Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Bigoted Rush Limbaugh Says Oprah Winfrey's Success Due To Race
For once I agree with Olbermann. Oprah Winfrey may be a lot of things, but to say that her success was due to race is just stupid. The far-Right loves to promote the idea that anyone, regardless of race, color or creed, can achieve the American dream through hard work and dedication, but then bigots like Rush Limbaugh come along and dispute everything they claim to be about.Returning champ Rush Limbaugh clinched last night’s “Worst Persons” trophy on Countdown, but while Limbaugh had received the dubious award many times in the past while only enduring the requisite ridicule, he offended Keith Olbermann so much last night that he prayed to Oprah Winfrey to descend from the heavens and smite “this schmuck” for his comments.
What did Limbaugh say to cause such distress? The short version is that, according to Olbermann, he believes it is easier to succeed in America as a black person than a white person. His actual comment was that “if [President] Obama weren’t black, he’d be a tour guide in Honolulu or he’d be teaching Saul Alinsky Constitutional Law, or lecturing on it in Chicago.” He then attacked Oprah along the same lines; Olbermann fleshed out the argument:“The United States is tilted in favor of black people. We have made it so easy that human beings inferior to the great Rush Limbaugh… inferior creatures like Obama and Oprah Winfrey have been made wealthy and big and famous and so forth… Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama and presumably every other black person in this country has not succeeded despite the fact they are black… they have succeeded because they are black, and only because they are black.”Olbermann then concludes with a plea: “Oprah, please, crush this schmuck.”
Bernie Goldberg Derides Bill Clinton’s Excuse Of Sen. Robert Byrd’s Time In The Ku Klux Klan
When Senator Robert Byrd died last week, many wondered how his eulogizers might treat an ugly part of his past: his role as a leader/recruiter in a West Virginia chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. Former President Bill Clinton answered those questions while speaking during the memorial service, ostensibly defending Byrd’s part in the Klan by saying “he was a country boy from the hills and hollows of West Virginia,” adding “he was trying to get elected.” Fox News’ Media Analyst Bernard Goldberg took exception to the cavalier shrugging-off of Byrd’s racist past.
It’s a difficult thing to do – criticize the words of someone praising the past of someone who has just past (especially one who has given so many years of service to his country.) However, Goldberg dared to point out what he seemed to be an offhand and inappropriately informal explanation of Byrd’s time in the Klan. And he makes some very good points without stomping on the legacy of the departed Senator.First, the excepted words of Clinton which raised Goldberg’s ire:There are a lot of people who wrote these eulogies for Senator Byrd in the newspapers and I read a bunch of them. and they mention that he once had a fleeting association with the Ku Klux Klan. What does that mean? I will tell what you it means. He was a country boy from the hills and hollows of West Virginia. He was trying to get elected. And maybe he did something he shouldn’t have done, and he spent the rest of his life making it up. And that’s what a good person does.Goldberg shows both deftness and reason in his critique of Clinton’s eulogy, given that damning the past of the “dearly departed” is ostensibly a very tricky wicket:Well, first I thought the obvious. You don’t use a funeral to unload on the dearly departed. So I understand why Bill Clinton, you know, did what he did to some extent but he went way, way, way too far.
First of all, you heard the sound bite just then. Bill Clinton says well, he was just a country boy from West Virginia, trying to get elected as if, what, that somehow justifies joining the Klan? Even in the 1940s, Bill, decent people didn’t join the Ku Klux Klan. By the way, Robert Byrd wasn’t just a regular bigot in the Ku Klux Klan, he was a special bigot. He recruited the other morons who joined the could you Ku Klux Klan. Imagine today if some politician felt he had to bad mouth or bash black people in order to get elected. Do you think Bill Clinton would be be so cavalier or anybody else for that matter as to say, well, come on, he is just a country boy who is trying to get elected. Of course not.And then the second thing Clinton said is that Robert Byrd spent the rest of his life making it up. That’s not even true. In 1964, Robert Byrd not only voted against the civil rights act, but he filibustered for 14 hours. One year later in 1965, He voted against the voting rights act. Now, in fairness, later on in life, Robert Byrd championed making Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday. We will give him that.But this leads to one of two possibilities. Either he had a genuine change of heart, which is possible, or he is simply made another political calculation. Just as he joined the Klan for political reasons, maybe he realized that being a bigot wasn’t going to work anymore. I’m not saying that you use the funeral to bad-mouth the guy but Bill Clinton, ever the statesman, could have compromised and just said a little bit less.
