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Michelle Alexander on The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 1 of 2
Part II of our interview with legal scholar, civil rights advocate and author Michelle Alexander. Her book is The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Alexander argues that although Jim Crow laws have been eliminated, the racial caste system it set up was not eradicated. Its simply been redesigned, and now racial control functions through the criminal justice system. [includes rush transcript]
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Jesse Ventura Challenges Al Gore's Global Warming Scam
"Al Gore leads to environmentalist Maurice Strong leads to financier Edmund de Rothschild leads to the World Conservation Bank leads to the Euro leads to Climategate, somehow — and thats all in the last 15 minutes or so. To spice things up, the camera will occasionally cut to a righteously angry Ventura, who will glower into the camera and say something like Well, if we cant talk to this Maurice Strong, who the hell can we talk to?
As such, theres much too much to recap in last nights episode, but heres a summary: (emphases added throughout)
The basic premise of the episode, via TruTV: Whether global warming is real or not, some people may be using the issue to earn billions of dollars, start a one-world government and control peoples lives.
Even though he acknowledges that Al Gore could make billions from this conspiracy, Ventura lets him off the hook over accusations that hes trying to control the world. Hes too public, you see. Ventura: I know Al Gore, I dont think hes out to do that. Theres got to be someone else behind this.
Ventura brings his experience in politics to bear: The one thing I learned in government: if you want to find the answer to a question, follow the money.
Eventually, Ventura is led to Maurice Strong, formerly a top UN official and leading environmentalist advocate, now a businessman in China. Venturas correspondent in China says that Strong is a double agent pretending to be an environmentalist. Ventura: Not so green. Or if its green, its the green of money. We never actually see Strong, though we see his house in China, which is scarily surrounded by barbed wire.
Edmund de Rothschild is also brought into this, somehow. Strong was his right-hand man, and he wanted a one-world bank, and then came the Euro. Countries began throwing away their own currencies and adopting the Euro. In each case, the citizens have a little less power. (this is read over scary footage of a sheepdog herding sheep)
Climategate, which happened after the episode was filmed, is shoehorned in: only a theory? Within days of Jesses meeting and his words about Watergate, the global warming conspiracy would explode into a scandal called Climategate [scientists] obscured, massaged, or destroyed inconvenient temperature data. And the evidence showed that they did it for the money. More panic equaled more funding."
Monday, December 28, 2009
Morgan Freeman: The Power of Words
Please support Amnesty International.
Artist Statement:
http://amnestyusa.org/words
Amnesty International supporters have used the power of words to demand freedom and justice for countless human rights defenders around the world. Our words are proof that you stand up for human rights, you never stand alone.
Production Company (animation): Curious Pictures
Director: Rohitash Rao
Director of Photography: David Griffiths
Producer: Pamela Mahan
Voice over: Nazanin Boniadi
Music: Elias Arts
Production Company (introduction): Pictures in a Row
Director: Peter Lang
Producer: Andrew Halpern
Spokesperson: Morgan Freeman
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Yolanda Madden Set Free, For Now 12/18/09
Odessa, TX - Yolanda Madden is a free woman and says she was falsely imprisoned for 4 years.
Madden was first arrested back in 2005 on drug charges.
Months later, in 2006, she was convicted.
In 2008 ex-drug officer Barry Cooper set-up Odessa Police to bring attention to Madden's case.
Then last in November, an evidentiary hearing was granted and on Friday, December 1, 2009 Federal Judge Rob Junell vacated her sentence.
On Friday, December 18, 2009, she was set free but there is a possible re-trial this coming March.
"I dropped her off in prison; toughest thing I ever did in my life," said Raymond Madden, Yolandas father.
Painful memories that melt away as Yolanda Madden emerges a free woman an emotional reunion that came at a price.
"Four years. We've been working for four years and its been a struggle, we've been stonewalled," Raymond Madden continued.
Madden said he spent his entire life savings gathering the evidence he says proves his daughter innocent.
"If he knows he's right, he doesn't give up," said Doris Madden-Purdy, Ramonds mother.
An unstoppable drive, even through Yolanda's darkest moments.
"A couple years ago we had a conversation and I think I was ready to stop and he wouldn't do it, he wouldn't do it and I'm thankful that he believed in this the whole time and just didn't stop," said Yolanda Madden.
Now she goes home to her grandmothers - a place that's been the stuff of dreams until now.
"We've just struggled for this day for so long and just to be able to hold her hand and to feel her close, it's just a wonderful feeling," said Madden-Purdy.
A feeling the family says should give others hope.
"If they know theyre right, just keep fighting for it as long as they can," Madden-Purdy continued.
Its a continuing fight for the Madden family as Yolanda faces a retrial this spring.
But for today, just for this moment, it's family and freedom.
"I'm just glad to be home," said Yolanda Madden.
Eddie Garcia
CBS 7 News
December 18, 2009