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Image by jakedobkin via Flickr Black Super Heroes are few and far between. this weekend in ATL; a Black Super Hero takes the stage, to the delight of anime fans everywhere. Brotherman the Dictator of Discipline Check Out this interview with the Brothermen Behind Brotherman. this was filmed in the early 90 s as Brotherman was introduced on CBS News This is Part.1 Part.2 The Black Man Film Festival will be Presenting a talk with the authors and designers of Brotherman; as well as special clips from the upcoming film release - Brotherman the Dictator of Discipline for those of you who don t know about Brotherman, he s been around in the comic book realm for quite a while. he is the brainchild of a talented group of African American artists and cartoonists. Brotherman is a District Attorney by Day and a Crime Fighter by night. quite a combination for a Blackman. The Storylines and lessons metted out by Brotherman are life enriching examples of Good vs. Evil. Today s Short Chat with Brother Yemi focuses on the History of the Festival and of course Brotherman and his creators. 12noon BROTHERMAN: DICTATOR OF DISCIPLINE Directed by Dawud Anyabwile A profile of the Black comics hero. Created by Dawud Anyabwile and his brother Guy A. Sims. With independent sales of 750,000 books, Brotherman is shattering stereotypes of Black people and inspiring a generation of young Black artists and entreprenuers to pursue their dreams in comics and animation. Comics Showcase 30 mins Remember When Brotherman Was Introduced On the Arsenio Hall Show in 1990? Copyright 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: ) © Reality for , 2009. Permalink One comment Add to del.icio.us Post [...]

One of the most important film events of the year is happening this weekend in Atlanta it s The International Black Man Film Festival. Auburn Avenue Library 101 Auburn Ave NE / Atlanta GA 30303 12noon to 9pm / Free / All Are Welcome info@blackmanfilmfest.net usa phone 404.432.2194 this festival is celebrating it s 8th year with a bang.  on saturday if you are in Atlanta, you must make your way to the Auburn Ave. Library and join the crowd.  the films  and discussions will be first rate.  many will bring you face to face with your own sensibilities like our subject today, Saggin. 1pm SAGGIN IN THE ATL Directed by Tracy Crews With Rajheem, C.T. Martin, Richard Pennington, D-Roc, Yemi Toure. A film about the pant sagging phenom and one of the ways Atlanta is trying to combat it. We hear from those who are outraged, and from those who are outraged that some others are outraged. Documentary 25 mins Saggin in The ATL is all about the Black Male Point of View on the saggin phenomenon.  it s filmed and produced by Black Men, in hopes that the rest of us will finally understand the myraid of emotions which surround this issue. I had a chance to sit down with one of the Producers of the Film and the Head of the Festival my friend Yemi Toure . Knowing Brother Yemi is a great patron of  the arts and one of my favorite sociologists;  I ask the real questions and Brother Yemi puts it on the table. He lets us pick it up, because we all own a part of it; regardless of what we think, we do.  Even I had to stand corrected and gladly so.  this short pod is quite enlightening on the entire situation around Saggin. Take a moment and listen to 5 minutes on why the future is walking around us everyday; and what we need to do to relate to it, now. Tomorrow we ll look at another segment of the festival program. complete with another short podcast segment from Brother Yemi our cultural curator for this weekends International Black Man Film Festival. (This is a current news item regarding saggin; and not a part of the festival) Copyright 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: ) © admin for , 2009. Permalink No comment Add to del.icio.us Post [...]

Today we talk about the face of craziness and addiction. specifically prescription drugs, such as Oxycontin. yeahhhh we writing about the Oxycontin Express. and yes since it s thursday you re right we got a lil somthin for ya to sip on - you can listen to our interview with a grand master, in oh so many ways: Presenting our newest Coorespondant Mr One. Mr One as we call him is an oldtyme head. he s someone who s been through the federal certification process; without any problems. he pissed; he went to jail boom. this man knows his drugs and today he takes us on the Oxycontin Express. it s not pretty oh my goodness, it s really not pretty. ODB SNAP ! people say Old Dirty Bastard died of multiple prescription drug overdoses at the same time. it s reported that he had so many drugs in his blood stream when he died, they just declared it massive systemic failure due to drug intoxication. sad indeed from such a young lyrical genius. Amazingly in the video He was flowing like butter, messed up like whoa. damn OLDDIRTY,, (sideeye and a neck twist) why you gotta come outta jail and kill yourself maynnn. you was the ish. I loved me some ODB, still do actually.. anyway that brings me to another of my favorite on stage drug abusers that everybody loves, cause he s just sooo twwweeet NOT. look at that lil gremlin lookin yeezie Sweet Jesus, Pushin Up a Cup of Sizzurp. to quote yeezees    description of his situation Higher Than All of the Angels Be .  wow.. and proud, whew ! I m so through with all of this trashtalking.  We ll let him tell you from his own mouth, and maybe you ll see how bad his problem really is. have mercy Lauren, that s all we can say. this is a genetic mess in expensive tennis shoes. why doesn t he stop sippin that damn sizzurp ? doesn t he know that we all know, that he s stone cold juiced up almost all the time you see him onstage, or in any interview; always. you can listen to our interview with a grand master, in oh so many ways: Presenting our newest Coorespondant Mr One. what s the real deal on these drug issues y all ? Lets be honest, what s making this craziness paramount in the entertainment business today ? isn t it about time entertainers started entertaining us again; instead of shocking us out ? Damn Y all put that mess down, it ain t all that,   really doh.. Pillbillies In America America s Newest Drug Abusers Copyright 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: ) © admin for , 2009. Permalink No comment Add to del.icio.us Post [...]

Yeeee-aaaaaaahhh, it s the SUSSSSS.. luscious and lacivious as ever on a fry-day. today is all about the nastiness of people who just dont get it. why do you put yourself out there like this fam ? Lady D and Mama ASID Cruci-fry and Crisp up the craziness in 29 minutes. it s a flash show [...]

Have you ever noticed that Politics Stinks; and sometime it's Rotten from the inside. We resumed Political Suss this week with Gusto. Mama ASID Lady D Burn DEM!