Ex-Official Accuses Eric Holder Justice Department Of Racial Bias in Black Panther Case
In emotional and personal testimony, an ex-Justice official who quit over the handling of a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party accused his former employer of instructing attorneys in the civil rights division to ignore cases that involve black defendants and white victims.
J. Christian Adams, testifying Tuesday before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, said that "over and over and over again," the department showed "hostility" toward those cases. He described the Black Panther case as one example of that -- he defended the legitimacy of the suit and said his "blood boiled" when he heard a Justice official claim the case wasn't solid.
"It is false," Adams said of the claim.
"We abetted wrongdoing and abandoned law-abiding citizens," he later testified.
The department abandoned the New Black Panther case last year. It stemmed from an incident on Election Day in 2008 in Philadelphia, where members of the party were videotaped in front of a polling place, dressed in military-style uniforms and allegedly hurling racial slurs while one brandished a night stick.
The Bush Justice Department brought the first case against three members of the group, accusing them in a civil complaint of violating the Voter Rights Act. The Obama administration initially pursued the case, winning a default judgment in federal court in April 2009 when the Black Panther members did not appear in court. But then the administration moved to dismiss the charges the following month after getting one of the New Black Panther members to agree to not carry a "deadly weapon" near a polling place until 2012.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Levi Johnston Apologizes To Sarah Palin
I know that Levi Johnston is young and with youth usually comes a ton of immaturity and irresponsibility, but allowing the idiot Palin-haters on the Left to use him as a tool the way they did was beyond stupid. Glad he had the good sense to finally to the right thing by his child and apologize.Levi Johnston isn't just getting past his differences with Bristol Palin – he's also hoping to make amends with her famous mom.
"Last year, after Bristol and I broke up, I was unhappy and a little angry. Unfortunately, against my better judgment, I publicly said things about the Palins that were not completely true," he tells PEOPLE exclusively. "I have already privately apologized to Todd and Sarah. Since my statements were public, I owe it to the Palins to publicly apologize."
Bristol added her own statement Tuesday saying, "Part of co-parenting is creating healthy and honest relationships between the parents. Tripp one day needs to know the truth and needs to know that even if a mistake is made the honorable thing to do is to own up to it."
Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Denied Parole Again
California's parole board Tuesday refused to release onetime Manson family acolyte Leslie Van Houten, finding the 60-year-old remains dangerous more than four decades after the group's Southern California murder spree.
The board found that Van Houten "still poses a risk to society," spokesman Luis Patino said. The decision marks the 19th time that she has been denied parole, and she won't be eligible again until 2013, Patino said.
Known as "Lulu" while one of notorious spree killer Charles Manson's followers, Van Houten helped hold down Rosemary LaBianca while other Manson family members stabbed her and her husband, Leno LaBianca in 1969. She was 19 at the time.
She has been imprisoned at the California Institution for Women at Frontera for more than three decades, following her final conviction on first-degree murder charges in 1978 and a sentence of life in prison.
Good for our criminal justice system. Deny her parole until she dies. That's the sentence she got and deserves.
Lindsay Lohan Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail
A judge sentenced Lindsay Lohan Tuesday to three months in jail and a rehab program after finding the actress had violated the terms of her probation in a 2007 drug case.
The actress immediately burst into tears after the ruling.
Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel issued the sentence after listening to testimony from employees of a court-mandated alcohol treatment program.
Lohan missed numerous classes — seven since last December — which led to the judge's harsh rebuke of Lohan moments after the "Mean Girls" star offered a tearful apology.
"I did do everything I was told to do and did the best I could to balance jobs and showing up," Lohan told the judge. "It wasn't vacation, it wasn't some sort of a joke."
Revel said she found Lohan's apology insincere, comparing it to "somebody who cheats and thinks it isn't cheating if she doesn't get caught."
Lohan was not immediately taken into custody and will be permitted to surrender on July 20. She will have to wear an ankle alcohol monitor until then.
Don't mess with the courts.
Liberal Obama Suddenly Concerned About Protecting Constitution, Sues Arizona Over SB1070
The Justice Department weighed in on one of the most explosive issues in American politics Tuesday, filing a lawsuit to overturn a tough new Arizona immigration law that has sharply divided people along partisan, ideological and ethnic lines.
It also asked the federal courts to grant an injunction to stop enforcement of the measure before it takes effect late this month.
