When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Monday, November 04, 2002
The Black Commentator Wellstone: The Best of Them All
A good and principled man does not have to agonize over issues of conscience. Wellstone (unlike, say CT Sen. Joe Liebermann) knew where his path lay and unerringly followed it. This article compares him to Sen. Charles Sumner, an abolitionist of the 1840s who took a beating on the floor of the Senate for calling slave owners criminals.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Wellstone: The Best of Them All
The Black Commentator Wellstone: The Best of Them All
In the absence of the strongest protections of core civil liberties - freedom of speech, privacy, association, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, equal protection under the law - the precarious perch on which Black America sits is vulnerable to destruction at the onset of any civil crisis. It is at times of crisis that one depends on true allies. There is every reason to believe that Wellstone could be depended on, which is more than can be said of some African American congressional representatives.
A good and principled man does not have to agonize over issues of conscience. Wellstone (unlike, say CT Sen. Joe Liebermann) knew where his path lay and unerringly followed it. This article compares him to Sen. Charles Sumner, an abolitionist of the 1840s who took a beating on the floor of the Senate for calling slave owners criminals.
Palema
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