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Sen. Orrin Hatch Questions “Propaganda Posters” Featuring Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson at Labor Department HQ

May 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Trouble for Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson? Sen. Orrin Hatch is calling for an investigation into Labor Department “propaganda” posters featuring the two so-called civil rights leaders. Um, really? He wants to know if Secretary Hilda Solis broke the law when she placed posters in elevators throughout the Labor Dept. headquarters in Washington D.C., the Daily Caller reported. Didn’t realize he was getting his talking points from Tucker Carlson and the Daily Caller.

Those posters featured a photo of Solis marching in protest alongside the Rev. Jesse Jackson and MSNBC television host Rev. Al Sharpton, among others. She was acting as an emissary of the Obama administration protesting against Alabama’s strict new law combating illegal immigration. Solis had her arms locked with Sharpton, and Jackson is a few feet away. The poster also carried a message for federal government employees — who are traditionally expected to be apolitical in the performance of their duties.

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On Tuesday, Hatch wrote to the Labor Department’s Deputy Inspector General Daniel Petrole asking him to “investigate this matter thoroughly to determine whether the insertion of these posters violates any federal laws, including the Hatch Act, and whether the Secretary’s message has created a hostile work environment for any federal employees who might have differing political views.”

Hatch said Solis’ “poster campaign” conveys an “overtly political message.” Hatch said he thinks it’s “vital” to make sure “American taxpayers are not subsidizing partisan political messages, particularly during this contentious election season.” He said it’s also important to “ensure that federal government employees are not subjected [to] political propaganda in the workplace.” Source

Be that as it may, it’s time for Orrin Hatch to be put out to pasture. He has worn out his welcome in the U.S. Senate.

Here is how people feel about Orrin Hatch — He should be worried:

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Says Blacks are Under Attack, But Domestic Violence Against Women Continues to Rise in U.S.

March 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment

If you think blacks are “under attack” as Rev. Jesse Jackson said of the Trayvon Martin murder by George Zimmerman, then how do you explain the numerous instances of women being injured or killed in acts of domestic violence? I have read about at least three instances, in the last two days, of women either being killed, raped or beaten by their significant others.

First,  Robert Ashley, 55, was charged with the sexual assault of 82 year old Louella Mosley in her Philadelphia home. The victim and her family came forward one day after he was charged to tell the world about the ordeal she went through at the hands of a monster. Police say, last September, Robert Ashley entered Louella Mosley’s home on South 51st Street, stole money and then raped her. Ashley is charged with rape, robbery and other related offenses. Investigators say he was arrested four times prior to September’s incident, including once for another sexual assault, NBC Philadelphia reports.

Next, Shaima Alawadi, a 32 year old mother of five who migrated from Iraq, was found severely beaten in her El Cajon, Calif., home, with a threatening note saying “go back to your country, you terrorist,” lying next to her. She died yesterday at a local hospital, three days after being attacked with a tire iron by an intruder. The family, who had recently moved to California from Michigan, had previously found another racist note.

Third, Edgar Alfonso Vasquez, 25, of San Leandro, allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Annellie Marie Moreno, to death because she refused to get back with him after the two broke up. Her body was found slumped over in the driver’s seat of her family’s vehicle, parked outside her home Friday evening.

We have covered numerous cases of murder-suicide in the last few months and the trend is very alarming. So, before Rev. Jesse Jackson gets on his high horse and say that blacks are under attack in America, take a look at the statistics for violence against women in this country. There are many cases that go unreported.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson on Trayvon Martin Murder: “Blacks are Under Attack” and Obama Victory “Triggered Tremendous Backlash”

March 24, 2012 by 5 Comments
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Rev. Jesse Jackson on Trayvon Martin Murder: "Blacks are Under Attack" and Obama Victory "Triggered Tremendous Backlash"

Rev. Jesse Jackson has entered the uproar over the death of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin at the  hands of a wannabe cop George Zimmerman and that is never a good thing. Jesse Jackson said “blacks are under attack in America.” Um, really? That’s such an ugly and divisive thing to say. How many whites have demonstrated on Trayvon Martin’s behalf? Blacks are not under attack in the sense as Jesse Jackson is implying and that’s very unfortunate.

