Just think of the possibilities
And behold a pale horse....
Posted on 05/15/2004 5:16:30 AM PDT by schaketo
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Minister Louis Farrakhan is considering organizing another national march next year – the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March – to encourage African Americans to keep a larger share of their $688 billion annual spending in the Black community.
That disclosure was ignored last week after the Nation of Islam leader held a 2-hour speech/news conference at the National Press Club here that dealt primarily with the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the Middle East and foreign affairs.
“I’m not so much interested in a march,” Farrakhan said, replying to a question. “I’m not too much interested in gathering a million or two million men in one place – unless it is to direct those men to do that which will liberate our people.”
Warming to his subject, he said, “There is no reason for Morris Brown (a financially troubled Black college in Atlanta) to close. There is no reason that we don’t have hospitals and clinics across this nation to service our needs. It’s the misuse of our dollars. So, I don’t see any reason to call 2 million men again, unless we’re calling them for serious work.”
And there are plenty of dollars that quickly work their way out of the Black community. According to the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia, annual Black spending power will grow from $688 billion in 2002 to $921 billion in 2008.
Although Farrakhan said that he will consider whether organizing another march, some of his senior aides say he appears to be leaning toward calling for a rally in 2005.
Farrakhan, who became a registered voter for the first time in 1984 to help bolster the presidential candidacy of Jesse Jackson, issued a word of caution to Black leaders.
“My dear Black brothers and sisters and Hispanic brothers and sisters, I know that you’re Democrats. And I know that you want Sen. (John) Kerry to win,” Farrakhan said, his voice barely above a whisper. “But I say to Black leadership, don’t you herd our people to the polls before you put before Sen. Kerry an agenda that’s in the best interest of the masses of our people. If you betray our people, as a suffering masses that want to be relieved, then your leadership is finished.
This is the last time that you will herd our votes into the hands of any political leader without having the necessary strength to put before such a leader, those issues that affect our lives.”
The first group to meet with Kerry after he clinched the Democratic nomination was the Congressional Black Caucus, chaired by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). Cummings has stated that African American lawmakers have a list of issues that they want Kerry to adopt. And for his part, Kerry has pledged to lean heavily on CBC members and other Black national leaders for advice.
Farrakhan chided Sen. Kerry for opposing reparations for African Americans and not supporting a bill introduced each year by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) calling for a study of the issue.
“Senator Kerry, you come off as a moderate, a White moderate who prefers order – don’t disturb the order by asking for a study of whether Black people deserve reparations,” the Nation of Islam leader said. Mocking Kerry, he continued, “Let’s not go to the past, but remember the Alamo, remember Pearl Harbor, remember the Holocaust. But forget what you have suffered.” With his voice rising, Farrakhan added, “We, the Blacks in America, deserve to be repaired.”
On the war in Iraq, Farrakhan charged that it was unlikely that ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would have ever conspired with Osama bin Laden, a key leader in the al Qaeda terrorist group.
“They cannot with truth tie al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein,” Farrakhan declared. “If you know anything about Osama bin Laden, he is what you would call a religious zealot who saw Saddam Hussein as a hypocrite who went away from Islam to follow a path of socialism. So there’s no way Osama would have been connected to Saddam. But the neo-conservatives (in the U.S.) wanted to make a case for war.”
More accurately, Farrakhan contends, they were eager to go to war to protect Israel. “Iraq never threatened America, could not threat America,” Farrakhan said. “But as long as Saddam Hussein was alive, in their minds, he was a threat to Israel. Syria is a threat to Israel. Iran is a threat to Israel. Anyone that does not believe in their justification of the state of Israel on Palestinian land is an enemy that must be destroyed.”
Farrakhan alleged that war served the dual purpose of attacking Islam and protecting the interests of Israel.
“What America is seeking is actually to change Islam to make Islam suitable and non-threatening to Western hegemony over the entire world. So the war is not just against brutal dictators. The war, at the root, is against Islam. The government will not admit to that.”
Farrakhan made public two letters he sent to Bush. In the first one, dated Dec. 1, 2001, he said: “Afghanistan is only a preliminary to a much wider war, which is already planned. And this war also has a home front aspect as well.” He warned at if President Bush persisted on his present course, “You will unite the Muslim world in hostility against America and Great Britain, and you will use your great position of power, inadvertently, to call for a Holy War against the West.”
At the National Press Club, Farrakhan said, “I have been a faithful warner to you. I know that the Sanhedrin (an ancient Jewish court system) will meet after this speech. They will decide what to do with me. You may do as you please, but if this country is to survive it must renounce and repudiate the doctrine of the neoconservatives and distance this country from her agenda. If America is to survive she must not use the might of America to fight the battles of Israel and allow herself to be used to destroy the real or perceived enemies of Israel.”
