Mac McKinney

                 

Student of history, religion, exoteric and esoteric, the Humanities in general and advocate for peace, justice and the unity of humankind, not through force, but through self-realization and mutual respect.

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9 Articles, 2 Quick Links, 60 Comments, 17 Diaries

9 Articles

Friday, June 1, 2007
OPERATION IRAQI GENOCIDE
(2 comments) Let's start dismantling our Orwellian government's Double Speak one cliche at a time, starting with one of the most odious. Their thought-forms must be neutralized and exposed for the negative energies and realities they hide.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Waveland, the Hurricane and the Rainbow
(1 comments) This is the fifth in my series of articles on post-Katrina conditions along the Gulf Coast, this time focusing on Waveland, which was as close to Ground Zero as it gets, and the lingering destruction shows it. But how many of you know that a rainbow began shining in Waveland after the hurricane, helping victims to recover.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Welcome to the Lower Ninth Ward, Where Tragedy and Hope Meet
(2 comments) This photo essay takes you to the scene of some of the worst flooding in New Orleans during Katrina, the Lower Ninth Ward, where today, 20 months later, despite the heroic efforts of residents and volunteers, the challenge to rebuild still looms like Mt. Everest, with the Feds and city government more of an obstacle to recovery efforts than a source of inspiration and support. So groups like Common Ground have taken the helm.

Sunday, April 29, 2007
Friday the 13th on Orleans Ave, Where America is Forsaking its Citizens
(3 comments) My third photo-essay (with 42 linked photos) takes us to the harsh reality of Orleans Ave, New Orleans, where there's a shameful lack of progress in recovery from Katrina, and a general callousness, if not outright malice toward this neighborhood's citizens, many of whom are still scattered to the winds. This is symptomatic of the halliburtonization of recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast, a modern term for carpetbagging.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Hidden in the Bayous
(3 comments) As I continue my series about the Gulf Coast, we take a look at lingering hurricane destruction in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, a typical city where much of the damage is really hidden from the casual tourist. You have to go off the beaten path, so to speak.

Saturday, April 21, 2007
Along the Gulf coast, Post-Katrina, Part 1: Pascagoula
(14 comments) While endless billions of dollars disappear down the black hole of destruction and profiteering that is Iraq, the real needs of the American people are being grossly ignored along the Gulf Coast, which is still reeling from the vast destruction caused by Katrina. Here is the first of a series of photo albums that highlight the lingering devastation.

Sunday, March 25, 2007
The Frat Boys and Their Holocaust - Is it One Million Now?
A new report by an Australian scientist is now putting the Iraqi death toll at one million. What will it take for Pelosi to enlarge her compassion beyond just the American dead to care about the Iraqi dead, or is that just collateral damage to her? America is now overseeing a Holocaust. Is that how we want History to rememeber us?

Sunday, March 4, 2007
Auditions for Mother Jones
Child-labor, even child-slavery are rampant in Africa and other areas. The rights of women and workers are under siege everywhere, while exploiters are devouring the entire planet. Robber barons and elitists are having a field day at the expense of the living. Just as the excesses of the 19th and 20th Century gave rise to fearless heroines who would fight like Hell for the living, so will today's excesses do the same.

Sunday, February 25, 2007
Army Veteran Arrested Trying to Petition Rep. Thelma Drake
(4 comments) The First Amendment was denied to an Army Vet on Thurs, Feb 22 thru the machinations of the office of Rep. Thelma Drake, Virginia. He was trying to deliver citizens' letters to her, but was arrested instead. This is a shot across the bow of American Democracy. If Drake gets away with this, what will the authoritarians think of next on the road to tyranny. It is time for us to take action.

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