As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Liberty Evolution,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
“Yes we kill. Yes we torture in Guantanamo. Yes we massacre in Pakistan. Yes we bomb in Afghanistan.”
My Commentary: PLACE HEAD IN SAND, AND REPEAT AFTER ME: Those who don’t agree with Obama’s policies are OBVIOUSLY just racist.
I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
NYPD’s Racist “Stop and Frisk” Policy
“The Whole System Relies on These Arrests”: The NYPD’s Racist Marijuana Arrest Crusade And Its National Implications:
http://www.alternet.org/story/155439/%22the_whole_system_relies_on_these_arrests%22%3A_the_nypd%27s_racist_marijuana_arrest_crusade_and_its_national_implications
(Alexander Zaitchik) Every morning, several sheets of paper are posted to the walls outside the arraignment rooms of New York City’s Borough Courts. They list the names of the accused scheduled to appear before the judge and the legal codes of their offenses. On most days and across the city’s five boroughs, these lists include multiple names next to the numbers 221.10. This is the legal code for the misdemeanor charge of possessing small amounts of marijuana “open to public view,” meaning the public display or public smoking of pot. In 2010, more than 50,000 New Yorkers were arrested for violating 221.10. The number represented 15 percent of all arrests made by the NYPD and allowed the city to keep its crown of Marijuana Arrest Capital of the World.
Not that there is a credible challenger for the dubious honor. The high number of 221.10 arrests puts New York in a league of its own and has become a lightning rod in the national debate over race and the war on drugs. New York’s marijuana arrests, says a growing chorus of critics, are a prime example of how the nation’s drug laws disproportionately impact black and Latino communities.
My Commentary: In 2008, cannabis arrests comprised half of all drug arrests:
Marijuana Arrests For Year 2008: 847,864 Pot Arrests Now Comprise One-Half Of All US Drug Arrests:
http://norml.org/news/2009/09/14/marijuana-arrests-for-year-2008-847864-pot-arrests-now-comprise-one-half-of-all-us-drug-arrests
As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Bastiat Institute,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
“Choosing between the lesser of two evils? How is choosing evil working out for you?”
My Commentary: The False dilemma is completely illogical. It is an enemy of reason and of Critical thinking!
As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Antiwar.com,” and originally posted it to my own wall…
“War on Terror (Freeze or I’ll shoot!)
– Invade poor countries to get terrorists
– Destroy homes, confiscate property and jail families of terror suspects
– Accidentally kill & imprison thousands of innocent people
– Ignore underlying causes of terror
– Waste billions of dollars
– Experience failure
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War on Drugs (Freeze or I’ll shoot)
– Invade poor neighborhoods to get drug dealers
– Destroy homes, confiscate property and jail families of drug suspects
– Accidentally kill & imprison thousands of innocent people
– Ignore underlying causes of drug use
– Waste billions of dollars
– Experience failure”
(Artwork by Andy Singer, as part of his comic, “No Exit”)
My Commentary: Some major similarities between the fallacious “War on Terror” and “War on Drugs.”
As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following illustration here, being shared by the page, “Expanded Consciousness,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
“A CENTURY AGO: In 1903, commercial seed houses offered hundreds of varietes as shown in this sampling of ten crops. 80 YEARS LATER: By 1983, few of those varieties were found in the National Seed Storage Laboratory*.”
My Commentary: Another empire, another food monopoly – Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the British Empire… Wake up, and smell the fascism!