“Blacks are under attack.” African American families are facing record home foreclosures and unemployment. Their children are burdened with student loan debt. States, particularly conservative ones, are passing voter laws that leaders know will disenfranchise blacks and other minorities. Meanwhile, the nation’s prisons are brimming with black faces, he said, and their numbers that suggest that the legal system is quicker to send blacks to prison than whites.

Jackson said gunfire in America continues to be a problem for all Americans — not just blacks. Why, he asked, isn’t America outraged, that far more people die of gun violence in one year in America than the number of soldiers killed in the wars waged in Iraq and Afghanistan? ”Our disparities are great,” he said. “Targeting, arresting, convicting blacks and ultimately killing us is big business.” Source: LA Times

Jesse Jackson’s comments about blacks being under attack are just as ugly as GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich saying Obama pulled the race card over his comments about the Trayvon Martin murder. If anything, President Obama could have simply said he was sorry and extended his sympathies to the family of the teen and that the legal process will sort it out. I wouldn’t say he was pulling the race card because he is a parent just like many of us, whose son could have met a similar fate.

The reality is that there are problems, many social problems, dogging the black community, including some that Rev. Jesse Jackson hasn’t bothered to champion, such as improving inner city schools and helping these same communities improve. Instead, he has chosen to make a blanket statement about blacks being under attack in America because of the backlash the election of Barack Obama, our first black president, has caused. The reality is Jesse Jackson is a race hustler whose rhetoric shouldn’t be allowed to change the focus of the justice we seek for Trayvon Martin.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson: "Poverty Is Bad For Your Health"

September 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

In the words of Rev. Jesse Jackson, poverty is bad for your health. I sat in an audience at a recently concluded “State Of The Black Family” summit, organized by The Word Network, and hosted by Greater Grace Temple of Detroit, MI. A panel including Rev. Jackson discussed the state of the black family in America today. The aim of the summit was to highlight issues facing the African American family and what remedies can be applied. I was intrigued at the information presented to the audience. Knowledge is power and if we are to remove ourselves from the bondage of poverty then we must empower and arm ourselves with information. We are all aware of diseases affecting our population.

What we might not have internalized is the extent to which poverty impacts diseases. For example, a person living in an inner city community without reliable transportation has very little options in order to maintain a diet that is healthy and supportive of his wellness goals. The store on the corner is less inclined to carry times such as fresh fruit and vegetables but is armed to the teeth with alcohol, canned goods, foods high in sodium,and low in nutrition. Poverty is bad for your health. Poverty is also a vicious cycle as it afflicts generation after generation of individuals who exist on the edges of society who never have enough to maintain their current situation or to allow for economic empowerment of the next generation.

How do we stop this vicious cycle from afflicting our population? We need programs that offer support and and educational investment among youth of inner city populations.There has to be some community regeneration projects with the underlying intention of making each community economically empowered. Read more:  http://harrietcammock.blogspot.com/2011/09/poverty-is-bad-for-your-health.html?spref=bl

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Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for Eric Holder to Prosecute Gov. Walker for Blocking Blacks’ Access to Jobs when He Blocked High Speed Rail Project

September 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for Eric Holder to Prosecute Gov. Walker (R-WI) for Blocking Minorities’ Access to Jobs when He Blocked High Speed Rail Project.

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Paulo Serodio Suing N.J. Medical School for Discrimination, Says he is a White African-American

May 15, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Can a white guy call himself an African American? Well, Paulo Serodio says he is. He was born and raised in Mozambique and is now a naturalized American citizen. He has filed a lawsuit against Newark-based University of Medicine and Dentistry, claiming that he was harassed and suspended for identifying himself during a class cultural exercise as a “white African-American.” He said that this has destroyed his life and his career. The lawsuit asks for Serodio’s reinstatement at the school and monetary damages. It has named the university and several doctors and university employees as defendants. So, besides some people being unable to keep a straight face during this discussion, the guy is right in a sense. Doesn’t Teresa Heinz Kerry come to mind? She was born in Mozambique and does consider herself an African American. So, is the term African American only reserved for blacks? Africa is so diverse, there are people of all races that can call themselves Africans, so why not African Americans if they are naturalized?

Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, the lawsuit traces a series of events that Serodio maintains led to his 2007 suspension, starting with a March 2006 cultural exercise in a clinical skills course taught by Dr. Kathy Ann Duncan, where each student was asked to define themselves for a discussion on culture and medicine. After Serodio labeled himself as a white African-American, another student said she was offended by his comments and that, because of his white skin, was not an African-American. According to the lawsuit, Serodio was summoned to Duncan’s office where he was instructed “never to define himself as an African-American & because it was offensive to others and to people of color for him to do so.” Serodio said he is a third-generation African of Portuguese ethnicity whose great-grandfather emigrated to Mozambique. He came to the U.S. in 1984 after being accepted at New York University.

In September 2006, Serodio said he again asked to define himself culturally as part of another course exercise. Again, according to the lawsuit he said he was a “white African-American.” And again, he was called to the course instructor’s office and told never to define himself that way again. According to the lawsuit, Serodio then wrote an article for the student newspaper, titled “A More Colorful View Than Black and White,” in an attempt to explain his self-identification and to call for tolerance at the school.

But when complaints started pouring into Dr. I. Thomas Cohen, then the dean of student affairs, the lawsuit alleges that Serodio was called in again and told by Cohen that if he “lay low for awhile” Cohen would see that a record of the incident would not be placed in Serodio’s transcript. Source: ABC News

I absolutely despise the fact that we are a country driven by labels — Jewish-American, Indian-American, Jamaican-American, Chinese-American, Italian-American and so on. So, we are bound to run into legal issues surrounding who can rightly call themselves what. Thanks to Rev. Jesse Jackson who, while speaking in Chicago in the late 1980s, suggested that we call ourselves African American. He said that the ethnic label had more integrity than “black.” Some see it as a step by blacks to be more inclusive, while others see it as more divisive. Does the legacy of American slavery call for a special label for us, the descendants of that legacy? If the truth be told, Americans who come more recently from African have a stronger claim to the African American label than those of us whose families have been in this country for centuries. Can’t we just be happy being Americans?

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Creates New Role for NAACP, Says the Civil Rights Organization Must Help Save Ailing Auto Industry

May 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Rev. Jesse Jackson has appointed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to serve a new role — to help save Detroit’s ailing auto industry. He said that blacks are disproportionately suffering in the current economic downturn and car companies’ failures, which is a valid argument, but how can the NAACP save the auto industry?

“The struggle today is to re-industrialize our country,” Jackson told reporters Sunday before delivering the keynote address. “We are now minorities with a majority responsibility to save the entire industry,” he said told reporters before delivering the keynote address at the 54th Detroit NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund dinner at Detroit’s Cobo Center.

Former speakers at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s largest annual fundraiser have included President Barack Obama when he was the U.S. Senator for Illinois; his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.; and Bill Clinton.

Rev. Jackson, in case you haven’t noticed, not even the billions of dollars funneled to GM and Chrysler helped. This is way bigger than the government, much less the NAACP.

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President Obama and Race Relations: Civil Rights Leaders are Starting to Grumble at His Perceived Lack of Action

May 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment

I knew sooner or later the grumbling would start in the black community about President Barack Obama’s slowness in addressing some of the issues confronting blacks in the United States, at least that is the perception of some civil rights leaders. I am amazed at the level of shallowness apparent in some of these people. President Obama isn’t in office to solely cater to the black community. He is the president of the entire United States and must confront all issues that continue to dog us as a people. The sense of entitlement of people like Rev. Jesse Jackson and others is just sickening. I came across an interesting article in US World & News Report, entitled “Obama and Race Relations: Civil Rights Leaders aren’t Satisfied,” and I must say, we have some serious issues in the black community, but the president needs to be given the time and space to confront the issues as he sees fit. Never mind the fact that America is in the middle of an economic crisis of unfathomable proportions and fighting two wars.

