Let's Link to the Tipping Point Patriots...I'll start with Eartha Kitt

[goclark]

Colbert was brave and brilliant at the Correspondence's Dinner!

Eartha Kitt,an African American entertainer, was invited to the White House.
She had the guts to speak out against the Viet Nam War right there in the HOME of President Johnson.

I found a link to what happened to Eartha because she so bravely spoke TRUTH to POWER.

She was a TIPPING POINT for the Viet Nam War and she paid dearly for it in terms of her career.


http://www.researchpubs.com/books/ism1exc2.shtml

I would love to have a thread of links to other Americans that risked everything to speak up and be patriots. :patriot:

Let's provide the LINK to articles about other examples and when we are finished we can send the thread to Colbert and all the other living TIPPING POINT patriots! :patriot:

[MADem]

1. What a woman, what a voice, what a life!

And the best damn CATWOMAN ever...IMHO!

[slackmaster]

2. I can't decide between her and Julie Newmar

Both were truly great Catwomen.

[MADem]

4. Julie was good, but EARTHA was waaaaaaaay better

She had her audience at MEOW!

[ComerPerro]

19. both very hot, I can't choose. Can I have both?

[Karenina]

21. Eartha has always been

one of my heroines. I met her some years back and just started crying before I could even speak. I was SO EMBARRASSED! I cannot describe what came over me. She turned to the guitarist (whose guest I was) and asked "What is WRONG with this fool girl?"

Loomis replied, "Oh, she loves you for everything that you mean to her and just can't help herself!"

Eartha then took me by the hand, sat me down next to her, passed me a tissue and told me in no uncertain terms to GET A GRIP, as she regaled us all with her stories...

[goclark]

26. Katrenina, ~ what a thrill it must have been to meet MISS KITT!

[MADem]

48. She sings a GRRRREAT song in TURKISH!

With a spot-on accent, too!

I always enjoyed her on her all too rare TV appearances. She had both guts and glory!

You were fortunate to be able to meet her!!!

[Karenina]

66. The show she put on

was simply incredible. When I was a kid I thought she was a goddess. Still do!

[goclark]

11. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ DR.MARTIN L. KING JR.!

When this brave patriot stood on the STEPS at the seat of POWER and told the TRUTH to the American People, he caused EVERYONE to dream of a world of JUSTICE FOR ALL.

He caused many others to MARCH for Social Justice.

He changed the face of America with that one speech.

Here is the LINK to the Speech with a video as well.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/Ihaveadream.htm

[AnneD]

95. Ertha had a smoky edgy sensuality

Julie had a seductive soft sensuality. Either one was great. I remember her being condemed. It killed her career.

[goclark]

5. LINK to Tipping Point Patriot ~ JOHN KERRY!

http://themoderntribune.com/john_kerry_speech_viet_nam_us_congress.htm

[blondeatlast]

15. Regardless how many feel about him now, he had an ENORMOUS impact in

making the citizenry aware of the hell that was VN.

Very simply--that took guts, and I had the pleasure of watching it as a VERY young political wonk.

[goclark]

27. LINK : TO A TIPPING POINT PATRIOT~ PRESIDENT JOHN F.KENNEDY

Recall how his "Ask Not" Speech gave US a New VISION of America and the World!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/10/24/RVGKL99JM61.DTL

[goclark]

109. Many many LOVE JOHN KERRY and his wonderful family!

JOHN KERRY has always been a patriot! :patriot:

[goclark]

111. LINK: To A Tipping Point Patriot: STEPHEN COLBERT!

Sock it to Um Colbert!

You Are Our Hero!

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002425363


and more...

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/funnyvideos/v/colbertwhca.htm

[NYCGirl]

3. Elie Wiesel asking Reagan not to go to Bittburg —

and this was at a ceremony giving the Congressional Gold Medal to Wiesel!

http://www.pbs.org/eliewiesel/resources/reagan.html

Excerpt:

But, Mr. President, I wouldn't be the person I am, and you wouldn't respect me for what I am, if I were not to tell you also of the sadness that is in my heart for what happened during the last week. And I am sure that you, too, are sad for the same reasons. What can I do? I belong to a traumatized generation. And to us, as to you, symbols are important. And furthermore, following our ancient tradition — and we are speaking about Jewish heritage — our tradition commands us, quote: ``to speak truth to power.''

