Although the web spans the world and this site is visited by folks from all over the globe, there was news from Atlanta which has wide international consequences.
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin has signed on to the Board of Directors of the United Nations. If you know the history of the UN, you will recall that former Atlanta Mayor -- and Franklin friend -- Andy Young was UN Ambassador under that other Georgian, President Jimmy Carter (for whom some of the farmers of south Georgia apologized to the rest of the nation on several huge billboards along I 75 – but that’s another story).
OK, Bachert, help me understand what this means to me.
During the 2006 election, new UN Board Member Franklin teamed up with “Ambassador” Young and Georgia Representative John Lewis to record the following radio spot for Fulton County (Atlanta) Commission candidate John Eaves. The spot aired multiple times on Atlanta area radio.
Here’s ad copy as it aired (EMPHASIS MINE):
(Dramatic music)
This is Congressman John Lewis."
"And I'm Mayor Shirley Franklin"
"And I'm Andy Young"
(John Lewis) "On November 7th we face the most dangerous situation we ever have. If you think fighting off dogs and water hoses in the sixties was bad, imagine if we sit idly by and let the right-wing Republicans take control of the Fulton County Commission."
(Shirley Franklin) "The efforts of Martin and Coretta King, Hosea Williams, Maynard Jackson and many others will be lost. That's why we must stand up and we must turn out the vote for the Democrats on Election Day."
(Andy Young) "And especially for John Eaves for Fulton County Commission Chairman. Unless you want them to turn back the clock on equal rights and human rights and economic opportunity for all of us, vote for John Eaves as Fulton County Chairman"
(Lewis) "Your very life may depend on it."
(John Eaves) "This message paid for by the committee to elect John Eaves."
(To HEAR the ad, go here:
These folks didn’t play the race CARD. They played the ENTIRE DECK!
To date Young, Franklin and Lewis have refused to renounce the incredibly racist implications of that ad.
And now Franklin will be helping to guide the activities of the United Nations.
Is that where you want YOUR 25%+ tax “contribution” paying for?
If not, I urge you to do what a number of us who understand where the UN has been headed since its illegitimate birth: Let Washington know that enough is enough and it’s time to get the US OUT of the UN and the UN OUT of the US!