Defending the Tea Party: Sometimes politicians should be stubborn Washington Times Should they have struck up some kind of compromise where slavery continued as an institution but the slaves received free health care? "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times Louisiana governor reports on freedom of slaves in 1865 Houma Courier "I, who come from the South and have seen the working of the institution for over a quarter of a century, tell you — and I do it regrettingly — that slavery in practice and substance still exists. "Let us not mince matters; let us call things by ... See all stories on this topic » Slavery in American literature The Daily Star His protest against slavery was reflected both in his poetry and in his journalistic writings. Political and intellectual divisions sprouted in America in 1850 immediately after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress. ... See all stories on this topic » Debt talks and tax cuts: Save young Americans from slavery Christian Science Monitor But there's a formula that works. Reagan cut taxes and the US saw economic growth, lower unemployment, and higher revenues. Let's do that again. By Ron Meyer / July 18, 2011 If Americans think they've left all forms of slavery and tyranny in our past, ... See all stories on this topic » Will Bachmann's Slavery Gaffes Ruin Her Presidential Campaign? International Business Times She said earlier in the year that the Founding Fathers "worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States." It was pointed out that she overlooked the fact that the some of those who crafted the constitution slave owners and that all of ... See all stories on this topic » Financial jargon is all Greek to me save one word – debt The Guardian The real question I have is why the hell are western nations allowing their precious capital to be exported to a totalitarian slave state, which achieves competitive advantage by wrecking it's own environment and treating it's people like chattel, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian Why Fred Upton is actually the perfect pick for John Boehner and the GOP Salon In 1820 and 1850 the South used the threat of secession to force the rest of the United States to appease it on the slavery issue. In 1861, the South tried to destroy the United States, rather than accept a legitimately elected president, ... See all stories on this topic » Salon The public want tasers and tear gas used on the rioters New Statesman (blog) And if the black community wish to move out of slavery and enslavement (and with it the slave-mentality once coerced upon them and latterly subtly imbued in them) then it is up to them to also stop using the language of slavery! ... See all stories on this topic » New Statesman (blog) Obama Invokes Lincoln To Urge Compromise On Debt Deal ABC News (blog) While the proclamation declared slaves who were in areas that had rebelled against the Union to be free, Lincoln exempted five slave states from the terms of the agreement. The basis for the proclamation was its utility as a war measure and Lincoln ... See all stories on this topic » Black Hole Finance Debt Slavery - Black Swan Events The Market Oracle DEBT SLAVERY To be sure, the average European is now a debt-slave. In some cases this is already extreme and delirious, starting with Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain. Debt serfdom is steadily spreading to all the other EU27 countries. ... See all stories on this topic »

Letters: Perspectives on taxation The Independent Rather than quote the Gospels about love, he asks us to follow the teachings of St Paul, a misogynist and a homophobe. He says that Christians abolished slavery, when the immediately obvious response is that Christians also started and ran the slave ... See all stories on this topic » Ideological bigotry: Calling Republicans terrorist must stop Washington Times Steve Cohen (D-TN) compares conservatives to Nazis, slave owners and terrorists, so let's flip the analogy around. The Nazis murdered the Jews because the Jews were not considered human beings. Slavery flourished because black people were not ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times General Stonewall Jackson revealed as "Black man's friend" Washington Times The author's arguably simplistic explanation of the dichotomy that existed between Jackson the moralist and Jackson the slave-owner was that he was ". . .no defender of slavery. He accepted it as the mysterious providence of God and worked to lift the ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times 150 years later, US Civil War is still tragic and vivid The Daily Maverick As far back as 1820, an elderly Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the "Declaration of Independence” and, of course, a slave holder himself, could write to a friend when one of the first uneasy compromises over the expansion of slavery was about ... See all stories on this topic » The Legislation That Could Kill Internet Privacy for Good The Atlantic In the early 20th Century, a different moral panic gripped the United States: a rural nation was rapidly moving to anonymous cities, sexual mores were changing, and Americans became convinced that an epidemic of white female slavery was sweeping the ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic Dr. Boyce: Getting Out Of Your Own Private Prison News One The United States Constitution didn't abolish slavery for everyone. Actually, if you've been convicted of a felony, the 13 th Amendment actually says that it's ok to force one into slave labor. Given that we are slapping felony convictions on ... See all stories on this topic » Liberalism = Ponzi schemes WND.com If black people can forgive Democrats for championing the most evil methods of eliminating black people – abortion – then why can't blacks forgive Republicans for fighting against abortion to save little innocent black lives? Slavery is a system under ... See all stories on this topic » WND.com Ayers at Manassas, his entire remarks Fredericksburg.com (blog) But had the Civil War turned out differently, American slavery, never stronger than it was in 1861, might have lived on for generations more, its survival changing the paths of world history. The significance of this battle, in other words, ... See all stories on this topic » Fredericksburg.com (blog)