So may I speak to you, Mr. President, with respect and admiration, of the events that happened. We have met four or five times, and each time I came away enriched, for I know of your commitment to humanity. And, therefore, I am convinced, as you have told us earlier when we spoke that you were not aware of the presence of SS graves in the Bitburg cemetery. Of course, you didn't know. But now we all are aware. May I, Mr. President, if it's possible at all, implore you to do something else, to find a way, to find another way, another site. That place, Mr. President, is not your place. Your place is with the victims of the SS.

Oh, we know there are political and strategic reasons, but this issue, as all issues related to that awesome event, transcends politics and diplomacy. The issue here is not politics but good and evil. And we must never confuse them, for I have seen the SS at work, and I have seen their victims. They were my friends. They were my parents. Mr. President, there was a degree of suffering and loneliness in the concentration camps that defies imagination. Cut off from the world with no refuge anywhere; sons watched helplessly their fathers being beaten to death; mothers watched their children die of hunger. And then there was Mengele and his selections, terror, fear, isolation, torture, gas chambers, flames — flames rising to the heavens.

But, Mr. President, I know and I understand, we all do, that you seek reconciliation. So do I. So do we. And I, too, wish to attain true reconciliation with the German people. I do not believe in collective guilt, nor in collective responsibility; only the killers were guilty. Their sons and daughters are not. And I believe, Mr. President, that we can and we must work together with them and with all people. And we must work to bring peace and understanding to a tormented world that, as you know, is still awaiting redemption.

[goclark]

7. Link to a TIPPING POINT PATRIOT: ELIE WIESEL!

Eloquent and Brave, thanks so much NYCGirl. :loveya:

[blondeatlast]

16. I remember the emotion simmering beneath Wiesel's voice

when he spoke--a great, controlled delivery, but like MLK, the soul beneath was quietly laid bare.

[NYCGirl]

55. He's a really amazing man. NT

[burythehatchet]

6. Usku Dara baby!!

[goclark]

8. LINK to a Tipping Point Patriot: KANYE WEST!

http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/ap/20050902/112572168000.html


His words that evening instantly went around the globe and they became the words to a hit song!

For a young man, at the start of his career,that was BRAVE!

[stevietheman]

9. Cindy Sheehan is notably missing. n/t

n/t

[goclark]

10. LINK to A Tipping Point Patriot ~ CINDY SHEEHAN!

Great minds think alike stevietheman!

I was looking for a link about her and found this article by our own William Pitt.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080805I.shtml

Let's keep it going everyone, think of a TPoint Patriot, google their name and link the best article you can find to your post! :hug:

[helderheid]

12. K&R

[goclark]

14. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS!

My,my, where would we be in this fight without JOHN CONYERS?!

He speaks out for JUSTICE ALWAYS.

TRUTH to POWER on DOWNING STREET!

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/takeaction.html

[Mnemosyne]

13. Here's to the Patriots! n/t

KnR

[goclark]

18. LINK to A TIPPING POINT PATRIOT~ MICHAEL MOORE!

Talk about a TIPPING POINT that just keeps on TIPPING,where would we be without MICHAEL MOORE!

http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/index.php?id=19

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. Eartha Kitt?

She can tip my point.

:-)

[FredScuttle]

20. Lillian Hellman

In honor of the numerous victims of the Hollywood blacklist in the 40's and 50's:

"Hellman appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952. Asked to name names of acquaintances with communist affiliations, Hellman instead delivered a prepared statement, which read in part:

To hurt innocent people whom I knew many years ago in order to save myself is, to me, inhuman and indecent and dishonorable. I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions, even though I long ago came to the conclusion that I was not a political person and could have no comfortable place in any political group.

As a result, Hellman was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios for many years."



http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/hellman_l.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman

on edit: I guess I should also include Joseph Welch - a real "tipping point" moment!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Welch

[goclark]

23. LINK: To Tipping Point Patriots ~ LILLIAN HELLMAN/JOSEPH WELSH

Two outstanding choices FredScuttle!

[Booster]

22. This thread can't possibly go on without the name of Jane Fonda;

if she wasn't a tipping point patriot then I guess I don't know what one is.

[goclark]

24. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ JANE FONDA

She spoke out BOLDLY against the Viet Nam War when others were afraid to whisper....



http://www.independentsforkerry.org/uploads/media/jk-fonda.html

[cmkramer]

25. Eartha was a big Dubya fan though

I remember her saying that she really liked him because unlike past presidents, he was honest. I don't know if she still feels that way now. I know she hated Clinton because she thought he besmirched the office.

