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Whole Ideology Of Consumption Almost To The Point Of Religion. Whether It's The Consumption Of Entertainment Or The Consumption Around Buying Things, We're So Caught Up With Our Appetites That We Don't Have A Clear Distinction About What We Need And What We Just Want. Plus, The Decline Of Trade Unions Is A Factor. When You Have Powerful Unions, You Have A Working Class That Is Politicized.

New Orleans Is A City Whose Basic Industry Is The Service Industry. That's Why It Makes Its Money. That's - It Brings People To The City. People Come To The City And Experience The Wonders Of This Extraordinary City And Everything Else. The Question Is That, How Do We Create Jobs Which Are The Jobs That Have Pay, That - Living Wages?

It's A Misconception To Believe That The Resistance Ended With The Civil Rights Movement.

President Obama Is A Man Who Had Certain Advantages Because Of The Civil Rights Movement. He Had The Opportunity To Go To Some Of The Best Schools In This Country - Schools That Train You How To Run The Political Paradigm, Not Challenge It. The Leaders Of The Black Power Movement Were Challenging That Paradigm.

I Didn't Elect [barack] Obama Because He's A Black; I Voted For Obama Because He Was The Right Person At The Time.