I was also surprised that it took nearly 100 days into his Administration before someone finally popped the question to Barack Obama about the role race played in his presidency. He responded in the cool and thoughtful manner we saw throughout the presidential campaign: “At the inauguration, I think there was justifiable pride on the part of the country that we had taken a step to move beyond some of the searing legacies of racial discrimination in this country,” Obama said, acknowledging how much his historic move to Washington had seemed to elevate the political discussion. “But that lasted about a day.”

That euphoria surrounding Obama’s historic ascent to the presidency is wearing thin. Yes, African Americans have suffered more than most through this economic downturn and expressing concern is paramount. Statistics show that blacks are twice as likely as whites to be unemployed and three times as likely to live in poverty. There seems to be a collective anxiety that everything can change, but nothing has changed because President Obama hasn’t acted and that has caused some frustration. There seems to be growing sentiment among young black voters that on matters pertaining to race, the country has taken two steps forward but may be on the verge of taking a giant step backward. Some see the fact that Obama was elected as president a major milestone in our history, but feel that will not change their interactions with the police or even trickle down to their lives to make it better.

According to the article, some civil rights leaders are beginning to worry that it is conservatives, not civil rights groups, who are seizing the political moment and using the promise of “post-racialism” to try to scale back protections for minorities in the legal system. Race is an issue front and center in at least four Supreme Court cases in the next term, and there has been a growing right wing chorus that is demanding the repeal of everything from affirmative action to the Voting Rights Act now that a black man is in the White House. But what is President Obama to do? Drop everything that he’s working on to fix the economy and run into the arms of Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson?

Some civil rights leaders are frustrated by Obama’s refusal to point out how little has actually changed for the average black person—and how much minorities are struggling in the down economy. Black borrowers, for example, were more than twice as likely as whites to receive subprime loans and are losing their homes to foreclosure at much higher rates. But Obama’s public pronouncements on the housing crisis have rarely reflected this disparity. “It’s not clear the administration has figured out how to engage the public on race,” says John Powell, director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University. “A lot of the people around Obama seem to think race is the third rail, and it’s best to avoid it. Their major approach is ‘We’re going to do something for everybody.’ But that’s not really a solution.” Source: US News & World Report

President Obama has a brewing problem on his hands and I really don’t think that it is a fair fight. As an African American, I share many of the concerns expressed, but I have to be realistic in my expectations of what the president can do at this time. There are too many pressing issues that must be confronted and dealt with in a timely fashion — the economy and the wars, plus this latest swine flu outbreak. We have to help ourselves too. You lost your job, there must be skills you possess that you can use to start your own business on a shoe-string. President Obama shows that he was not born in a wealthy family, but he got a good education and worked hard. The Obama administration has taken some steps in the right direction to allay some of the concerns — pushed legislation on workers’ rights and opened a new office for urban affairs inside the White House — but that’s not enough for some black leaders who have openly said that if he can say he’s sending 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, he can immediately do some other things too. That is simply not fair. He has been in office for a few months. To all the civil rights leaders out there, let me echo that adage of old — Rome wasn’t built in a day.

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Rev. Al Sharpton Says that General Colin Powell "of My Color, Not of My Kind."

February 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Can somebody please tell me why Rev. Al Sharpton has set his sights on Gen. Colin Powell? Well, Rev. Al Sharpton’s appearance at Middlebury College drew a small crowd, even though the school made preparations to accommodate an over-flow crowd. That wasn’t to be. People really don’t want to hear the empty rhetoric coming from Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

Rev Al. Sharpton said “I will not overwhelm you because I understand you have a controversial speaker here tonight.” “If there are those who disagree with me, or don’t like me, I would hope at the end of the night they get a good night’s sleep because I assure you, I will.”

