"MILLIONS MORE MOVEMENT" - 2005 edition

[Bluehawk]

MILLIONS MORE MOVEMENT - 2005 edition
[Lengthy post, containing numerous quotations]

I watched (on C-SPAN) the entirety of speeches and activities which took place yesterday in Washington DC, on the Capitol Mall, under the name "MILLIONS MORE MOVEMENT," from about 1030 hrs to a little bit past 1700 hrs.

As a reminder, this event was promoted as the 10th anniversary of the MILLION MAN MARCH, organized then and now by Minister Louis Farrakhan and Black Muslims (FOI). It should also be noted that Minister Farrakhan is a Sunni Muslim (though evidently not Wahabist)... i.e. of the same branch as Saddam Hussein, the Taliban and the ruling Saudi regime.

I spent those hours taking notes as each speaker spoke... and there were many many speakers. What follows here is a very brief record of certain comments made, and the name of the person who made the comments. I gathered 12 hand-written pages, but am not skilled with shorthand.

I offer these quotations here because I sincerely believe that we are seeing, again, a dedicated attempt to overthrow our government. I also offer this thread because it will be noted how similar in kind and intent many of the comments are with certain assertions bandied about online. I find the connections most interesting, and potentially troubling. Perhaps the patient reader will as well, or not.

As a general observation, if readers will permit it, while I initially found the comments extremely disturbing and upsetting, I did notice that the climax of Minister Farrakhan's coming on at the end (about 2 hours late) fizzled. There was no "I have a dream..." moment. I also noticed that the crowds assembled did not approach one million, were almost (like 99%) exclusively negro in racial terms, that much commerce was being done whilst speeches were being made, there were few raised fists in the air, it did not appear to be an assembly of "the dispossessed", not a single caucasian was invited to offer a speech, and basically the audience (most of the time, by far) treated this supposedly pivotal opportunity as a "day in the park" with suitably placed musical interludes.

I would also submit, for your consideration, that few of these words could have been spoken where, when and as they were yesterday by any caucasian. Hence, a racial divide does not exist so much as it is, once again, being cynically fomented... and, in this instance, it was sponsored by a para-military American religious sect supposedly devoted to Islam.

I came away being humbly proud that in America it is possible and tolerated for there to be this kind of "free speech", at the foot of the stairs to our national Capitol building no less. I also came away knowing that under the protection of the government and people whose efforts and sacrifice made the event possible, there are those who would seek to destroy us, among us.

Here, then, are some of the comments made yesterday, to take or leave as anyone might see fit. See if you agree with what was said. When you see the letters "UNK" following a quotation, it is only because I could not catch their name.

I found the entirety despicably Racist. I ask the reader to consider both premise and context for each quotation.

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"Black folks have always been the conscience of America..."
Tavis Smiley

"I want it all. I want all of it... All things are ours... This is our day..."
Charles Adams

"Now is our time... All things are possible..."
Henry Williamson

"Please keep track of your children here..."
Julianne Malveaux

"The white-owned media has adopted the language of the far right..."
Cornell West

"We brought civilization and science to the world..."
US Representative Kilpatrick

"There has never been a revolution in all of world history without young people at the front of it..."
Kwame Kilpatrick

"I vow to understand all that I am as a member of a great race..."
Elijah Cummings and John Conyers

"We are the mother of civilization..."
UNK

"With focus we can implement our agenda and movement... the naked Racism Katrina revealed..."
Tiomoya Karenga

"To our African people everywhere... we are committed to end the Racism that caused the terrible suffering of Katrina... there is no real and lasting relief except through resistance... and constant and continual struggle... to embrace us and the whole world..."
Maulana Karenga

"We are tired of the rampant sexual infidelity in our community..."
Nisa Muhammad

"To implement Minister Farrakhan's initiative to adopt a Black family..."
Leonard Dunston

"Being Black in America can get you killed...being Black in America is hazardous to your health... We must learn to eat to live, not live to eat..."
Therman Evans

"Give the 14% who are Black according to their figures, 14% of the Health Care budget..."
Alvin Muhammad

"If other people raise your children, they will not be your children..."
Asa Hilliard

"African pre-eminence in the world... conditions of charity... Our great struggle is to prevent white domination..."
Joyce King

"We cannot unify by the names we call ourselves..."
Willy Wilson

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Bob Law

"$700 billion must be re-directed to Black communities..."
Charles Johnson

"I am sick and tired of the Racism in this country... We have support from all over this world..."
Patricia Ann Ford

"95% of Black people work... We are making a call for a more militant Labor movement..."
Chris Silvera

"We have to build a movement... a united front... seize the time... Power to the working class..."
Clarence Thomas (not of the Supreme Court)

"To eliminate the problem of housing..."
Maudine Cooper

"We give birth to a new America... we sons and daughters of slaves... the Old World will be no more..."
Kenny Gamble

"Should it be slavery or freedom... we must be long distance runners and overtime players...no one has earned the right to do less than their best... Race is a prism through which we see... we can change the world... we are the People of God... never surrender... we have the power in our hands... we are the people who will win..."
Jesse Jackson

