No Divulging Klan Secrets by Otho Fraser

 

*"Holden's impeachment is demanded by a sense of public virtue and due regard to the honor of the state. He is an exceedingly corrupt man and ought to be placed before the people as a public example of a tyrant condemned and punished."

--B.F. Moore

 My great great grandfather, Father Of The NC Bar

 Bartholomew F. Moore: Tribute To/On Holden/State V Will

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Instituted in 1862, the Union League came to North Carolina with the Union armies and by 1866, along with the Freedmen’s Bureau, became active in recruiting black men into the Republican party to be used politically.  * Scalawag Governor W.W. Holden was an early leader of the Union League in North Carolina; murder and voting intimidation of white citizens was encouraged among the black population, and for a black man to vote Democratic was a death warrant though many voted with their white neighbors  In this political climate the Ku Klux Klan came into being.  See Jos. D.R. Hamilton’s “Reconstruction in North Carolina” for more on the Union League. 

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No Divulging Klan Secrets by Otho Fraser

“The Ku Klux Klan, who were directly responsible for the redemption of Alabama from [carpetbag] misrule, rejoiced in the re-election of Governor [George S.] Houston in 1876, and many thousands of them paraded in Athens, Alabama, Governor Houston’s home, to pay him tribute. This was the last parade of the Ku Klux Klan at that place.

The torchlights in this parade were decorated with banners on which pictures of men who had believed in Negro rule were painted, half-black and half-white. This unique idea was conceived and the pictures painted by a young boy, Arthur Pepin, who was greatly applauded by the older men, for the pictures were so life-like the faces could be recognized by the immense number of people in the parade.  The men thus caricatured by the boy (who was true blue) were so frightened that they left the town.

About sixty worthy Negro men, who had been faithful to the white people during the war and this dreadful time of reconstruction, and who voted for Governor Houston, were in this parade, having been furnished with horses by the Ku Klux Klan. 

Otho Fraser, a Negro man who is still living at Athens, Alabama, at the age of 96, described this parade to me in detail, and is proud to have been numbered among the Negroes who were shown by this act that the white people appreciated their fidelity; he has always been a credit to his race, and said to me that “If all the people in the world were at work each day, making shoes as I do – or something else – there would be no problems to settle for white or black.”

He is shown great respect by the white people of Athens, and he has reared a family of efficient men and women. At his advanced age he is physically and mentally alert and says he knows many Ku Klux Klan secrets which he will never divulge.”

(Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1877, Susan Lawrence Davis, American Library Service, 1924, pp. 183-184)

Oh Help. Oh Help. Oh Help: Disordered Ramblings on Martial Prowess.

 

As a student of abnormal psychology, or psychology that ought to be abnormal but lamentably is not, I´m listening to PJ O´Rourke´s Peace Kills,  on American foreign policy. I enjoy exploring the isolation wards of the human asylum. It is like visiting remote Pacific islands to see the savages gnashing their teeth and waving the obsidian swords of dimwit ideology: O´Rourke, Rachel Madow, Limbaugh, Michael Moore, Al and Jesse, and the garbage plains of feminism.   From this I derive a pleasant sense of the hopelessness of man.

I think PJ needs his head examined, as regards military policy anyway, which is pretty much the only foreign policy we have.

If I may digress slightly: In defense of O´Rourke I will say that he is known as an amiable drunk, and in fact so describes himself. This is to be commended. In a PC world, it shows independence of spirit.
Further, a man who relies on sobriety to be able to think is an intellectual weakling. The condition is overrated. Should PJ one day lurch through the door of Tom´s Bar, I´ll buy. I do not refuse fellowship merely because its possessor´s politics will likely lead to mass murder, re-runs of Oprah, and local destsruction of the solar system. Tom has some tables large enough for two to fit beneath.

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Universal Soldier

Via LH

What Are Your Options Now For Secure Email?

Via LH

It's shockingly, disturbingly easy for the government to snoop on your emails. Here are your weapons in the fight for your email privacy.


Many of us had assumed our feeble Gmail passwords were secure enough to keep prying eyes out of our email accounts. (I used a letter, a number, and a symbol!) But with revelations that the NSA can pretty much demand any email service turn over valuable and private information about our email, more attention has been turning to secure, encrypted email services.

In the past week, two of the most prominent--Lavabit and Secret Circle--have shut down voluntarily rather than be forced to comply with real or potential NSA requests (which are legally binding).

Lavabit shut down after, we assume, receiving legal demands for information. Lavabit posted a message saying the creator can't "legally share" what the impetus for shutting it down was, but that he chose that option, along with erasing all his data, rather than submit to government demands. Secret Circle did not receive a requests, but merely "saw the writing on the wall" and voluntarily deleted everything.

So what can you use now?

Email encryption is pretty wonky, but basically it boils down to this: email is basically not secure.

