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By Kriesgberichter
If you currently use PayPal or Ebay, I strongly suggest boycotting them and switching over to Google Checkout. Google Checkout is much safer and they don’t discriminate against Pro-White companies and buyers.
https://checkout.google.com/buyer/tour.html
Here is an email I recently received from the scumbags at PayPal. Keep in mind that I have never had a single buyer/seller issue of any kind:
The PayPal User Agreement states that PayPal, at its sole discretion,
reserves the right to limit an account for any violation of the User
Agreement, including the Acceptable Use Policy.
We are hereby notifying you that, after a recent review of your account, it
has been determined that you are linked to other PayPal account(s) that
have violated PayPal’s Acceptable Use Policy. Customers who are
permanently limited for violating the Acceptable Use Policy are barred from
future use of PayPal and its services, and are not permitted to open new or
additional PayPal accounts. Therefore, your account has been permanently
limited.
When PayPal permanently limits an account due to an Acceptable Use Policy
violation, it is the company’s policy to hold the funds for a period of 180
days. Once the 180-day timeframe has elapsed, PayPal will release any
remaining balance either via bank transfer or issuance of a check. Please
log in to your account and update any necessary information, as PayPal
cannot be held responsible for incorrect information provided by the
account holder.
If you have any questions, please contact the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy
Department at aup@paypal.com.
Sincerely,
PayPal Acceptable Use Policy Department
PayPal, an eBay Company
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you
will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account
and click the Help link in the top right corner of any PayPal page.
By Kriesgberichter
On Transformers 2: Why Hollywood movies are racist
Tolu Olorunda | Posted June 30, 2009 2:09 AM
“Hollywood threw acid in both your eyes before you were seven years old. You’re blind, that’s the first thing you realize is that you’re blind. Later on, you begin to see– something. And, then, you begin to see why you couldn’t see.” –Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. New York: Dell Publishing, 1978, p. 529.
Hollywood movies are as racist as they come. The recently released Transformers sequel (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) is no different. In the last week or so, as many have approached theaters where it was being shown, the consensus has been unifying–historical Black stereotypes are evoked in this blockbuster action thriller.
Last week, on his site, “Media Assassin” Harry Allen served up an anatomy of the film’s racist features:
That Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen… is a narrative and conceptual mess is neither surprising nor the greatest of its blames….
That it endorses crude racism, however, serving up, not one, but two near-buckdancing, shiftless Black stereotypes–the sambots, as one reviewer adeptly punned, Skids… and his twin (get this), Mudflap–reveals not only how clearly insulated the white people who work at Paramount and for director Michael Bay appear to be in their racial supremacy…
The only thing they [Skids and Mudflap] don’t do is shoot craps and eat chicken with watermelon. At one moment, even, LaBeouf’s character asks the two if they can read a robotic script that will reveal crucial information. “Uh, we don’t do too much readin’,” one drawls. Nail. Coffin.
And all this–compliments of a White voice-over actor.
That Transformers 2 diligently reinforces stereotypes about Black people as lazy, barbaric, inarticulate, and anti-intellectual should be unsurprising, given the forum in which it is being presented–Hollywood.
Hollywood’s relationship with Black people has hardly changed over the years. Black folks have always been looked upon with disparagement by White movie directors, producers, and even actors. Never has the Black Community been dealt the respect it deserves from the movie industry.
When it was time to unfold the lie that Black people were unfit for mainstream society, Hollywood was turned to for the one-two punch. Blacks were ridiculed through Minstrel shows, objectified like primates, and depicted as untamable scavengers. They were to be considered nothing but slaves–slaves without the mental capacity to adjust to a society where cotton-picking wasn’t the order of the day. That was the 19th century.
The 20th was much worse. It was Hollywood which helped perpetuate the Black Man = White-Woman-Rapist equation that enforced the rope line as a worthy measure of vigilante justice against any Black perceived as threatening to White sexual superiority. It helped fuel the flames that roasted the backs of many Black men in the decades when miscegenation was a crime not to be committed.
The latter half of the 20th century was Hollywood’s moment to redeem itself–ostensibly. Black actors/actresses were given roles in TV movies and sitcoms, and serenaded by the wine of prosperity; but a chain of command was in effect. Almost all those movies included the same stereotypes the Transformers series bears witness to in its latest installment.
Black actors, especially, felt trapped in one-dimensional roles. They were either smart and anti-social, or unintelligent and gregarious.
Most of the sitcoms, however, reflected the same theme–poverty as an acceptable condition for Blackness. “Moving on up,” for the Black Community, came to represent a volatile couple whose livelihood was as unpredictable as their marriage. “Moving on up” entailed living in a Queens apartment which lacked basic amenities. “Moving on up” was to live a life that, at the end of 10 years, could hardly be accounted for. Black families were also taught that “Good Times” suggested the privileges of single-parenthood, domestic troubles, and purse-emptying poverty.