[goclark]

36. LINK: To A Tipping Point Patriot ~ CONGRESSMAN MURTHA!

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002029.htm

[gordianot]

28. Vietnam Veterans against the War was a major tipping point.

I remember a sailor from Massachusetts who spoke very well.

[goclark]

32. LINK : TO TIPPING POINT PATRIOTS~ VNVETS AGAINST THE WAR!

Here is their website ~fantastic contributions to TRUTH to POWER.


http://www.vvaw.org/about/


DU: Patriots are on the MARCH!
Remember to name them and include a link so that we to can honor their enormous contributions to America The Beautiful! :patriot:

[gordianot]

46. John Kerry, he created quite a stir many years ago.

It seems he also paid a price for that a couple years ago.

[Hissyspit]

29. Not really a tipping point, but the Senator who warned against Vietnam

...predicted in 1963/64? almost exactly what the results of involvement in Vietnam for Americans would be - said it would cost 10s of 1000s of lives and cost billions of dollars. Anyone remember who it was?

[bear425]

30. How about Barbara Boxer on January 6th 2005?

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1074

What the election challenge means
by David Swanson, ILCA
January 8, 2005

Thirty-three Members of the US House of Representatives, and one all-important Senator -- one more than four years ago -- voted not to accept Ohio's 20 electoral votes for George Bush. The votes were 33 to 260 and 1 to 72. The protesters lost. What does it mean?

First, it's worth noting that more than one Senator took action. Barbara Boxer announced her intention to challenge the election on Thursday morning. By midday Senators Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and Barak Obama had let it be known that they would support Boxer. During the discussion in the Senate, Richard Durbin, Debbie Stabenow, Edward Kennedy, Ron Wyden, Frank Lautenberg, and Tom Harkin joined the others in speaking in support of Boxer's challenge. And in the House, numerous members spoke, one after another, until the time was up, and the number voting for the challenge jumped to 33 from the 8 that had been known early in the day.

-more-

[goclark]

34. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ Senator Barbara Boxer!

Speak Senator Boxer, Speak!

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1368

[linazelle]

31. Link to a tipping point patriot: GEORGE CLOONEY

Never backs down, puts his money where his mouth is....and what a mouth!

[goclark]

33. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ HELEN THOMAS!

ROSES were sent to PATRIOT HELEN from DU with our love and admiration. :hug:

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/033006/thomas.html

[Kurovski]

35. Cynthia McKinney--she seems to pay a price every year or so,

but always makes a comeback.

[goclark]

37. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ CONGRESSWOMAN CYNTHIA MC KINNEY!

TIPPING POINT ALERT: If by any chance you were still wondering why the RepubliCONS have her for a target, READ THIS!


http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/031505_mckinney_transcript.shtml

[Kurovski]

39. Wow! nice work with all the links, goclark!

You sure know how to run a kick-ass thread. :-) :thumbsup:

[goclark]

40. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ HOWARD DEAN

We can never forget the candidate that BOLDLY spoke out against the Iraq War long before others dared to...

http://www.wtv-zone.com/Morgaine_OFaery/HDean4pres/deantrpswar.html

[Kurovski]

41. You aren't missing a beat here, are you?

You're on fire! :D

[Hardrada]

38. Abbie Hoffman, Phil Ochs, Jerry Rubin

All way up front with brash actions and songs (in the case of Phil Ochs). Harassed or beaten or vilified or ignored for this. All died way too young.

[goclark]

44. LINK: To Tipping Point Patriots~ HOFFMAN,OCHS,RUBIN!

The links in this thread are not to be missed if I say so myself!:)

Learn about Ochs...
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/ochs.html


Now learn more about Abbie Hoffman...

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/Hoffman.html

Now learn about Rubin...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rubin

[Kurovski]

42. WES CLARK! I remember seeing him on cable news shows

talking of how unwise entering Iraq would be way early on. Before he even became a household name he caught my ear.

An independent who voted for Republicans in the past, he had to take some crap from both parties for a time, but stood fast and strong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Clark

[goclark]

47. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~GEN. WESLEY CLARK!

Goclark is thrilled to post a LINK to a man of honor and a man with a vision for America.

http://www.clark04.com/speeches/008/

:patriot:

Note: We are so appreciative of the positive response!

New Rule: Once a name has been posted and a link is given to their name, there is NO NEED to post ANYTHING about them again.

