tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post4771210507794468982..comments2024-01-19T04:29:08.081-06:00Comments on subrealism: sistah.soldya ducking questions on how influence peddling made clinton richest ex-preznit OF ALL TIME!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-12390694655521289572015-05-02T08:55:15.435-05:002015-05-02T08:55:15.435-05:00Not taking the Alex Jones minnow-bait. The reason ...Not taking the Alex Jones minnow-bait. The reason politics worked for Tom Pendergast to the extent that he was able to do more WPA than any other city in America, provide generations of jobs, amass a fortune, and make a president - is because Pendergast had operational control over both crime and its revenues and law enforcement and was able to harness the entire dynamic to his benefit and the benefit of his constituents. Name a black mayor in living memory history running isht unopposed like that? The segregated black community in Kansas City was the mafia and the city boss's red light district. Bebop was born and flourished in that specific lush oasis of profound corruption. <br /><br />I suspect that in many other cities where the mafia flourished, a similar model was deployed. Absent a clear understanding of that history, it's more than a little naive to simply condemn the failures and the failings of the 2nd/3rd line inheritors. Fail they unquestionably did, however, it's important to understand the environmental and political history as well as the competitive odds faced by the folks who tried to make it work without control of all the forces and factions that the Irish and Italian political bosses enjoyed back in their heyday.CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-54876767737965558262015-05-02T06:19:12.172-05:002015-05-02T06:19:12.172-05:00Brother CNu:
Please recall our previous conversat...Brother CNu:<br /><br />Please recall our previous conversation about the forces driving "Militarization and Nationalization" of American police.<br /><br />I suggest that it is a "One Two Punch".<br /><br />Right Punch - Promote militarization, oppose nationalization<br /><br />Left Punch - Oppose Militarization, support natonalization<br /><br />Put the two together and WE GET BOTH!!<br /><br />They both play off of each other to justify turning up the heat upon the pot of cold water on the frogs. <br /><br />http://newsbusters.org/blogs/randy-hall/2015/05/01/msnbcs-al-sharpton-calls-doj-take-over-police-across-americaConstructive_Feedbackhttp://withintheblackcommunity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com