[Peace-discussion] FW: Speech for the National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project (NJCDLP) conference held at Rice University in Houston Texas, August 11, 2007.
Byron De Lear
byron@globalpeacesolution.org
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:31:37 -0500
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From: Byron De Lear [mailto:byron@globalpeacesolution.org]=20
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 7:27 AM
Subject: Speech for the National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law =
Project
(NJCDLP) conference held at Rice University in Houston Texas, August 11,
2007.
Speech for the National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project =
(NJCDLP)
conference held at Rice University in Houston Texas, August 11, 2007.
Getting the Public Good, Served
Some Mindsets and Strategies for Achieving a Just Government and Society
by Byron De Lear
Intro =96 show biz, GPS, run for Congress, etc.
Now before we get into the nitty-gritty, I=92d like to start off with a =
lawyer
joke.
Warning Signs that you Might Need a Different Lawyer=20
1. Your lawyer tells you that his last good case was of Budweiser.=20
2. When the prosecutors see your lawyer, they high-five each other. =
3. Your lawyer picks the jury by playing "duck-duck-goose."=20
4. Your lawyer tells you that he has never told a lie.=20
5. A prison guard is shaving your head.=20
=20
March of Cultural Progress
There have been unmistakable trends serving the public good and =
uplifting
humanity in the last hundred years. A higher level of human dignity has =
been
fought for and won. Equal rights for women, civil rights for all, labor =
laws
are all areas in which concrete advances have been made and strides =
forward
have been taken.
This is the irrepressible march of cultural progress.=20
A sense of humanity can be conditioned and morays can be defined -- and =
yet
we are all here today not in some celebratory expression of all the =
moral
battles that have been won =96 we are here today because there are new
battles, new problems and new issues of inequality that we must face and
contend with.
=20
Progressive Worldview Factory
As tyrannies evolve with civilization=92s landscape, so must we to =
combat
them. As advocates for social justice, this evolution begins with a
transformed conception of the problems that we face. Penetration into
popular consciousness with a new way to look at the world around us with
innovative thinking and updated framing =96 what we need to construct is =
a
virtual =93progressive worldview factory=94. This is happening as we =
speak.
There has been a concerted effort to define the world in strictly
corporatist terms, laden with free market evangel. The privatization of
every molecule on the planet, screw the commons -- it=92s so much more
efficient that way, don=92t you think?=20
Our nation, today, is drunk on free trade kool aid.
So much so, that this dogma has permeated into all forms of government
moving past any prior confines of strictly economic concerns. Corruption =
has
been institutionalized and we have seen a very real subjugation of all =
three
branches of government to this corporatist agenda, along with what I =
like to
call the PR arm of big business, the main stream media.
This is a system gone astray, and the problem is massive, convoluted and
global.
Zena Crenshaw, founding director of NJCDLP, reveals that, =93should the
targeted corruption be truly systemic, at least initially its redress =
pits
American reformers against vast segments of their own government.=94
(=93YEARNING FOR GREENER GRASSROOTS=94:
<http://zena.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/17/841858-yearning-for-greener-gr=
ass
roots-fledgling-good-government-advocates-unduly-rely-on-mainstream-media=
-an
d-celebrity-support>
http://zena.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/17/841858-yearning-for-greener-gra=
ssr
oots-fledgling-good-government-advocates-unduly-rely-on-mainstream-media-=
and
-celebrity-support )
=20
This contrarian dynamic would make us political pariahs in the minds of
some, but does that perspective reconcile with Jefferson=92s little =
rebellion
now and again? Of course not.
=20
The fundamental form of American government was designed to entertain a
little rebellion now and again, so, we must remind the naysayers of =
this.
=20
However, for our reformist strategies to be successful, articulating the
achievable gradient steps to realize our goals is absolutely necessary =
to
fend off dismissive charges of being outsiders or political interlopers.
=20
We must forward practical real world political perspectives to attract =
many
more supporters to our cause from all political stripes =96 this means
changing our rhetoric and moving past partisan rancor wielding a new
political lexicon; a new vocabulary based on realpolitik generated from =
the
bottom up and digestible from the top down.