Remember that we will send a copy of this thread to all the Tipping Point Patriots!

If you have an email address for any of the PATRIOTS please send it to me by email.

And if you have a classy way (graphic design etc.) that you think we can deliver the thread to them, email that info to me as well.

You are the best!

[politrix]

43. Earth Kitt - The Yummiest Catwoman EVER!!! Grrrrrlll...

She was purrrrrrrrrfect in that role.

[politrix]

45. Where Can I Get That Episode With Her On Batman?

It's a KEEPER.

That one, and the one with the Green Hornet And Kato (Bruce Lee). Bruce kicked Robin's ass on his own show...

[Kurovski]

49. The Dixie Chicks paved the way for musical artists

to speak up. Taking the initial heat from fans many Americans, and the press. Even while gaining some new fans, they suffered some of the most relentless attacks in the press and had their music pulled from air play.

Even George W. Bush felt the need to open his yaw in the matter with the unsurprising comment: "I...don't really care what the Dixie Chicks said." even as he went on to make obvious and self-serving noises about how great America is in contrast to Iraq.

Even a later apology about disrespect to the office of the president can't mar the effect Natalie Maines comments had in beginning to shift public perception.

No one shows more disrespect to the office of the president of the United States than George Bush himself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks

[goclark]

59. LINK: To Tipping Point Patriots~ THE DIXIE CHICKS!

Here is another link to inspire everyone about those marvelous DIXIE CHICKS from the great state of TEXAS!

http://www.tabloidcolumn.com/dixie-chicks.html

50. Woody Guthrie

http://www.woodyguthrie.com/

[goclark]

60. LINK: To A Tipping Point Patriot ~ WOODIE GUTHRIE!

Here is his official website ~ enjoy!

http://www.woodyguthrie.org/

51. and Dorothy Day

from the Catholic Worker 1961
California

A few months ago I came back from the west coast where I saw the hierarchy silent in the face of the slavery and exploitation of the bracero and the agricultural worker. There bad been a lettuce strike in the Imperial Valley where thousands of braceros imported from Mexico, were harvesting the crop. The Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and the Packinghouse Worker's Union held meetings at the entrance to the fields urging the workers to come out on strike and not to take the jobs of their brothers. There were many arrests and some of the organizers were put in prison. Some sympathetic priests came to speak at the meeting and were rebuked by the diocesan Officials, some of whom even went so far as to say that some communists masquerading as priests had appeared at the union meetings.

The strike was over by the time I reached El Centro, and I talked with some of the townspeople, all of whom thought it had been a great loss of crop and manpower, a real defeat for worker, for grower and for "broker." I went to the large Catholic Church and found a notice in the door "Anyone asking for jobs or help, go to the police department."

Later I heard Billy Joe Shelby, one of the agricultural workers and himself an organizer, tell how the police were filling up the jails with workers. It was obvious that those in need were not going to go to the police department. And how strange it is that the very priests who complain of the State taking over and of what amounts to state ownership of the indigent, should be the ones to shout communism when the principle of subsidiarily is being put into effect through efforts to organize into unions, and who send the poor to the police and to the State.

http://www.catholicworker.org/dorothyday/daytext.cfm?TextID=246

[goclark]

61. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ DOROTHY DAY!

http://www.catholicworker.com/ddaybio.htm

63. good bio on her - will read it, thanks n/t

[vireo]

52. Fannie Lou Hamer

Mike Malloy was remembering her last night.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Lou_Hamer

[goclark]

62. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ FANNY LOU HAMER!

Be enriched by the link in the post above about the mighty Fanny Lou Hamer...

"you can pray until you faint but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap!"

[Kurovski]

53. BARBRA STREISAND

Yes. Barbra Streisand. In the 90's when the trashing of Democrats was in its heyday, Streisand wrote an essay that highlighted all the achievements of the Democratic Party that Americans take for granted. In this era, she was one the first in Hollywood to keep her sites on the rising Right-Wing movement. Sometimes it seems to me she takes flack for all of Hollywood in general because of her early and dedicated opposition.

She has been the target of unrelenting scorn, personal attacks and condescension from the Right-Wing for over a decade. Even some in the Democratic Party don't fully appreciate her strong voice. If Streisand were a secretary from Keokuk, Iowa writing letters to the editor we'd all be giving her the thumbs up for her commentaries.

