In case you missed it yesterday, America’s Anchorman weighed in extensively on the NAACP/Obama Admin./Sherrod scandal. A highlight: Here’s really all you need to know. It turns out that Andrew Breitbart was exactly right. This woman did not have an
The House Ethics Committee has filed charges against Rep. Charlie Rangel, which will precipitate a trial in the full House. File this away in “too little, too late.” And, we can’t imagine a better birthday gift for John. Happy birthday!
WASHINGTON (AP) – A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats’ election-year outlook. The panel did not immediately
From TPM Muckraker: Shirley Sherrod said this morning on CNN that she would like to “get back at” Andrew Breitbart. Asked if she would consider a defamation suit against Breibart, the conservative blogger who posted the edited clip that got
Yesterday, Cedra Crenshaw defeated the Chicago Democrat machine and won her rightful spot on the ballot this November. Voters in Illinois’ 43rd Senate District will now get a choice, not a coronation. A white Democrat election board threw her off
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Today, in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. Sadly, NASA has shifted it focus away from such aspirational moments. Still, the memory of what was-and what could have been-is valuable.
Yesterday Andrew Breitbart appeared on Hannity and CNN’s John King USA to discuss NAACP racism and the firing of Shirley Sherrod: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com *** [youtube u-zLJgf6hh8 nolink] Breitbart’s argument is simple and straightforward: Regardless of what
From Politico: Agriculture Department spokesman Chris Mather said Sherrod was let go because of what she said in March that was captured on the videotape, not due to her actions in regard to the farmer two decades ago. “She was
Politico finally gets around to reporting on the Shirley Sherrod incident: The Agriculture Department official who has resigned after a video surfaced showing her saying she withheld assistance from a white farmer insisted on Tuesday that she really lost her
Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith in The Daily Beast: The case for government deficit spending was that idle unemployed labor and capital would be put to work to increase the output of goods and services. Hence, a dollar of government spending
The corruption of the Juicebox brigade starts to get exposed today. We’ll have more thoughts on this later, but only one theory makes sense: the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein MUST be a GOP plant. Creating a listserve where mainstream journalists
July 19, 2010 (BALTIMORE, MD) NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous issued the following statement today after learning of the resignation of Shirley Sherrod of the United States Department of Agriculture: “Since our founding in 1909, the NAACP has
JournoList scandal is back and prepare for it to be a driving force in the news for quite some time. The Daily Caller published an article tonight indicating they’ve obtained emails from the JournoList and the initial details are as
Correction: While Ms. Sherrod did discuss withholding help from a white farmer, it was not during her tenure with the USDA *** This morning, we broke video of a USDA official, Shirley Sherrod, recounting for attendees at an NAACP awards
From the Wall Street Journal: In Atlanta, Timothy Baker, a 40-year-old unemployed warehouse worker, says his money-making strategy has been to walk picket lines for $8.50 an hour for the Southeastern Carpenters Regional Council. “It’s something to do until you
Today, in 1979, the Sandinista’s took control of Nicaragua. There are people who will never get that time back. Some Americans, like Sen. Chris Dodd, have a lot to answer for…
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Today, in 1945, leaders of the Allied powers met at Potsdam to finalize plans for the post WWII world. The US ceded most ground and allowed Eastern Europe to be absorbed by the Soviets. It would take several decades to
Today, in 1918, Czar Nicholas II, his wife, five children and various servants and pets were executed by the Bolsheviks. He was already out of power, but symbolism matters to the left. You’ve been warned.
Muslim civil rights group says movement fails to repudiate Islamophobia WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today offered support for an NAACP resolution passed earlier this week asking the Tea Party movement
The always great John Kass in today’s Chicago Tribune: Now the NAACP, an organization with a historic role in civil rights, seems to be taking Jackson’s path to irrelevancy. At its national convention in Kansas City, Mo., this week, the
Definitely going to be a long, hot summer. It seems tensions are now building between the White House and the House Democrats. Understandable, considering what’s in store for the House Democrats this November.
Yesterday, the NAACP passed a resolution condemning the “racism” of the tea party movement. They did not pass a resolution condemning the SEIU thugs who beat up Kenneth Gladney, an African-American vendor at a tea party rally. We guess racism
From out of the email inbox, Tara sends along one of the funniest bumper stickers we’ve seen. Enjoy:
