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Politics, Race Relations, Uncategorized

Double Standard, Squared

If it weren’t for the blogosphere and Snoop at PoliticalPartyPoop, I may have never heard what a famous liberal radio talker said about some black members of a college basketball team.   I don’t listen to his liberal rants of hating Bush and conservatives which has become fashionable over the years.  Like anything Air America puts out, three minutes is about all I can take.   But on his nationally syndicated radio show, also simulcast on MSNBC, Don Imus called them nappy headed hos with tattoos.  I’m paraphrasing his statement, but here’s MSNBC’s coverage of the incident. 

The National Association of Black Journalists, the editor-in-chief of Essence magazine and a New York sports columnist joined the chorus against Imus.

“What he has said has deeply hurt too many people — black and white, male and female,” said NABJ President Bryan Monroe. “His so-called apology comes two days after the fact, and it is too little, too late.”

The NABJ, NNappy headed hos? That might be a little introspection on his part.ational Association of Black Journalists, among others, are calling for his ouster.  I’m not holding my breath.  Liberals never eat their own, they just swallow it and the media gives them a pass.  It’s a ‘whatever it takes’ attitude and everyone else be dammed.   Remember Robert (KKK) Byrd’s statement he made on the floor of the Senate, something about there being ‘white n*****s too?’  Got a total pass.  I wonder what he thinks of Imus in light of this episode?  And who is Imus to talk about nappy heads anyway? 

Pick any conservative or republican radio personality who would (and I don’t know any who would) make such a statement and it would blow Anna Nichole Smith to the back page and all of TV would be consumed with it instead.  Frankly, I don’t understand why this issue hasn’t risen to the front page and become the lead story in the CBS, NBS, and ABS morning and evening ‘news’ programs.  That’s not exactly true, I do understand, there’s politics in play when it comes to the media.  It’s more than just a double standard.  Just how far will they go to keep a 90%+ voting block intact?  And how much more crap will that 90% take?

Update:04/18/07.  They did eat their own.  I sure got that one wrong.  Never underestimate the ‘power’ of Jesse Sharpton.   It must be re-justification time again. 

2008 Election, Politics, War On Terror

Will The Pelosi Doctrine Work?

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A comprehensive article by Amir Taheri in today’s New York Post explains how our Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during her unauthorized trip to the Middle Eastenemies are attracted to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent and unauthorized shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, in much the same way as the enemy of my enemy is my friend.   But Amir further explains the contrast and consequence of what he calls The Pelosi Doctrine, as opposed to The Bush Doctrine, in a way that will have major consequence to this country come the 2008 election, and likewise, on you.

Politics

Pelosi, The Other Sec. Of State

In one day, here’s a recap.

  • Olmert denies giving Pelosi a peace message for Assad.
  • Jimmy Carter supports her trip.  Of course.  He is the one who interfered with the Clinton administration in North Korea, just like Pelosi has done here, which ultimately led to the nuclear mess we have there today.
  • The Washington Post calls Pelosi’s shuttle diplomacy foolish.

USA Today. . .

She violated a long-held understanding that the United States should speak with one official voice abroad – even if the country is deeply divided on foreign policy back home. 

Rejecting this longstanding concept, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos declared that, “We have an alternative Democratic foreign policy. I view my job as beginning with restoring overseas credibility and respect for the United States.”

related: Democrats at war

Uncategorized, Venezuela, War On Terror

Is al Qaeda Training In Venezuela?

News of Hugo Chavez allowing, if not sponsoring himself, al Qaeda to establish a training camp on Margarita Island in Venezuela is beginning to bubble up. Not surprisingly, this news has not risen to the level that the mainstream media feels we need to know. They’re probably waiting until the dirty bomb or mushroom cloud goes off before reporting it. No need to investigate now you know. Where is Brian Ross when you need him?

As is being reported elsewhere, the terrorists/Islamofascists are learning to speak Spanish with a Mexican accent, and to look, dress, and act Mexican (however you do that I have no clue). Then it is just a short waltz across the unguarded Mexican border to deliver terror to the United States. But don’t take my word for it. Just pick your search engine of choice for a combination of al Qaeda, training camps, Venezuela, and/or Chavez and see for yourself.

Update 1/13/08: Just discovered that the website out of Caracas, “http://www.militaresdemocraticos.com” no longer exists.  No doubt taken down by the Chavez ‘government.’

Politics, War On Terror

The War That Must Not Be Named

A story in the Military Times gives a window into the strategic thinking–or lack thereof–of the Democrats who now control the House.

We are the ones who now cannot put a name to the war we are in.  Formerly called the war on terror.   The house majority prefers, instead, to let the enemy choose the name, based on where they are fighting, training, or attacking.  It’s just wait and see where the bombs go off and call it that, which is absurd.

James Taranto at Opinion Journal

Uncategorized

Teachers Pension Funds Gone

New Jersey official documents say they either deposited $551 million,  $56 million, or $0 into its Teachers Pension fund.   It turns out that the actual amount was zero.  Where did it all go?  

BTW, New Jersey has been run by democrats since the 2000 election, a point the New York Times feels is not important for this article.  Right!  You know if republicans were in charge, they would have found the courage to mention it.

New York Times link.

Disclaimer:  The NYT has been known to publish fabricated stories and may not be a reliable source for this story.

Judiciary, Uncategorized

Cover-up Of The Constitutional Showdown

No, it’s not about Democrats v. Bush this time.  This time it’s about special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.  Fitzgerald is fighting release of documents in the now ‘closed’ Valerie Wilson debacle.  From today’s Opinion Journal Online. . .

Mr. Fitzgerald is fighting release of the affidavits he filed with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to justify compelling two reporters to testify about their conversations with Mr. Libby, and to throw one of them in jail for 85 days until she did so. Also under court seal are eight pages of a redacted 2005 D.C. Circuit opinion by Judge David Tatel that explained the court’s decision to support Mr. Fitzgerald’s pursuit of the reporters.

Politics, Uncategorized

Democrats’ Alternate Constitution

Thomas Sowell reminds us again that there is but one Commander-In-Chief, only one Secretary of State, and only one President of the United States.

Congressman Tom Lantos, who is a member of the delegation that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading to Syria, put the mission clearly when he said: We have an alternative Democratic foreign policy.”

Sowell points out “Democrats can have any foreign policy they want” if and when they are elected to the White House.”  Democrats in Washington today are not being guided by the U.S. Constitution, they seem to be using the moveon.org version.

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Race Relations

Free At Last? Not So Fast.

When blacks reject blacks, you have to wonder what’s up with that?

Leftist black racists in Oklahoma don’t want other blacks to be free. Some 2,800 blacks in Oklahoma have just been racially rejected by the Black Caucus of the Oklahoma legislators. How in the world did this come about?

More from David Yeagley on this at FrontPage Mag.