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The Man is always up to his dirty little
tricks. Let's take a step back and review the timeline of The Man
and the fight against Him in history:
November 1:
1951 - U.S. Soldiers are exposed to an atomic explosion
for the first time in training exercises, at Desert Rock, Nevada. Participation
was not voluntary and served both to train and indoctrinate.
1979 - Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills
10.7 million gallons of oil, in U.S.'s worst oil spill disaster .
November 2:
1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21,"
was fixed.
1991 - To the Jackson family, their "Man" is
Michael, who they imitated and followed their whole lives. On this day,
Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!," an anti-Michael
song.
November 3:
1755 - The colony of Massachusetts offers a 20 pound bounty
for scalps of indian boys or girls under the age of 12. Warrior scalps
fetch a slightly higher price, 30 pounds.
1980 - "You know, if we had elected
this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today."
--Senator Trent Lott, Evil henchman for the Man and Senate Majority
Leader, quoted as saying about Strom Thurmond in an article that appeared
in The Clarion-Ledger, a Jackson, Mississippi, newspaper.
Strom Thurmond, of course, ran for president on a platform
of keeping race segregation alive;. or, as he put it in a campaign speech,
"there's not enough troops in the army to force the southern people
to break down segregation and admit the Nigra race into our theaters,
into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches."
So exactly what are "all these problems" that
would have been avoided had Thurmond beaten Truman? You know - black
people voting, civil rights, desegregation, tragic things like that.
Did Trent learn his lesson after making this statement? Of course not!
Check out his second shot on December
5, 2002.
(More
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November 4:
Student followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini send shock
waves across America when they storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran. The
radical Islamic fundamentalists took 90 hostages. The students were
enraged that the deposed Shah had been allowed to enter the United States
for medical treatment and they threatened to murder hostages if any
rescue was attempted. Days later, Iran's provincial leader resigned,
and the Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran's fundamentalist revolutionaries,
took full control of the country - and the fate of the hostages.
Two weeks after the storming of the embassy, the Ayatollah began to
release all non-U.S. captives, and all female and minority Americans,
citing these groups as among the people oppressed by the United States
government. The remaining 52 captives were left at the mercy of the
Ayatollah for the next 14 months. (More
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1986 - The Iran-Contra Scandal first reported in "Al
Shiraa", an obscure Lebanese magazine. The public would come
to learn that millions had been paid for U.S. weapons and equipment
for Iran
in exchange for the release of American hostages in Lebanon. Profits
were illegally channeled to the Contras fighting the Sandinista government
in Nicaragua.
November 5:
1872 - We dig this chick. Even if her coin did suck. Susan
B. Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S. Grant.
1875 - Susan B. Anthony arrested for attempting to vote.
1979 - Khomeini declares the U.S. to be "The Great
Satan". To return the favor, Time Magazine later selects the ayatollah
"Man of the Year".
 2002 - Congratulations to Worldcom who said on November
5 that it discovered another $2 billion in accounting irregularities
- that
brings the grand total to $9 billion. (More
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November 6:
1985 - Another win for the environment. An exploratory
well at Ranger, TX, explodes spilling 6.3 million gallons of oil.
November 8:
2000 - In Florida 19,000 votes were reported disqualified
in West Palm Beach. Election officials began a recount and the U.S.
presidential election winner remained in suspense based on the Florida
result.
2000 - Saudi Arabia opened its border with Iraq
and signed export contracts to nearly $600 million under exceptions
to U.S. sanctions.
November 9:
1961 - PGA finallyy eliminates Caucasians only rule.
November 10:
1940 - Walt Disney begins serving as a secret informer
for the Los Angeles office of the FBI, to report back information on
Hollywood subversives. He was made a "Full Special Agent in Charge
Contact" in 1954. (More
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1964 - At a news conference, Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara says that the United States has no plans to send combat troops
into Vietnam. When asked whether the United States intended to increase
its activities in Vietnam, he replied, "Wait and see." By
1969, more than 500,000 American troops were in South Vietnam.
November 12:
 1775 - General Washington forbids recruiting officers
enlisting blacks.
1946 - Walt Disney's Song of the South is released on
this date. Unfortunately, James Baskett,
the first live actor ever hired by Disney,
was
allegedly unable
to attend the film's premiere in Atlanta, because no
hotel would give him a room. (More
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November 13:
1933 - 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers,
Austin, MN.
November 14:
1968 - National Turn in Your Draft Card Day is observed
with rallies and protests on college campuses throughout the country.
1998 - The U.S. tobacco industry agreed to a $260
billion settlement of state's claims for public health costs due to
smoking.
November 15:
 1990
- Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album. What's
worse? The Chicago Tribune reported that a class action settlement involving
the rock band Milli Vanilli’s record label where the class members
(that's you and I) each received $1-$3 (big friggin' deal), while the
lawyers asked for nearly $2 million in legal fees. (More
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