Got hope?

If not, you will after watching this young man school Geraldo Rivera and Fox News:

A young American speaking eloquently and passionately about his city and the bullshit that too often passes for news reporting on Fox News.  There seems to be those who think the young man was indicting all of the media (Chris Hayes chased this theme last night as here on Daily Kos) but I've watched it four times now (the young man is that good) and I will guarantee you he isn't talking about anyone but Fox News.  And he's right--Fox News doesn't care about Baltimore, about the poverty, about the joblessness, about the hunger, about the good that these folks do, about the hopelessness they fight every day while still trying to keep hope.  Fox News is only there to scare their white republican viewers--the thugs are coming to get you!  The thugs are coming to get you!

No, they aren't.  They're too damn busy trying to survive to worry about your ignorant asses.

And the children shall lead us, indeed.

Peace,
emaycee

The ghost of revolution future

While I would not downplay the role police brutality toward Freddie Gray (and numerous other instances) had in the unrest in Baltimore last night, it would be equally foolish to disregard the effects of the downward spiral of our economy for the past thirty years on our inner cities--and likewise, on America's working poor and middle class.  Police vioence on top of joblessness, hunger, and little hope for the future is not a recipe for peace and brotherhood.

The powers that be in America need to take a good look at what happened in Baltimore last night (and Ferguson, MO last summer)--if things don't change economically for a vast majority of Americans and very soon, it's only a matter of time before the anger and turmoil moves from our inner cities into our suburbs as well, and the end results will not be pretty for those at the top.

A gated community might keep a burglar or everday miscreant out, but it's not likely to stop a hostile mob that's tired of being cold, hungry, and jobless.

Peace,
emaycee