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Corporate Personhood
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Although it very well may be in our sights, we won=92t get anywhere =
coming out
of the gate calling for the revocation of, say, =93corporate =
personhood=94 =96
even if the legal construct of =93corporate personhood=94 violates the =
true
intention of the equal protection provided by the 14th Amendment.=20
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The 14th Amendment was passed into law in the wake of the Civil War for
newly freed slaves, and this moral intention was perverted as lawyers
representing Corporations took advantage of the Spiritually cleansing =
and
wrenching catastrophe that had just befallen our nation, and argued that
Corporations should enjoy equal protection like persons enjoy =
protections.
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Jan Edwards and Molly Morgan best described the political equation of
slavery and that of corporate personhood, they said:
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Slavery was the legal fiction that a person is property. Corporate
personhood is the legal fiction that property is a person.
=20
In the real world, our conception of justice should reside in the
non-fiction category, don=92t you think?=20
=20
But could we ever rescind Corporate Personhood through Federal =
legislation?=20
=20
No =96 it=92s a non-starter because all the Corporations outside of the =
US,
including most US based multi-national conglomerates, would continue to
operate by the model of maximized exploitation of the resources needed,
people, the environment, etc.=20
=20
So the long term goal of redefining corporate charters into a truly
sustainable and more harmonious relationship to our communities, to our
people, to our planet and into a more balanced relationship to our =
corridors
of power, most likely will have to realized through a coordinated global
effort. But eventually we will have our day in court.
=20
What will get us there?=20
=20
Achievable gradient political steps.
=20
After the telling of that corporate lawyer instigated corporate =
personhood
mutilation of the 14th Amendment, I think it=92s about time for another =
good
lawyer joke.=20
=20
Chaos and Confusion
=20
A physician, an engineer, and an attorney were discussing who among them
belonged to the oldest of the three professions represented. The =
physician
said, "Remember, on the sixth day God took a rib from Adam and fashioned
Eve, making him the first surgeon. Therefore, medicine is the oldest
profession."
The engineer replied, "But, before that, God created the heavens and =
earth
from chaos and confusion, and thus he was the first engineer. Therefore,
engineering is an older profession than medicine."
Then, the lawyer spoke up. "Yes," he said, "But who do you think created =
all
of the chaos and confusion?"
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We are working to alleviate some of this chaos and confusion.
=20
Zena Crenshaw stated, =93Government reform needs to be as systematic as =
the
malfeasance and misfeasance=94
=20
What we are seeking is a Copernican shift moment for our political =
future
and present.
=20
So how do we set the stage for this paradigm shift?
=20
We must simultaneously craft our own reformist lexicon comprised of =
catchy
succinct and revealing messaging like =93separation of buck and =
state=94, while
at the same time through ruductio ad absurdum tactics deconstruct and =
unpack
the dogma that had gotten us where we are today.
=20
Corrupting influence of big money in our political system violates the =
very
nature of equal protection under the law.
=20
Porky Politicians
=20
Porky politicians pursuing prostituted policies placating the purses of =
the
plutocratic principle peerage that make up the putative pointmen paid =
for
painfully in plain view by us. Period.
=20
Separation of Buck and State =96 Clean Money gradient step towards a new
economy and a political paradigm shift.
=20
Good government --- Yearly Kos Convention -- Lobbyist and Edwards =
comments
defanging K Street =96 Senator Gravel
=20
Impeachment Center Media Victories
=20
FOAVC -- Bill Walker -- Joel Hirschhorn
=20
Racial and class biases and inequities
Activist Judges -- Robber baron justices -- Corporate handled judiciary
=20
Fiscally encumbered adjudicator
=20
Profit based prejudices
=20
Activist Judges =E0 "Elitist Judges"
Dr. Leroy Gillam and the NJCDLP
Yesterday, I was picked up from the George H.W. Bush Intercontinental
Airport here in Houston, TX. by one the NJCDLP leaders and presenters =
here
at this conference, Dr. Leroy Gillam.
Now I spent nearly three hours with Dr. Gillam driving back to his home,
convoying back and forth to the airport to pick up other conference
attendees, eating a little breakfast =96 all fairly mundane.
But in the span of those three hours, Dr. Gillam must have fielded 10 =
urgent
phones calls concerning legal cases of folks Leroy was representing that =
are
getting the short end of the stick of justice. These were people stuck =
in
harrowing situations in prisons in Mississippi, Texas and other states.