There are steps you can take to protect yourself, through both free and paid services, but the U.S. government has shown its willingness to compel even legendary secure email services like Lavabit--which Edward Snowden used for five years--to shut down. If you're truly paranoid, here are your options.

Instant Messaging

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Saigon when we were 20 years old

Via catherine

 

The adventures of three special friends and  two girls in a village in the south of France beginning in World War II and ending in the spring of 1953 at the French Expeditionary Corps in Saigon during the war in Indochina and on the eve of the bloody Battle of Dien Bien Phu.

More @  RU Tracker

Tyranny Rules

Via avordvet, Cold Fury & Zero Hedge

 

Tyranny was a word that was used frequently during the founding period of this country. Its usage is rampant once again.

The word tyranny is thrown around rather carelessly, especially when politicians invoke it. When Bush was president, it was a popular Democrat word. With Obama in office, it is used as frequently, but now by Republicans and rarely by Democrats. Tyranny and accusations of it are serious. Sadly, politicians use it whenever they disagree with the policies of the opposing party.

True tyranny is serious and should not be used as a tool to smear political opponents. It is a specific condition, one which the Founders found serious enough to initiate a revolt against England.

Now it is used more as political invective than in its true meaning. Sadly, the politicians who bandy the word about for advantage are unaware of true tyranny or that they are guilty of committing it.

Distorting words or misunderstanding them, however, does not alter the consequences of the acts. It is important to understand the true meaning of the word itself.

What Is Tyranny?

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Syria warns of new advances by al-Qaida Read: Palestinian camps taken over by jihadists

 

The United Nations says jihadists are entering Syria at an accelerated pace, with other observers confirming that the Palestinian camps there have become “optimal locales” for al-Qaida-affiliated groups setting up bases, according to Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

“Syria’s Palestinian camps have become theaters of war,” said United Nations Relief and Work Agency Commissioner Filippo Grandi.

In all, there are about 10 official U.N.-mandated Palestinian camps, with three unofficial ones, with a total population of some 230,000 refugees.

Informed observers say that seven of the camps now are under the control of Salafi jihadists, particularly the Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida offshoot group comprised of foreign fighters who have infiltrated into the Syrian opposition.

Among the observers, there is concern over how the foreign fighters were able to take over more than half of the Palestinian camps.

They say that the al-Nusra approach is similar to the way Fatah al-Islam, another al-Qaida group, infiltrated the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian camp near Tripoli in Lebanon.

More @ WND

Letter to Mr. O From Cairo

Via WiscoDave

 

Well, I would of.  Wished he had used a different example.:)

Dear Mr Obama

I am writing you this note because I am an Egyptian who is a dedicated observer of history and would like to have your opinion on the following subject :

We all know that President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 and who, after cold-bloodedly shooting Lincoln in the back of the head, shouted “sic semper tyrannis” (latin for: “Thus always to tyrants” attributed to Brutus at Caesars assassination). Wilkes was cornered 12 days later and killed and 8 of his fellow conspirators were arrested, 4 of which were hanged. President Lincoln was succeeded by his vice-president Andrew Johnson.

Now let us assume for arguments’ sake that you, Mr President were in Andrew Johnson’s place:  Would you, after your inauguration, pardon Booth’s fellow conspirators?  Would you invite them to join you in the presidential stand to attend the parade of one of your most important national and military holidays (which also coincides with the day Lincoln was assassinated)?

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Is this REAL reason for Brotherhood crackdown?

 

The Egyptian army launched their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood after evidence indicated the Islamist group was creating its own military and terrorist apparatus, a high-ranking Egyptian intelligence official told WND.

The official further stated al-Qaida-linked jihadists have been making their way to the Sinai Peninsula as part of a Muslim Brotherhood effort to accumulate its own independent force.

That force was being coordinated with the Brotherhood’s main political and militant ally, the Jihadi Salafist group, the official said. Yesterday, Egyptian police arrested Mohammed al-Zawahiri, leader of the Salafist group and brother to al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The Egyptian intelligence official further stated Turkey has been aiding the Muslim Brotherhood military and terrorist efforts, including with financial support funneled through international firms.
Turkey has also been working with Hamas to aid the so-called rebels in their fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials previously speaking to WND.

The Gazan group was specifically asked to help the rebels construct underground tunnels and to advise the jihadist-saturated rebels on adopting some of the tools Hamas previously put to use to confront Israel.

More @ WND

Gunmen Kill 11 Near Syrian Christian Villages

Via NC Renegade

 

 Gunmen shot dead 11 people, mostly Christians, near a town in central Syria on Saturday, state media and activists said, an attack described by a local resident as aimed at members of the religious minority.

The resident, citing eyewitnesses, told The Associated Press that the gunmen randomly opened fire on roadside restaurants in a drive-by shooting outside Ein al-Ajouz as Christians were celebrating a feast day. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

The state-run SANA news agency described the attack as a "massacre" and said women and children were among the dead.

More @ CNS News