Should Black People Tolerate This?
There are a few civil rights leaders with a different vision. When President Barack Obama commented about the Trayvon Martin case, T. Willard Fair, president of the Urban League of Greater Miami, told The Daily Caller that “the outrage should be about us killing each other, about black-on-black crime.” He asked rhetorically, “Wouldn’t you think to have 41 people shot (in Chicago) between Friday morning and Monday morning would be much more newsworthy and deserve much more outrage?” Former NAACP leader Pastor C.L. Bryant said the rallies organized by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson suggest there is an epidemic of “white men killing black young men,” adding: “The epidemic is truly black-on-black crime. The greatest danger to the lives of young black men are young black men.”
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http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2012/05/23/should_black_people_tolerate_this
That President Obama lost roughly 40 percent of the vote in Democratic primaries in Arkansas, Kentucky and West Virginia over the last two weeks has drawn massive national headlines.
Those headlines have drawn a collective eyeroll from Democrats — and many others who closely follow national politics — who ascribe the underperformance by the incumbent to a very simple thing: racism.
No, none of these Democrats are willing to put their name to that allegation — either generally or for this story. But, it is, without question the prevalent viewpoint they hold privately.
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FEC turns over confidential documents to House lawmakers
On Wednesday, Republicans on the House Administration Committee praised the FEC for releasing some of its internal documents following a Congressional directive last year.
Chicago’s longest-serving U.S. attorney, who oversaw the prosecutions of former Illinois governors Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan, has announced he is stepping down effective June 30, the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune are reporting.
Patrick Fitzgerald, 51, has held the job in the Windy City for almost 11 years.
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What Were They Inking?
Think again! Should you ink again? That probably depends on where you are placing that tattoo and whether or not you plan on engaging in future criminal activities. Blending into the woodwork doesn’t seem to be an option for these common-sense challenged lawbreakers. The writing is on the wall, or actually on the face, for these felons who just couldn’t figure out that distinctive facial tattoos are not the best idea if you are trying to be discreet. The following mugshots are quite telling as they provide an undeniable way to identify and connect these “genius” offenders to their crimes.
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http://www.HowObamaGotElected.com looks at how media coverage of the 2008 election impacted what Obama voters knew (or thought they knew) about the campaign.
Stupid criminals! LMAO. Tattoos certainly allow a criminal to blend in with a crowd as.he leaves the local Stop and Rob.
I am hoping that Romney nominates Fitzgerald for US AG.
Oh yes….Fitzgerald would actually uphold the laws of the land…what a concept.
Staples Founder — Romney will clean up Obama’s economic mess
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/22/staples-founder-romney-will-clean-up-obama-economic-mess/#ixzz1vklgwmtQ
I first met Mitt Romney in the fall of 1985 when he took a chance on me and my idea to sell discount office supplies. Together we then worked to found Staples.
From the very beginning, I saw that he was super-frugal. He didn’t want to pay more than he had to for things like paper clips.
That was the idea behind Staples.
And for Mitt, cutting costs and running things well has been a consistent animating idea, whether he’s been in business or government or running the Olympics.
Now that he’s campaigning for president, Mitt’s brand of leadership could not come at a more critical time.
We are well into the fourth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. The country has little to show for all the promises of “hope” and “change” that he made on the campaign trail.
What we do have is unemployment over 8 percent for 39 months, the longest stretch since the GREAT DEPRESSION
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/7l8he5e
I admire Walter Williams, Tom Sowell, Shelby Steele and other black Americans who are able to think beyond the Al Sharpton “I am a victim, white people are to blame” mentality.
Not just because I agree with them, and they are excellent speakers and writers. It is also because I personally know that it can be very difficult to be a member of a designated victim group and to deny that designation and everything it carries.
What the useful idiots in these victim groups miss is that they are allowing themselves to be defined by community organizer types like Arafat and Sharpton so that these organizers gain power and money. These organizers have a direct benefit from their victim group remaining victims.
There is an actual evil in the Sharptons and Arafats. A lust for power at any cost. And there is also a lethargy in the victim group – a mental laziness that is very unattractive. And no desire to improve on it.
The victim group will never, ever grow and improve if they continue to be defined by “the enemy” be it white people, or Israelis, or The West or Martians or whatever. These victim groups have a ready excuse to never think about what THEY can do to become more productive. Its all about who did what to them and when, and what they are owed.
The people in the designated victim group who say NO to the BS victim status receive a major ass kicking to get back in line. I know it, and I admire these guys (Sowell, Steele, etc) even more because they can apparently take it with good humor and keep producing excellent work.
I need to work on the good humor part
Well said. You don’t even have to be a conservative to draw their wrath. Look what the liberals did to Cory Booker for stepping off the planation http://twitchy.com/2012/05/20/got-h8-left-hurls-slurs-epithets-at-cory-booker-for-being-honest-about-bain-attacks/ when it came to blaming Bain Capital: via Twitchy
Despicable
“The greatest danger to the lives of young black men are young black men.”
This is so true, but not just danger from other black men, but also from themselves. Young men of all races have always been a danger to themselves and others because it’s time of hasty judgments and a lack of common sense. That’s why their insurance is so expensive. It cost a fortune to insure a young man because traditionally they aren’t known for their well thought out behavior. But the black community has really suffered, partially from this glorification of violence, macho behavior, and the way we have tried to romanticize ghetto culture.
In the Trayvon case, it would have been much more helpful to examine his actions rather then jump right on the racism meme and imply he was a complete innocent with no control over the situation. Nobody talks about how he could have knocked on a neighbors door, called the cops, called his family, stopped and simply talked to Zimmerman, walked directly home, etc. etc. The one thing you don’t do when a stranger is following you, is jump on them and start swinging punches. Trayvon would be alive today if he had made different choices. That’s not racist to say, it’s the kind of truth that would keep our kids alive. We promote conflict and confrontations, just listen to Obama with his “get in their faces” and, “they bring a knife, we bring a gun.” Yes, well real men learn how to choose their battles and when to walk away and they go on to live another day.
There is no way justice will be served in this matter, the Trayvon case has been too used and abused by the political process.
It is true that Zimmerman may have been overstepping his boundaries, in which case Trayvon could and should have gone immediately to the nearest telephone and called 911 on Zimmerman. Is this not what any rational, normal person would do when being followed? I have friends who actually debate me on this point, and I find it amazing. They claim they would “kick someones ass” who followed them. And these are out of shape desk jockeys. Seriously. I dont think so. And I dont see how this case is murder2 with a side of federal hate crime.
You are right, we do live in a “you bring a knife we bring a gun” society. We glorify the “gangsta” for some reason, and it needs to stop. We also glorify those with the biggest axe to grind, and that needs to stop as well.
We need to get back to the Standards that made this nation great.
This gave me a chuckle. Southern Poverty Law Center has updated their list of “radical right wing extremists” and written an article about it. Here is some of what they say,
“The last decade has seen major changes in the American radical right…there has been explosive growth in several sectors of the radical right, especially in the last few years, much of it driven by anger over the diminishing white majority……”
Then they proceed to introduce us to this guy:
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/malik-zulu-shabazz
So there you go! Apparently the head of the New Black Panther Party is a “right winger upset about the diminishing white majority.” : )