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> > Dot's Information Service Hotline > "Unbossed and unbought news and information you can use" > Visit The DISH online at www.thedish.org > Vol. 9 No 44...Dedicated to the Dialogue on Race... 11-03-06 > ******************************************************** > > > > Table of Contents > > > > 1.News You Use...Hosea Still Feeds the Hungry > 2. Intuit's Vibe...The Election...By Jessica > 3. Bit of History...Theodore M. Berry (1905-2000) > 4. Hood Notes...Dumped on Skid Row > 5. Dishing It Up Hot!...Kick the Liars Out!...By Dot > 6. Politics Y2K6...Making Black History > 7. Disgruntled > 8. Mailbox > > > > ****************************************** > > > > News You Use > Hosea Still Feeds the Hungry > > > > To rescue, restore and re-stabilize people in crisis by providing for > their physical, emotional and spiritual needs preventing the cycle of > poverty through fostering empowering enabling self-sufficiency and > building a caring community of humanity worldwide. (Mission Statement) > > > > That is the mission statement of Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless, a > program begun in 1971 by civil rights leader, organizer for Dr. Martin > Luther King, Jr., the late Rev. Hosea Williams. According to Rev. > Williams, who died in 2000, watching a hungry man ravenously devour a fish > sandwich that he bought the man in lieu of giving him money, broke his > heart. In this land of plenty, Rev. Williams knew there was much that > could be done to ease aching bellies. A man of action, he went to work on > the endless task of feeding the hungry. > > > > Rev. Williams' family has expanded Hosea Feed the Hungry. It provides > year-round services, including rent, utility and housing deposit > assistance, distribution of clothing, furniture and toiletries, Job Skills > Training, and international relief. > > > > The Hosea Feed the Hungry Holiday Dinners (Thanksgiving, Christmas, MLK > Day and Easter Sunday) are major events in metro Atlanta. They feature > entertainment, an array of personal care services for the homeless, > medical assistance, home deliveries to the sick and elderly, church > services, counseling, job referrals and so much more. These events are > special occasions for everyone, the hungry and homeless, volunteers and > the lonely. This Thanksgiving Day, hundreds of volunteers are needed to > serve an anticipated crowd of more than 15,000 hungry and homeless people > at Turner Stadium. > > > > Help is always needed to feed the hungry. Become a volunteer, email > Dancia at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a donation and/or attend a > fundraiser. For more information, visit http://hoseafeedthehungry.com or > call (404) 755-3353 ext 309 for Yolanda Stewart. > > > > > > > > > Intuit's Vibe > The Election > By Jessica > > > > They say not to believe anything you hear > and only half of what you see > but how long can we ride the rods? > > > > They try to alter our thoughts and notions > and it doesn't take much effort > because our shells have been eroded. > > > > Perhaps the adaptation process went awry > and we are not progressing, but regressing > with each passing moment. > > > > For there are more problems > than time in which to solve them > and Murphy's always in the vicinity > but don't abandon the aspirations. > > > > Rome wasn't built in a day > but could be destroyed in a second > which shouldn't worry you, but does. > > > > We've developed insane beliefs, > lost all respect, and found no comfort. > > > > We should stop the cursory glances; > for once, take a good, long look > and maybe we will understand. > > > > > > > > > Bit of History > Theodore M. Berry (1905-2000) > > > > Born in poverty on November 5, 1905 in Maysville, Kentucky, a small town > on the banks of the Ohio River, Theodore M. Berry, the son of a white > farmer he only met once and deaf black woman, mastered the art of oral > communication. He became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. > > > > Berry communicated with his mother through sign language, and she could > read lips. Berry grew up carefully enunciating his words in communicating > with his mother; he mastered diction in the process. The skill served him > well throughout his life. > > > > A poor boy, Berry sold newspapers, shined shoes, shoveled coal, delivered > laundry, shelved books in local libraries, and worked as a desk clerk at > Cincinnati's "Black" YMCA, where he roomed in high school. Writing under > the pseudonym Thomas Playfair, Berry won an essay contest for "The Chaos > Beyond" during his senior year. Submitted under his name, Berry's > original essay, "Lincoln and the Constitution," was