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Title: Send Your Hoodie Pic in Protest for Booby Rush
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Move On
URL Source: http://millionhoodiemovement
Published: Mar 30, 2012
Author: Move On
Post Date: 2012-03-30 20:18:55 by abraxas
Keywords: None
Views: 1357
Comments: 14
Dear MoveOn member, Wearing a hoodie on the House floor. That got Representative Bobby Rush thrown out on Wednesday, even as he quoted from the Bible on justice and the end of oppression.1 Rep. Rush is one of millions calling for justice for Trayvon Martin, a young black man in a hoodie, gunned down last month in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon's killer, George Zimmerman, still hasn't been arrested—and the wheels of justice can't turn until he is. Tomorrow in Sanford, MoveOn members will join Trayvon's family, the NAACP, SEIU, and other allies in a march for justice. And across the country, we can show our solidarity with Saturday's march by taking a picture of ourselves with a hoodie and making it our profile picture on Facebook and Twitter. This campaign began with a cry for justice from Trayvon's parents, and grew online through huge petitions (including one by MoveOn member Maria Roach) and a massive response on social media from celebrities and millions of everyday people standing against racism and racial profiling. So, while Trayvon's family keeps the pressure on in the streets of Sanford, we need to keep up the pressure online, where this campaign grew into a national movement. Click below to make your stand for Trayvon (and don't worry—we have handy instructions on how to change your Facebook or Twitter profile pic): Join the march for justice online by changing your profile picture for Trayvon. George Zimmerman followed Trayvon, a young black man in a hoodie, because he looked "suspicious."2 Zimmerman made an unjustified assumption about who Trayvon was, and that assumption led to Trayvon's death. That's why we have to keep the pressure on the system to make sure justice is served. We've partnered with the creators of MillionHoodi.es, along with the NAACP, ColorOfChange, and other allies to make this online solidarity movement huge, with hundreds of thousands of us posting our hoodies photos in social media—and making them our profile picture. But in order to be effective, people need to see hoodie photos everywhere they look online. So click below to change your profile pic and join the millions of other hoodies online for Trayvon Martin on Saturday. Join the million hoodie movement for justice for Trayvon by changing your profile photo for Saturday's march. Thanks for all you do. –Garlin, Mark, Elena, Ryan, and the rest of the team P.S. If you don't have a Facebook or Twitter account—don't worry. You can upload your hoodie photo and post it online through a handy tool on MoveOn's site, and it will go online through Flikr too. Just click here to become part of one million hoodies. Sources: 1. "Bobby Rush, Illinois Congressman, Thrown Off House Floor For Wearing Hoodie (VIDEO), The Huffington Post, March 28, 2012 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273640&id=38316-7986845-QOao1ox&t=5 2. "The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin," The New York Times, March 16, 2012 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273641&id=38316-7986845-QOao1ox&t=6 Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here. 
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#1. To: abraxas (#0)
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.” —Samuel Adams America: Israel's Handmaiden
lol....what color hoodie will you opt for in your Booby Rush support pic? " If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11 "Life's tough, and even tougher if you're stupid." --John Wayne
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.” —Samuel Adams America: Israel's Handmaiden
I'm taking this whole matter to the next dimension: Hoodie-Footie's for the entire family!!!
#2. To: Eric Stratton (#1)
and fucked over every single person on the planet and it would have been OK.
#3. To: abraxas (#2)
#4. To: abraxas, Eric Stratton (#0)
-Alex Kurtagic
#5. To: X-15 (#4)
LOL! Bravo!! Booby will be proud to have the support of the entire family, might even bring on a tear or two. Cat thought on the hoodie, "Oh, the shame!"
" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11
"Life's tough, and even tougher if you're stupid." --John Wayne
#6. To: abraxas (#0)
Dear MoveOn Members: Is this the only thing you have to do with your money and your time? What a sad commentary on those supporting this movement. I will up you bastards one and have MY movement in the HOOD of the hoodie. What a bunch of sick people, from top (the POTUS and his handlers) to bottom (Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and all who follow the bums). May the bluebird of happiness shit on the head of every one of you. Sincerely, Member of Move Out
#7. To: X-15 (#4)
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”
—Samuel Adams
America: Israel's Handmaiden
#8. To: abraxas (#0)
Let a hundred flowers blossom... We've partnered with the creators of MillionHoodi.es, along with the NAACP, ColorOfChange, and other allies to make this online solidarity movement huge, with hundreds of thousands of us posting our hoodies photos in social media—and making them our profile picture.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#9. To: X-15 (#4)
. . . 
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." Mencken
"..if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Você me trata desse jeito só porque eu sou preto. Junior (my youngest son)
#10. To: abraxas (#0)
Criminals like to wear hoodies not as a fashion statement, or because they are cold, but to conceal their face as much as possible, that's why the also wear dark sunglasses with their hoodies on.
God is always good!
#11. To: abraxas (#0)
Deserve the Christian and Newsom treatment. Garlin, Mark, Elena, Ryan, and the rest of the team
An old lonely slave comes back from the grave
Searching... searching... searching
For his master who's long gone on
#12. To: abraxas (#0)
This "Black Panther" would be shinin shoes if he didn't live in "da hood" !
"You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul."
Mahatma Gandhi
#13. To: abraxas (#0)
Former Black Panther Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) made quite a fuss when he donned a "hoodie" during a speech in the U.S. House of Representatives until he was escorted out. At the time, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) "applauded his courage" for doing so. Meanwhile, back home in Rush's district, two men wearing hooded sweatshirts, or "hoodies," were the shooters in an incident that left one dead and five injured. Hoodie-Wearing Gunmen Kill 1, Wound 5 in Bobby Rush's Chicago District
"You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul."
Mahatma Gandhi
#14. To: X-15 (#4)
Ab found her NRA Concealed Carry Hoodie....... This will perfect for my pic! : ) 
" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11
"Life's tough, and even tougher if you're stupid." --John Wayne
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