Black History Month Moment: Presidential Proclamations

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Jueseppi B.

By Jueseppi B.

 

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Presidential Proclamations

 

January 31, 2013

Presidential Proclamation: National African American History Month, 2013

 

The White House

 

Office of the Press Secretary

 

For Immediate Release
January 31, 2013

Presidential Proclamation: National African American History Month, 2013

 

By The President of The United States of America

 

 

A Proclamation

In America, we share a dream that lies at the heart of our founding:  that no matter who you are, no matter what you look like, no matter how modest your beginnings or the circumstances of your birth, you can make it if you try.  Yet, for many and for much of our Nation’s history, that dream has gone unfulfilled. For African Americans, it was a dream denied until 150 years ago, when a great emancipator called for the end of slavery. It was a dream deferred less than 50 years ago, when a preacher spoke of justice and brotherhood from Lincoln’s memorial.  This dream of equality and fairness has never come easily — but it has always been sustained by the belief that in America, change is possible.

 

Today, because of that hope, coupled with the hard and painstaking labor of Americans sung and unsung, we live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach for people of every color and creed.  National African American History Month is a time to tell those stories of freedom won and honor the individuals who wrote them.  We look back to the men and women who helped raise the pillars of democracy, even when the halls they built were not theirs to occupy.  We trace generations of African Americans, free and slave, who risked everything to realize their God-given rights.  We listen to the echoes of speeches and struggle that made our Nation stronger, and we hear again the thousands who sat in, stood up, and called out for equal treatment under the law.  And we see yesterday’s visionaries in tomorrow’s leaders, reminding us that while we have yet to reach the mountaintop, we cannot stop climbing.

 

Today, Dr. King, President Lincoln, and other shapers of our American story proudly watch over our National Mall.  But as we memorialize their extraordinary acts in statues and stone, let us not lose sight of the enduring truth that they were citizens first.  They spoke and marched and toiled and bled shoulder-to-shoulder with ordinary people who burned with the same hope for a brighter day.  That legacy is shared; that spirit is American.  And just as it guided us forward 150 years ago and 50 years ago, it guides us forward today.  So let us honor those who came before by striving toward their example, and let us follow in their footsteps toward the better future that is ours to claim.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 2013 as National African American History Month.  I call upon public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

 

BARACK OBAMA

 

 

 

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February 01, 2013

Presidential Proclamation — 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks

 

 

The White House

 

 

Office of the Press Secretary

 

 

For Immediate Release
February 01, 2013

Presidential Proclamation — 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks

 

 

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ROSA PARKS

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

 

A PROCLAMATION

 

On December 1, 1955, our Nation was forever transformed when an African-American seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. Just wanting to get home after a long day at work, Rosa Parks may not have been planning to make history, but her defiance spurred a movement that advanced our journey toward justice and equality for all.

 

Though Rosa Parks was not the first to confront the injustice of segregation laws, her courageous act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott — 381 days of peaceful protest when ordinary men, women, and children sent the extraordinary message that second-class citizenship was unacceptable. Rather than ride in the back of buses, families and friends walked. Neighborhoods and churches formed carpools. Their actions stirred the conscience of Americans of every background, and their resilience in the face of fierce violence and intimidation ultimately led to the desegregation of public transportation systems across our country.

 

Rosa Parks’s story did not end with the boycott she inspired. A lifelong champion of civil rights, she continued to give voice to the poor and the marginalized among us until her passing on October 24, 2005.

 

As we mark the 100th anniversary of Rosa Parks’s birth, we celebrate the life of a genuine American hero and remind ourselves that although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing. It has taken acts of courage from generations of fearless and hopeful Americans to make our country more just. As heirs to the progress won by those who came before us, let us pledge not only to honor their legacy, but also to take up their cause of perfecting our Union.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 4, 2013, as the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks. I call upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate service, community, and education programs to honor Rosa Parks’s enduring legacy.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

 

BARACK OBAMA

 

 

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2005 Time Magazine Article By Barack Obama

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Jueseppi B.