DOJ Will Sue Wells Fargo For Preying On Black Borrowers News One Next thing, for all those who have issues with Tavis Smiley, should hold his ass accountable for the role he played in getting black people sucked into the Wells Fargo slave making process. He made some loot from all this too. ... See all stories on this topic » News One http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/14/1006750/-Frederick-Douglass:-The-activist-who-would-not-grow-up Frederick Douglass: The activist who would not 'grow up' Daily Kos My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; ... See all stories on this topic: http://news.google.co.in/news/story?ncl=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/14/1006750/-Frederick-Douglass:-The-activist-who-would-not-grow-up&hl=en&geo=in http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/08/the_vulture_book_recap_reading_1.html The Vulture Book Recap: Reading A Dance With Dragons Together, Part Six New York Magazine The gift was given only to those who yearned for it, in the beginning … but one day, the first of us heard a slave praying not forhis own death but for his master's. So fervently did he desire this that he offered all he had, that his prayer might be ... See all stories on this topic: http://news.google.co.in/news/story?ncl=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/08/the_vulture_book_recap_reading_1.html&hl=en&geo=in http://boulderjewishnews.org/2011/a-bunch-of-rabbis-in-africa/ A Bunch of Rabbis in Africa Boulder Jewish News The Torah reminds us often that we know what it is like to be a slave and with that knowledge comes an obligation to those who are still enslaved. I feel so immensely privileged for the opportunity to have been part of this delegation to Africa and, ... See all stories on this topic: http://news.google.co.in/news/story?ncl=http://boulderjewishnews.org/2011/a-bunch-of-rabbis-in-africa/&hl=en&geo=in http://www.indypendent.org/2011/08/17/beautiful-mammy-or-how-the-help-glorifies-antique-racism/ Beautiful Mammy or How "The Help” Glorifies Antique Racism The Indypendent Missing is the violence of slavery and segregation that is clearly seen in narratives by Harriet Jacobs or the DNA of Thomas Jefferson's descendants from his slave Sally Hemmings. Violence against black maids is visible in the life of South Carolina's ... See all stories on this topic: http://news.google.co.in/news/story?ncl=http://www.indypendent.org/2011/08/17/beautiful-mammy-or-how-the-help-glorifies-antique-racism/&hl=en&geo=in http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=63275&Cat=14 Some thoughts on Independence A personal note: Sharon and I The News International Her husband had also got burnt trying to save her. I went to see her the next day and was devastated to see her in that condition. We all cried when the doctor told us that she had sustained 50% burns and that she would be fighting for survival. ... See all stories on this topic: http://news.google.co.in/news/story?ncl=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx%3FID%3D63275%26Cat%3D14&hl=en&geo=in

Date in 2011		Holiday Name	Observance*
Jan.  1	Sat	New Year's Day
17	Mon	Martin Luther King Jr Day
Feb. 21 *	Mon	Presidents' Day (widespread in gov. and fin. sectors)	Other
May  30	Mon	Memorial Day
Jul.  4	Mon	Independence Day
Sep.  5	Mon	Labor Day
Oct. 10 *	Mon	Columbus Day Holiday (widespread in gov. and fin. sectors)	Other
Nov. 11 *	Fri	Veterans' Day (widespread in gov. and fin. sectors)	Other
24	Thu	Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 25	Sun	Christmas Day