I Believe Nafissatou Diallo

The asylum immigrant/hotel chambermaid obscenely attacked by international banker/politician Strauss-Kahn.  I've seen plenty of "prior untruthfulness" afflicted witnesses, even complaining witnesses,  effectively re-habilitated by prosecution and defense attorneys.  People always have baggage, it's just a matter of what resources either side devotes to digging and what the judge lets in.   The Manhattan DA's office is hopelessly compromised in this prosecution; Vance has jumped in every direction half-cocked, losing whatever credibility his troubled tenure had left him along the way and now can neither dismiss nor prosecute with any whatsoever. It should go to the Atty. Gen to prosecute.

Black Valedictorian of Majority White HS, Joined by Lower GPA White Co-Val

http://abcnews.go.com/US/student-sues-school-barred-sole-valedictorian/story?id=14164431

A black Arkansas teen who graduated top of her class is suing her high school for racial discrimination after the principal decided to name a white student with a lower GPA as co-valedictorian.

Kymberly Wimberly, 18, told ABC News she always dreamed about being at the top of her class at McGehee High School.

"When I found out I was valedictorian, I was ecstatic," she said.

That soon changed when Wimberly's mother, Molly Bratton, who works at the school as a media specialist, overheard school officials saying they wanted to avoid the "big mess" that would happen with Wimberly as valedictorian, the teen said.

"I told [the co-valedictorian] this isn't fair. This is an administrative decision," Wimberly said, saying she told the student: "We both know if the tables were turned, there wouldn't be a co-valedictorian."

She said the other student agreed.

'Ol Seccesh's Neo-Confederate Past Appears In Wake Of Trial Ballon

Texas' secessionist governor, Rick Perry, is a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that like it's mirror image the Sons of the Grand Army of the Republic, both honors the courage and sacrifices of it's members ancestors and promotes the cause for which they fought.  He's (never denounced and) repeatedly benefitted in his political career by neo-secessionist 'League of the South" campaign endorsements.  That's the publicly known background to  his famous 2010 pro-secession speech to Texas Tbaggers.

Of course the main value that these and other pro-secession groups want to uphold is white supremacy: our founding doctrine.   Its what animates the Tbaggers who want to "take back" their America from it's first black president, and 'Ol Seccesh is hoping to ride it to the "white" house.  Check out the article in Salon for the details http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/07/13/rick_perry_sons_of_confederate_veterans