 

By Jueseppi B.

 

 

 

 

This article appeared in Time Magazine in 2005:

 

What I See in Lincoln’s Eyes

By Barack Obama Monday, July 04, 2005

 

My favorite portrait of Lincoln comes from the end of his life. In it, Lincoln’s face is as finely lined as a pressed flower. He appears frail, almost broken; his eyes, averted from the camera’s lens, seem to contain a heartbreaking melancholy, as if he sees before him what the nation had so recently endured.

 

 

It would be a sorrowful picture except for the fact that Lincoln’s mouth is turned ever so slightly into a smile. The smile doesn’t negate the sorrow. But it alters tragedy into grace. It’s as if this rough-faced, aging man has cast his gaze toward eternity and yet still cherishes his memories–of an imperfect world and its fleeting, sometimes terrible beauty. On trying days, the portrait, a reproduction of which hangs in my office, soothes me; it always asks me questions.

 

 

What is it about this man that can move us so profoundly? Some of it has to do with Lincoln’s humble beginnings, which often speak to our own. When I moved to Illinois 20 years ago to work as a community organizer, I had no money in my pockets and didn’t know a single soul. During my first six years in the state legislature, Democrats were in the minority, and I couldn’t get a bill heard, much less passed. In my first race for Congress, I had my head handed to me.

 

 

So when I, a black man with a funny name, born in Hawaii of a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, announced my candidacy for the U.S. Senate, it was hard to imagine a less likely scenario than that I would win–except, perhaps, for the one that allowed a child born in the backwoods of Kentucky with less than a year of formal education to end up as Illinois’ greatest citizen and our nation’s greatest President.

 

 

In Lincoln’s rise from poverty, his ultimate mastery of language and law, his capacity to overcome personal loss and remain determined in the face of repeated defeat–in all this, he reminded me not just of my own struggles. He also reminded me of a larger, fundamental element of American life–the enduring belief that we can constantly remake ourselves to fit our larger dreams.

 

 

A connected idea attracts us to Lincoln: as we remake ourselves, we remake our surroundings. He didn’t just talk or write or theorize. He split rail, fired rifles, tried cases and pushed for new bridges and roads and waterways. In his sheer energy, Lincoln captures a hunger in us to build and to innovate. It’s a quality that can get us in trouble; we may be blind at times to the costs of progress. And yet, when I travel to other parts of the world, I remember that it is precisely such energy that sets us apart, a sense that there are no limits to the heights our nation might reach.

 

 

Still, as I look at his picture, it is the man and not the icon that speaks to me. I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. As a law professor and civil rights lawyer and as an African American, I am fully aware of his limited views on race. Anyone who actually reads the Emancipation Proclamation knows it was more a military document than a clarion call for justice. Scholars tell us too that Lincoln wasn’t immune from political considerations and that his temperament could be indecisive and morose.

 

 

But it is precisely those imperfections–and the painful self-awareness of those failings etched in every crease of his face and reflected in those haunted eyes–that make him so compelling. For when the time came to confront the greatest moral challenge this nation has ever faced, this all too human man did not pass the challenge on to future generations. He neither demonized the fathers and sons who did battle on the other side nor sought to diminish the terrible costs of his war. In the midst of slavery’s dark storm and the complexities of governing a house divided, he somehow kept his moral compass pointed firm and true.

 

 

What I marvel at, what gives me such hope, is that this man could overcome depression, self-doubt and the constraints of biography and not only act decisively but retain his humanity. Like a figure from the Old Testament, he wandered the earth, making mistakes, loving his family but causing them pain, despairing over the course of events, trying to divine God’s will. He did not know how things would turn out, but he did his best.

