Here's some "new math" I can get behind:

Rage Against the Machine + Audioslave + Public Enemy + Cypress Hill = Fuckin' Awesome

"Can anyone honestly say that the US has objectively done nothing to be ashamed of? At best more to be proud of than ashamed of but that does on abrogate responsibility for the latter."
Well said, just remember to cut both ways on that. The fact America has plenty to be ashamed of and apologize for doesn't mean it's fair game to ignore both the good that America has done, and more importantly, it doesn't abrogate the responsibility of all other nations and dicatators for their own crimes.

"You have to point out that Al Qaeda has very little support and would have WAY less if they weren't recruited by the Wars and actions of the United States. When 9/11 happened there was a ridiculous outpouring of support from the Muslim world even after we've terrorized them for decades."

Name a muslim nation that did NOT have spontaneous displays of celebration after 9/11. Yes, very few governments praised or failed to condemn the attacks, but even in states deemed American 'friendly' like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan there were people dancing in the streets and handing out candies for the kids. don't underestimate the support there is for groups with Al Qaida's ideals. Saudi Arabian 'charities' have been funnelling billions of dollars every year into northern Pakistan ever since the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. That money is used almost exclusively for the construction of male only madrassahs. Not the good kind that teach reading and arthimetic on the side either. They are the bad ones that are there for brainwashing and training up jihadists for a war they are currently waging against the moderate muslims in Pakistan.

"Drones, Wars, Sanctions, and General Terrorism is what fuels Al Qaeda."
You are wrong. You need to understand that America is NOT their real target or goal. The jihad is within middle eastern nations and is currently an entirely domestic war. The only care for America is that it either not get involved, or only be involved in ways that benefit them. The war in Afghanistan and drone attacks may have helped gain them some recruits, it may continue to help for years even. It also lost them their years of support and connections with senior Pakistani leadership. They have come from a place where they had close friends and strong relationships with Pakistan's ISI and military, to a place today where they are nominally speaking public enemy number one. We aren't out of the woods yet there, but I think you miss the reason all of this has been centering near and within Pakistan's borders. Everyone always talks about the uneasy nuclear stand off between Pakistan and India. From the jihadists stance though, they had a devotedly Islamic nation with nuclear weapons, paranoid about it's nemesis, and were the leadership was heavily connected, infiltrated and indebted to jihadists or jihad friendly people. The jihadists desperately wanted to push the Pakistan-India conflict over the edge and those designs have been set back decades now.

Everyone coming into the store is still buzzed from the Disney experience as well-Different crowd if these boys tried that at the 7-11 @ Harrison and Bay in Oakland after a Public Enemy show...

STFU CAN!!!>> ^siftbot:

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what's it all about - ghetto dreams - bring the noise - bonfire - escape

(slum village, common, public enemy, childish gambino, samiyam)

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With this damn thing, I would be public enemy #1 whenever I went near it, I always have a scowl and a fuck you face, I am always in a hurry and impatient. Likewise I am not very compliant or cooperative.


SHIT!

For the uninformed, I present:

1) The Breaks - Kurtis Blow
2) The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3) Express Yourself - NWA
4) Bring Tha Noise - Public Enemy
5) It Takes Two - Rob Bass & DJ Easy Rock
6) Push It - Salt N Pepa
7) Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
8 ) The Choice Is Yours - Black Sheep
9) Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill
10) Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool
11) Up In Here - DMX
12) It's Getting Hot in Here - Nelly
13) Go Shorty - 50 Cent
14) Hey Ya - Outkast
15) Crap That Made Me Stop Listening to Hip Hop
16) " "
17) " "
18) " "
19) Just A Friend - Biz Markie
20) The Breaks - Kurtis Blow

There are three books on the market that can shed some light on what happened behind the curtains between Assange/WikiLeaks and Guardian/NYT/Spiegel primarily on the other side.


a) "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy" (Guardian)
b) "Open Secrets: Wikileaks, War and American Diplomacy" (New York Times)
c) "Staatsfeind WikiLeaks"/"WikiLeaks, Public Enemy No. 1" (Der Spiegel)

Excerpts of each one have been made available at the corresponding pages. Whether the truth can be found within one of these books, I highly doubt it. But at least "WikiLeaks, Public Enemy No. 1" was an interesting read.

@bmacs27

WikiLeaks' response can be found here, but if we take into account this excerpt from "WikiLeaks, Public Enemy No. 1" published by folks from "Der Spiegel" as well as the latest excerpts from David Leigh's book published by the Guardian, it appears to have turned into one big pissing contest between Bill Keller, David Leigh and Julian Assange.

So far, I have read neither "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy" (Guardian) nor "Open Secrets: Wikileaks, War and American Diplomacy" (New York Times), just "Staatsfeind WikiLeaks" (Der Spiegel). But comments and op-eds at "Der Spiegel" and "Le Monde" differ quite significantly from those at the NYT in particular.

On a different note, how about these two tweets by David House, Bradley Manning's only allowed visitor, together with Jane Hamsher:

Visited Bradley this weekend; his conditions are still intolerable, but we talked at length about Egypt & Tunisia.

Bradley is in a shocked state due to solitary confinement, but his mood and mind soared when I mentioned the democratic uprisings in Egypt.

I got this list from yt. No clue if it's correct. Your thoughts.

Sugar Hill Gang
Grandmaster Flash
Afrika Bambaata
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh
Eric B & Rakim
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Public Enemy t
Cypress Hill
Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre
A Tribe Called Quest
Wu-Tang Clan
KRS One
Nas
Gang Starr
Old Dirty Bastard
The Notorious BIG
Tupac
Busta Rhymes
Eminem
M.O.P
Pharaoh Monch
Terror Squad
Bone Thugs n’Harmony
Eminem & Dr Dre
Dr Dre
Busta Rhymes
Rick Ross
Jay Z
Kanye West

Thank you, my liege. I shall not fight the power against you.
In reply to this comment by geo321:
*promote

I'm not sure why I've never thought about it before, especially because I enjoy both genres for the same exact reason; rap and punk rock are parallels. evolving at the same time, with the same underlying message. often intimidating, foul mouth, anti-authoritarian messages from frustrated, disenfranchised youth. evolving under ground and the marketable parts of course creeping up for mass consumption, some becoming undeniably influential to culture at large (the clash, the ramones, NWA, public enemy, etc) and some delving into a complete absurdity and bullshit. and both still alive and well, both in their trumped up, for popular culture forms and in their raw forms on the street, drinking malt liquor, dressing outrageously and screaming "fuck the police".

how incredibly fucking beautiful!

You have to remember the time period. This film was made in 1931. Don't form an opinion of James Cagney based on this scene. To date James Cagney remains one of the best tough guys that ever existed. He went on to make so many great films. Public Enemy is an excellent film.