Monday, September 08, 2008

Mark Twain: Mississippi Divines America

Puddin' Head Wilson, a book by Mark Twain used the phrase 'gonna be sold down the river' used by a worried negro woman. The mighty river three years ago was the site of despair in the purging of history and people of New Orleans, a stadium at the mouth of the river became a living nightmare of poor mostly black people. Sold down the river.

Three years later, at the source of the Mississippi a stadium full of high tech Republican propaganda is full of stock owners who rally a candidate against the first black presidential candidate in history. As far upriver as they can be, cash rich Puddin' Heads.

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