 

 

A few weeks ago, I spoke at the commencement at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. I stood in view of the spot where Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held one of their famous debates during their race for the U.S. Senate. The only way for Lincoln to get onto the podium was to squeeze his lanky frame through a window, whereupon he reportedly remarked, “At last I have finally gone through college.” Waiting for the soon-to-be graduates to assemble, I thought that even as Lincoln lost that Senate race, his arguments that day would result, centuries later, in my occupying the same seat that he coveted. He may not have dreamed of that exact outcome.

 

 

But I like to believe he would have appreciated the irony. Humor, ambiguity, complexity, compassion–all were part of his character. And as Lincoln called once upon the better angels of our nature, I believe that he is calling still, across the ages, to summon some measure of that character, the American character, in each of us today.

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“You’re the reason a young immigrant who grew up here and went to school here and pledged allegiance to our flag will no longer be deported from the only country she’s ever called home; why selfless soldiers won’t be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love; why thousands of families have finally been able to say to the loved ones who served us so bravely: ‘Welcome home. Welcome home.’ You did that. You did that. You did that.”

 

 

 

 

 

If we ever needed to vote & vote DEMOCRATIC, we sure do need to vote DEMOCRATIC now. For us (Black America) the right to vote is not just a Constitutional matter but a right borne out of struggle, out of sacrifice and in some cases out of death. Think for a moment where we are in time and you will understand why: ”If we never ever needed to vote DEMOCRATIC, we sure do need to vote DEMOCRATIC NOW!!”

 

 
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In The Balcony Movie Review; Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Jueseppi B.

By Jueseppi B.

 

 

 

 

 

I thought long & hard about even writing a review on this movie. The title is so stupid as well as the subject matter. In MY opinion. Oh well….here it is anyway.

 

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a 2012 American pseudo-documentary action horror film based on the 2010 mashup novel of the same name. The film was directed by Timur Bekmambetov and co-produced by him and Tim Burton. The novel’s author, Seth Grahame-Smith, wrote the adapted screenplay. The real-life figure Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States (1861–1865), is portrayed in the novel and the film as having a secret identity as a vampire hunter. Filming began in Louisiana in March 2011, and the film is a 3D production.

 

 

 

Plot

President Lincoln’s mother was killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

Cast

Production

The film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was first announced in March 2010 when Tim Burton and Bekmambetov, paired to purchase film rights and to finance its development themselves. The book’s author, Seth Grahame-Smith, was hired to write the script. In the following October, Fox beat other studios in a bidding war for rights to the film, having made a detailed pitch about the film’s production, marketing, and release.

 

In January 2011, with Bekmambetov attached as director, Walker was cast as Abraham Lincoln. He beat Adrien Brody, Josh Lucas, James D’Arcy, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen for the role. Additional actors were cast in the following February. Filming began in March 2011 in Louisiana. The film has a budget of $69 million and will be produced in 3D.

 

 

Release

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was originally scheduled to be released in 2D and 3D on October 28, 2011, but was later pushed back to June 22, 2012.

 

 

 

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Produced by Timur Bekmambetov
Tim Burton
Jim Lemley
Screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith
Based on Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by
Seth Grahame-Smith
Starring Benjamin Walker
Dominic Cooper
Anthony Mackie
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Rufus Sewell
Marton Csokas
Music by Henry Jackman
Cinematography Caleb Deschanel
Editing by William Hoy
Studio Bazelevs Company
Tim Burton Productions
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s)
  • June 22, 2012
Running time 105 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $70 million
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The New American Civil War ~ 99% vs 1%

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Jueseppi B.

By Jueseppi B.

 

 

 

 

The American Civil War (1861–1865), often referred to simply as The Civil War in the United States, was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (“the Confederacy”); the other 25 states supported the federal government (“the Union“). After four years of warfare, mostly within the Southern states, the Confederacy surrendered and slavery was outlawed everywhere in the nation. Issues that led to war were partially resolved in the Reconstruction Era that followed, though others remained unresolved.

