Prometheus 6:

May 23, 2003

This weekend

Blogging will be slowed a bit over the next few days. Barbeque, trying to convince someone to do something about this weather in NYC, and catching up on some projects I've committed to. "My Bondage and My Freedom" by Frederick Douglass will be added to The Public Library, sans several speeches in the appendix. The Attack on Civil Rights will, as promised this week, be updated with several links.

And I'll be digesting some information I've gathered on corporate connections with the current regime. In keeping with the principle "the friend of my enemy's friend probably has no good in mind for me," I need to decide how much stuff that may reflect on the DLC should go in there.

See, in my heart of hearts I'm non-partisan as hell because I don't really trust anyone to look after my permanent interest except those who share them. As I said in this post (never mind the broken image links in the archive, it's not worth the time it takes to fix them)

This is a major reason I'd align myself with the left. The right isn't considering the issues of importance to the Black folks that need to be drawn into the political process at all. They are considering the issues they think will resolve the problems they see � to the right, "minority issues" means "issues I have with minorities." A large component of the Black community feels the left, or more particularly the Democratic party, deals with us the same way. I've had that thought as well, but the fact is there is significant agreement on the questions between the political left and the Black communuty. At least the questions get some light.

The DLC represents that wing of the Democratic Party that is most likely to maintain the status quo. And I don't think that's necessarily a good thing.

posted by Prometheus 6 at 5/23/2003 11:50:57 AM |

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