Arizona's law requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and allows police to question the residency status of people in the course of enforcing another law. It also targets businesses that hire illegal immigrant laborers or knowingly transport them.
Justice Department lawyers argued that the state statute should be declared invalid because it has improperly preempted federal law.
"In our constitutional system, the power to regulate immigration is exclusively vested in the federal government," the brief states.
Cherry picking Constitutional rights.
Monday, July 05, 2010
60% Of Voters Support Repealing ObamaCare
Sixty percent (60%) of voters nationwide favor repeal of the recently passed health care law, including 49% who Strongly Favor repeal.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 36% oppose repeal. That figure includes 24% who are Strongly Opposed.Forty-three percent (43%) believe repeal would be good for the nation’s economy.
Twenty-seven percent (27%) believe repeal would be bad for the economy, while 20% say it would have no impact. Political Class voters strongly believe repeal would be bad for the economy, while most Mainstream Americans think repeal would help the economy.
Woman Sues Church For Performing Gay Unions
How embarrassing. While Ms. Moore deserves kudos for sticking to her faith and suing her blasphemous, non-Christian church, for a woman who claims to have attended church for over 30 years, it's sad to watch her fall prey to the leftwing trap of equating homosexuality with race.
In reinforcing her decision to sue her church Ms. Moore could've easily quoted one of the many Bible verses condemning homosexuality. Even if she couldn't think of a verse right away, she should've been able to state that for her being a Christian is more than just a title, but a way of life in accordance with God's word as reflected in the same Bible that her pastor now dismisses.
Thanks to a radically leftwing President backed by a liberal ideological Congress with a mainstream press in their back pockets, we live in a time where true Christians can not afford to be lax in their views. The final step to total 'normalization' for the gay mafia is the church and with their propaganda and lies combined with our own needs for social acceptance, over the last decade or so "progressive Christianity" has taken on a life of its own and divided the church. Also, while Ms. Moore couldn't have known, the woman who interviewed her, CNN newswoman Soledad O'Brien, is a huge Obama stan and supporter/activist for gay "rights". Conservatives and Christians in general need to be more aware of just how the liberal press works, but all in all props to Ms. Moore for taking a stance more Christians need to take.
Politiks As Usual: In The News 7/5/10
Democrats Resist GOP Bid To Nationalize Election
Critics Press Obama On Afghan Deadline
Obama's War On The Traditional Family
Our Problems Not In The Atmosphere, But On The Earth
USA Today Touts Atheist Summer Camp
Conservatives Are More Than Twice As Likely As Liberals To Be Strongly Patriotic
Pastor Angered That NAACP Backs Pot Legalization
John McCain: Michael Steele Must Assess His Future
Newsweek: Sexist Treatment Of Republican Women Is Sarah Palin's Fault
Top 20 Photos From The Gulf That Obama Doesn't Want You To See
Yet Another Terrorist Tie To Obama White House
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Jay Leno And The Need For Education On Independence Day
They must've voted for Obama, except for grandpa of course.
Democrats Refuse Compromise To Extend Unemployment Benefits
Listen to anyone but FOX News and you'd think that Republicans are the sole reason millions of people in this country have had their unemployment benefits delayed, but then there's something I like to refer to as the truth:
Congress adjourns this week for the July Fourth recess without having passed a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits to 1.3 million people who started losing them this month.
Democrats have been painting Republicans as unsympathetic to the long-term unemployed who will be unable to collect benefits, but Democratic leaders have rejected several offers by the GOP to vote for the bill if at least some of it is paid for.
"My concern is that the Democrats are more interested in having this issue to demagogue for political gamesmanship than they are in simply passing the benefits extension," said Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, who offered a deal that was rejected by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Liberal Activist Danny Glover Silent On Mel Gibson's Use Of N-Word
One would've thought by now that actor Danny Glover, a longtime, outspoken liberal activist who has openly supported Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, campaigned for John Edwards '08 presidential run and once called George W. Bush a "racist," would've spoken up by now on his former "Lethal Weapon" series co-star Mel Gibson's racist rant against his ex-girlfriend, but so far all we've gotten are crickets. Funny that.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Bill Clinton Defends Robert Byrd's KKK Membership: "He Was Trying To Get Votes"
"He spent the rest of his life trying to make it up..." Yeah, that filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is just right-wing fiction. I digress because it was Slick Willie who helped turn me into a conservative.