What Do You Know About Troy Davis ? Spread the word: Text TROY to 90999 on your cell phone This is clipped from an excellent article on huffington today - The 132nd Death Row Exoneree: Implications for the Troy Davis Case Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Diann Rust-Tierney Posted: May 14, 2009 06:12 PM The [...]

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Welcome to The Cookout.. today we are providing you with a early spring treat. fresh from the innernet tubes. how ever fresh that may be at the moment.. This is 03/26/09 s contribution to the Truth and Fairness Project; by BadGalsRadio.com and Politicus.us. We are asking all political and human rights bloggers to join us in creating a pool of information on the 911 FRAUD. WE Will be sending our findings regularly to Atty Gen. Eric Holder; asking for a Special Prosecutor - for Bush Co. Please Won t You Join Us in Revealing The Truth to Mr Holder, so that the tragedy is documented properly; by those who ve suffered the most, the survivors. See our earlier posts on the subject: Americans Say ‘Dig Up Those Skeletons, Leahy’ Would You Like To Help Prosecute Bush and Chaney ? Mr Holder, do you care about the Military Rapes sanctioned by Bush Co ? today s buffet style so you just grab what you like lets start it out with a lil Salad Tossin, why don t we.. you can also have it supersized if you like, it s all good today ### Iraq War Cost and then we get to the sides - you can have it with or without sauce. it s all up to you. This is with Ketsup.. this is from solarpowerrocks.com this is info from the National Council for Science and the Environment. Take a look here. Though the war in Iraq now costs about $120B a year, two authors (one a Nobel prize winner) estimates the total cost of this war exceeds 2 Trillion Dollars. “Accrued liabilities for U.S. federal employees’ and veterans’ benefits now total $4.5 trillion. Indeed, our debt for veterans’ health and disability payments has risen by $228 billion in the past year alone… The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the interest payments on the money borrowed to finance the Iraq war will total $264 billion to $308 billion.” That $2,000,000,000,000? Well, that amount of money could’ve built solar thermal plants here that would have provided energy for 2/3rds of our nation’s energy demand. This is with Mustard.. oooooo that gitmo sized bottle looks like a dealbreaker for the former first lady on the side. Colin Powell’s former chief of staff: Cheney is ‘evil,’ his fearmongering is ‘assisting’ al Qaeda. A portion of this was clipped from Think Progress Thursday, March 19, 2009 Weeks after President Obama was inaugurated, Dick Cheney gave an interview to Politico slamming Obama’s detainee policies and warning that he was making America less safe (charges he repeated again last Sunday). Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff who left the Bush administration in protest, wrote an essay on the Washington Note last evening slamming Cheney’s fearmongering. Wilkerson calls Cheney “evil” and says his detainee policies were only “assisting” terrorists: Cheney went on to say in his McLean interview that “Protecting the country’s security is a tough, mean, dirty, nasty business. These are evil people and we are not going to win this fight by turning the other cheek.” I have to agree but the other way around. Cheney and his like are the evil people and we certainly are not going to prevail in the struggle with radical religion if we listen to people as he. […] take your pick of these juicy items, remember take as much as you d like it s all for youuuu.. this is a short clipping from 911 sharethetruth.com A Call To All True Patriots to Investigate September 11 We have actively studied the questionable nature of the official version of what happened to our nation on September 11, 2001. Throughout the first year after 9-11 we ignored and did not believe those who asked us to question the official story. Like millions of Americans we believed America had been attacked by terrorists from abroad. Sadly, we are now convinced that rogue elements within our government committed a vicious criminal act against its own citizens for the larger purpose of swaying us to support both domestic and foreign policies mapped out in the late 1990 s. 9-11 was Hitler s Reichstag fire of 1933 and Roosevelt s Pearl Harbor masterfully coordinated to achieve the desired ends of an imperialistic role for America in the world, patriotic support at home and the erosion of our constitutional rights. In a nutshell, the war on terrorism is a cruel hoax by a misguided, out-of-democratic control small group of individuals sabotaging the best of American values. We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis combined with severe domination from an Orwellian corporate media knowingly or unknowingly being of service to the true powerbrokers behind the curtain. okay lets get down to the Meat and Potatoes, Unplug the War Machine By Facing the Disturbing Truth Behind the Events of September 11, 2001 They lied about Iraq and Afghanistan and just about everything else. Why are we willing to accept their version of 9/11 that made it all possible? Initially, most of us fell for their version of the events. But then came the slip-ups. The leaseholder of the World Trade Center admitted on PBS in Rebuilding America that WTC-7 was pulled on 9/11 (See video here in Windows Media Format), which is the standard slang for controlled demolition. (911 sharethetruth.com) How Bout a Lil Fish.. this fishing expedition caused us to loose control of our internal politics; and our economy. all over a Ruse. Damn fish stories.. always turn out to be lies. We should have known better. Studies: Iraq a $12 billion-a-month war (msnbc) Economists project a much higher ‘burn rate’ than government estimates The Associated Press The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the burn rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and co-author Linda J. Bilmes report in a new book. Beyond 2008, working with best-case and realistic-moderate scenarios, they project the Iraq and Afghan wars, including long-term U.S. military occupations of those countries, will cost the U.S. budget between $1.7 trillion and $2.7 trillion — or more — by 2017. Interest on money borrowed to pay those costs could alone add $816 billion to that bottom line, they say. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has done its own projections and comes in lower, forecasting a cumulative cost by 2017 of $1.2 trillion to $1.7 trillion for the two wars, with Iraq generally accounting for three-quarters of the costs. Variations in such estimates stem from the sliding scales of assumptions, scenarios and budget items that are counted. But whatever the estimate, the cost will be huge, the auditors of the Government Accountability Office say. In a Jan. 30 report to Congress, the GAO observed that the U.S. will be committing significant future resources to the wars, requiring decision makers to consider difficult trade-offs as the nation faces an increasing long-range fiscal challenge. These numbers don t include the war s cost to the rest of the world. In Iraq itself, the 2003 U.S.