These were people being targeted as adversaries to the prison industrial
complex and in some cases being framed from the top, in an effort to =
take
them down.=20
This is not the America the dreamers dreamed, is it?
These were poor folks getting hammered by a system of legal justice and =
of
social justice that all too often operates as an unyielding mercantile
molasses only running freely when given sanction from above.
These economically challenged American =91children=92 have been =91left =
behind=92
and they turn to Dr. Gillam and folks like yourselves as their angels of
equality =96 these people will turn to the NJCDLP for help when they are =
in
the most dire of circumstances.=20
In this, you have the highest responsibility to fulfill -- in this, you =
are
doing God=92s work.
I=92m reminded of a poem by Langston Hughes, Let America be the dream =
the
dreamers dreamed, let it be that great strong land of love, where never
Kings connive nor tyrants scheme or any man is pressed down from one =
above =96
Dr. Gillam and NJCDLP is making that dream a reality.
Now the reason I bring up my experience yesterday with Dr. Leroy and his
industry of restorative justice, which is what the NJCDLP is all about, =
is
to let you all know that you are to be congratulated for your patriotic =
and
heroic efforts and that I am greatly honored to be here in your midst.
Thank you.
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<FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B> Byron De Lear=20
[mailto:byron@globalpeacesolution.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August =
11,=20
2007 7:27 AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Speech for the National Judicial Conduct =
and=20
Disability Law Project (NJCDLP) conference held at Rice University in =
Houston=20
Texas, August 11, 2007.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Speech =
for the=20
National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project (NJCDLP) conference =
held at=20
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Rice</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">Houston</st1:City> <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place>,=20
August 11, 2007.</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Getting =
the Public=20
Good, Served<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Some =
Mindsets and=20
Strategies for Achieving a Just Government and =
Society<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">by Byron =
De=20
Lear<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Intro =96 =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">show=20
biz, GPS, run for Congress, etc.</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Now=20
before we get into the nitty-gritty, I=92d like to start off with a =
lawyer=20
joke.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-outline-level: =
3"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Warning Signs that you Might Need a =
Different=20
Lawyer <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H2=20
style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in auto 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: =
list .5in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: =
Arial">1.</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Your=20
lawyer tells you that his last good case was of Budweiser. </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2=20
style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in auto 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: =
list .5in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: =
Arial">2.</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">When=20
the prosecutors see your lawyer, they high-five each other. </SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2=20
style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in auto 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: =
list .5in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: =
Arial">3.</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Your=20
lawyer picks the jury by playing "duck-duck-goose." </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2=20
style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in auto 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: =
list .5in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: =
Arial">4.</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Your=20
lawyer tells you that he has never told a lie. </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2=20
style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in auto 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: =
list .5in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: =
Arial">5.</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">A=20
prison guard is shaving your head. </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">March of =
Cultural=20
Progress</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">There=20
have been unmistakable trends serving the public good and uplifting =
humanity in=20
the last hundred years. A higher level of human dignity has been fought =
for and=20
won. Equal rights for women, civil rights for all, labor laws are all =
areas in=20
which concrete advances have been made and strides forward have been=20
taken.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">This is=20
the irrepressible march of cultural progress. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">A sense=20
of humanity can be conditioned and morays can be defined -- and yet we =
are all=20
here today not in some celebratory expression of all the moral battles =
that have=20
been won =96 we are here today because there are new battles, new =
problems and new=20
issues of inequality that we must face and contend =
with.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">Progressive Worldview=20
Factory<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">As=20
tyrannies evolve with civilization=92s landscape, so must we to combat =
them. As=20
advocates for social justice, this evolution begins with a transformed=20
conception of the problems that we face. Penetration into popular =
consciousness=20
with a new way to look at the world around us with innovative thinking =
and=20
updated framing =96 what we need to construct is a virtual =
=93progressive worldview=20
factory=94. This is happening as we speak.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">There=20
