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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:57 PM
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The Kids CAN make a difference.
http://worldcantwait.net/media/highschoollrg.mpg

Our kids are the future. Are they as dumbed down as some people suggest ? Some that are isolated I suppose but there are kids involved and willing to stand up for democracy and this country.

I found this video so inspiring the first thing I did was to call my kids,boys 18 and 16 ,to sit around me and watch it.

2 hours later of showing them my other vast collection of videos of the BFEE They asked if we could go to the upcoming protests !!!!!:bounce: :grouphug: :headbang: :woohoo: :applause: :rofl:

About 2 years ago they thought I was some sort of conspiracy nut.

If not now, when? If not us, who?

http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:07 PM
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1. That does my old heart good! YAY! K & R
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 01:07 PM by ClayZ
:yourock:


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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:14 PM
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2. Thanks but this won't, well maybe
http://www.prisonradio.org/WorldCantWaitSchoolWar.htm

WHAT KIDS ARE REALLY LEARNING IN SCHOOL
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Copyright '05 Mumia Abu-Jamal


On November 2nd, 2005, kids across the nation joined protests organized by The World Can’t Wait, which called for walk-outs to support the demand for an end to the Bush Regime.

One of those who answered the call was a 10th grader named Geovany Serrano. A student at L.A.'s Belmont High, Geovany passed out fliers, and tried to organize his fellow students to support the walkout. When administrators learned of the plan, they launched an attack on the youth, grabbing him, blasting him with pepper spray, and arresting him! He was hauled into the infamous Rampart Division police station, taken to Juvenile Hall and fingerprinted.

This 10th grader is now under house arrest, and has been forced to wear an ankle bracelet, simply for trying to organize his fellow students in opposition to the Bush Regime. Guess what *this* kid has learned about 'constitutional rights' of free speech, free association, and the rights to assemble and protest?

Despite these events, Geovany *has* learned some important lessons, ones which never would've fit a classroom. He wrote recently: "Look at the war in Iraq. There are jails where there are people that the government just wants to disappear. They have them there and are torturing them and putting them on leashes. They’re bombing the sh-- out of people’s houses..... When I first got into this it hit me so hard. It’s hard to go back to living a regular day, knowing that there are people that are being killed and victimized by the system is so difficult. Is that the world I want? No, I don’t want none of that.”
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:28 PM
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3. OMG!
We are spreading that liberty and freedom .... eh?

bu$h is not healthy for children and other living things!
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400Years Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 02:04 PM
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4. Here's a link to Belmont High's Administrators
http://www.belmonths.org/apps/departments/show_department.jsp?userGroupREC_ID=8586&rn=1446

Staff Email
Asst. Principal, Wendy Bernstein wbernste@lausd.k12.ca.us
B- Track Admin. Edward Colacion eac3110@lausd.k12.ca.us
C- Track Adminstrato Jim Dunlap james.dunlap@lausd.net
ELA Asst. Principal, Stephen Koffman stephen.koffman@lausd.net
Asst. Principal, Evelio León eleon2@lausd.k12.ca.us
Asst. Principal, Lew McCammon lbm4793@lausd.k12.ca.us
Asst. Principal, John Newton jrn5044@lausd.k12.ca.us
A- Track Administrat Kathleen O'Connell kathleen.oconnell@lausd.net
SIF Asst. Principal, Diane Panossian dpanossi@lausd.k12.ca.us
New School Admin. Edmundo Rodriguez edmundo.rodriguez@lausd.net
Principal, Gary Yoshinobu gary.yoshinobu@lausd.net
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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 04:35 PM
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5. Thanks, actually there are a few stories on link.
this is happening around the states.

Now that I have the links you provided, I suppose I'm in the mood to pop off a letter or 2.
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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 08:53 PM
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6. Kick
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