So, any word on Randi and Malloy in Atlanta?

[Greeby]

Hes been talkin bout it all week, saying maybe they'd get arrested, figure he may as well follow through ;)

[maveric]

1. I'm not worried about them getting arrested.

I worry about them getting attacked/shot at...

[Greeby]

2. Really?

http://www.keepthevotealive.org/index.htm

When you consider Conyers, Charlie Rangel, John Lewis and Nancy Pelosi are attending, I somehow doubt it

[maveric]

4. Atlanta is a red area frequented by hateful bushbots.

Malloy says so himself.

[Ptah]

3. I'll try this post one more time re:voting rights:

commemorating the Voting Rights Act.

:shrug:


From this page:

http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=271

<snip>
. In 1962, Republican activist William (then "Bill") Rehnquist was
the leader of Operation Eagle Eye, a flying squad of GOP lawyers that
swept through polling places in south Phoenix to question the right of
minority voters to cast their ballots. As Dave Wagner reported in the
Arizona Republic last year, Rehnquist defended keeping African Americans
out of stores and restaurants in Phoenix. In 1964, at the Bethune Precinct,
(which was 40 percent Hispanic and 90 percent Democratic) Rehnquist and
Operation Eagle Eye activists challenged every Black and Mexican voter's
ability to read the Constitution of the United States in the English language (then a requirement.)

. The result, according to one witness, was "a line a half-block long, four
abreast.They wanted people to become frustrated and leave." In his testimony
to a US Senate hearing on his appointment to the Supreme Court, Rehnquist
denied that he officially challenged anyone's right to vote. Just as today's
defenders of Bush, argue that voter error, not bias, disproportionately
shrank the counted vote, Rehnquist argued that he broke no rules,
he was just following the law.
</snip>

Edit for spelling.

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Ugh!

What a jerk that guy is!

[Ptah]

14. Youza, what a putz.

I have been wondering if anyone had a grasp of
this man's history.


thanks for noticing.

:pals:

[cal04]

5. Thousands March To 'Keep Vote Alive"

An estimated 100,000 people from all over the U.S. jammed downtown Atlanta and marched with Rev. Jesse Jackson to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act -- and to urge Congress to renew the historic piece of legislation.

The march began about an hour late at the Russell Federal Building, partly because of the large number of dignitaries taking part in the event. Politicians from Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin to U.S. Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) joined entertainers Harry Belafonte and Stevie Wonder and thousands of chanting and singing demonstrators for the "Keep The Vote Alive" event that streamed down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and wound up at Morris Brown College's Herndon Stadium for a rally.

Organizers hope the Congress and President Bush will extend key provisions of the landmark law, which was signed in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson. The law expires in 2007. "Forty years later, we're still marching for the right to vote," said U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who participated in the civil rights struggles that helped secure passage of the law."Don't give up, don't give in. Keep the faith, keep your eyes on the prize."

At the raucous rally at Herndon Stadium, Jackson took the stage and energized supporters with his trademark quotes of "I am somebody" and "Keep hope alive.
"The right to vote does not endanger, but we must protect it against discrimination," Jackson said.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/4818177/detail.html

[Individualist]

6. Thanks for posting the pics

and the WSB TV article, cal04. The only other info I'd found about the rally was demodonkey's thread - www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=387802&mesg_id=387802

[cal04]

13. I'll keep posting if I find more

I keep saying that DU and sites like it will be the future media
I hope this is the case, because our media certainly needs to be replaced!

[fooj]

7. Right on! Look at all of the people! Where the f*ck is the media?

Peace.

[Cleita]

8. CNN, which is based in Atlanta, is not showing this.

When the protest is done, they should go protest outside of CNN headquarters for not covering the real news that is happening under their noses.

[FreedomAngel82]

11. It really pisses me off and is so disgusting

Bush is off preaching about democracy and freedom but yet right here at home where it counts for us it doesn't matter! The SOB's!!! Of course if it isn't shown on the media then it doesn't happen, right? :eyes:

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Great!!!

I love that first photo! Willie Nelson is there! Hurray!

[justgamma]

17. Randi Rhodes said that

she was marching with Willie's wife. She was going to riding down in the bus with them.

[stepnw1f]

12. Thanks For The Pics...

And yet again, the media intentionally ignores half of America. So who really are the elitests, Freepers?

[cal04]

15. Here's a site to see some pics

http://lpe.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/0805/march/1

[wli]

16. given Bushler's tactics, be more worried about assassination than arrest