cynthia mckinney issue

Maybe you need to be a black person from Georgia to understand. Black people from Dixie have good reason to fear and resent police brutality and prejudice. You choose to ignore these facts, so that makes YOU the racist.

Wah.

She wasn't in Georgia.

Sorry folks, I'm sick of tired of people getting away with the most senseless acusations merely because they pull the 'race card.' Believe it or not, every time a black person claims they were abused or denied rights it doesn't mean they actually were. Yes, I know - their ancestors suffered through slavery, and there are still many racist folks in this world - but I think that history is taken advantage of by some black people. Of course there are many cases in which the person was indeed violated, but this is not one of them.

I wish I could whine and complain any time something logicial and explainable happened to me that I simply didn't like.

She has already apologized for her outburst. This is soooo yesterday.

When people pull the race card wherever two or more are gathered to promote their selfish personal agendas (see Jesse Jackson) it denigrates the experiences of those who actually suffer real police brutality and real prejudice.

Cynthia McKinney, apology notwithstanding, is at the least an opportunist (see Jesse Jackson) and most likely a racist, too.

Im not a racist, please don't accuse me of being one. As for the apology, I was unaware of it, since all the interviews I've seen on cnn and other news stations she was evasive of direct questions. If there is a video of her apology i would like to see it if you have it.

The "apology" - http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3777516.html

Another black woman's perspective:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060408/COLUMNIST24/604080349&SearchID=73240944327790

Re: cynthia mckinney issue

That's like saying "it's not racist unless it's racist." That's no standard, that's an admission that you lack any kind of standard.

The Screwing of Cynthia McKinney

By Greg Palast, AlterNet. Posted July


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Have you heard about Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman?

According to those quoted on National Public Radio, McKinney?s ?a loose cannon? (media expert) who ?the people of Atlanta are embarrassed and disgusted? (politician) by, and she is also ?loony? and ?dangerous? (senator from her own party).

Yow! And why is McKinney dangerous/loony/disgusting? According to NPR, ?McKinney implied that the [Bush] Administration knew in advance about September 11 and deliberately held back the information.?

The New York Times? Lynette Clemetson revealed her comments went even further over the edge: ?Ms. McKinney suggest[ed] that President Bush might have known about the September 11 attacks but did nothing so his supporters could make money in a war.?

That?s loony, all right. As an editor of the highly respected Atlanta Journal Constitution told NPR, McKinney?s ?practically accused the President of murder!?

Problem is, McKinney never said it.

That?s right. The ?quote? from McKinney is a complete fabrication. A whopper, a fabulous fib, a fake, a flim-flam. Just freakin? made up.

http://www.alternet.org/story/16172/

Yeah, then she changed her hair, hit a cop, & blamed it all on racism.

Loony.

That's very, very interesting, Amigo.

Thanks Andrew.

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HALLIBURTON REIMBURSEMENT -- (House of Representatives - March 01, 2006)

Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Pentagon announced that it is returning $288 out of $300 million it was holding while investigating Halliburton for overcharging, even though Halliburton was previously caught overcharging the Pentagon by $27 million for meals for our troops.

Mr. Speaker, even as tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors face eviction due to FEMA, the United States Government is handing hundreds of millions of dollars to a company which has been plagued by allegations and admissions of fraud, waste, abuse, bribery and kickbacks.

The Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq was itself unable to account for $9 billion, with over a billion of this reportedly having been lost to Halliburton.

Today, I urge Congress to establish a permanent war profiteering committee modeled after the Truman Commission after the Second World War.

Before this Congress writes the President another blank check, we need to investigate the gross incompetence and even corruption that exists with this administration.

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I do love the trouble-makers.

McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann, a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., March 17, 1955; graduated St. Joseph High School; B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1978; attended Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Mass.; diplomatic fellow, Spellman College, Atlanta, Ga., 1984; faculty member, Clark Atlanta University and Agnes Scott College; member of the Georgia state house of representatives, 1988-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003); unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth Congress (January 3, 2005-present).

She's a trouble maker alright.


Cynthia McKinney has made her concern for and commitment to America's valiant veterans in no uncertain terms:

"America needs to make a greater effort to care for those who have fought for our nation's independence. We need to ensure that quality veterans' medical centers are available to help our nation's veterans.

There is no reason why someone who is retired from the military should have to choose their pension over any veterans' disability benefits. While in Congress, I cosponsored legislation that would end this inequity and permit concurrent receipt of both retired pay and veterans' disability benefits.

While in Congress, I introduced legislation which passed and is now law, that corrects an unjust provision of Agent Orange compensation. People who had respiratory cancers from their exposure were getting denied their benefits, and that will no longer happen. (Agent Orange Respiratory Cancer Act of 2001, H.R. 1587)

http://www.cynthiaforcongress.com/issues.html
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"We know there were numerous warnings of the events to
come on September 11," McKinney said that day. "What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? What do they have to hide?" McKinney thought she knew the answer. "What is undeniable," she explained, "is that corporations close to the administration have directly benefited from the increased defense spending arising from the aftermath of September 11th." -Cynthia Mckinny From the January 3 / January 10, 2005

Peace, Freedom, Justice!!!! -amigo

Bullshit.

Racism had nothing to do with it.

Elitism was to blame.

Hers.

Either wear your friggin badge or walk through the friggin sensor.

Interestingly, Naomi Campbell assaulted her maid with a cell phone, recently.

Cell phone assault: It's de riguer among the Diva set!!

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You're right, Lash. That Cynthia girl is just an uppity nigra.

She's an uppity asshole. I think it's weird you try to make it about race.

Do you think it would be acceptable if she'd been white?