Hollywood contributed illimitably to the re-definition of the socio-economic conditions in which Blacks remained entrenched. By selling the narrative that Negroes would settle for anything, policies could be constructed which brushed aside the need for an urban Marshall Plan because, as had been established through TV scripts, ghetto life was like paradise on earth to Black folks.
Thus, it came as no surprise when a former First Lady said, in 2005, that Superdome-bound, Katrina-struck families were in fact living high on life, and their plight was “working well for them,” for they were “underprivileged anyway.”
Even when Hollywood, responding to protests organized by the likes of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the NAACP, grudgingly hired more Black actors/actresses in productions, it successfully maintained a color code that sustained the narrative of White domination over Blacks. The lightest actors and actresses were always sought after. That way, concessions could be made over Race, but not appearance.
That Black actors/actresses were never–and still aren’t–paid as equitably as their White counterparts needs no mention. It’s a given.
In a 2002 PBS documentary series, “Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr.,” accomplished actress Nia Long spoke to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. about the color-centered biases in Hollywood. Light-skinned Black actors/actresses are “less threatening,” she said. They are more “identifiable.” Asked to explain what part identifiability plays, she explained: “I think White people can say in their minds: ‘Oh, one of her parents is White; and so, you’re one of us, too’. … You’re just a tad bit less threatening.”
The threat factor posed by dark-skinned Black actors/actresses has never escaped the awareness of Hollywood’s shot callers. This decision, to limit that count to a bare minimum, has rendered epic consequences on the psyche of many dark-skinned Black children, who hardly see accurate reflections of themselves on TV screens. If at all, the dark-skinned actors/actresses are mostly foot soldiers for, or subordinates of, their fairer counterparts, thereby confirming the obvious–whiteness exudes intelligence; Blackness doesn’t.
Hollywood is no friend of the Black Community. Never has been. In this new era when a Black family has taken prominence on the world stage, the hostility level is only guaranteed to increase. The Obamas’ rise is a direct refutation of historically advanced conceptions about Black genetic inferiority. For this reason, the blowback Hollywood must muster is only logical. The movie industry’s power brokers very well understand that suggestions matter. The power of suggestion can destroy and rebuild.
The suggestions Obama’s victory last November brought to bear are of limitless proportions. His win over Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain signaled the first time a Black man has ever been publicly triumphant in that fight. It opened up visual avenues Black children had been blinded to for so long.
Hollywood isn’t unaware of this reality. As such, Transformers 2 came right on cue. Many Hollywood directors are unprepared to concede that Black Men and Women are capable of intellectual sophistication or oratorical competence. Transformers 2 is simply that–blowback. It wouldn’t be the last, and it certainly isn’t the first of its kind.
What we can do, is fight with the one weapon legally deployable–our Dollars. We can resist these vile stereotypes which have been used to debase and demoralize us for centuries. We can say “NO,” once and for all, to misrepresentations about our culture and heritage. We can draw a final line in the sand, refusing to patronize this industry which has so ruthlessly attacked every sense of dignity and integrity we hold dearly. We must, then, begin building structures that speak accurately and reflectively of who we be. We must also inform Black actors/actresses that the era of cooning is over. We must stand firm in our demands for dignified Black artistry on the movie screen. Anything less would be shortchanging.
Hollywood has swept clean its Walk of Fame with our pride and humanity. The fight to reclaim lost grounds must forge on, with a renewed sense of courage, conviction, and confidence.
By Kriesgberichter
Please President Obama… stop giving my money away!
Barack Obama made countless promises to the American people as he was running for the office of the United States of America. In these promises and the endless speeches, he bashed George W. Bush and the others before him and although he never explained how exactly he would fix existing problems, he was elected on the promises of “change.”
Well Barack Hussein, it seems the change you were after was mine… and the rest of the American people! When Mr. Obama was elected, many people questioned me on how I felt about it. Honestly, I knew he would prove himself to be a fraud and I think he has never accomplished anything in his political career to warrant the election, but as I label myself a patriotic and true American, I hoped he would prove me wrong!
Now that more and more Americans are becoming concerned over the continually sliding economy and his efforts to twist our economic and financial system into a Socialist mess, it’s apparent that I was right about him. Unemployment has almost doubled since Obama took office, skyrocketing to almost 10%!!! The media still pampers him and they still try to distort the people who are unhappy, blaming Barack’s skin color as the source of these “attacks.” Is this not the same skin color that got him elected into office in the first place?
President Barack Obama has plenty of time to turn this around… but will he do so or will he stay his stubborn course? Eventually, a stronger backlash may force his hand, but I just pray he will stop spending our tax money. I do not want a socialist banking system and I certainly don’t appreciate my hard-earned money being handed over by the truck load to financially-strapped companies that ran their businesses into the ground. Our discontent with you is not about the Black color of your skin, but your arrogance and refusal to make decisions that will eventually benefit our own people. You can make your treks around the world, calling us American people ignorant, but it is you that is becoming the ultimate traitor to your land and the people you were elected to represent.