 

Can you see the similarities between 1861-1865 and 2008-2012? The majority of TeaTardedRepubliCANT states begin their “secession” from the “Union” in 2008, because of the election of the first Black American President, Barack Hussein Obama. Those states have enacted laws to oppress immigrants, they have voted into law voter suppression bills to prevent the re-election of Barack Hussein Obama to a second term.

 

Those same rouge states have declared a War on Women with the attempt to deny Women the right to choose abortion, a right clearly defined as legal in the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs Wade. The rights of a woman to use and obtain health insurance that covers birth control, and the use of birth control are being challenged by the “Confederacy” while the “Union” fights for the rights of all Americans.

 

Same sex unions and marriage are being challenged in the legal system. Lies and misinformation on everything from the reason why gas prices are so high to the religion and place of birth of the President, are manufactured as legitimate issues for waging war on the “Union” by the “Confederacy”.

 

 

In the spring of 1861, decades of simmering tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including states’ rights versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War (1861-65). The election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 caused seven southern states to secede from the Union to form the Confederate States of America; four more joined them after the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

 

Four years of brutal conflict were marked by historic battles at Bull Run (Manassas), Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg, among others. The War Between the States, as the Civil War was also known, pitted neighbor against neighbor and in some cases, brother against brother. By the time it ended in Confederate surrender in 1865, the Civil War proved to be the costliest war ever fought on American soil, with some 620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers killed, millions more injured and the population and territory of the South devastated.

 

 

America is experiencing a division right now that mirrors the dreaded times of 1861-1865. It is 2012, yet we are revisiting issues settled in the middle to late 1960′s. Voting rights are being challenged by caucasian politicians. The voting rights act is being dissected to be re-written or removed altogether. I watched a debate between Ann Coulter & Ed Schultz in which Ann Coulter said that women should not have the right to vote, and she stated that the voting age should be 26.

 

The TeaTardedRepubliCANTS are attempting to return America to the days of her storied and glorious past. Glorious for all Americans except those with a dark skin color, or those without a penis. I predict a civil war is coming. I predict there will be much bloodshed in the coming years because Americans will not accept being returned to a time when caucasians males were in control of America.

 

America is never going to return to the plantation or to the times when women were seen and not heard. America is a diverse and multi-racial nation, rich in the efforts and contributions of ALL her citizens and each section of her population. A tiny group of racist, greedy, wealthy caucasian males, who have managed to brainwash a few women to follow them, will never control, manipulate and subject the American people to slavery or oppression again.

 

Except for a couple of house niggers like Tavis Smiley, Cornell West, Allen West, Herman Cain & some others I don’t know by name, and except for those caucasian folks too dumb and too racist to comprehend that the “Black President” is working his ass off for ALL of America….We The People will not go back. Want to take your “country back?” Get involved in civil war re-enactment events. But America is NOT going back.

 

This Revolution Will Be Televised.

 

 

“America is back. Anyone who tells you otherwise, anyone who tells you America is in decline or that our influence has wained, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
This nation is great because we built it together. This nation is great because we world as a team. This nation is great because we get each other’s back.
We need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual destruction.”

~ President Barack Obama. ~
Go Out On “NO”vember Sixth, Twenty Twelve &Vote Democratic.

Vote For Barack Hussein Obama.

Four More For Forty Four.

“BARACK” The Vote.

“Disagree Intelligently, Use Facts, Truth & Common Sense.”™

 

 

Some reading material for you to peruse when you have time, showing you the similarities between then & now.

 

 

  • Slavery in America

    Slavery in America

    Slavery and its legacy have shaped American history, from the Civil War to Reconstruction in the 1860s and 1870s to the struggle over civil rights a century later.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    The 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln led the Union to victory in the Civil War and emancipated the South’s African-American slaves.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    In July 1863, Union and Confederate forces clashed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War.

  • Confederate States of America

    Confederate States of America

    In 1860-61, after years of rising tensions, 11 southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America, leading to the American Civil War.

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When Politics Becomes Lies & Misinformation

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Jueseppi B.

