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We’ll be working the ATL Circuit this weekend and this is one of our stops. If You’re In the ATL You can Link Us 561-584-9079 for info on our guest stops.

Saturday 7/24/2010
7/24 – Mama ASID will be Co Hosting the Lady D Show on DAPowerhouseradio 12 – 2pm. Call In for a chance to win Signed CD’s and an Invite to the Ital Dinner

7/24 – BadGals Reggae Break At The Initiators Giftshop in Cumberland Mall 7 – 9pm. CD Giveaways and Drawing for the Ital Dinner Invite.

7/24 – The Yearly Ital is Vital Dinner With Ras Mausi 10pm – 1am
Winners will dine on the finest ital food and drink; while enjoying the company of some of the finest Rastafarian Elders; Musicians; DJ’s and of course Mama ASID. All Dinner and Festivities Catered by The Badgals in honor of Ras Kambui, Ras Mausi, Ras Lazarus, and Ras Ahk.

Sunday 7/25/2010
7/25 – The Warrior Queen Mothers Day Hailabration 6pm

Monday 7/26/2010
7/26 – Elberton Georgia Special Show from the Georgia Guidestones

Tuesday 7/27/2010
7/27 – BadGals Reggae Break with Isiah Mentor at The Initiators Giftshop in Cumberland Mall 11am – 1pm CD Signing and Giveaways

remember to rsvp to 561.584.9079

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We’ll be working the ATL Circuit this weekend and this is our itinerary. If You’re In the ATL You can Link Us 561-584-9079 for info on our guest stops.

Saturday 7/24/2010
7/24 – Mama ASID will be Co Hosting the Lady D Show on DAPowerhouseradio 12 -2 pm. Call In for a chance to win Signed CD’s and an Invite to the Ital Dinner with Mama and Mecca. Call In to the Lady D Show  (706 955-2001)  or click here to listen in live

7/24 – BadGals Reggae Break At The Initiators Giftshop in Cumberland Mall 7 – 9pm. CD Giveaways and Drawing for the Ital Dinner.

Sunday 7/25/2010

7/25 – The Ital Dinner with Mama and Mecca 3pm
7/25 – The Warrior Queen Mothers Day Hailabration 6pm

Monday 7/26/2010
7/26 – Elberton Georgia Special Show from the Georgia Guidestones

Tuesday 7/27/2010
7/27 – BadGals Reggae Break with Isiah Mentor at The Initiators Giftshop in Cumberland Mall 11am – 1pm CD Signing and Giveaways

remember to rsvp to 561.584.9079

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Shirley Sherrod and the Black Farmers seem to be on the top of everyones’ chat list today.  first off let us start out by saying We Support the Black Farmers and Always Have.

Take a look at a video we put up early this year with one of the Black Farmers in Michigan – a man named Milton.

Shirley Sherrod is just a whipping girl for the racist politics that has inhibited people like Milton from being in control of their own destiny.

This is the Farmer in Question talking about Shirley Sherrod

These are the two people who were the farmers in question – Roger and Eloise Spooner. Notice What Roger Spooner Says “It wasn’t no racism involved what so ever“. His wife Eloise Spooner says “She always treated us good, she was thoughtful friendly, a good person.” they both seem pretty emphatic in their statements. hardly ever do we see this type of support unless the relationship is real. These folks are telling us how they feel. so why is america trying to twist it into something ugly and wrong ?

I personally remember when the Black Farmers Lawsuit started and the details were obscured by major news stories; yet those of us who are fans of Black enterprise and fresh wholesome food kept it on our watch list.

Take a look at John Boyd – he has a ph.d in farm economics

“isn’t it time to give everyone a chance, all a blackman ever wanted was a chance..”

The lawsuit and settlement of over 1 billion dollars should have been distributed to the Black Farmers by now; but instead we’re listening to folks discuss what Shirley Said or Did.  Shirley was in a very important position at the time and did what she could to help a White farmer save his land. which in our minds is highly commendable.

Every farmer should be respected as a giver of life.  We graduated as Farmers and we Respect the Farmer and The Land.

