Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the Presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was reelected in 1964.

Johnson’s expansion (and Nixon’s continuation) of the Vietnam War angered many, and Bill Ayers and others in Students for a Democratic Society formed a revolutionary cadre to attack symbols of American imperialist power. They aligned with the Black Panthers and other revolutionary groups to form a network of anti-imperialist, anti-racist and anti-capitalist opposition.

Though the myth persists that one can rise up from the bottom in America, social mobility is very nearly impossible for most disadvantaged Americans. The US ranks near the bottom in class mobility versus other industrialized countries.

Don’t take our word for it; peep what a Nobel Prize-winning economist has to say about it:

Today, the United States has less equality of opportunity than almost any other advanced industrial country. Study after study has exposed the myth that America is a land of opportunity.

The video and album are laced with a strong critique of precisely the sort of absurd pomp and pretense that creates this flag controversy.

Behind the show, behind the facade, is the dirty and dark underbelly of America. That was the video’s conceit.

The song title, of course, is a critique or commentary on America and its relationship with Black folks. The substitution of a “k” for the “c” (often spelled “Amerikkka”) is a long tradition among black Americans critical of the nation.

Ice Cube, 2pac, TI, and others have used the critical misspelling.

He also uses the least amount of “c’s” possible due to his Blood affiliation, especially on his Twitter.

Kongrats to my homies Nyjah,Paul,& Manny!!! Dey killed it!! Wish I was there man

— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) May 18, 2013

As a Blood, it is seen as a disrespect to use C’s in written language (due to the rivalry with the Crips).

The President addressed the “trade-offs” societies must make in his remarks shortly after cover was blown on the NSA PRISM program. We break it down here.

Huh?

So exclude any applicants whose express intent is to make America a worse place to live?

These are the concerns (at least ostensibly) of the Tea Party. This seems an overly broad net to cast, but Shafer is, as he says above, citing criteria for “potential” Tea Party groups.

One of the most powerful national security Democrats in the Senate, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), called Snowden’s leaks “an act of treason.”

Former Vice President Dick Cheney (and former/current war criminal), too, called Snowden a “traitor.”

Senator Lindsey Graham, another influential Senator in matters of national security, called the leaks “potentially felonious.”

I view Mr. Snowdens’ actions not as one of patriotism but potentially a felony.

— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) June 10, 2013

There’s considerable money in Constitution violation these days, apparently.

Compare to teachers' salaries.

This article in the Guardian.