Shuttle from Selma taking marchers to New Orleans ("Citizens of the Black Belt, get on the bus.")

Selma Times Journal ^ | 3/28/06 | Cassandra Mickens

[Libloather]

...citizens of the Black Belt...

News to me. What is THAT?

[dead]

"It's like Selma all over again!"

[eureka!]

Poverty pimps ping....

[Ingtar]

Funny they could find busses for this but not to save lives pre-Katrina.

[SuziQ]

So from the time frame mentioned in this story, they're going there to vote then come home? What about the 'rebuild' part of their mission? Will there be no one staying to help actually DO any work? If not, then this is all a publicity stunt. Every single one of them can vote right where they are in AL and save their $30!

[Jim Noble]

It is my hope that evacuees who have made Selma their home, join this coalition in force and return to New Orleans to have their voices heard

If they've made Selma their home, Selma is where they vote.

[Awestruck]

and yet I still have more respect for these folks than I ever will for the mexican protestors.

[dead]

...citizens of the Black Belt... News to me. What is THAT?

It's a martial arts club. They have skills with nunchucks, bow staff and magic.

[eureka!]

"Funny they could find busses for this but not to save lives pre-Katrina."

LOL. Maybe because it is not a weekend when it is easier to find drivers. ;^)

[eureka!]

Strike that last comment. It is on a Saturday. And they are charging $30 each. Times are a changin'...

[LtKerst]

board charter buses

They were going to Ride the New Orleans School Buses that Nagen let sit and get flooded.

But "Chocolet" Nagen has put them up for sale on E-Bay.

[BigFinn]

Black leaders seek to postpone the election, citing too many displaced black residents won't be able to cast their vote.

Yes, indeedy.

[Ben Mugged]

...citizens of the Black Belt... News to me. What is THAT? It's a martial arts club. They have skills with nunchucks, bow staff and magic

Nah, it's a Six Sigma Quality total quality management ISO9000 certification. Bunch of quality inspectors going to check out the cities processes.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

They also spend a lot of money on a futile attempt to keep the Mississippi River from going down its natural course,
the Atchafalaya Basin!

[SquirrelKing]

Don't forget computer hacking skills.

Girls like guys with computer hacking skills.

[Libloather]

Black Belt is a phyhsiographic region.

I know that. What does it MEAN?

[Libloather]

Its descriptive of black, silty clay that dominates the soil across the mid-region of Alabama and Mississippi.

And I'm sure the The Dallas County New South Coalition meant EXACTLY that...