"We have the number one murder rate in the nation..."
Vickie Lindsey

"We want to change the US government with the murder of our people, and the browns, reds and yellows... let's walk with brother Farrakhan from now on..."
UNK

"Where are the mothers? Make some noise!"
Deborah Evans

"The number one killer of Black children between age 15 and 24 is gun violence..."
UNK

www.finalcall.com
UNK

"The time for action lies with us everyday... we thank the Minister Farrakhan..."
Kweisi Mfume

"To end violence, we must end the violence that is going on in Iraq..."
Mark Thompson

"... the criminal, immoral and unjust war in Iraq... 100,000 Iraqi's dead... Bush lied... he oughta be impeached... this President is a War Criminal... this is the most dangerous regime to come to power in the history of the United States of America..."
Damu Smith

"I am now speaking to the Black Muslim military mothers..."
Elaine Johnson

www.blacksforpeace.org
UNK

"Thank you Minister Farrakhan... we did not come here for fun...broken levees are weapons of mass destruction... we're gonna turn this country around... the work you do will speak for you... we will turn America around..."
Al Sharpton

"Media is one of the most important and powerful weapons today..."
James Faulk

"Black people, you gotta stand up... if our President elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, buried on Sunday, go back to work on Monday...
Say New Orleans! (repeated several times)
It's Carnival! (repeated several times)
Put your hands in the air (repeated several times)
It's Race (repeated several times)
Everybody put your hands in the air (repeated several times)...
If you believe in this movement put your fist in the air... we're gonna start a revolution right here... all praises be to Allah... this is the signal... we're building a movement, the MILLIONS MORE MOVEMENT... I'll see you in paradise... this is not just a war..."
Wyclef Jean

"We are one in the name of God..."
UNK

"We're gonna make sure we take over..."
Hasan Smalls

"We are at war here now in America... we need soldiers... we need to end white supremacy..."
Ajende Jean Baptiste

"How's my Black Nation doing out there... you are the leaders of this next generation..."
Jenniver Reid

"The world is watching us right now..."
Tony Lee

"Black Power! (repeated several times)
I want George Bush to hear it! (repeated several times)"
UNK spokesman for the "New Black Panther Party"

"We want to Black Boot down the door..."
Michael Muhammad

"We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors..."
Naeesa Aziz

"To build a dream fo to REVELATIONS 17:11... we didn't come here to talk..."
UNK

"It is not for our elders to leads us, but for us to lead ourselves..."
UNK

"The world is changing so fast so, you know, Black Power, we, you know, have to have unity..."
UNK

"We've abandoned our responsibilities... with God on our side, we can make a difference in America right now... we've been indifferent too long..."
Major Jemison

"Please find the charity receptacle and go there now and give as much as you possibly can in the spirit of truth... we are super men and women... On this day the Honorable Elijah Mumhamad is in charge...Muhammad is in charge... pick up your certificate suitable for framing... be sure to check out the CD of music available...be sure to take your donations and frop them in the receptacle... make sure you pick up some EVERLASTING SPRING WATER... Philadelphia is a Ghost Town today... make sure you pick up your T-Shirts and hats... the voice of Truth in America today, the Honorable Louis Farrakhan... he can call us together... Our God whose name is Allah, has come today to give us freedom..."
Jamil Muhammad

"African American women are very special women... The MILLIONS MORE MOVEMENT helps us to build on what we did in the Civil Rights Movement..."
Dorothy Height

"You built a white man's paradise..."
UNK

"We must now stand in the MILLIONS MORE MOVEMENT together united... we must not be ridiculed or accept ridiculousness."
Sheila Jackson Lee

"The world is watching this broadcast... this is the international part of this broadcast... we stayed with Commandante Fidel Castro for 3 hours and 20 minutes..."
Akbar Muhammad

"It is now time to realize that you are in charge of changing this world... we have no more time... the war has come... we are the Revelation..."
Erykah Badu

"Let us leverage our politics... we have 'Street heat'... we need you..."
Ron Walters

"We say, 'William Bennett, Hell No!'... many of our great warriors are locked down behind bars..."
Malik Shabbazz

"One of the greatest men ever to walk this earth, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan..."
Ishmael Muhammad

"There is no God but Allah... God is showing you his power today... we will rebuild this civilization... we support him..."
Donna Farrakhan Muhammad

"A new day is dawning in America and the world... a strategic relationship between the black, the red and the brown... we didn't ask any white philanthropist... the marching orders... we can change the government guilty of criminal neglect... if the people on those rooftops had blonde hair and blue eyes... 70,000 children here in America are in sex slavery... we are seeing our babies in chains... our 43 members of Congress... the more we organize the more we can unify to change reality... if you disturb the poor, the rich come down... the government has shown us that they really don't care... let's take Fidel Castro up on his offer... the merchants of death are feeding the American people... Mao Tse Tung said... we don't need to go to our slavemasters to solve our problems..."
Louis Farrakhan

Over?

Sir Blue

[SherryGrace]

Man. I need a shower after reading that crap.