-led invasion _ with its devastating air bombardments — and the looting and arson that followed, severely damaged electricity and other utilities, the oil industry, countless factories, hospitals, schools and other underpinnings of an economy. Untold economic damage No one has tried to calculate the economic damage done to Iraq, said spokesman Niels Buenemann of the International Monetary Fund, which closely tracks national economies. But millions of Iraqis have been left without jobs, and hundreds of thousands of professionals, managers and other middle-class citizens have fled the country. In their book, The Three Trillion Dollar War, Stiglitz, of Columbia University, and Bilmes, of Harvard, report the two wars will have cost the U.S. budget $845 billion in 2007 dollars by next Sept. 30, end of fiscal year 2008, assuming Congress fully funds Bush administration requests. That counts not just military operations, but embassy costs, reconstruction and other war-related expenses. That total far surpasses the $670 billion in 2007 dollars the Congressional Research Service says was the U.S. price tag for the 12-year Vietnam War. Although American military and Iraqi civilian casualties have declined in recent months, the rate of spending has shot up. A fully funded 2008 war budget will be 155 percent higher than 2004 s, the CBO reports. (Please Click the Title Link to Read the Complete Article) Lets have a lil Chicken this is a part of a piece from MIT Claims of victory and the human cost in the Bush years A new analysis of the total fatalities in the Iraq war during the presidency of George W. Bush demonstrates that the likely number is between 800,000 and 1.3 million. The analysis appears in The Nation (Feb. 16, 2009) and can also be read here. It has been translated into four languages and has appeared in more than 3,000 publications and on-line websites. Reporter Tom Ricks adds that the war seems far from over. Read his commentary. geeeeee,, Hitler, Co mon Condi - claiming Hitler ? somehow I always knew that she had a thang for him but it was even a suprise to me that she would step to this level. damnnn, then we after offer something for those who don t like the other meat, take a samplin of this hotdog HOT DOG !!! This My Friends is the Steak - Colin Powell explains the Lie that made him step down after he was puppeted to the United Nations. Look at how clearly this was revealed and even Powell had to back that thang up. he was played by Bush Co; but he stood up like a true patriot and corrected this lie. Thank You General Powell you are My Hero. Yowzer - did he say Held Secretly ; when did he become sheriff of the world ? It s Time for Dessert Finally.. Most bitter lesson (Source: Clipped from Christian Science Monitor) Story Date: March 25, 2009 The Iraq war has been perhaps America s bitterest lesson since Vietnam in the realities of war and geopolitics, profoundly altering ordinary citizens sense of their country, its essential abilities, and the overall role it plays in the world. It has cost more than 4,000 American lives and ten’s of thousands of Iraqis. The bottom line may be that today many in the US view the Iraq invasion as a mistake they don t want to see repeated. Troubles in Iraq appear to have fed a desire on the part of some ordinary Americans for disengagement with the world. We are in a period of rising isolationism, just as we saw a bump in isolationism after the war in Vietnam in the 70s, said Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, at a Center for Strategic and International Studies. Six years ago, America, as well as Iraq, was a different place. Virtually every major poll showed US majorities in support of military action. On another point, national opinion seems clearer: In hindsight, a majority of Americans view the decision to invade as a mistake. Moreover, interest in and knowledge of the situation in Iraq are declining among US citizens, in part because news coverage is diminishing. Public awareness of the number of US military fatalities in Iraq has declined sharply. That does not mean Americans do not support their troops, of course. In fact, unlike the situation during the Vietnam era, there appears to be widespread realization that a small slice of US society, the military, is bearing a disproportionate burden. Americans are generally wary of foreign entanglements and worry about the ramifications of long-term commitments overseas, concludes an analysis of public opinion on Iraq by Karlyn Bowman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. But if nothing else, the war in Iraq may have heightened the awareness of Americans about the problems of the rest of the globe. why it s Condilicious.. we ll be presenting our special DICKins edition real soon; and no-doubt it will include lots of assorted Nuts and Screws. See our earlier posts on the subject: Americans Say ‘Dig Up Those Skeletons, Leahy’ Would You Like To Help Prosecute Bush and Chaney ? Mr Holder, do you care about the Military Rapes sanctioned by Bush Co ? Remember The Meter is still runnin on this war Mr. Holder Bon Appetito Patriots ! © admin for BadGalsRadio - RootsRock since 99', 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: 43, 911 lie, bush co, colin powell, condeleeza rice, congressional lies, eric holder, fake war, fraud, George Bush, ghw bush, iraq, lies, special prosecutor

probably by now you re saying to yourself, why is this blog reposting old posts and redating them for today.. well you are absolutely correct babies. now why ? welll it s Friday the 13th and like errybody else we playin tricks too so enjoy our two hottest posts togther like an oreo with extra double stuff.. Yeah.. Feel free to leave a comment, because a post with over 300.000. hits deserves somebody to at least say something.. right ? obtw, Serena Is Watching This post and she wants to see a comment too, no kidding. she says she s tired of folks always lookin at her ass and ignoring her. We Agree. so Today Y all Talk to The Ass, Yes that s what she said, Click to Listen to the Whole Story Badu Told Us Already - Annie don t Wear No Panties.. they was layin on the bathroom floor filled with the Holy Ghost.. Erykah Badu Says..apparently Annie sits on the front pew givin deacon johnson them a good view . she might forget her draws but she won t forget the Hot Sauce, cause Annie Don t Wear No Panties.. she was sittin on the bathroom sank havin her a frosty drank - well after you get through listening to this podcast, no doubt you ll also be filled with the need for a frosty drank to go with it. Hurry Up, Get YO Credit Card Now, Operators Are Standin By. Yes You Heard Me Say, Annie Don t Wear No Panties LIVE Click to Listen to the Whole Story So Now that you know Annie Ain t Wearnin No Panties, who else ain t wearing no draws up in Jazz in the Gardens Well Who Else butterah . The Original Rumpshaker Herself - Serena. Yes We Said Serena.. cause when you listen to this podcast, you will discover why there s probably gonna be a tent over the whole affair . to catch that Once in a Lifetime Funky Experience of Annie Don t Wear No Panties and Serena Flauntin Her Thong.. Thong, tha, tha, Thong, Thonggggggg.. Yeah We Scratched it.. cause if you heard the man right in the Podcast, then you know why you gotta get your tickets early to witness this Funkified Panty Free Festival of Serious Singin, Shakin and Thong Praisin. oh we forgot to mention Common will be there, so will Roy Ayers, Will Downing, Frankie Beverly and Maze; along with Angelique Kidjo, Jonathon Butler, Babyface, Anthony Hamilton and Kenny G. Your hosts for the event will be Concertz and Mayor Shirley Gibson of the city of Miami Gardens - Home of Superbowl 2010. and as erykah says, so fellas if you can t afford it, you betta be there to Video Tape Record it; Cause Annie ain t Wearin No Panties to Jazz in the Gardens 2009 at Dolphins Stadium March 28 well we know y all wanna sop up them bisquits with some sizzurp, and well Common, Co mon.. Lawd have mercy Ladies do I need to say more. anyway this is of course a plot to get you to read my post about Jazz in the Gardens. you ask - Well Mama ASID, What exactly is this Jazz in the Gardens ? Well Babies Let Mama Fill Ya In, how bout we just start with postin the names so you can come back later in the week to find out what we have in common with Serena and Jazz in the Gardens These are the Featured Artists - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly / Anthony Hamilton / Kenny G Common / Kenny Babyface Edmonds / Erykah Badu / Will Downing / Roy Ayers / Angelique Kidjo / Jonathan Butler Yeah this is a Contest, you may win not only a cd but maybe a Ticket to Be My Guest in the VIP; Upclose to Serena and Common. Aaahhhhh we got yo attention now, Uh Huh. so here s the deal, you can listen to the interview with Reje of Concertz, This Weekend here on our Saturday Blog. Reje will fill you in on How You Can Win The most important ticket in Miami this Spring.. Just make sure you check in here on Saturday, listen to the Podcast - or Listen to it during next week on BadGalsRadio. we re sure you want to be there because hey, who wouldn t give a big ole bag of money to see the look on Serena s face when Common gets a load of Erykah Badu - post baby. OOOH YEAH. Nuff Said. do you rememer this joint from Common - this was long before Erykah but it just seems so appropriate. Common was so new and fresh, and now .. welll he s a major star. My Common Sense, has finally become Common.. That My Friends Is NOT an Oxymoron.. Warm Hugs, and Huge Congrats To Erykah Badu on a Safe Delivery of a Daughter at home, While Twittering; No Drugs with a Midwife. You Go Earth Mama ! Annie Don t Wear No Panties - Erykah Badu BADU The Fierce - Twitters; While Giving Birth to a Daughter Erykah Badu twitters while giving birth Posted by Chris Matyszczyk (CNET.com) I wrote that headline several minutes ago and still a faintly uncomfortable feeling wafts through my main functional channels. Erykah Badu, one of the world s finest and most moving singers, is so in love with Twitter that, even in the latter stages of a home birth just a couple of days ago, she tweeted while she squeezed. She began the morning on her blog, touchingly entitled fatbellybella with the lovely greeting: Morning, I m in labor. But when her fingers became otherwise engaged, she let her man, the rapper Jay Electronica, take over. Alright, it was fairly innocuous stuff. For example: Labor has begun. Everybody stand back. No hospitals. No doctors. No medicine. We re waiting for the midwife to show. But all I take from that is the phrase everybody stand back. Will that be Erykah s new album? Will it be infused with soulful baby gurglings? Why should we stand back? Were there more intimate descriptions to come? Yes, there were. Jay detailed the breaking of the waters and the depth of the dilations. Please, I want to be deeply involved in every new phenomenon. And I know that every one of Erykah s 4,500 followers was positively drinking in her breaking waters. This is an Erykah Badu concert in Tel Aviv. I do not believe the image on the screen is from a home birth. (Credit: CC Ray V Tal) But if one becomes an object of twitterdom, how much is it polite to reveal? Ought one tweet one s visits to the latrine? One s less than legal thoughts when a cyclist goes through a stop sign? One s methods of disposing of boogers? One s feelings about certain brands of underwear being luckier than others? Has anyone at Twitter created a charter for this? Guidance is surely needed before the FCC gets involved. (Anyone know if Janet Jackson is a twitterer?) Erykah herself seems to have a strong handle on her Twitter decorum: anything goes. She has, allegedly, created a permanent living and breathing monument to Twitter by naming the newborn Twitty Milk. You may think she is joking. However, her first two kids are called Seven Sirius (fathered by Andre 3000 from Outkast) and Puma Sabti (fathered by rapper D.O.C). Erykah Badu Names Third Child ‘Twitty Milk’ Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Spicy (Celebrity Smack) Erykah Badu and baby daddy Jay Electronica welcomed a baby girl into the world Sunday. It was Badu’s third child and Electronica’s first. Throughout the labor, the couple sent tweets (updates) on social networking site Twitter, keeping Badu’s 4500 followers in the know. Electronica updated Badu’s Twitter page, “Labor has begun. Everybody stand back. No hospitals. No doctors. No medicine. We’re waiting for the midwife to show.” The baby was born in their Brooklyn home. As you might figure, Ms. Badu loves Twitter. So much so, that I think she named her baby after it. Introducing…get this…Twitty Milk. Yes, that is the poor baby girl’s name! But it rhymes with Titty Milk! You can’t do that! Shouldn’t there be a law against this sort of thing? That poor couple in Sweden (or wherever) weren’t allowed to name their kid Metallica, but we have Erykah Badu naming her kid Titty Milk! Egad! Heh. Really, it’s nothing unusual for Erykah whose other children are named Puma, 7, (father, D.O.C.) and Seven, 10 (father, Andre 3000). These are the Dweezil and Moon Zappas of our time! But I’ll take Moon over Twitty Milk anyday! WARNING * turn the sound off because this is torture; not a soundtrack, seriously. OOOOKKKKKK, you ve waited patiently, This is Serena Struttin them Bisquits for ya ..ina thong,, © admin for BadGalsRadio - RootsRock since 99', 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: dolphin stadium, erykah badu, fl, jazz in the gardens, miami, miami gardens, panties, serena williams, thong

Click To Listen to This Episode of EntrePod - 03/06/09 We re not giving you any clues because we know you love the suspense.. This episode features : Margie and Edna s Hugs Peregrination 100 Thousand EC Photo Contest Dark Novels - A Goth Writer Explored SpicyBugz World - What s going on with the Bugz this week Politicus Gives us the Rush Off EntRevolution or Censorship ? Chester the Jester Kidnapped - SLF Claims Responsibility Harley of Daisy the Curley Cat  Implicated in the Chet Napping ? Robs Not Safe For Work Blog EntrePod Shouts to 15 of our EntreFriends This is an update from Politicus, which holds true for BGR: it has come to our attention that EuroYank has had some rather unpleasant exchanges with other Entrecard members, and possibly - but this is unconfirmed - with the management of Entrecard. That hasn’t been our experience, but we think that it is worth noting in the context of this whole issue. This episode we serve you a dub based soundtrack. is a Dubmix from the tables of Mama ASID and BadGalsRadio. it includes : Adam and Eve Dub -          Dub Syndicate Kingston 14 -                         Dub Syndicate Fire Burning Dub -              Dub Syndicate Burnin Dread Dub -            Dubmatix Sub Dub -                                Dubmatix Dub in Mi Hand -                 Dubmatix Uplifting -                               Dub Syndicate Duration : 28:20 / 64 k at 44.1 mhz Digital Mastering Produced By : RE Ausetkmt / Mama ASID for EntrePod; a member of BadGalsRadio Sunshine Shop; 03/06/09 Copyrights : All Copyrights to Original Owners for Music; BadGalsRadio and EntrePod for Podcast and Vocals - RE Ausetkmt. Copyright 03/06/09 All Rights Reserved to Original Copyright Owners; BadGalsRadio and ASID Hi-Power SoundSystem. © admin for BadGalsRadio - RootsRock since 99', 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: entre not sees, Entrecard, entrefeud, entrepod, euroyank, politicus, stank

