Right to VOTE will expire in the year 07

[gideon]

Camille Cosby's Speech EACH ONE TEACH ONE-AND PASS ON VERY IMPORTANT

Below you will find a speech that Bill Cosby's wife gave at a function. Everyone please read this and pass it on to as many African Americans you come in contact with.

Camille Cosby just made a reference about the Voting Rights Act in her most recent open letter on racism. This is extremely important.
We are quickly approaching the 21st Century and we were wondering, and when I say 'we', I mean others of us out there who wonder if everyone else out there knows what the significance of the year 2007 is to Black America?

Did you know that our right to VOTE will expire in the year
2007? Seriously! The Voters Rights Act signed in 1965
by Lyndon B. Johnson was just an ACT. It was not made a law.

In 1982, Ronald Reagan amended the Voters Rights Act for another 25 years. Which means that in the year 2007 we could lose the Right to vote!

Does anyone realize that African Americans are the only group of people who require PERMISSION under the United States Constitution to vote! In the year 2007, Congress will once again convene to decide whether or not Blacks should retain the rights to vote (crazy but true).

In order for this to be passed, 38 states will have to approve an extension. This is ludicrous! Not only should the extension be approved, but also the ACT must be made a law. Our right to vote should no longer be up for discussion, review and/or evaluation.

We must contact our Congress-persons, Senators, Alderpersons, etc., to put a stop to this! As bona fide Citizens of the United States, we cannot "drop the ball" on this one! We have come too far to let government make us take such a huge step backward. So please, let us push forward to continue to build the momentum towards gaining equality.
Please pass this onto others, as we are sure that many more individuals are not aware of this. I urge all of you that are able, to contact those in government that have your vote and make them aware of our combined concern for this issue.

One voice!...... One Vote! You cannot complain, if you do not participate.....local, State, & national..

When we received this one we had no choice but to pass it on.
Please do the same.


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[forever]

who gives a rats shit turd...aint no votes gonna change our situation..look what they do in other countries when they pissed about voting rights and rigged elections

[glow=red,2,300]Violent clashes that have killed more than 40 people this week in Ethiopia have spread from the capital to towns outside of Addis Ababa.
In the capital, one woman was killed in a fourth day of riots between opposition supporters and police.

The BBC's Mohammed Adow says arrests continued overnight with truckloads of opposition supporters being taken out of Addis Ababa.

The opposition resumed protests this week over polls they say were rigged.

These are the worst disturbances in Africa's second most populous country since protests ignited after the May elections, when some 36 people died and hundreds were arrested. [/glow]
read the rest....

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4402384.stm

[Lieutenant-Commander JU]

yea, sure, a lot of politicians of are crooked, corrupt, whatever, but they aren't dumb, taking away african-american suffrage would be beyond dumb: politically, socially, and economically, and that's what matters to politicians. And i don't think its 38 states that is necessary, but 2/3 of the house.

Not to mention the
15th amendment of the U.S. Constitution:
Section. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

either or, its ridiculous to worry about this, sound like some shit that would be in the onion. whoever posted this obviously hasn't read the consititution, something i think all should do, so we know when these crooked ass politicians are trying to slip one under the door like they did with the patriot act.

[fury2g]

Good point Commander Ju.
An Act is put in place to enforce constitutional laws that exist but aren't being enforced. This was necessary in the segregated south in the 60s, 80's and some may say even today.

If this Act were to be renewed, it will purely be for symbolic purposes or as a election year ploy.