babscornett on "Lady Bird Johnson: a political journey"

babscornett — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:48:49 +0100

I left a comment here where I spoke of the history of slavery and the wrongs done to blacks and compared that with the treatment of the Palestinians by the Jews. I stated that the United States should not be supporting Israel because to do so goes against our Constitution. I spoke of feeling resentment when Sidney Blumenthal talks about the South and can only see Lady Bird as a Southerner when she was an American who was loyal to America. These comments were not posted but were censored. So much for our open democracy. I suppose when Jews control our government or a website then our freedoms are conditioned upon their approval so that we are no longer free. This means that even though our government and our people were able to correct the wrongs done under slavery we will be unable to stop the Jews because all of us have lost our freedoms because of them. What is the difference between the way blacks were treated in the old South and the way Palestinians are treated. What is the difference between an Aryan nation and a Jewish state. My comments are relevant to this article. My people gave me free speech and my people have fought all of the political, economic and military wars this nation ever had and my loyality is to America. So why do we not have an open democracy where I am free to speak my mind. Thank for censoring my post and making my points for me. Everything I said about liberals and jews is true and on their websites we are free to spread hatred against Christians and American culture and history and we are free to talk of how evil the Muslims are but we are not free to speak of the problems caused to us by the Jews. I rest my case. The nation could survive Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwel but the Jews are another story. babs

Lady Bird Johnson: a political journey, Sidney Blumenthal

robert.cawston@opendemocracy.net — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:34:23 +0100

The obituaries of former first lady Lady Bird Johnson extol her beautification projects, graciousness and steady handling of the outsize personality of her husband. But she was also an unwavering supporter of civil rights and through the decades kept close ties to key people in the movement. Her achievements are inseparable from her marriage. Lady Bird managed Lyndon's turbulence, quietly offered her counsel, ignored his wandering eye, and calmed those he might upset. Nothing of that relationship was easily reducible to simple motivation. Over time, rather than becoming more submissive and diminished, she became stronger, more formidable and clearer minded. At almost every turn, at every difficulty and problem they encountered, Lyndon discovered and rediscovered his reliance on her strength and judgment.

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Lady Bird Johnson: a political journey, Sidney Blumenthal