But as a performer in the public eye, she risked much more in speaking out. A talent of stature who could have easily remained silent, she took the platform of her fame and spoke up with intelligence and fortitude.

A diva's diva, yes. She has the means to live a charmed and insulated life, and instead chooses to remain aware and to speak out.

She is repaid with ugly attacks, and still she continues on.

In a February 9, 2006 post on her website, she even promotes the book
on election fraud, “Fooled Again” by Mark Crispin Miller, which the press chooses to downplay or actively ignore.

http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/BarbraStreisand/statements.html

[Kurovski]

57. Mark Crispin Miller!

Author of "Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them)"

Oh, those goofy conspiracy theorists! :eyes: He has faced a Corporate Media blackout on his book.

The tipping point is slow in coming, but word of Miller's book grows online and through non-corporate outlets.

http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=6941&schedID=411

[goclark]

69. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ MARK CRISPIN MILLER!

Thank you Kurovski for such a vital link!

I'll post it again so that everyone will get the word out about ELECTION FRAUD!


http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=6941&sche...

[Kurovski]

77. That Mark Crispin Miller link is broken, so here it is again:

Be sure to click on "watch" if you want to hear a patriot in action.
(It runs about one hour.) It might also be a real eye-opener for some.

http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=6941&schedID=411

[goclark]

64. LINK : To A Tipping Point Patriot: ~ BARBRA STREISAND!

Read what she had to say about WMD on her website!

http://www.barbrastreisand.com/statements.html

What a voice for JUSTICE!

[Kurovski]

54. Rosa Parks.

There must be hundreds of now-deceased point-tippers.

Cesar Chavez.

Malcolm X.

Rachel Carson.

Susan B. Anthony

Jane Addams, who not only "risked it all", but gave it all away!

[goclark]

68. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ROSA PARKS!

A tiny lady that took a seat and allowed so many to STAND UP for JUSTICE!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102402053.html

[Kurovski]

56. "The Jersey Girls"

Particularly Kristen Breitweiser. They spoke up on how "all is not well" with the government's official line on 9/11.

They still do.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0401-02.htm

[goclark]

70. LINK: To Tipping Point Patriots ~ THE JERSEY GIRLS!

When they spoke out,people started to really listen!

Another link to the Jersey Girls...

http://www.furnitureforthepeople.com/jersey.htm

[Kurovski]

78. "They still do". Today, in fact! A report on Kristen's appearance

on "Hardball" tonight.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2605028

[Kurovski]

58. RICHARD CLARKE

"FRANKLY, I FIND IT OUTRAGEOUS that the president is running for re-election on the grounds that he's done such great things about terrorism. He ignored it. He ignored terrorism for months, when maybe we could have done something to stop 9/11. Maybe. We'll never know."

The first to give us definitive insider info on what we all suspected.

Of course the White House did all it could to destroy Mr.Clarke through character assassination. So what else would be new on that particular front?

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/03/24/clarke/index.html

[goclark]

71. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ RICHARD CLARKE!

Did he speak TRUTH to POWER or did he speak TRUTH to POWER?

YES!

http://www.slate.com/id/2097750/

[NYCGirl]

65. And what about Daniel Ellsberg? The Pentagon Papers may have been the

turning point in the VietNam War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ellsberg

[goclark]

67. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ DANIEL ELLSBERG!

Yes, yes, yes!

Please read the link above for even more insight.

[SaveAmerica]

72. Do you have Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame yet? They've

given up a lot for America, and Wilson could be the biggest tipping point there is in bringing Bush/Cheney and goons DOWN!!

[goclark]

74. LINK: To Tipping Point Patriots: JOSEPH WILSON & VALERIE PLAME!

One dynamic duo!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/28/60minutes/main994753.shtml

[bobbieinok]

73. end of McCarthy's influence.....Joseph Welch and Edward Murrow

Welch: You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?

[SaveAmerica]

75. Speaking of Edward Murrow, how about Keith Olbermann? He's

been spouting off the truth for years now - when no one else would, and he backed up his truth with long, uncut moments of footage.
To Keith Olbermann;
:toast:

[goclark]

85. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ KEITH OBERMAN!

Here is a link to the REAL TRUTH MEDIA.....


http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/09/keith_oberman_s.html

[Berry Cool]

90. This is a great honor, but to honor them we should spell their names right

It's Olbermann.

The mistake of the original blogger should be corrected.