He went on to say that the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first black president is an invalid reason for a return to complacency. “Many feel that because we have had a huge historical momentous occasion with the election of Barack Obama, that all of a sudden we no longer need advocacy, and this could not be further from the truth,” Mr. Sharpton said. “Fox News … now announces we are beyond race, when they said we never had a racial problem in the first place. How does my good friend Sean Hannity preach the funeral of a body that he said there never was?” Source: Washington Times

Here is where I have a big problem with Mr. Sharpton. He also expressed distaste for former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, whom he characterized as being “of my color, not of my kind.” Can somebody tell me what exactly did Gen. Powell ever do to Rev. Al? Wait, is it because Mr. Powell does not interject race every time he opens his mouth? Wait, could it be that Gen. Powell has never picked up the rallying, but oftentimes, racist cry of Rev. Al Sharpton to pick on everyone and everything, except holding his own accountable for their actions? Please.

Rev. Al Sharpton, you have zero credibility next to Colin Powell. Not everyone wears their race on their sleeves. Then Rev. Al Sharpton wonders why the seats for his speech were largely unfilled. People really don’t want to hear the empty rhetoric. Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson are not the moral compasses of the black community. I have yet to hear Rev. Al Sharpton attack black-on-black crime, but he is quickly on the scene when there is perceived injustice against a black person at the hands of a white person. Come on. This is totally ridiculous. Sharpton is just seeking to drum up publicity for his National Action Network, inaction on many social issues is more like it.

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Jesse’s Tears: If those tears were real, then let your actions henceforth show it…

November 6, 2008 by Leave a Comment
By Cheri Thomas

If you were watching Obama’s first speech as President-Elect, live from Grant Park in Chicago, then you probably jesse Jesses Tears: If those tears were real, then let your actions henceforth show it...saw Jesse Jackson Sr. crying big tears at the sight of the first black President of the United States of America.

First, let me say that I do not profess to know why Jesse Jackson was so emotional. According to a recent interview, Jesse says that he became emotional thinking of all of the people in the struggle who were not there to witness that moment.

I don’t doubt that Jesse’s reflection on how far blacks in this nation have come made him emotional. It made me emotional too. However, what I take issue with is the hypocrisy of Jesse’s recent inappropriate backbiting and hateful comments during a hot mic slip-up on Fox News and him standing there crying. I cannot blame others for questioning why Jesse was crying.

My respect for Jesse Jackson, Sr. has steadily decreased as he as made it clear that he is little more than a media whore who loves the spotlight. However, my respect for Jesse hit an all time low when he showed his true colors by suggesting that he wanted to essentially castrate Obama during the slip-up on Fox news.

Let’s take a closer look at why Jesse was pissed off with Obama. Jesse was pissed with Obama because he essentially circumvented the black political establishment and didn’t ask their permission to run for President. Jesse feels that he is the mouthpiece for black America, and who is this Obama to come and inspire “his” people without asking Jesse’s permission.

One of the things I love about Obama is that he understood that change wasn’t going to happen by waiting for Jackson and his cronies to ordain that it should be so. In many ways these old fashioned, so-called black leaders are part of the problem. The day has come and gone when black people need one mouth piece to speak for the community.
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Dear Jesse Jackson,

Rather than celebrating the dawn of a new day for black people in this country, you worked to undermine Obama throughout the campaign; saying one thing, yet doing another. You have consistently put yourself before the cause.

Mr Jackson, Obama realized one thing that makes him far more relevant that you. Obama realized that this was not about him, but rather about the people that he works to serve. Among his greatest attributes is his transparency. You would be well-served to to take notice of this and modify your own behavior appropriately if you expect to help the cause in the future.

My advice to you? Please be willing to show up, even if the TV cameras do not. Please be willing to step aside if need be. Please be willing to roll your sleeves up and get the job don, even when nobody is watching. Please try to put your ego aside for the greater good. Ultimately, please redeem yourself from your previous actions. I forgive you for your transgressions against the community you profess to serve.

In the end, I don’t know what your tears were all about, and in many ways it’s irrelevant. However, if you truly want to help the black community, then let your actions henceforth show it.

Respectfully,

Cheri

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