Like all recent administrations, Bush officials view Israel as America’s most important ally in the Middle East.
Farrakhan says that’s part of the problem.
“…They are saying that President George W. Bush is the greatest friend that Israel has had of any president in this country. If George W. Bush is a brilliant friend, then how can he be an honest broker in a search for peace?”
As usual, Farrakhan saved his harshest criticism for Jews.
“A Jew is a noble name,” he said. “A Jew means one who is in a covenant relationship with God in obedience to the divine laws, statures and commandments of God. But these people claim to be Jews, but they’re not in obedience to God’s law. They have given a mission of evil a divine look on it and George W. Bush has swallowed that bait, hook, line and sinker. The Synagogue of Satan is a gathering of persons of like mind and spirit who are in opposition to the will of God.”
The Anti-Defamation League, which catalogues and documents public attacks on Jews, says on its Web site that Farrakhan “has long expressed anti-Semitic and anti-white rhetoric, that mark him as a notable figure on the extremist scene.”
Minister Farrakhan predicted that unemployment will remain a serious problem in the U.S.
“I know that America cannot provide for the millions of her own unemployed as well as ours,” he said. “And that’s why our agenda must think in terms of a future for our people. Not integration, not sitting next to a White child that will be beneficial to him.
But equal access to information and knowledge. For once you know what the other man knows, he can no longer rule you. And as long as you’re being ruled, it’s because you have inferior knowledge.”
Clue me in - why does this hate-mongerer still get Press Coverage?
What a great opportunity for the AG & the FBI to update their photo file and maybe lift a few finger prints and DNA from litter. Go for it, Louie!
The Nation of Islam was founded by Middle Eastern immigrant Wallace D. Fard in 1930. Four years later he passed the leadership over to Elijah Poole who declared himself Allah's prophet and changed his name into Elijah Muhammad. They also called him the Messenger. Every Black Muslim had to call him "the most honorable Elijah Muhammad" from now on to pay respect for him. So we know these words from most every Malcolm X speech till he left the Black Muslims. On joining the Nation of Islam everyone had to replace his surname by an "X". This was necessary to get rid of the "evil white name" of their forfather's slavemasters. Their original names were taken from them when they were shipped to America and the slavemaster's was given to them instead of their African name. The Black Muslims saw themselves as descendants of the black inhabitants of Mecca. The white race's origin would be a bizarre genetic experiment by a warped genetic engineer, called Yacub, 6,000 years ago. Allah hisself had decreed that the white race should rule the world for 6,000 years. Then the power should pass over to the black people, that means to those who followed Allah - as the Black Muslims did. In comparison the white was doomed to destruction. Because of this a total seperation from the white society is absolutely necessary - socialy and economicly. So the Nation tried to develop black businesses, tried to create a certain sense of black pride by teaching the rejection of the white society and the affirmation of black history and culture. Further there was a policy of extreme abstension from politics and something called non engagement policy that meant Muslims shouldn't organise anything alongside non Muslims. Because of this the Nation of Islam got the reputation of "talking tough and doing nothing" in the early 1960's. The Nation of Islam had its own flag and elitist group, called the Fruit of Islam.
Now what prize do I get?
His grammar is what needs to be repaired.
Think he'll have a "mother ship" flyover at his march?
But do we get another speech like the one last time, where he made the jumps between Egyptian, English, and Arabic languages?
Let's see. By Louis' calculation, this will be the fifth one. Right?
Before Fairygan can lead a million man march to DC, he has to find a few hundred guys willing to march with him.
Like the Pied Piper of Hamelin....
Just think of the possibilities
And behold a pale horse....
Exactly!
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((((( Man your battle stations! ))))) ... ((((( Man your battle stations! )))))
This is not a drill.
So's the Iraqi on the left. ;)
what would be the reaction if a white politician called on white americans to keep more of their spending "within the white community." It would be outraga at such blatant racism -- and damn right. Why is it then that the media keeps giving racists like Farrakhan a free pass? Americans should shop and spend at wherever they get the best service for the best price. White, black, whatever. That's how capitalism works, folks.
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"Only if he does it between Monday and Friday, when they have nothing to do."
That's uncalled for. Many of my neighbors are hard working black families who are doing the same thing I am trying to do...make a good life for my family!
is it me, or does that sound like an overt threat?
Woohoo, you go Louie… have 90,000 guys and call it the Million Man March, LOL.
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