adopt your own virtual pet! Like a just born Brand New Baby.. Cute like a kitty and just as cuddly - that s what we are. That s cause we re EntrePod Here s Edition Numero Duo Pretty soon we ll have our own rss feed; and distribution network. we re presently syndicated by our momma feed here at BadGalsRadio.com. The Birth of EntrePod was due to the Latenite Craziness that occurs while dropping your entrecards, and looking at all the great sites. it hit us, Hey Somebody Needs to Podcast This. I do alot of drops in the course of the week = 900 Per Day X 7 days a week = 6300 a week, just drops - not including visits to other pages who write, or where there s a link I might be interested in. so as you can see EntrePod is a busy lil kitty.. Won t You Support EntrePod by buying a support spot or a link for the next six months. they re available in the markeplace and on all our sites. Remember Every Lil Kitty Needs to Play so won t you Click My Button so I Can Play With You Now.. Click Here to Listen to Edition Numero Uno Meeeeeeooowww, EntrePod © admin for BadGalsRadio - RootsRock since 99', 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: drops, entre pod, Entrecard, kitty, Podcast

Today is Bob Marley s Earth Born Strong. so you know BadGalsRadio had something cooking and marinating for such a festive occasion. Welcome to Bob Stock 09 Featuring Our Idren Organs - live from Amsterdam.  This is what Rebel Reggae is all about - Livity click here to download or play BOBSTOCK 09 in your browser with any MP3/Media Player This is our Marley Video Vault Videos from Bob Marley, The Wailers; as well as his Prodgeny. Check out the Roots and Culture Mon !! We Celebrate it as a HOLYDAY - Not Holiday. You see Bob gave the world some powerful wisdom and from that wisdom alot of artists developed. many have gone on to spread Love and Peace through out the world. Others have risen to spread that Fire Bob Spit; that True Rebel Reggae. we give you a special Podcast today, as our way of celebrating the legacy of Bob Marley - The Gong. Welcome to BadGalsRadio Bob Stock 2009 Duration: 59:59 Format: 64k  MP3 - 44.1 mhz Joint Format / engineered for MP3 Play click here to download or play BOBSTOCK 09 in your browser with any MP3/Media Player Produced: 02/03/09 at The Sunshine Shop Satellite Studios in Motown. Producer: Mixed and Engineered for Internet and Podcast Play by Reality Ausetkmt for BadGalsRadio / ASID Hi-Power Soundsystem. in collaboration with MusicalAmbassador.com and OrgansMusic LLC of JM. Copyright: all copyrights to original owners; BadGalsRadio for This Podcast; Enjoy The Party - Take It Organs, Rebel Reggae - Our Favorite Organs Tune Organs has been on tour for the better part of a year and a half now. he departed Trenchtown to Take His Music to the World. first doing a warm up by crisscrossing Canada. Organs performed to huge success. Playing at Major Festivals such as Caribana and Air Jamaica s Jamaica Day in Toronto 08 . While in Toronto, Organs hooked up with some Irie Bredren and hit the tour circuit hard with his Roots Rock Reggae, cause it no Streggae.. This Video for His Fans, is from April, 08; after a packed show at the Town Talk. notice how he speaks about the situation in Trenchtown; and world hunger. Check out Organs Live in Holland - in The Nord. This video is from Lioness Promotion Earthstrong; featuring Erroll Organs, Goldy Locks, and Strawl ; Live in Den Hague, NL; Dec 05, 09 - Yeah Mon - We Love Our Organs. Make sure you subscribe to this thread, in our rss feed so that you can keep abreast of when Organs is coming to your area. we hear his itinerary is still going to be rocking the eu, with stops in Switzerland and France; before heading to Germany and then onto the UK. US Fans can look forward to seeing Organs this summer; in several locations. stay tuned for more Organs Updates. Large Up Yourself Organs, click here to download or play BOBSTOCK 09 in your browser with any MP3/Media Player © admin for BadGalsRadio - RootsRock since 99', 2009. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:

Today is World Human Rights Day. designated by the United Nations to serve this charter. this universal charter was the insurance policy of sorts that was intended to guarantee Equal Rights to All Mankind Globally. -FREE Jestina Mukoko- So What Has Happened to This Universal Declaration ? SELECTED ARTICLES Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security Article 4: No-one shall be held in slavery or servitude Article 5: No-one shall be subjected to torture Article 9: No-one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest Article 18: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought in our opinion, it s been the lamb slaughtered repeatedly, for no reason. there seem to be large pockets of craziness that spring up when one set of interests ignores the needs of another who is not of Their Camp . Of Recent, this is the case with the UN and how it administers Justice in the World Court. Killers, Genocidal Maniacs and Warlords were supposed to be swiftly dispatched for the good of mankind. so why is this not happening ? that s a good question - and I think we should all ask Mr Ban Ki Moon. Too Much Suffering, Pain, Genocide, War and Terrorism combines into the non functional bloated body of self righteous zealots we have sitting in a marble bunker - absolutely oblivious to the conditions of the world. So why do we bother to send anyone from anywhere to this body of insolence ? Maybe it s time we started demanding more, since we are after all - Mankind.. Really Doh, Zimbabwe MDC adviser kidnapped Parts of Zimbabwe are in the grip of a deadly cholera outbreak Zimbabwe s opposition MDC says an adviser to party leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been abducted in Harare. Eyewitnesses say MDC adviser Gandhi Mudzingwa was forced by nine gunmen into a car which then drove to the city centre on Monday afternoon. It would bring to 18 the number of MDC activists and rights campaigners who have vanished in the past six weeks. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe s president accused the West of plotting an invasion amid a deadly cholera outbreak. The cholera has spread to Zimbabwe s neighbours and South African Health Minister Barbara Hogan has said the epidemic will probably keep getting worse until a new government is formed in Harare. President Robert Mugabe s ruling Zanu-PF party and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have been deadlocked in power-sharing negotiations since September. The UN says nearly 600 Zimbabweans are known to have died in the outbreak, but there are fears that the number may be much higher. The West is seeking to use the window of opportunity provided by the disaster to justify military intervention Sikhanyiso Ndlovu Zimbabwe information minister South Africa fears cholera spread Send us your comments On Tuesday, US President George W Bush joined calls from world leaders for President Mugabe to go. We urge others from the region to step up and join the growing chorus of voices calling for an end to Mugabe s tyranny, said Mr Bush, who leaves office himself next month. African countries like Botswana and Kenya have also said Mr Mugabe should quit. But the 53-member African Union said on Tuesday the only solution to the Zimbabwe crisis was the power-sharing talks. Only dialogue between the Zimbabwean parties, supported by the AU and other regional actors, can restore peace and stability to that country, said Salva Rweyemamu, a spokesman for AU chairman and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, Reuters news agency reports. Stranglehold The MDC says it believes there is a systematic plot to decimate its structures, as well as civil rights groups involved in cataloguing violence and human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. There are claims civil rights groups are being targeted in Zimbabwe The BBC s Peter Biles in Johannesburg says there is also growing concern about the fate of Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko, missing since