Reminder! 9500 Liberty Premieres on MTV Tonight @ 8

Meet the Stars on MTV

S.B. 1070 has been tried once before. Learn the history anti-immigration lobbyists want us to forget.

On Sunday Sept. 26th at 8 PM ET / PT, a game-changing documentary about politics and immigration will be broadcast into 100 million homes.
“9500 Liberty” will premiere simultaneously on MTV2, MTV U, and MTV Tr3s (with Spanish subtitles), and America will see how ordinary citizens, Republicans, and Democrats in Northern Virginia join forces to combat extremism, and regain control of a county government.

MTV 360 presents the
WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE of
9500 LIBERTY
Sunday Sept. 26th
8 PM ET / PT on MTV 2, MTV U,
& MTV Tr3s (with Spanish subtitles)

 

I hope we get to see the panel discussion with Corey and John Quinones. I will be online tonight during the film. We can use this thread for comments about the film. I am sorry we couldn’t meet as a group. Finding a place seemed pointless with so little get together interest. So…we can do it here.

Those Rascally Founders

The Constitutional Convention painted by Howard Chandler Christy
The Constitutional Convention painted by Howard Chandler Christy

We have heard a lot in the past year or so about what the Founding Fathers  intended and  about their vision for us. Many folks have a very romanticized idea of the original Constitution and how it came to  be.  People keep saying what the founders intended for all of us. I am not so sure many of those  people who are making these statements  would  have even be allowed to vote.

After our Constitution was first ratified, there were significant changes.  For instance, senators were not directly elected.  The  vice president was elected differently also.   Many of the  fundamentals have changed.   Do we really know what those early leaders thought?  We can only tell from their essays.  letters and of course, deeds.

 
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Income Growth Rates 1948-2005

There seems to be a misconception that Americans do better financially when there is a Republican administration than during a Democratic administration.

Perhaps we need to rethink that one. According to the following graph, Americans have had a greater income growth rate under a Democratic administration from 1948 until 2005.

income graph

Link to the Washington Post article.

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