Monthly Archives: March 2011
What an embarrassment:
Obama, in his most candid moments, acknowledged that race was still a problem. In May 2010, he told guests at a private White House dinner that race was probably a key component in the rising opposition to his presidency from conservatives, especially right-wing activists in the anti-incumbent “Tea Party” movement that was then surging across the country.
No, not this year. A democrat is President and he said he wanted high gas prices back in 2008.
Well, he got them for us.
Gas Prices Near $4 A Gallon At Some Chicago Stations Continue reading
Eric Holder Maintains: A Strict Interpretation Of The Law Would Demean “My People”. Attorney General Holder became upset Tuesday with claims that his Justice Department failed to enforce the law against members of the New Black Panther Party because they … Continue reading
It’s remarkable how this President hasn’t learned a thing since November. State houses turned from blue to red throughout the country, due in large part to government spending. But what does this President propose? More spending! Another stimulus….cough, I mean … Continue reading
John Kerry: “People are ripped. I’m ripped. We’ve got to respond, we’ve got to make something happen.”
John Kerry, about the House Republicans: “What I saw on the floor in the last 48 hours of the House just made my stomach turn. The lack of thought, the lack of consequence, the lack of connection to the real values of our country, as ideologue after ideologue comes to the floor to chew up the valuable time we have to address these problems.” Continue reading
Ken Vogel at Politico, who seldom misses a chance to bash conservatives, does his best to convince us that the effort to eliminate collective bargaining is the result of a long term right wing conspiracy.
The conservative assault on public sector unions that seemed to explode out of nowhere in Wisconsin and spread across the Midwest was in fact months – if not years – in the making, the result of methodical polling, lobbying, messaging, grassroots organizing and policy crafting by a coterie of well-funded conservative groups.
How often have you heard someone say “I don’t see color” when they are trying to prove that they are not racists? “I only see people” usually follows. Unless that person is colorblind or actually blind, they’re idiots. Observing that someone is black or white or somewhere in between does not make someone a racist. It merely demonstrates that they are using one of the many tools that God gave them to help make sense the world around them. It is what they do with that information that determines if they are in fact racist or not. Continue reading