Won’t YOU Join US in Supporting BOTH SHIRLEY SHERROD AND THE BLACK FARMERS OF AMERICA.

Shirley Sherrod was fired after a baseless, race-based attack.The truth is known. Why won’t the Obama administration correct its mistake? Demand the Obama administration reinstate Sherrod, now:

The Obama administration just caved in to the right-wing smear machine, firing a Black USDA official after she was smeared by far-right blogger Andrew Breitbart and his friends at Fox News Channel.

Sherrod’s dismissal was based on a selectively edited video that made it appear she was confessing to discriminating against a White farming couple. In reality she was telling the story of how working with that family to save their farm helped her to lose her racial preconceptions.^[2]

It took less than 24 hours for the lies to be debunked. But by that time, it was too late — Sherrod was forced to quit. And even now that the truth is known, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is refusing to reinstate her.^[3] Worse, Vilsack has President Obama’s support.^[4] This kind of political cowardice is beyond shameful.

Please join us in calling on the White House to immediately give Shirley Sherrod her job back, and to stop bowing to the will of right-wing propaganda artists. And please ask your friends and family to do the same — it takes just a moment:

http://www.colorofchange.org/shirley/?id=2365-436031

The smear

On Monday, Andrew Breitbart (a blogger who works closely with FOX News and has a long history of launching deceptive, racially charged smear campaigns) posted a deceptively edited video of USDA employee Shirley Sherrod speaking at an NAACP function. The video shows Sherrod telling a story about how she once was asked for help from a White farmer, and how she didn’t “give him the full force of what I could do” to help him, because of his race.^[5]

Breitbart touted the video as evidence that the NAACP and the Obama administration tolerated racial discrimination against White people, saying that it showed Sherrod’s “federal duties are managed through the prism of race and class distinctions.” Breitbart’s doctored video and false storyline moved quickly to FOX News, where on-air personalities called for Sherrod’s firing.^[6]

The truth is that Sherrod was telling a 24-year old story about her work for a non-profit organization whose mission was to help Black farmers. Discrimination against Black farmers was rampant, and she described how she was first reluctant when approached by a White farmer named Roger Spooner for help (Sherrod also says that her father was killed by a White farmer 45 years ago). But after seeing that no one wanted to help Spooner, she worked to save his farm, and eventually became good friends with his family. ^[7]

Yesterday, Roger Spooner said that Sherrod saved their farm and kept them out of bankruptcy. He told CNN, “I don’t know what brought up the racist mess. They just want to stir up some trouble, it sounds to me in my opinion.”^[8]

A disturbing pattern

Sadly, the truth didn’t matter at all. Soon after Breitbart’s fake video surfaced, Sherrod says she was pressured by the White House to resign. Sherrod was never given a chance to tell her side of the story and says that the Obama administration was “not interested in hearing the truth.”^[9]

Once the truth became known, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a statement saying that whether or not the smear campaign against Sherrod was based in lies, it was necessary to fire her because the “controversy” would make it hard for her to do her job.^[10] The Obama administration is essentially saying that they will always back down in the face of dishonest, race-baiting smear campaigns launched by right-wing propagandists. They’ve ended the career of someone who did nothing wrong, and by handing a victory to the people who launched this deception, the administration is encouraging them to launch even more smears. All to avoid “controversy.” It’s pathetic, it’s shameful, and it has to stop.

It’s not the first time this has happened. Several members of the Obama administration have lost their jobs or been demoted, and nominees to cabinet positions have either stepped down or withdrawn their nominations after becoming the target of smear campaigns launched by FOX News and Breitbart.

It’s bad enough that we have to fight the constant smear campaigns and appeals to racial paranoia from FOX and the right-wing media. But it’s completely shameful and outrageous for the Obama administration to throw innocent public servants under the bus just to avoid having to fight back against the lies.

If enough of us call out the White House and tell them to stop running scared from FOX News, they might listen. Please join us in standing up for Shirley Sherrod, and demanding that the White House do the right thing now:

http://www.colorofchange.org/shirley/?id=2365-436031

Thanks and Peace,

– James, Gabriel, William, Dani, Milton and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
July 21, 2010

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