rejected by an > all-white panel. > > > > For winning, the senior-class valedictorian of Woodward High (1924) was > forbidden to walk in the commencement procession with a white female > classmate. Berry, the school's first black valedictorian, walked alone. > > > > Berry worked in steel mills in Newport, Kentucky to pay tuition at the > University of Cincinnati law school. Six years after being admitted to > the Ohio Bar (1932), he was appointed the first black assistant attorney > for Hamilton County. > > > > Berry became a pivotal civil-rights attorney for the National Association > for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). During WWII, he served as > morale officer for the Office of War Information under Franklin D. > Roosevelt. This new position brought about a change in his political > affiliation from the Republican to Democrat Party. After the war, Berry > returned to the NAACP. In 1945, he defended three members of the Tuskegee > Airmen, who had protested a segregated officer's club in Indiana and won > acquittal for two of the them. The third was pardoned after his > conviction. > > > > From 1947 to 1961, Berry served on the NAACP Ohio Committee for Civil > Rights Legislation. He worked on equal employment and fair housing issues > and was involved with the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati. After his > unsuccessful 1947 run for the Cincinnati City Council, Berry won a seat > two years later, becoming chairman of the finance committee (1953). > Berry, elected vice mayor in 1955, lost his 1957 re-election bid. In > 1963, he returned and created the Community Action Commission, which > attracted federal attention. President Lyndon Johnson (1965) appointed > Berry to head the Office of Economic Opportunity's Community Action > Programs that included Head Start, Jobs Corps and Legal Services. > > > > Berry returned to Cincinnati in 1969 and was appointed to City Council in > 1971. He was elected mayor in 1972 and served for four years—Cincinnati's > first black American mayor. In the 1980s and 1990s, Berry struggled to > return proportional representation to Cincinnati because he firmly > believed that it gave more power to black voters. > > > > Theodore Berry died on October 15, 2000. A Cincinnati street and park > have been named in his honor. (Sources: www.aaregistry.com, > http://library.cincymuseum.org/aag/bio/berry.html and > www.cincinnatiblac.org) > > > > > > > > > Hood Notes > Dumped on Skid Row > > > > According to Los Angeles Times news reports, the criminal investigation by > the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) into the practice of dumping of > homeless people on skid row by hospitals, police departments and other > institutions got a major break recently. Police videotaped patients that > had been discharged from a Los Angeles hospital dumped by ambulances on > skid row. Police interviewed these patients; none chose to be left on > skid row. > > > > Police are investigating whether patients were falsely imprisoned during > their transfer and also whether the hospital violated any laws regarding > patients' treatment. Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center officials > have denied any improprieties in the handling of patients. > > > > This is the police department's first criminal investigation into the > practice of dumping. However, the Los Angeles city attorney's office is > reviewing other dumping cases against Los Angeles area hospitals to > determine whether civil or criminal charges could be filed. > > > > Dumping has emerged as a major political issue in Los Angeles. Mayor > Antonio Villaraigosa and other critics say the practice of dumping by area > institutions exacerbates the ills of a district that already has the > largest concentration of homeless people in the West. > > > > > > > > Dishing It Up Hot! > Kick the Liars Out! > By Dot > > > > Sadly, here we are! Now, what do we do? As I connect my dots of > information, here is what I believe is the dilemma confronting United > States' voters in elections across the nation this November. > > > > First, the Bush administration fabricated the case for war, allowed the > national debt to soar and attacked Iraq without a UN resolution. Its > other foreign policy blunders in prosecuting the "war on terror" includes > the use of depleted uranium and white phosphorous, sanctioning the use of > torture and suspension of habeas corpus, war profiteering via no-bid > contracting, domestic spying and warrantless wiretapping, etc. The > absence of congressional oversight on budget, war or anything else this > administration does or claims it must do to protect our national security, > including