Re: Al Sharpton

I think regardless if Al Sharpton seems to be a but a cast member of the
Democratic Party nomination process, the "race" puppet for Republican
meddlers (his adviser is consultant Richard Stone), and seen by mainstream
white America as the "entertainment candidate in the debates" (a
stereotype consistent with every other black man on their television set),
he seems to maintain the most consistent political message among a field
of self-promoted individuals who think they can best represent the moving
(right) target of the U.S. Democratic National Party Presidential
nomination.

Some notable observations on his campaign follow.  He would best engage
America because he can engage the issue of color best in today's racist
America.  Secondly, because his politics are and will be the most
consistent because he will be held to the grassroots mobilizations he has
been involved in.  Regardless, if one believes his connections to such
movements are purportedly self-interested and shallow (an accusation that
seems to be leveled to Sharpton more than the cynical individuals who
actually run the country and the world.  This is all symptomatic of
society's punishment to those with "high-ground" beliefs to have them
inflicted on themselves).

Finally, he seems to have the most politically astute and historically
correct analysis of 1) (as mentioned) race in America, 2) the history of
the democratic party 3) the history of u.s. political movements (from
civil rights movement, through South Africa, through global justice,
through Antiwar) and 4) his place, purpose and role in the primaries.

The above cannot be said of any other Democratic candidates, especially
Howard Dean, and save Dennis Kucinich.  Even if liberals somehow feel
manipulated by supporting a self-imposed and hired-hand Sharpton in the
consumer preference poll, known as the Democratic party primaries, they
should feel re-empowered to know that they can use /him/ as the tool he
his to demand change in the Democratic Party.

And to those liberals who assign Sharpton as an isolationist.  Well, he
speaks to the issue that we have our own problems here to deal with before
we go intervening in the world.  Besides, Bush ran as an isolationist.

on the web site.  my first thoughts are, very cool... simple!

zine is up front.  mailing lists are up front.  the menu on the right
attracts to much attention, like it's the main naviagation.  i'm not sure
what to do though.

superficial comments:
  what if the postal addresses were at the bottom?
  different link color. (black/gray?)
  what if a thin black border-top and border-left were applied to all the
  block-level and table elements?

/a

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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, dvanhorn wrote:

> I've been working on my own revision of the helmet web page.
>
>    http://ballistichelmet.org/alsharpton/
>
> I'd be interested to hear what others think of this style.  (The background
> image needs to be ligher, I know.)
>
> David