Lebanon Rescued Cynthia McKinney

As of this date, Israel has killed 434 Palestinians, and wounded almost 2300 more, while 4 Israelis have been killed. Incredibly, President George Bush stated he will only support a ceasefire if weapons stop being smuggled into Gaza. This is the result of the Zionist occupation of the US Government. Will this change when President-elect Obama takes office January 2O? We doubt it, given his administration choices, especially that of Rahm Emanuel, son of an Irgun terrorist, (erased from Wikipedia, but copied to another website before it disappeared, attached.) Bush still does nothing, and Obama still says nothing. – Admin Staff 2

Cynthia McKinney:  “We Lived to Tell the Story; Lebanon Rescued Us’

January 2, 2009

Letter from Cynthia McKinney:

And one final note, President-elect Obama roared like a mighty lion onto the political scene, but now he is as silent as a lamb in the face of the death and destruction that is happening in Gaza. As we approach the birthday celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. let us remember what Dr. King said:
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

Yesterday, we met with the President of Lebanon, the Chief of the Military, and the Interior Minister who all thanked us for responding and risking our lives on a mission of mercy; we profusely thanked them for rescuing us.

What would we have done, stranded out at sea, prohibited from reaching our destination, low on fuel, with a badly damaged boat if Lebanon had not accepted us? Lebanon sent their ships to find us. Lebanon rescued us. Lebanon welcomed us. And we are truly thankful. (more…)

Racial and ethnic self-segregation

By Dr. Kevin MacDonald — MP3

Two recent articles (see here and here) in the Chicago Tribune show that self-segregation is still the norm in 21st-century America. When whites move to Chicago, they naturally gravitate to the North Side, while blacks head to the South Side. Many of these whites doubtless voted for Obama, but “they aren’t nearly as interested in living in neighborhoods rich in color.”

Indeed, one of the articles cites a study indicating that whites prefer neighborhoods in which no more than 17% of the population is black and another in which whites rate neighborhoods higher if it is a white neighborhood independent of the physical condition of the neighborhood. As usual, whites are acting on these preferences with white flight. Whites make up a declining percentage of the city’s population (now 28%) as they retreat to suburban areas where they can live in neighborhoods with people like themselves.

This behavior conflicts with the official multicultural utopian attitudes that are so apparent in the articles. But it does conform to psychological research that people naturally prefer to associate with people who are similar to themselves. In fact, there are deep psychological roots to ethnocentrism that make us attracted to and more trusting of genetically similar others. Douglas Massey, Princeton University expert on segregation is quoted to the effect that “although white attitudes have changed and they don’t believe in segregation in principle very much anymore. . .in intimate settings their comfort level isn’t very high.” Sociologists such as Robert Putnam have also shown that ethnic homogeneity is associated with greater trust of others and greater political participation.

Of course, whites can’t be explicit about these preferences. Colin Lampark, the white engineer who moved to Lincoln Park, claims he didn’t move to the South Side because he “just doesn’t know anyone on the South Side.” This would seem to be an example of what I call “implicit whiteness“: (more…)