she was kidnapped from her home last Wednesday. An urgent court application is being filed, demanding police produce her if she is in custody. MDC leader Mr Tsvangirai has not been back in the country since he left more than a month ago to attend a summit in Johannesburg - where efforts failed again to end the political impasse in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean presidential spokesman George Charamba told the state-owned Herald newspaper that Western countries were planning to bring Zimbabwe before the UN Security Council by claiming the cholera epidemic and food shortages had incapacitated the country s government. Later Zimbabwe Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu was quoted by AFP news agency as saying the cholera outbreak was under control, adding: After squeezing and strangling the country with sanctions and contaminating it with cholera and anthrax, the West is seeking to use the window of opportunity provided by the disaster to justify military intervention. Critical Mrs Hogan said she believed the cholera situation in South Africa had been contained, although many more Zimbabweans should be expected in the country. Morgan Tsvangirai agreed to share power with Zanu-PF in September We need a government in Zimbabwe and we have to move forward on that issue, she said as she led a team of health experts to assess the cholera outbreak in Limpopo province bordering Zimbabwe, where at least eight people have died from the disease and 650 people are being treated. It is critical - just from health alone, she said. The BBC s Jonah Fisher in the border town of Musina says South Africa s medical services are coping so far with the scores of sick Zimbabweans crossing the border every day looking for treatment. But there is concern that people are sleeping in the open in conditions where the easily treatable disease could spread, while sanitation is poor at the site where new arrivals are being processed. A South African man in Musina told the BBC: They are sleeping here, they bath here, they do everything here, so I mean, the spreading of cholera, the risk is very high. Meanwhile, a Southern African Development Community team dispatched to Zimbabwe on Monday is continuing to look at the extent of the epidemic. The UN children s agency Unicef has warned 60,000 cholera cases could emerge in the coming weeks. World marks UN Human Rights Day (bbc news) Millions of poor are denied the right to food and clean water, say activists Nations around the world are marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 30-point document was adopted by the UN in the aftermath of WWII and emphasises rights and freedoms that are held to apply to everyone in the world. The Declaration has come to form the basis of much international law and has provided moral and legal backing for UN action against human rights violators. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said it was needed now as much as in 1948. The challenges we face today are as daunting as those that confronted the Declaration s drafters, Mr Ban said in a statement. The world faces a food emergency and global financial crisis and there is political repression in too many countries, Mr Ban said. The Universal Declaration has inspired millions fighting for freedom and justice over the past six decades and continues to be a beacon of hope for people around the world. Mary Robinson Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The universalisation of human rights Not enough progress Viewpoint: Human Rights at 60 Q As ever, the most vulnerable continue to be on the frontlines of hardship and abuse. He urged those who are spared the most negative effects of disaster, poverty or instability to not turn a blind eye to rights abuses. The cascading effects of abuse and indifference can eventually engulf the entire planet. Much to do On the eve of the 10 December anniversary, hundreds of Chinese lawyers, writers, academics and artists issued an online call for greater freedoms in China and democratic reforms, including an end to Communist one-party rule. Two of the activists who signed the document, Zhang Zhuhua and Liu Xiaobo, were detained by police and questioned after the document - Charter 08 - was posted online, Reuters news agency said. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, welcomed US President-elect Barack Obama s pledge to close the the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, which houses hundreds of terrorism suspects detained since the 9/11 attacks. The UN Human Rights Commissioner wants an enquiry into Guantanamo Bay She called for an inquiry into the facility, so that conditions such as arbitrary detention, torture, cruel and inhuman treatment, are not ever again espoused by the US or copied by other countries . Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, called the Declaration the single most important global statement of the inherent dignity and equal rights of all people . It has inspired millions fighting for freedom and justice over the past six decades and continues to be a beacon of hope for people around the world, she told the BBC News website. But she said much progress remained to be done towards fulfilling the ambitions set down in the Declaration. She said that for women around the world, domestic violence remained a daily reality and that about one billion people are daily denied basic rights to adequate food and clean water . Nearly 1 billion people are starving, UN food agency says Almost 1 billion people in the world are going hungry each day after the rising food costs have pushed 40 million more people into chronic hunger this year, the UN food agency s chief said Tuesday. (UK Times) Last Updated: 1:02AM GMT 10 Dec 2008 The goal of halving the number of hungry people by 2015 has suffered a serious setback as the food crisis has pushed more people, particularly in the developing world, toward hunger. For many countries, the world goal of reducing hunger by half is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve, Food and Agriculture Organisation Director-General Jacques Diouf said, referring to one of the Millennium Development Goals set in 2000. This sad reality should not be acceptable at the dawn of the 21st century, he said, unveiling the Rome-based agency s annual report on world food insecurity . He added: Even the objective of cutting by half the number of hungry by 2015 is morally unacceptable. An estimated 963 million people, or 14 per cent of the world s population, are unable to afford to eat enough calories to lead a normal life, the report found - with 65 per cent of those living in seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia. The crisis affects mainly the poorest, the landless and female-headed households, says the report, The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2008. Mr Diouf, who has called on wealthy countries to invest $30 billion (£20 billion) a year in agriculture, said the figure was only eight percent of agricultural subsidies paid out in developed countries. Thirty billion dollars is nothing compared to subsidies and support in OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, nothing compared to the billions of dollars being spent in all developing countries to face the (ongoing global) financial crisis, he said. I don t think that (30 billion dollars) is asking too much, Mr Diouf said. We are not saying that (farmers in wealthy countries) should not be supported, he said. But they should be supported in a way that does not distort the market and have a negative impact on the capacity of farmers in developing countries. We must ask, What is the priority? Is it the 963 million who don t