| Mr. Reed:
Did you ask Joe Madison about what he had seen on his visits to Sudan before
you wrote your article, Business Exchange: Don't Be Bamboozled With Claims Of
Slavery In Sudan Sudan Bashers Being "Mislead" By Whites' Agenda?
(www.metroconnection.info/besudan.htm) Is your research into Sudan's current state of affairs so comprehensive and
complete that you can legitimately dismiss everything on the site
http:www.joemadison.com/madisudan.html? Why should Metro Connection readers accept your version of things over anyone
else's? - Nmoore |
| Dear Mr./Ms. Moore: While I have known Mr. Madison for over 15 years (if just happens that we are
both from Dayton, Ohio), I have not asked him about the "slavery in Sudan"
issue. I have reviewed his website and have known Mr. Charles Jacobs since
he started his anti-slavery group in 1995. I have had numerous discussions
with Jacob, Samuel Cotton and others who advocate that there is
government-sponsored slavery in Sudan.
I no more deny that there is some form of slavery in Sudan than I do that
there is slavery being practiced here in the U.S. (Reports are that there
are 50,000 such cases here in the U.S. -- there were two recent court cases
in Montgomery County, Maryland, right outside Washington, D.C. -- and 20
million cases worldwide.
What I do take issue with is Madison's advocacy against the government of
Sudan. It fits too well the hegemony objectives of the Western powers -
particularly the British who were the "former" colonialists in Sudan. If you
check, you will find that the Christian Solidarity International group is
directly connected to Baroness Cox and other English rulers. Also, the
people who run Christian Solidarity are not Christian, but Jewish. (I
personally question their associations with the Jewish State (Israel). If
you check you will note that the CSI has "bought" over 30,000 slaves, and
Madison 4,000. These numbers are implausible in their number and amount of
payment to "redeem" them. Many humanitarian groups operating in Sudan and
Africa have questioned the CSI operations and "buying of slaves." Also,
check the close relationship of CSI and John Garang's army. (It maybe that
the buying of slaves is being done by CSI and that army. It may be also that
many of the same "slaves" are being re-bought for public relations benefit.
Lastly, rather than send money for CSI to "buy" people out of slavery, let's
stop the war. If you stop the war all such activity will cease. - William
Reed |
| So, you all up in arms about a few hundred dollars that came as a result of a
tax cut initiative by Bush? And you are a thinking person? I'm only a
country boy from Louisiana, however, I understand that most of the blacks,
and whites, who did well during the 90s did so as a result of Clinton's
leadership on the economic front. So, you figure, a couple hundred dollars
is a good thing when during the Reagan/Bush years, those same blacks who
became "middle class" and are now "highest tax bracket Americans" during the
Clinton years were struggling to survive. You think that maybe $500.00 is
something to be thankful for when so many people are and will be looking for
jobs.
Did you measure the whole economy against this tax rebate? What does the
jobless rate look like now? How many new jobs are being created? Who will
be the first fired and last hired when Bush's initiatives are in full effect?
Sure, if you look at it from only one indicator, we are doing just fine as
African Americans and Americans as a whole. However, look at the larger
picture!!! That same $500.00 will only pay the increase in gasoline prices
at the pump while not helping to pay the increase in cost of energy at home.
Did you notice that in Washington, DC and other centers of urban life, read
large Black populations, that those who are on the margins of society and
were just beginning to get up from years of economic savagery are being
pushed back down into dungeons of financial despair. The closing of DC
General, the process of re-gentrification, the school voucher movement and on
and on.
The initiatives of Bush and all like him, in ideology and practice, are like
those of all slave-makers masquerading as traders and businessmen of all
human history. A few pennies now for your soul later. You sound like the
native American Indian who thought "Reservations" would be a benefit to his
people. All I know is this, what is $300.00 to a family of 4 with a taxable
income of $12,000? What is $34,000.00 to a family of 2 with a taxable income
of $600,000.00? Let me end in the way that my elders did when I was a child,
"All that glitters ain't gold! -- Chef
Postscript: I've read your article twice and I sense a hint of satire or a
bit of sarcasm. I hope that is the case! If so, then my words are for those
who actually feel it's a good thing to have another Bush in the House. If
not, then think on these things. Besides, one shouldn't measure a person by
how they care for those who have, rather by how they care for those who are
in fact, the have-nots! |
