Just Because You Believe You're A Civil Rights Icon..Does Not Mean One Can't Be Judge When Wrong....

If Your Candidate Is Strong - It is Not Necessary To Lie On Another to Win. All That does Is Display Large And Wide The Weakness in Your Candidate.

As It Relates to the Mess About What Congressman John Lewis Said-- He Lied - Point Blank Period On Bernie Sanders.

As a Young Jewish Man in the early 1960's, Sanders was a part - as were many others - in the Civil Rights Struggle. Sanders participated during the March on Washington and Chairman of CORE a Social Change Organization that sought equality in Student Housing in Chicago during that same period.

It was not required that Sanders "Check-In" With John Lewis to verify all of his related Civil Rights Activities in the 1960's.
Nor was it required that all of the Freedom Riders - including James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner "Check-In" with John Lewis before visiting Nashoba County, Mississippi or that Merger Evans "Check In" with John Lewis before arriving home in his driveway, or Emmett Till "Check-In" with John Lewis before visiting a grocery Store in Money, Mississippi.

In Fact, It was not required that ANY OF THE individuals giving time, money or worst their body -- up to in some cases the point of death - "Check-In" with John Lewis to ensure he know they were there.

Martin Luther King did not require this for those aligning with his rightful views on the struggle, so excuse me but what makes John Lewis more special than MLK?

Let me answer my own question - NOTHING.

Furthermore, John Lewis Lied on when he claimed to first met the Clinton's.

He did NOT meet Bill or Hillary Clinton in the early 1960's. Want to know why?

Hillary Clinton was ending high school in the Chicagoland area and was a Goldwater Girl until 1964 - then because a student at Wellesley College - a Exclusive All Girls Private College in Wellesley, Massachusetts that did NOT admit African-American students in the early or mid 1960's.

Heck the college just named recently it's first African-American President - so...

President Bill Clinton was nowhere near a Civil Rights March as a High School Student until 1963 - then attending Georgetown University from 1964 to 1967 and -- next as a intern and then clerk in the office of Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright - a KNOWN RACIST at the time.

In Fact, Lewis did not even hear of Bill Clinton until the early 1970's according to his own words:

Lewis contributed a section to a 2001 book called "Conversations: William Jefferson Clinton, from Hope to Harlem" which offers an African American perspective on President Clinton. In the book, Lewis states:

“The first time I heard of Bill Clinton was in the early 70s. I was living in Georgia, working for the Southern Poverty Law organization, when someone told me about this young, emerging leader in Arkansas who served as attorney general, then later became governor.”

“I think I paid more attention to him at the 1988 Democratic Convention, when he was asked to introduce the presidential candidate and took up far more time than was allotted to him. After he became involved with the Democratic Leadership Council, I would run into him from time to time. But it was one of his aides, Rodney Slater, who actually introduced us in 1991 and asked me if I would support his presidency.”

Harry Belafonte Endorses Bernie Sanders

Harry Belafonte is a HUGE (using the Bernie way of saying it) Figure In The Civil Rights Movement. Anyone That Has Studied Anything About This Movement Knows This.

Belafonte was extremely close to both Dr. King and His Wife Ms. Scott-King. He Marched With Them, He Strategized With Them, He Cried With Them, He Laughed With Them.

To Have Mr. Belafonte's Endorsement Today of Bernie Sanders - Proves He (Bernie Sanders) - Not Other Candidates - Are Standing In Line with the Legacy of MLK and frankly is "ThisClose" to MLK or Ms. Scott-King (Rest In Power) Endorsing Mr. Sanders Themselves.

Thank You Harry B. Harry B. #GotBerniesBack

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Gov. Snyder must decide whether to declare disaster in Flint water crisis

Source: MLive - Flint Journal

"FLINT, MI -- Last week, Gov. Rick Snyder said he was sorry for Flint's lead in water crisis.

Now, he must decide whether the situation amounts to a man-made disaster, created while the city was being run by emergency managers that he appointed. Genesee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jamie Curtis endorsed Flint Mayor Karen Weaver's request for a federal disaster declaration today, Jan. 4. The application was described by officials as a work in progress and includes a request for more than $50 million.

Among the specifics of the request: an estimated $45 million for the replacement of about 15,000 lead water service lines, $6.2 million to expedite upgrades in the city's water system to prepare it for treating and distributing water from the Karegnondi Water Authority and an unspecified amount to lessen the health effects of elevated lead levels in water.

"Its a victory, and it's a step in the right direction," said Weaver, who plans to meet with Snyder to discuss the declaration Thursday, Jan. 7. "I am not going to give up until this is done."

A spokesman for Snyder said in an email statement today that the Michigan State Police's Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division has already begun working with county emergency management officials "to gather information about the resources needed for a governor's declaration."

"The health and welfare of Flint residents is a top priority, and we're committed to working closely with Mayor Weaver and the Genesee County Commission on a coordinated response to health and infrastructure issues," the statement says.

"The state police have been closely engaged in the situation since the beginning, meeting with both county and city leaders to guide them through state and federal laws regarding the emergency management process," the statement from Dave Murray, Snyder's press secretary, says. "Due to the uniqueness of this situation, we have to look at all possible options to help Flint residents."

The statement says prior to a formal declaration, the state is "recognizing this as an emergency and are working with city and county leaders to coordinate efforts, streamline communication and tap all available resources at the state's control."

Weaver declared that Flint had suffered a man-made disaster because of lead in water last month, the first step in requesting state and federal assistance.

The resolution signed by Curtis says, in part, that Flint residents were exposed to toxic levels of lead "due to utilizing the Flint River as a primary source of water without proper corrosion control treatment. We're not going to be ignored," Curtis said after declaring the county is in a state of emergency. "We're going to get the help that these people need."

That effort will be a part of the discussion between Weaver and Snyder on Thursday, a week after the governor said for the first time that he was "very sorry" for Flint's water crisis.

Genesee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jamie Curtis joins with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver to declare state of emergency in Flint because of its water source issues.

The decision to use the Flint River as the city's water source came as the city was being run by four separate emergency managers appointed by Snyder and after the state failed to require the city to treat Flint River water to make it less corrosive. As a result, Weaver and other city officials have said, the corrosive river water damaged Flint's aging water distribution system while it was used from April 2014 until October 2015.

Corrosive water also caused lead to leach from pipes and fixtures, and the number of children with elevated blood lead levels in the city more than doubled while the river was in use, according to a Flint pediatrician's study released in September.

"We have damage to our people and our pipes," said Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, whose study of blood lead levels in Flint children showed the spike in lead children affected by elevated blood lead levels. "The damage exceeds the capacity for our city and possibly our state" to contend with ... "This is a catastrophe ... (like) the floods that just happened in Missouri," Hanna-Attisha told the commissioners today. "Our whole community has been traumatized."

Several Flint residents at today's commission meeting thanked county officials for helping Weaver seek state and federal funds.

"I just want to say thank-you for stepping up for us ... the poisoned families that have been struggling with this for so long," said Melissa Mays, a Flint mother who helped start Water You Fighting For, a grass roots group that campaigned to end the city's use of the Flint River.



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