has been a concerted effort to define the world in strictly corporatist =
terms,=20
laden with free market evangel. The privatization of every molecule on =
the=20
planet, screw the commons -- it=92s so much more efficient that way, =
don=92t you=20
think? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Our=20
nation, today, is drunk on free trade kool aid.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">So much=20
so, that this dogma has permeated into all forms of government moving =
past any=20
prior confines of strictly economic concerns. Corruption has been=20
institutionalized and we have seen a very real subjugation of all three =
branches=20
of government to this corporatist agenda, along with what I like to call =
the PR=20
arm of big business, the main stream media.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">This is=20
a system gone astray, and the problem is massive, convoluted and=20
global.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Zena=20
Crenshaw, founding director of NJCDLP, reveals that, =93should the =
targeted=20
corruption be truly systemic, at least initially its redress pits =
American=20
reformers against vast segments of their own =
government.=94<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H1 style=3D"MARGIN: 12pt 0in 3pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold"><FONT=20
face=3DArial>(=93YEARNING FOR GREENER GRASSROOTS=94: </FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://zena.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/17/841858-yearning-for-gre=
ener-grassroots-fledgling-good-government-advocates-unduly-rely-on-mainst=
ream-media-and-celebrity-support"><FONT=20
face=3DArial>http://zena.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/17/841858-yearning-fo=
r-greener-grassroots-fledgling-good-government-advocates-unduly-rely-on-m=
ainstream-media-and-celebrity-support</FONT></A><FONT=20
face=3DArial> )<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This contrarian =
dynamic would=20
make us political pariahs in the minds of some, but does that =
perspective=20
reconcile with <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Jefferson</st1:place>=92s little =
rebellion now=20
and again? Of course not.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The fundamental form =
of American=20
government was designed to entertain a little rebellion now and again, =
so, we=20
must remind the naysayers of this.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">However, for our =
reformist=20
strategies to be successful, articulating the achievable gradient steps =
to=20
realize our goals is absolutely necessary to fend off dismissive charges =
of=20
being outsiders or political interlopers.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We must forward =
practical real=20
world political perspectives to attract many more supporters to our =
cause from=20
all political stripes =96 this means changing our rhetoric and moving =
past=20
partisan rancor wielding a new political lexicon; a new vocabulary based =
on=20
realpolitik generated from the bottom up and digestible from the top =
down.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Corporate =
Personhood<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Although it very well =
may be in=20
our sights, we won=92t get anywhere coming out of the gate calling for =
the=20
revocation of, say, =93corporate personhood=94 =96 even if the legal =
construct of=20
=93corporate personhood=94 violates the true intention of the equal =
protection=20
provided by the 14<SUP>th</SUP> Amendment. </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The 14<SUP>th</SUP> =
Amendment was=20
passed into law in the wake of the Civil War for newly freed slaves, and =
this=20
moral intention was perverted as lawyers representing Corporations took=20
advantage of the Spiritually cleansing and wrenching catastrophe that =
had just=20
befallen our nation, and argued that Corporations should enjoy equal =
protection=20
like persons enjoy protections.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Jan Edwards and Molly =
Morgan best=20
described the political equation of slavery and that of corporate =
personhood,=20
they said:</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Slavery was the legal =
fiction=20
that a person is property. Corporate personhood is the legal fiction =
that=20
property is a person.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In the real world, =
our conception=20
of justice should reside in the non-fiction category, don=92t you think? =
</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">But could we ever =
rescind=20
Corporate Personhood through Federal legislation? </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">No =96 it=92s a =
non-starter because=20
all the Corporations outside of the US, including most US based =
multi-national=20
conglomerates, would continue to operate by the model of maximized =
exploitation=20
of the resources needed, people, the environment, etc. </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">So the long term goal =
of=20
redefining corporate charters into a truly sustainable and more =
harmonious=20
relationship to our communities, to our people, to our planet and into a =
more=20
balanced relationship to our corridors of power, most likely will have =
to=20
realized through a coordinated global effort. But eventually we will =
have our=20
day in court.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">What will get us =
there? </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Achievable gradient =
political=20
steps.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">After the telling of =
that=20
corporate lawyer instigated corporate personhood mutilation of the=20
14<SUP>th</SUP> Amendment, I think it=92s about time for another good =
lawyer joke.=20
</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Chaos and =
Confusion<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A physician, an =
engineer, and an=20
attorney were discussing who among them belonged to the oldest of the =
three=20
professions represented. The physician said, "Remember, on the sixth day =
God=20
took a rib from Adam and fashioned Eve, making him the first surgeon. =
Therefore,=20
medicine is the oldest profession."<BR><BR>The engineer replied, "But, =
before=20
that, God created the heavens and earth from chaos and confusion, and =
thus he=20
was the first engineer. Therefore, engineering is an older profession =