trampling on time-honored American civil liberty, is dangerous, > given the neo-conservative agenda. To top it off, the economy, despite > the Bush administration propaganda to the contrary, is not doing so well > for the vast majority of American families. Check out CNN's Lou Dobbs > for the litany of economic ills. > > > > Second, before Bush, some countries believed we were the good guys, even > when we were not. Now, there seems near unanimity – the United States is > the international schoolyard bully. From all reports, the US is making > enemies in Iraq, rather than winning hearts and minds. A belated > willingness to change tactics on the ground to justify staying the course > makes no sense under the circumstances. The US has caused enough chaos > and devastation to prick the conscience of some Americans. No number of > dead Iraqis, US troops and civilians is too great for neo-conservatives in > satisfying their greed, lust for power and vision of US hegemony. To stay > the course would reward their manipulative lying and set us up for bigger > lies just over the horizon in Iran. > > > > A course correction is imperative to pull the nation from the brink of > self-destruction. Changing the country's course is a national issue, > which makes this election a referendum on the Bush administration and the > GOP-led Congress. Hoping my vote is counted, I say throw the liars out > and pray what results is good for the country. > > > > On the local in Atlanta, the cover of Creative Loafing says it all. It > features, in gross details, the Georgia gubernatorial candidates, > incumbent Sonny Perdue (R) and Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor (D), as sumo wrestlers > that look a lot alike. Hence, the conundrum for Georgia voters is can we > close our nose and vote for either of them? > > > > Beyond the sumo wrestlers, this issue of Creative Loafing has some > interesting information on candidates in a number of local and statewide > races. Clearly, in some of these races, the incumbents deserve the same > treatment as federal lawmakers -- kick the liars out. At the same time, > it makes no sense to simply substitute another set of liars. > > > > Whatever you do, choose to be informed. Vote this Tuesday because you > understand the stakes in the outcome. > > > > > > > > > Politics Y2K6 > Making Black History > > > > On election day this Tuesday, November 7, 2006 blacks in two southern > states can make history in vastly different ways. Since no black has > been elected to the US Senate from the south since Reconstruction, the > odds of two winning seats are fairly low. Three blacks have served in > Senate since Reconstruction -- Edward Brooke (R-MA), Carol Moseley-Braun > (D-IL) and Barack Obama (D-IL). > > > > Yet, on Tuesday, two black men in southern states have excellent chances > of winning and making history. In Tennessee, US Representative Harold > Ford, Jr. (D) is running to fill the seat vacated by Senate Majority > Leader Bill Frist (R). Ford's Republican opponent is Bob Corker, a > wealthy businessman. Polls show, if blacks and other Democrats are > serious about change, Ford could prove an unexpected winner in Tennessee. > That little bit of racism that crept in Republican campaign commercials to > "scare the base" into line may backfire this time. > > > > In Maryland, the black candidate is Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele. > His Democratic opponent is Ben Cardin. Obviously, Steele has appealed to > largely Democratic black voters. To give this capable black man a chance, > blacks will have to vote Republican. If they do so in large numbers, > history is made – Steele should win the election, provided white > Republicans are loyal party voters. In voting for Steele, the question > for blacks is, will Steele be another Clarence Thomas, who votes along the > party line and with George W. Bush? If he is a Thomas, Steele may not > represent real change, even in making history – a real conundrum. > Whatever black voters decide in these two states, history hangs in the > balance. > > > > > > > > Disgruntled says: We all know Senator John Kerry (D-MA) flubbed the > education joke. It was all about George W. Bush, the marginal student > that got the nation mired in Iraq. With a mainstream media megaphone, the > broken joke has Kerry apologizing for criticizing the troops, when he > meant to trash Bush, the dunce that sent them to Iraq. Instead, the guy > that went AWOL as a National Guard Pilot and never saw of moment of combat > rips an honorably discharged Vietnam veteran for "dishonoring the troops." > What crock! But, again, Bush chose to be dishonest; he knew that joke > was all