By Kriesgberichter
Now the media once again has more “anti-Jewish” attacks to hold up to the masses as they cry and whine about how much the Jews have to endure. This type of senseless violence disgusts me! To put normal people and children at risk will never accomplish anything except now it’s another card for the enemies to hold up and press for more actions against ALL Pro-White citizens and companies. I am sick to my stomach, I’ve written more than enough. These idiotic actions need to stop!
6/10/09
WASHINGTON — An elderly white supremacist who nursed a lifelong hatred of Jews and blacks is suspected of bursting into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Wednesday, and gunning down a security guard, before being shot himself on a terror-filled afternoon at one of the most revered sites in the American capital.
The wounded guard, Steven Tyrone Johns, 39, died of his injuries in hospital.
The shooter was seriously wounded and in critical condition, according to Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty.
Police said the assailant is James von Brunn, 88, a Maryland man who operated a racist website called the Holy Western Empire, where he describes himself as a decorated Second World War veteran and author of a book called Kill the Best Gentile. In chapters of the book posted online, von Brunn denies the Holocaust and accuses Jews of seeking world domination.
In 1981, he entered the headquarters of the U.S. Federal Reserve carrying several weapons — including a sawed-off shotgun, knife and .38-calibre pistol — and threatening to take its members hostage because of high interest rates and inflation.
He was convicted in 1983 and sentenced to several years in prison for attempted kidnapping, and was released in 1989. Von Brunn has been living recently as an artist on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
According to Washington police, a gunman opened fire without warning inside the Holocaust Museum just before 1 p.m. local time, with hundreds of tourists inside the building and dozens more in line awaiting entry.
Charles and Susie Towater, of Tampa, Fla., told Canwest News Service they heard half a dozen shots as they approached the museum’s entrance, just steps from the National Mall and the Washington Monument. Moments later, they saw the shooter lying in a pool of blood just outside the building.
“I’m angry. I think that place should not be disturbed,” Charles Towater, 73, said of the museum, which contains hundreds of personal artifacts from victims of the Holocaust.
Dianne Romano, visiting from Methuen, Mass., watched the tragedy unfold from a third-floor window overlooking the atrium of the museum.
“We saw people diving under chairs and benches,” Romano told reporters. “Someone said, ‘Get away from the windows, there’s a shooting going on right there.’ ”
Tourists were hustled out the back stairwell of the museum and sent running across the lawn of the National Mall, many of them not stopping until they reached the Washington Monument.
“It was very scary. People kept running. They kept pushing us to get away,” said Romano. “We knew there was a shooting, but I didn’t know if there was a lot of shooters. I was afraid someone was going to come around and shoot us.”
David Unruh, of Wichita, Kan., heard several shots ring out as he was standing in line to get into the museum.
“Things happened very rapidly. Somebody said, ‘Hit the floor, hit the floor,’ ” Unruh said.
“We didn’t know if we were next, if the shooter was up or down.”
Unruh reacted with disgust when told the suspect held anti-Semitic views.
“It’s ridiculous. It’s obscene. This is a place of dignity and respect. For anything like this to happen, it’s sub-intelligent,” he said.
The Holocaust Museum opened in 1993 as a “living memorial” to the six million victims of the Holocaust, with additional focus on fighting racism and promoting human rights. At its opening, then-president Bill Clinton called it “a place of deep sadness and a sanctuary of bright hope.”
Former U.S. defence secretary William Cohen was at the museum at the time of Wednesday’s shooting, in advance of the planned opening of a play his wife had written about Anne Frank and Emmitt Till, a black teenager lynched in 1955 by white supremacists in Money, Miss.
“I just heard the shots ring out and ducked,” Cohen told CNN. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was to have attended the play’s opening.
In a statement, the Holocaust Museum said, “There are no words to express our grief and shock over these events.” It identified the slain guard as a member of the museum’s security staff for six years.
The shooting comes less than a week after President Barack Obama paid tribute to Holocaust victims at a former Nazi concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany.
While at Buchenwald, Obama said those who dispute the Holocaust are engaging in “a denial of fact and truth that is baseless and ignorant and hateful.”
On Wednesday, Obama released a statement saying that he was “shocked and saddened” by the shooting.
“This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms. No American institution is more important to this effort than the Holocaust Museum, and no act of violence will diminish our determination to honour those who were lost by building a more peaceful and tolerant world,” the news release said.
Police on Wednesday were searching the suspect’s home for evidence of a potential motive for the shooting. On his website, von Brunn said of his earlier crime that he was tried “by a Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys, and sentenced to prison for 11 years by a Jew judge.”
In an interview with the New York Daily News, a woman identified as von Brunn’s ex-wife said the man’s hatred of Jews and blacks “ate him alive like a cancer.”
The woman, who was not identified, said von Brunn “used to make the statement that he was going out with his boots on.”
By Kriesgberichter
I just got finished watching Gran Torino and I was extremely impressed! Unlike most of the garbage that comes out of Hollywood these days, this movie had great acting and an even better storyline. Clint Eastwood was incredible and I highly recommend this movie to everyone!
