President Obama rose to the occasion once again in today’s eulogy for the pastor of Emanuel AME in Charleston South Carolina, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, calling Pinckney a “good man,” who was “full of empathy and fellow feeling.” “We are here today to a remember a man of God who lived by faith, a man who… Continue reading Watch President Obama’s Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney – Video
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It’s Open Season on Black Churches – Two Separate Church Fires Ruled Arson
The terrorists in our midst are not ISIS, but racists calling themselves white supremaists, or to speak in lament terms, ignorant white people who think they are better than the rest of us. Since the gruesome killing of 9 people at a South Carolina black Church a week ago, at least two more predominantly black… Continue reading It’s Open Season on Black Churches – Two Separate Church Fires Ruled Arson
President Obama to White House Heckler – “Listen, You’re in MY House…!” – Video
Absolutely Mr. President. And if I wereyou, I would have added, “… and if you don’t shut up, I’ll just run for a third term!” He would get my vote! 🙂 You go Mr. President! As Obama was speaking at a White House event honoring LGBT Pride Month on Wednesday, an accented voice rang out… Continue reading President Obama to White House Heckler – “Listen, You’re in MY House…!” – Video
Republicans Fooled Again – New Poll Has Donald Trump in Second Place – #Insanity
In case you didn’t know, Donald Trump is really not running for President. Yes, I know, he made an announcement stating that he is running, but believe me when I tell you that he isn’t. What Trump is doing now is something he has done multiple times in the past – fool Republicans into thinking that… Continue reading Republicans Fooled Again – New Poll Has Donald Trump in Second Place – #Insanity
Sentenced to Death, Boston Marathon Bomber Breaks His Silence in Court
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had a few things to say in court today for the killing of three people and injuring another 264 back in 2013 when he and his brother set bombs along the path of the Boston Marathon. “I am sorry for the lives that I’ve taken, for the suffering that I’ve caused… Continue reading Sentenced to Death, Boston Marathon Bomber Breaks His Silence in Court
Hidden Candidate Uses ‘Hidden’ Video to Announce his Bid for 2016 – Video
Are you ready for this? You are perched in a tree like a bird looking down between the branches on the Jindal clan seated around a table, as Bobby breaks the news to his children that he is… ummm, running for president. And then the kids stay in character as the talk goes to Iowa… Continue reading Hidden Candidate Uses ‘Hidden’ Video to Announce his Bid for 2016 – Video
Ann Coulter – Nikki Haley “is an immigrant and does not understand America’s History” – Video
Today’s Republicans are not like yesterdays. Today’s Republicans think – among other things – that an American is someone born in the US of A (Ted Cruz is apparently the only exception), and that immigrants to this nation simply cannot understand what it truly means to be American. You can see that way of thinking… Continue reading Ann Coulter – Nikki Haley “is an immigrant and does not understand America’s History” – Video
You Betcha! Fox News Dumps Sarah Palin
I guess the novelty has worn off. It really says something about you as a person when Fox News… yes, Fox News, decides it wants nothing to do with you, and separates itself from you. I mean, how low can you go? Fox News will not renew its contract with Sarah Palin, whose bombastic appearances… Continue reading You Betcha! Fox News Dumps Sarah Palin
EBay Will No Longer Sell Confederate Flag Merchandise
EBay follows in Walmart’s footsteps in banning a racist merchandise like the confederate flag from its site. “We have decided to prohibit Confederate flags, and many items containing this image, because we believe it has become a contemporary symbol of divisiveness and racism,” eBay spokesperson Johnna Hoff said in an email to CNN. “This decision… Continue reading EBay Will No Longer Sell Confederate Flag Merchandise
Dylann Roof’s White Supremacist Group Donated Thousands to Republican Candidates
The leader of a white supremacist group that apparently influenced Dylann Roof, the suspect in the killing of nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church last week, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican campaigns, including those of 2016 presidential contenders such as Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum and Rand Paul, the New York Times reports.
Mr. Cruz, a Texas senator, said Sunday night that he would be returning about $8,500 in donations that he had received from the Texas donor, Earl Holt III, who lists himself as president of the Council of Conservative Citizens.
“We just learned this evening that Mr. Holt had contributed to the campaign,” a spokesman for the Cruz campaign said in an email to The New York Times. “We will be immediately refunding all those donations.”
Mr. Paul’s campaign said it planned to send $2,250 received from Mr. Holt to a victims’ fund set up in the wake of the shooting.
Earl Holt III, president of the Council of Conservative Citizens, in a 2013 image taken from the council’s website.
“RandPAC is donating the funds to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund to assist the victims families,” said Sergio Gor, a spokesman for the campaign. Mr. Holt made four separate donations to the Paul campaign last year, records show. The campaign could not confirm the total received but said that all the money it identified from the white supremacist leader would be donated to the fund.
The Guardian first reported on Mr. Holt’s donations to the Republican contenders.
The Race Confronts Race
Racial politics is sometimes like the weather. Everybody complains about it or has an opinion about it, but there’s precious little that we can seemingly do about it. Here we are again, having the same conversation about the same issue and the politicians are crafting their statements and the sociologists are telling us about how… Continue reading The Race Confronts Race
Karl Rove on Guns – “Repeal The 2nd Amendment” to Stop Gun Violence
Karl Rove, like many other Republicans, have been a staunch advocate for more guns. The idea these people always put forward in times of shootings and massacres, is the only solution to end gun violence is to have more guns on the streets. Well after the most recent shootings in South Carolina where 9 people… Continue reading Karl Rove on Guns – “Repeal The 2nd Amendment” to Stop Gun Violence