about him. > > > > Disgruntled wants to know "In pursuit of counterrevolution and in the > name of freedom, U.S. forces or the U.S. supported surrogate forces > slaughtered 2,000,000 North Koreans in the three-year war; 3,000,000 > Vietnamese; over 500,000 in aerial wars over Laos and Cambodia; over > 1,500,000 in Angola; over 1,000,000 in Mozambique; over 500,000 in > Afghanistan; 500,000 to 1,000,000 in Indonesia; 200,000 in East Timor; > 100,000 in Nicaragua (combining the Samoza and Reagan eras); over 100,000 > in Guatemala (plus an additional 40,000 disappeared); over 700,000 in > Iraq; over 60,000 in El Salvador; 30,000 in the "dirty war" of Argentina > (though the government admits to only 9,000); 35,000 in Taiwan, when the > Kuomintang military arrived from China; 20,000 in Chile; and many > thousands in Haiti, Panama, Grenada, Brazil, South Africa, Western Sahara, > Zaire, Turkey, and dozens of other countries, in what amounts to a > free-market world holocaust." (Michael Parenti, Black Shirts and the Red, > 1997) The US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq has claimed thousands of > lives, insurgents, US troops and civilians. How many more must we kill in > the name of democracy and freedom? > > > > Disgruntled feels: Played! In the hood, played means duped. America, you > have been played! Like a fiddle, Karl Rove and the Neo-conservatives that > control the Bush administration played a gullible US public, especially > evangelicals. According to insider Tucker Carlson, Republican elites hold > the extreme religious right in high contempt. The rest of the public is > played as well. Using divide and conquer, while we squabble over petty > divisive issues, elite Republicans steal power and trash the country. > > > > > > > > > Mailbox: E-Mails, Faxes and Telephone Calls > > > > Email www.livejournal.com Whining Over Discontent ..By PAUL KRUGMAN > ...Some conservatives whine that people didn't complain as much about > rising inequality when Bill Clinton was president. But most people were > happy with the state of the economy in the late 1990's, even though the > rich were getting much richer, because the middle class and the poor were > also making substantial progress. Now... most working Americans are losing > ground. > > > > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] The November 7th elections have been > successfully rigged in Ohio and three other states. J. Kenneth Blackwell, > the Secretary of State, who is now running for Governor of Ohio, sent out > letters to voters, presumably Democrats only, who had any type of > discrepancy between their home address, driver's license, and the address > on the voter registry. They are calling this "keeping the rolls clean" > but it is, in fact, a purge of Democratic voters. When Democrats go to > the polls will be told that their name is not registered, to vote on a > paper ballot which will then be thrown away. This loss of votes for > Democrat candidates is up in the thousands and will effectively tip the > scales in favor of NeoCon Republicans...This is the exact same thing that > they did with Katherine Harris in Florida and goes a long way to explain > why George Bush and Karl Rove are being so inexplicably confident that > there will be no changes in the Republican complexion of the House or the > Senate. All of this begs the question, when will the Republican voters > rise up and declare that there have been enough abuses in their name? > > > > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog House: A worried GOP attacks the ailing, > minorities...By Tim O'Brien, Star Tribune...So was Rush Limbaugh saying > that Michael J. Fox isn't a victim of Parkinson's disease; he just plays > one on TV? No, even Rush knows that Fox does have Parkinson's. Yet that > didn't stop him from claiming that Fox -- who appeared shaky in an ad he > did on behalf of Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill and > of that state's referendum on embryonic stem cell research -- was playing > to the audience. "[T]his is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he > didn't take his medication or he's acting, one of the two." Rush may know > his OxyContin and Viagra, but, according to Jonathan Cohn at TNR's The > Plank (1), ... [Limbaugh] is revealing his ignorance of Parkinson's > disease...The general consensus in the blogosphere wasn't quite outrage. > Most have come to expect this kind of blather from Dick Cheney's favorite > journalist. > > > > > ********************************************* > For comments or to unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************************* > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