By Jueseppi B.

 

 

 

 

Everything in politics today seems to revolve around racism. Out of the past 43 Presidents Of These United States Of America, I can not ever remember, through history lessons or by actual experience, the amount of hatred focused on a sitting POTUS. Abraham Lincoln, during his freeing of the slaves, didn’t experience the disrespect, the vile racist comments and the outright evil mindset I am witnessing against Barack Hussein Obama.

 

I am going to attempt this through my use of memory, so if I leave out or miss something, please let me know by bringing it to my attention.

 

Following is a list of pseudo issues created by the TeaTardedGOPretenders to keep POTUS Obama from  winning re-election in twenty twelve. Every fake issue has been manufactured to make POTUS Obama look bad to American voters. In no particular order they are:

1).   The “Obama” birther issue. Epic Fail.

2).  ”Obama” is responsible for the influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico. Epic Fail.

3).  ”Obama” is to blame for natural disasters such as hurricanes and earth quakes. Epic Fail.

4).  ”Obama” is taking too many vacation. Epic Fail.

5).  ”Obama” caused the B. P. Gulf oil gusher. Then he did nothing to fix “his” B. P. problem. Epic Fail.

6).  ”Obama” withdrew troops from Iraq too soon. Epic Fail.

7).  ”Obama” is responsible for the incorrectly named “Ground Zero” Mosque…(It is not located at ground zero). Epic Fail.

8).  ”Obama” has a uppity wife. Epic Fail.

9).  ”Obama” is a socialist. Epic Fail.

10).  ”Obama” is in the pocket of big business. Epic Fail

11).  ”Obama” is directly causing high gas prices at the pump. Epic Fail.

12).  ”Obama” is a Muslim. So what if he is? Epic Fail.

13).  ”Obama”  has used a blank check to take America into economic failure. Epic Fail.

14).  ”Obama” is usurping your Constitutional rights. Epic Fail.

15).  ”Obama” is a Communists. Epic Fail.

16).  ”Obama” is a racist. You are confusing him with Ron Paul.  Epic Fail.

17).  ”Obama” is weak against terrorist. Epic Fail.

18).  ”Obama” is too inexperienced to lead & has no foreign policy. Epic Fail.

19).  ”Obama” is in bed with Wall Street & Big Bankers. Epic Fail.

20).  ”Obama” caves to the opposition and is too compromising. Epic Fail.

21).  ”Obama” does not care about the Black American population in America. Epic Fail.

22). “Obama” has waged a war on religion. Epic Fail.

23).  ”Obama” is directly responsible for the crisis between Israel & Iran. Epic Fail.

24).  ”Obama” is illegally the President Of The United States. Epic Fail.

 

Now I am positive there are a few issues I have overlooked that were manufactured just to make POTUS Obama look bad to American voters….there were so many falsely created episodes the past three years. All thought up and designed to do one thing, take attention away from the over 300 accomplishments of this President.

His achievements are spectacular for any President, add to the formula that President Obama has worked against opposition & obstruction on every level from all quarters in order to get his agenda passed. The real truth is this. TeaTardedRepubliCANTS, GOPretenders, Conselfishservatives & Reich WingNutz are afraid of POTUS Obama. Why? Barack Hussein Obama is a Black man with power.

Power for a Black man coupled with intelligence and strength, is the number one thing a racist caucasian man fears. Caucasian America is scared shitless right now.

 

“America is back. Anyone who tells you otherwise, anyone who tells you America is in decline or that our influence has wained, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
This nation is great because we built it together. This nation is great because we world as a team. This nation is great because we get each other’s back.
We need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual destruction.”
~ President Barack Obama. ~

 

Go Out On “NO”vember Sixth, Twenty Twelve &Vote Democratic.
Vote For Barack Hussein Obama.

 

Four More For Forty Four.

 

“BARACK” The Vote.

 

“Disagree Intelligently, Use Facts, Truth & Common Sense.”™

 

 

 

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