than=20
medicine."<BR><BR>Then, the lawyer spoke up. "Yes," he said, "But who do =
you=20
think created all of the chaos and confusion?"</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></=
P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We are working to =
alleviate some=20
of this chaos and confusion.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Zena Crenshaw stated, =
=93Government=20
reform needs to be as systematic as the malfeasance and =
misfeasance=94</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">What we are seeking =
is a=20
Copernican shift moment for our political future and present.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">So how do we set the =
stage for=20
this paradigm shift?</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We must =
simultaneously craft our=20
own reformist lexicon comprised of catchy succinct and revealing =
messaging like=20
=93separation of buck and state=94, while at the same time through =
ruductio ad=20
absurdum tactics deconstruct and unpack the dogma that had gotten us =
where we=20
are today.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Corrupting influence =
of big money=20
in our political system violates the very nature of equal protection =
under the=20
law.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Porky Politicians</B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Porky politicians =
pursuing=20
prostituted policies placating the purses of the plutocratic principle =
peerage=20
that make up the putative pointmen paid for painfully in plain view by =
us.=20
Period.</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Separation of Buck and State =96 =
Clean Money=20
gradient step towards a new economy and a political paradigm=20
shift.<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Good government --- =
Yearly Kos=20
Convention -- Lobbyist and Edwards comments defanging <st1:Street=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">K Street</st1:address></st1:Street> =
=96 Senator=20
Gravel</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Impeachment</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Media Victories</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">FOAVC --<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bill Walker -- Joel =
Hirschhorn</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Racial and class =
biases and=20
inequities</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Activist Judges -- =
Robber baron=20
justices -- Corporate handled judiciary</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Fiscally encumbered=20
adjudicator</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Profit based =
prejudices</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Activist Judges <SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New =
Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; =
mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: =
Wingdings">=E0</SPAN></SPAN>=20
"Elitist Judges"</P>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dr. Leroy =
Gillam and=20
the NJCDLP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Yesterday,=20
I was picked up from the <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">George</st1:PlaceName>=20
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">H.W.</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Bush</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Intercontinental</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Airport</st1:PlaceType> here in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">Houston</st1:City>, <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">TX</st1:State></st1:place>.=20
by one the NJCDLP leaders and presenters here at this conference, Dr. =
Leroy=20
Gillam.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Now I=20
spent nearly three hours with Dr. Gillam driving back to his home, =
convoying=20
back and forth to the airport to pick up other conference attendees, =
eating a=20
little breakfast =96 all fairly mundane.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">But in=20
the span of those three hours, Dr. Gillam must have fielded 10 urgent =
phones=20
calls concerning legal cases of folks Leroy was representing that are =
getting=20
the short end of the stick of justice. These were people stuck in =
harrowing=20
situations in prisons in <st1:State w:st=3D"on">Mississippi</st1:State>, =
<st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State> and=20
other states. These were people being targeted as adversaries to the =
prison=20
industrial complex and in some cases being framed from the top, in an =
effort to=20
take them down. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">This is=20
not the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> the dreamers =
dreamed, is=20
it?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">These=20
were poor folks getting hammered by a system of legal justice and of =
social=20
justice that all too often operates as an unyielding mercantile molasses =
only=20
running freely when given sanction from above.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">These=20
economically challenged American =91children=92 have been =91left =
behind=92 and they=20
turn to Dr. Gillam and folks like yourselves as their angels of equality =
=96 these=20
people will turn to the NJCDLP for help when they are in the most dire =
of=20
circumstances. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">In=20
this, you have the highest responsibility to fulfill -- in this, you are =
doing=20
God=92s work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">I=92m=20
reminded of a poem by Langston Hughes, Let America be the dream the =
dreamers=20
dreamed, let it be that great strong land of love, where never Kings =
connive nor=20
tyrants scheme or any man is pressed down from one above =96 Dr. Gillam =
and NJCDLP=20
is making that dream a reality.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Now the=20
reason I bring up my experience yesterday with Dr. Leroy and his =
industry of=20
restorative justice, which is what the NJCDLP is all about, is to let =
you all=20
know that you are to be congratulated for your patriotic and heroic =
efforts and=20
that I am greatly honored to be here in your =
midst.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Thank=20
you.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
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