Anarchism, Or The Revolutionary Movement Of The Twenty-first Century

http://www.zcommunications.org/anarchism-or-the-revolutionary-movement-of-the-twenty-first-century-by-david-graeber

A story you might want to check out about a recent revolution:"Revolutionary Brotherhood"--21st Century Socialist Revolution

http://www.cfr.org/nicaragua/revolutionary-brotherhood--21st-century-socialist-revolution/p23155

As mentioned in the Blog: (Journal of Occurrences)
http://history.jburroughs.org/cfront/us11/readings_us11/journofocc.pdf

REVOLUTION!!!
http://peaceloveandrevolution.com/2011/12/27/whats-my-age-again/

http://www.hey-che.com/archives/famous-quotes-from-el-che-guevara/

Journalism and Democracy 2012 A.Abraham

For my first post I am choosing Sowing the Seeds of Revolution. It is very interesting to me of how a group of people rebelled on the norm of the world at such an early time,standing up for what they believe in. It makes me excited and energized to learn and dicussion how people are such revolutionaries. By posting on this I am attempting to more than barely even touch on how this vital peice of history paved a way for us in todays socities.