[goclark]

91. New LINK: To A Tipping Point Patriot ~ KEITH OLBERMANN!

Keith Olbermann
MSNBC Anchor, “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” :patriot:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080446/

Sorry for the spelling in the link above :hi:

[goclark]

76. lINK: To Tipping Point Patriots ~ JOSEPH WELSH & EDWARD MURROW!

"Good Night and Good Luck" is masterful in it's superb ability to shine the light on a vicious man, a neocon of yesterday.


http://www.apl.org/history/mccarthy/biography.html

[renarich]

79. Tipping Point Patriots

What a great idea!

Here are a few:  
TOM HAYDEN--co-authored The Port Huron Statement, the finest
statement of post WWII patriotism you'll find anywhere, helped
organize demonstrations at 1968 Chicago Democratic convention,
has always spoken out against fascism on the right and on the
left;  continues to this day;

FREDERICK DOUGLASS- runaway slave, abolitionist;

IDA MAE TARBELL, UPTON SINCLAIR,  MARGARET SNAGER, J. WILLIAM
FULLBRIGHT;

JAMES BALDWIN, EUGENE DEBS, VIOLA LIUZZO murdered after the
second Selma-Montgomery march, EUGENE McCARTHY,  Goodman,
Cheney & Schwerner.

[goclark]

84. READ post above for names of TIPPING POINTERS.......

Welcome to DU!

Those are some wonderful examples of patriots that changed America!

[Kurovski]

80. Elizabeth Taylor!

When the right-Wing still considered AIDS to be "god's punishment", when the Reagan administration and most of America (including Hollywood) were still ignoring the growing epedemic, Elizabeth Taylor stepped up to make a difference.

"In 1985, Elizabeth Taylor’s good friend and fellow actor, Rock Hudson, died of AIDS. It was early in the history of the disease, and few people outside of the gay community paid close attention to it. Elizabeth Taylor paid attention, and she demanded that others also pay attention. That year, she organized a huge fundraiser for AIDS research. The fundraiser provided a dynamic beginning for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR), which she co-founded with Dr. Mathilde Krim.

Since then, she has testified to Congress; she has continued to rally the Hollywood community to take a lead in promoting AIDS awareness; and she has started another AIDS foundation: The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Since its beginning in 1991, her foundation has provided more than $8 million for AIDS organizations all around the world. Her celebrity has helped her spread her passion and her devotion throughout the country for finding a cure and for treating AIDS victims with passion and understanding."

http://www.vh1.com/partners/vh1_music_studio/supplies/specials/aids-health-symbols.html

[goclark]

82. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ ELIZABETH TAYLOR!

Oh yes!

The beyond beautiful Miss Taylor made a profound mark on the FIGHT to educate the public about AIDS.

[Kurovski]

81. Gloria Steinem

The continuous and open ridicule, bad jokes, ignorance and nastiness endured by feminists in the early days of the movement were but one obstacle Steinem beautifully and skillfully overcame as she promoted equality for women and sovereignty over one's own body.

America sat up and listened.

Founder of Ms. Magazine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem

[goclark]

83. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ GLORIA STEINEM!

Grear link about a spectacular lady!

[goclark]

88. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ RAY MCGOVERN!

Hot off the press!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/04/rumsfeld.ap/index.html

Scroll down until you see the word WATCH and feast your eyes and ears on Rummy getting aaa aaaa SLAP! :bounce:

Someone finally spoke TRUTH to Rummy the RepubliCONS POWER. :patriot:

[goclark]

108. New Video Link for RAY McGOVERN and RummyCON

Hope this works better!



Here is his interview with Paula Kahn of CNN and an article about our Patriot as well.



http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002783.htm

I believe that if the video doesn't appear when you click into the TITLE, CNN will let you do a SEARCH for the video of your choice.

[jokerman93]

86. Squeaky Fromme?

:evilgrin:

[Kurovski]

87. You wouldn't happen to be posting from prison, now would you?

:evilgrin:

[jokerman93]

89. I am the zoo.

:toast:

[Sydnie]

92. Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee n/t

[goclark]

93. LINK: To Tipping Point Patriots ~ OSSIE DAVIS & RUBY DEE!

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/200.html

[Dr Fate]

97. Goclark you rock- thanx for all the great links. n/t

n/t

[goclark]

98. We Are On A Mission To Honor All Those Who

Can truly say, " MISSION ACCOMPLISHED,I Spoke TRUTH to POWER!"