have the basic human right to eat? Mr Diouf said. Mr Diouf said he had asked US President-Elect Barack Obama to take the lead in the goal of eradicating hunger from the face of the earth, beginning with a summit next year to find the ways and means for mobilising 30 billion dollars a year. Echoing Mr Obama s campaign slogan Yes We Can, Mr Diouf said: We can do it if we give priority to world food security. We Are Not Making Adequate Progress By Mary Robinson Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights On this International Human Rights Day, which marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, two women are on my mind. One is a leader of the past who still inspires because of what she helped achieve so many years ago. The other is a leader in her community today, who struggles against the odds for a more just society in the midst of ongoing crisis. Eleanor Roosevelt remained a tireless campaigner throughout her life The first woman is Eleanor Roosevelt. Her leadership in 1948 as the chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights was critical in bringing the nations of the world together to create the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - the single most important global statement of the inherent dignity and equal rights of all people. Eleanor famously said that human rights would mean nothing unless they matter in small places, close to home. The Universal Declaration has inspired millions fighting for freedom and justice over the past six decades and continues to be a beacon of hope for people around the world. The other woman on my mind is Jestina Mukoko. Jestina is director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, a civil society organisation, working at the grassroots and community level on peace building. She is a contemporary human rights defender, trying to make Eleanor Roosevelt s dream of human rights a reality in her nation. The struggle continues Jestina was abducted from her home in the early hours of Wednesday, 3 December, 2008 by a gang of plainclothes men armed with guns. They took her from her home in the outskirts of Harare in an unmarked car. She has not been seen since. Friends, family and colleagues are still trying to ascertain her whereabouts. Jestina was working for a more democratic government in Zimbabwe which would ensure respect for human rights for all its people. Her story and so many others like it remind us that the struggle for human rights continues. Jestina Mukoko has not been seen since being abducted (photo courtesy of Tonderai X) Over the past year, The Elders - a group inspired by the example of Nelson Mandela - have sought to reintroduce the Universal Declaration to millions of people around the world through the Every Human Has Rights campaign. We wanted new generations to know that 60 years ago, nations were able to look beyond their moment - which was fearful and uncertain, much like ours - and shape a vision of a more just and equitable future for all. We wanted to reinforce principles that are central to the Declaration, but too often forgotten in our day, that every individual and every organ of society has responsibilities for human rights as the Declaration puts it, and that we all have duties to our communities. You can get involved and make your commitment to upholding the Universal Declaration at www.everyhumanhasrights.org. There is still so much to do. • For women around the world, domestic violence and discrimination in employment are a daily reality; • Minorities still suffer stigma, discrimination and violence in developed and developing countries; • The right to information is denied to millions through censorship and media intimidation; • At least one billion very poor people, 20% of humanity, are daily denied basic rights to adequate food and clean water. While such violations of rights persist, we cannot claim to be making adequate progress towards fulfilling the ambitions set down in the Universal Declaration 60 years ago. The best tribute we could make to Eleanor Roosevelt, and to human rights defenders of our day like Jestina Mukoko, is to summon the leadership, resources, and commitment needed to ensure that the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration are not only recognized universally, but implemented as well. World marks UN Human Rights Day The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been called a Magna Carta for all humanity. Pope John Paul II described it as one of the highest expressions of the human conscience of our time . Its adoption marked the first time in history that people from different cultures had worked together to identify a common vision of the specific rights and freedoms of all human beings. How did the declaration come into being? In 1945, following the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, a number of governments said never again , and drew up the United Nations Charter. A commission for the promotion of human rights , chaired by the former US First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, was also established. Differences in language and values made drafting the UDHR a marathon of meetings and negotiations. The world s major legal systems and legal philosophies had to be considered and religions including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hindu, Islam and Judaism. How long did it take? The Commission was created in 1946. It completed its proposed declaration in June 1948. The final draft went to the full General Assembly on 6 December 1948. On 10 December, 48 states voted to adopt it. None voted against, eight abstained. What is in the declaration? It consists of a preamble and 30 articles, setting forth the human rights and fundamental freedoms to which all people, everywhere, are entitled. SELECTED ARTICLES Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security Article 4: No-one shall be held in slavery or servitude Article 5: No-one shall be subjected to torture Article 9: No-one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest Article 18: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought It identifies civil and political rights such as the right not to be subjected to torture, to equality before the law, to a fair trial, to freedom of movement, to asylum and to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion and expression. It also includes economic, social and cultural rights such as the right to food, clothing, housing and medical care, to social security, to work, to equal pay for equal work, to form trade unions and to education. What has the declaration achieved? Over the past 50 years the Universal Declaration has become a powerful tool in the armoury of those trying to dissuade governments from violating human rights. Many lawyers regard it as part of customary international law. Along with the UN Charter, it has provided the moral and legal basis for United Nations action - including action by the Security Council - against violators of human rights. Countries have included the language and principles of the UDHR in their national constitutions, and in their statutory laws and regulations. The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental freedoms adopted by the Council of Europe in 1950, and Article II of the Charter of the Organisation of African Unity are two examples of documents which draw heavily on the UDHR. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 1948-2008 (united nations) On this Human Rights Day, it is my hope that we will all act on our collective responsibility to uphold the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration. We can only honour the towering vision of that inspiring document when its principles are fully applied everywhere, for everyone. Video Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon We must work for the full implementation of human rights on the ground in a way that affects and improves the lives of the men, women and children who are all entitled, regardless of their race, sex, religion, nationality, property or birth, to realization of each and every right set forth in the Universal Declaration. Video High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay Schedule of Events for Human Rights Day 10 December, 2008 at UN Headquarters in New York On Human Rights Day, 10 December, 2007 the Secretary-General launched a year-long campaign during which all parts of the United Nations family took part in the lead up to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on Human Rights Day 2008. With more than 360 language versions to help them, UN organizations around the globe used the year to focus on helping people everywhere to learn about their human rights. The UDHR was the first international recognition that all human beings have fundamental rights and freedoms and it continues to be a living and relevant document today. The theme of the campaign, “Dignity and justice for all of us,” reinforces the vision of the Declaration as a commitment to universal dignity and justice and not something that should be viewed as a luxury or a wish-list. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the anniversary year launch in Bangkok on Human Rights Day 2007, 10 December. To his left are Mr. Homayoun Alizadeh, the Regional Representative for South-East Asia, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Ms. Noeleen Heyzer,Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Credit: Suwat Chancharoensuk/ESCAP The declaration was adopted at a session of the UN General Assembly in Paris By Paul Reynolds World affairs correspondent BBC News website The UN Human Rights Declaration has stood up remarkably well to the test of the 60 years since it was agreed in Paris on 10 December 1948. Its main strength lies in its simplicity. In a preamble and 30 articles, none of them very long, it lists the rights to which each individual is entitled. It is also wide-ranging, emphasising rights to education and health as well as to freedom and protection. SELECTED ARTICLES Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security Article 4: No-one shall be held in slavery or servitude Article 5: No-one shall be subjected to torture Article 9: No-one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest Article 18: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought It has echoes of and in some cases directly lifts from earlier human rights documents. By picking and choosing from these, it is trying to show that it applies to all people and all places.A key principle behind the Declaration was to confirm a move in world affairs from the concept of human rights as a domestic concern to an international one. The aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust was felt to be the right moment to act. Shortly before the Declaration was agreed, the UN Charter had been drawn up. Activists wanted to fill in some of the detail of the human rights to be protected. The Charter only refers to respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms . Echoes From the US Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Declaration stresses the right to life (and) liberty , though the American addition of the right to the pursuit of happiness becomes the more sombre liberty and security of the person . Perhaps happiness as a concept was not felt to be appropriate at that moment. Largely matching the French Declaration on the Rights of Man in 1789, which said: Men are born and remain free and equal in rights , it states: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. And the prohibition on cruel or unusual punishment in the Bill of Rights in England in 1689 becomes the even wider ban on cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment in the Declaration. Its other strength is that it is a declaration not a treaty. That meant it was easier to agree. In the final vote, nobody was against, but the Soviet Union and its allies, and South Africa and Saudi Arabia abstained. They could be outvoted for a declaration, not for a treaty. Saudi Arabia said the Declaration was based largely on Western culture, an argument that has resonance in some Islamic countries today The Soviet Union objected to individual property rights being included and more broadly wanted rights to be determined according to the economic, social and national conditions prevailing in each country . Its delegate declared that the rights were illusory because they lacked effective guarantees .South Africa did not accept that human dignity would be impaired if a person were told he could not reside in a particular area. Saudi Arabia said the Declaration was based largely on Western culture, an argument that has resonance in some Islamic countries today. Eleanor Roosevelt, the first chair of the Human Rights Commission which drew it up, was responsible for the form of the agreement. She felt it would be better to have a signpost to guide the UN itself and governments in the progressive application of human rights in international agreements and national laws. And it has helped to do just that. Torture Convention Although it is not itself enforceable, it has given rise to other agreements which are. A good example is torture. The ban on torture enshrined in its Article 5 was made into an international convention against torture in 1975. The Convention acknowledges its debt. It is magnificent and inspirational Amnesty International s Campaign Director Tim Hancock The Declaration was also followed, in Europe, by the even more detailed European Convention on Human Rights, which drew on its principles and took them even further. The Convention is now part of national law in many Council of Europe states and it has own court to adjudicate claims.The Declaration has itself also weakened the UN Charter s emphasis on national sovereignty and strengthened the recent moves establishing a right to protection for threatened populations. Of course, great chunks of the Declaration have been ignored and violated by large parts of the world. Its declaratory nature can be a source of weakness as well. But it is always there to hold governments to some account. Increasingly it has provided the kind of inspiration that its founders had envisaged. Cataloguing violations Amnesty International s Campaign Director Tim Hancock says he refers to the Declaration constantly. Recently, I found it useful in cataloguing the atrocious violations in the Congo, he said. The Declaration is a fine document which serves as the bedrock for later treaties. It is magnificent and inspirational. The Torture Convention for example is based on it and Amnesty would like to get back to the inspiration of the original document in trying to stop the widespread flouting of the convention, including certain conduct in the war on terror. We find young people respond to the accessible language and 4,000 British schools have taken our information pack for the anniversary. This anniversary has reminded me that the preamble is sometimes neglected. It warns about what happens if human rights themselves are neglected. Barbarous acts follow and man is compelled to have recourse, in the last resort, to rebellion. Paul.Reynolds-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk © admin for BadGalsRadio - RootsRock since 99', 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: freedom, genocide, human rights, united nations, universal declaration of human rights