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Storm the Bastille!

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McMurphy readies himself. He struggles and struggles, pushes and pushes until he is forced to give up.

 

We told you.

 

"But I tried, didn't I goddamnit, at least I did that" (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).  

 

  A lobotomy for McMurphy! Professor John Henrik Clarke used to say, if the leader falls, turn the page and move on! What is the threat from the Chief who echoed the "powers" and has been assisting in implementing the death sentence on his spirit to resist.   But now he, long alienated from even an image of his own power, remembers! Chief remembers.  

 

He "frees" McMurphy before he lifts the marble fountain and "awakens" the other patients to the possibilities for living free...

 

Someone show the people that the impossible is possible!

 

At 11:08 p.m. on September 21, 2011, the U.S. justice system executed Troy Anthony Davis whom a half million people, including Arch-bishop Tutu, Former President Jimmy Carter, Former FBI Director William Sessions believed was innocent of the murder of police officer Mark Mac Phial.   Thousands around the world signed petitions and protested on behalf of Davis. His family dedicated the last 22 years to appealing to local and federal authorities, to the Supreme Court, too the White House, to anyone who would listen.

 

But did anyone listen?

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