The links are so inspiring to read! Each Patriot is like a leave on a TIPPING POINT TRUTH TREE for America.

Your encouragement pushes us on to think of even more TIPPING POINTERS. :hug:

Note: Don't forget DU posters to find a LINK that highlights the Tipping Point moment when their deeds changed the world.

[cantstandbush]

94. How about Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte: Anti Viet Nam and Anti- Iraq.

Will post links in a minute.

[goclark]

103. LINK: To A Tipping Point Patriot~ DANNY GLOVER!

Little known facts...
As a boy he was dyslexic, and as a young man he suffered from epileptic seizures. Both conditions faded away as Glover reached adulthood..



"I don't play golf. I'm not going to sit around. All I know is that I can go and speak my truth. That's all I have control over. And when I speak my truth, my truth doesn't come from how many meetings I have with Hollywood execs. My truth comes from trying to be in the world and trying to talk about issues and trying to understand -- and underline the word "understand" -- what is happening around us and around me. And maybe if I get a chance to put that on screen in some way or realize that on screen, that's great. " --Danny Glover


http://www.nndb.com/people/077/000024005/

[goclark]

105. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ HARRY BELAFONTE!

He Marched With Dr. Martin L. King Jr. and he still continues to Speak Out Against the War and Against Injustice!

He called Bush " a terrorist" and he NEVER said he was sorry!

http://www.alternet.org/story/31575/

[IndyOp]

112. Belafonte did not just walk with Dr. King --

Belafonte used that $$ he was making singing to the white folk at Carnegie Hall to bankroll Dr. King's movement. Unsung hero: Harry Belafonte.

[AspenRose]

96. Rev. Joseph Lowery/Jimmy Carter at Coretta Scott King's Funeral

Rev. Lowery: "We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. But Coretta knew and we knew that there are weapons of misdirection right down here. Millions without health insurance. Poverty abounds. For war, billions more, but no more for the poor."

Heck, throw Jimmy Carter in there, too:

"The efforts of Martin and Coretta to change America were not appreciated even at the highest level of our government. It was a difficult time for them personally, with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated as they became the targets of secret government wiretapping, other surveillance, and, as you know, harassment from the FBI."

Double whammy that day, yessir.

PS-What about Scott Ritter or Russ Feingold?

[goclark]

99. LINK &VIDEO: To A Tipping Point Patriot ~ REV. JOSEPH LOWERY!

His Standing Ovation Speech!
click the word "WATCH" top left.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/07/lowery-standing-ovation/


Video of The Rev. being interviewed AFTER the Memorial by a shill from MSNBC

http://streaming.americanprogress.org/ThinkProgress/2006/loweryresponse.320.240.mov.html

[goclark]

100. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER!

http://www.cartercenter.org/doc2295.htm

[magnolia]

101. Russ Feingold

[goclark]

102. LINK: To Tipping Point Patriot ~ SENATOR RUSS FEINGOLD!

What a Moment in History given to us by Senator Russ Feingold!

He opened the door to the idea of IMPEACHMENT with his CENSURE RESOLUTION.

Please read his now famous REMARKS and understand how he spoke TRUTH to POWER that day...


http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/06/03/2006313.html

[goclark]

104. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ AVA LOWERY!

We are proud to Honor a member of Democratic Underground....

AVA Lowery is A Drum Major for Justice.

The link below is a tribute to AVA from another Tipping Point Patriot,Cindy Sheehan.

http://democracyrising.us/content/view/473/164/

and

Peace Takes Courage Website

http://peacetakescourage.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

[goclark]

110. LINK: To a Tipping Point Patriot ~ Vice President AL GORE!

Wait until you read his remarks about Global Warming!

He is a Man on A Mission that is ready.willing and able to speak TRUTH to POWER!



http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0912-32.htm

[AspenRose]

106. I am kicking this bad boy :-)

:kick:

[goclark]

107. Thanks for the kick ~ the names and links are amazing!

Bouquets of thanks to all of you for making this list possible. :hug:

I'm starting to gather the emails of as many Patriots as I can find.

I want to send them a Letter and send them the email thread.

Let me know if you have any emails that we will need.

So far I have Elizabeth Taylor, Kanye West,Michael Moore, Eartha Kitt,Ruby Dee
Cindy Sheehan, John Kerry and one for Lillian Hellman.

Thanks so much.
I have learned so much from the WORDS and DEEDS of these great American heroes!:hug:
Enjoy and be Inspired! :patriot: