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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2010 11 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Sometimes the cards fall right in my lap:The Politico story at issue is about how members of the Black Congressional Caucus are playing the race card against fellow Democrats over...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 06, 2010 9 Comments

Dave Weigel was the first Journolista to fall in the recent Daily Caller series. Weigel was fired from his blog at The Washington Post (resignation accepted) after emails in which he bad-mouthed conservatives were revealed. Weigel ended up at Slate.com, owned by WaPo.Weigel either...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2010 10 Comments

Somewhere, Andrew Breitbart must be smiling about this article at Counterpunch, The Other Side of Shirley Sherrod, which exposes Shirley Sherrod in rather bleak terms as to her treatment of black farmers and their families:The swirling controversy over the racist dismissal of Shirley Sherrod from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2010 9 Comments

According to The Guardian, neo-Nazi groups are on the rise in Mongolia in reaction to increased domination by ethnic Chinese: Dayar Mongol threatened to shave the heads of women who sleep with Chinese men. Three years ago, the leader of Blue Mongol was convicted of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2010 2 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:This clip of youngsters Chris Rock and Wanda Sykes is both funny, and makes a point:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26J3sXzl3g]--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Saturday Night Card GameDiversity Consultant Throws The K-BombIs This The Week The Dream...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2010 12 Comments

The left-wing blogs and media are hoping beyond hope that Shirley Sherrod sues Andrew Breitbart.One common theme, echoed by Sam Stein at HuffPo, and various people he quotes, is that the original clip released by Breitbart was "false."To portray the clip as "false" is wrong....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2010 12 Comments

Shirley Sherrod is going to sue Andrew Breitbart, she says. The liberal internets are all aTwitter with joy. Andy finally is going to get his comeuppance.It is unclear what the grounds for the suit would be.Defamation? For what, showing a two-minute clip of her speech,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2010 20 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Bet you thought I would write about When Andy Met Shirley. Sorry to disappoint.Tonight we delve into the world of diversity consultants.The diversity consultant industry is pretty much like...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2010 7 Comments

...Shirley Sherrod peaked.Yesterday.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Still Waiting For ApologiesContext! For We, But Not For TheeFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2010 25 Comments

Such is now demanded by the NAACP in the Shirley Sherrod matter.You remember her. She's the Department of Agriculture person who, at an NAACP meeting in March, told a story about how 20 plus years ago she had discriminated against a white farmer because he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 4 Comments

Another Black Conservative has the best observation (h/t Jim Treacher) on Spencer Ackerman's suggestion that other journalists and bloggers make up charges of racism to help Obama's campaign (emphasis mine): What is astounding is that none on the listsev objects to making up racism, they...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 14 Comments

I'll admit it, I was wrong about The Daily Caller when I called it a failure several months ago.In the past months The Daily Caller has done a good job on a variety of issues, particularly exposing the Journolist, a group of liberal mainstream media...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2010 7 Comments

My, my, how the Democratic Party -- or at least certain "elements" -- could be portrayed as racist if Think Progress cut and pasted some of this material the way it does to the Tea Party movement:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIBJt-c2o0][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM19YOqs7hU][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQsRIANKUk]Think Progress has such great researchers, I'm sure they'll...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2010 3 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:I have a dream.That the week will arrive when the race card will not have been played. And I will have nothing about which to write on a Saturday...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2010 15 Comments

I haven't posted previously on the New Black Panther group voter intimidation controversy. There have been plenty of other things to cover.The issue is significant not so much because two guys stood in front of a polling station with night sticks -- that would be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2010 4 Comments

Think Progress is possibly the worst of the worst when it comes to twisting words and sentences out of context to accuse anyone who opposes the Obama agenda of being violent and racist.It is what Think Progress, with its large budget, does best.Think Progress had...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2010 10 Comments

It's beginning to feel like the hot August of 2009, again.You can feel it. A growing discontent with the top-down, big government, free-spending, patronizing, arrogant ways of Washington, D.C.If that were all there were, it would merely be another year.What kicked off the hotly debated...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2010 14 Comments

The NAACP just passed a resolution condemning as racist the tens of millions of people who consider themselves part of the Tea Party movement.As originally proposed, the resolution was to call upon “all people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties,...

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