Verdict's In: Obama's $1 Trillion Stimulus Is A Bust
A new report showing a net loss of 125,000 jobs adds to the growing avalanche of evidence the $1 trillion stimulus has failed to boost the economy as promised, according to a chorus of economic experts.
Democrats had been planning to herald this as the Summer of Recovery, expecting a peak in stimulus spending. But the dreary economic news is contributing to a rising chorus of complaints from conservative economists that the stimulus spending binge has failed to deliver as promised.
"Yeah, I think we can say the stimulus was a bust," Stephen Moore, a Wall Street Journal editorial board member and the newspaper's senior economics writer, tells Newsmax. "The real problem is that the president has no plan B. We've had plan A, that was spend a trillion in stimulus. That didn't work. We've lost 2.2 million jobs since we started that spending, and all the president wants to do is add more stimulus. That's what's so disappointing."
Friday's Bureau of Labor Statistics report was a mixed bag. Unemployment dropped to 9.5 percent, but the dip was primarily because more people gave up looking for work. Although private employment rose, there was a 225,000 drop in jobs because of the loss of temporary census employment.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Portland Police Reopen Therapist's Sexual Assault Complaint About Al Gore
Portland police have reopened the investigation into allegations that former Vice President Al Gore attempted to sexually assault a massage therapist in 2006. The two sentence announcement gave no indication why police are taking a closer look at the claims made by a Portland masseuse. The statement says because this is now an open case, police will have no further comment.
What a difference a week makes. When the National Enquirer first reported the allegations last week, Portland P.D. said the case was closed for lack of sufficient evidence. A spokeswoman said the department would reopen the investigation if new details emerged.
Kalee Kreider, a spokeswoman for Mr. Gore, issued a statement which read, 'Further investigation into this matter will only benefit Mr. Gore. The Gores cannot comment on every defamatory, misleading and inaccurate story generated by tabloids. Mr. Gore unequivocally and emphatically denied this accusation when he first learned of its existence three years ago. He stands by that denial.'
More than two years after the alleged incident, the accuser read investigators a detailed account complete with references to Gore as a 'crazed sex poodle.' She alleged Gore groped her repeatedly during an hour and a half massage.
The 54-year old woman also claims to have saved the stained pants she wore that night in a bank safe only removing them to have a $35. DNA test done on them. She told the Enquirer the test results were inconclusive.
The world of Mr. Smiley Global Warming is slowly unraveling.
Mel Gibson Hurled The 'N' Word At Babymama
TMZ has confirmed ... Mel Gibson is caught on tape, screaming at his baby mama Oksana Grigorieva, "You look like a f*king pig in heat and if you get raped by a pack of ni**ers it will be your fault."
The tapes were secretly recorded by Oksana in the midst of their nuclear breakup and custody battle.
We've also confirmed Mel is heard on tape calling Oksana a "whore" and a "c**t."
The tapes have been submitted to the judge in their custody battle and are under seal. Sources say the tapes were recorded prior to May, when Mel and Oksana reached a custody agreement with a mediator.
And TMZ has learned ... Mel sent Oksana a number of incendiary emails that she kept.
TMZ broke the story in 2006 when Mel went nuts on a cop after being busted for DUI, saying, "F**king Jews ... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."
No doubt the Left will look to see if Gibson's a registered Democrat first before deciding on whether or not to label Gibson a racist.
NAACP Praises Former KKK Member Robert Byrd, Opponent Of Civil Rights Act
Robert Byrd was not only a former member and recruiter within the KKK, but he filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for almost 3 months and opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but what does any of that matter to an organization that's long built itself as standing for the advancement of "colored" people:
From the Ku Klux Klan, to a 14-hour, 13-minute filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. former Sen. Robert C. Byrd's life was filled with controversy.
"I realize that people make mistakes when they're young ... I think we've all done things we've regretted ... these are one of the things I know he regretted," Coston Davis, President, Charleston Branch of NAACP said.
Byrd was elected to the U.S. House in 1952. His involvement in the Klan splashed across headlines. He said he joined because of its anti-communism.
He joined with Southern Democrats in filibustering the Civil Rights Bill, a move that would haunt him for the rest of his political career.
"I do know the he filibustered the civil rights for a minute and at that point there was a transformation and change and he actually became a champion of civil rights," Davis said.
What a disgrace. No wonder the NAACP borders on irrelevancy,
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