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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Don't Be Bamboozled By Bull****





The year is 1995. The president is Bill Clinton. After the double murderer OJ Simpson gets off on a not guilty verdict Clinton takes the bully pulpit and says,

“If I had a son he’d look like Ronald Goldman.”

Ridiculous isn’t it? Preposterous you might say. The president wading in these waters, not to mention political suicide. Yet Barry gets away with it. Oh…and lets not forget the Beer Summit.

Justice for Trayvon? Where was the Zealot of Justice when little Caylee Anthony a "true angel" was found dead bound in duct tape (after she supposedly drowned in the family pool) in one of the biggest miscarriages of justice of all time? How about a little consistency. I mean, if you're going to open your big mouth about Martin why not Caylee?  Form your own opinions on the reason why.

The Martin case also serves another purpose. It's a great distraction to get your mind off Benghazi, the IRS, NSA, and the DOJ wiretapping scandals all of which seem to be disappearing faster then a underage Menendez prostitute.

You ever wonder what would have happened if the situation was reversed, Martin incurring the same injuries killed Zimmerman and it was going to trail? Jesse's cry... it's a "lynch mob mentality" while Sharpton the ever present carnaval barker, shouts out a "rush to judgement" claiming self defense. 

Except for the immediate family Martin's death means nothing. The bigger issue is who shot him. Ever wonder how they can be so absolutely certain Z is guilty?  Beyond a shadow of doubt, facts, proof, circumstances, and evidence have no bearing on it.  If this were just another black on black statistic Barry would have said NOTHING because it wouldn't have made page 13 in the local newspaper. Why doesn't he talk about more pressing problems in the black community like:

1.  A whopping 70% out of wedlock birth rate! How do you blame racism on this one?

2.  48% of black males do not graduate from HS. This can't be good.

3.  There are more blacks males in jail between the ages of 18-25 then in college. The reason... look at number 2.

(Oh...and they're all in jail because of racism not because they committed a crime)



Barry should stick to what he does best:

Running up the debt
Ruining our healthcare system
Appearing on The View
Calling homosexuals to congratulate them for coming out 

“This was the moment when … the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”

Really?

Future generations will render a verdict on Barry's presidency but one thing  for sure they will not say is the Obama presidency was the moment when he reversed the rise of the oceans and healed the planet. It will be more like switching places with Jimmy Carter.

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WSJ

Obama: Trayvon Martin 'Could Have Been Me'

President Barack Obama speaks on the Trayvon Martin case during remarks in the White House briefing room on Friday.



Six days after a Florida jury acquitted a Hispanic man in the shooting death of an African-American teen, President Barack Obama made his first extensive comments on the case, speaking in personal terms about his own experience of being black in America.

" Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago," the president said in the remarks, made Friday during a surprise appearance in the White House press room. Mr. Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, was shot and killed in Florida last year in a case that riveted millions of Americans and sparked debate over the state of race relations in the country.

Saying he would leave arguments about the verdict to legal analysts, Mr. Obama didn't critique last Saturday's acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman who faced various charges related to the killing.

But he tried to explain the lens through which black Americans may see the case, saying that their own experiences and the country's history with race inform how many view what happened to Mr. Martin.

"There are very few African-American men who haven't had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars," Mr. Obama said. "That happens to me—at least before I was a senator."

The remarks, delivered without a teleprompter, were a striking example of America's first black president seeking to guide the country's thinking on race without inflaming racial tensions or undermining the judicial system. They also amounted to Mr. Obama's most pointed comments about race since his 2008 presidential campaign.

Mr. Obama issued a brief statement the day after the Martin verdict was handed down. He urged calm and compassion, noting that "a jury has spoken." Missing, though, was any personal reflection from a president with a unique perspective on the matter.

As the week wore on, the drumbeat from civil-rights groups asking Mr. Obama to speak out and take action continued.

In recent days, the president had conversations with a number of people about this issue before offering a detailed reaction, White House spokesman Jay Carney said. Privately, the president had outlined ahead of time the gist of his remarks.

"He knows what he thinks, and he knows what he feels, and he has not just in the past week, but for a good portion of his life, given a lot of thought to these issues," Mr. Carney said. The president spoke just before a series of planned weekend protests over the verdict.

The president's comments won praise from Benjamin Todd Jealous, the president and chief executive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who called it a powerful moment. "That our president has been profiled should encourage all Americans to think deeply about both the depth of this problem and how our country moves beyond it," he said in a statement.

Still, underscoring the tensions that continue to fester, Abigail Thernstrom, vice chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, said Mr. Obama's original statement on the case struck the right tone and that Friday's follow-up could have the unintended consequence of ratcheting up racial tension.

"Mr. President, you said what should have been said: A verdict has been rendered," she said. "Leave it at that."

In Friday's remarks, Mr. Obama appeared to be trying to use the megaphone of the White House to affect the national discussion, and particularly to infuse it with a greater appreciation of African-American viewpoints. He didn't propose any formal government reaction, and didn't weigh in on the decision his administration still has to make, which is whether to pursue a case against Mr. Zimmerman using federal civil rights laws.

Mr. Obama did, however, propose an examination of state and local laws to consider whether some encourage altercations such as the one that took Mr. Martin's life. He said the Justice Department should work with local law enforcement to reduce mistrust in the system, and said that, in the long term, more needs to be done to support African-American boys.

Mr. Obama questioned whether "stand your ground" laws in Florida and other states, which allow individuals to use reasonable force to defend themselves, are contributing to the peace and security communities want.

Responding to calls to launch a national dialogue on race, Mr. Obama said such discussions often are more productive in churches and workplaces and within families.

"I haven't seen that be particularly productive when politicians try to organize conversations," he said. "They end up being stilted and politicized, and folks are locked into the positions they already have."

As president, Mr. Obama has taken a careful tack on racial issues, picking his spots carefully after delivering a detailed exploration of race in Philadelphia at a pivotal moment in his 2008 campaign. Then, he said that race is an issue the nation can't afford to ignore, noting that the country had yet to work through the complexities of the subject.

"If we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American," he said.

Since then, Mr. Obama has shied from sweeping speeches focused on race, saying in 2009, "I'm not somebody who believes that constantly talking about race somehow solves racial tensions."

On Friday, Mr. Obama noted that African-Americans are disproportionately victims as well as perpetrators of violence. And while he called for soul-searching on matters of race, he said he sees signs of improvement.

"Each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race," he said. "It doesn't mean that we're in a postracial society. It doesn't mean that racism is eliminated. But you know, when I talk to [daughters] Malia and Sasha and I listen to their friends and I see them interact, they're better than we are."

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Detroit files for largest municipal bankruptcy in US history




You can always count on Barry to make the right prediction.

“We refused to throw in the towel and do nothing. We refused to let Detroit go bankrupt. We bet on American workers and American ingenuity, and three years later, that bet is paying off in a big way.”

-- President Obama in his weekly address, Oct. 13, 2012.



This certainly didn't help. These are the last 6 Detroit mayors. Democrats all. In fact Detroit has not had a Republican mayor since 1961!




Roman Gibbs



January 6, 1970 – January 1, 1974




Coleman Young


January 1, 1974 – January 3, 1994



Dennis Archer


January 3, 1994 – December 31, 2001




Kwame Kilpatrick



January 1, 2002 – September 18, 2008


(Kwame was convicted of 24 federal crimes, including racketeering, extortion and bribery)



Kenneth Cockrel Jr



September 18, 2008 – May 11, 2009

      



    Dave Bing



May 11, 2009 – present


Michigan's new vacation ad.

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Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history Thursday after steep population and tax base declines sent it tumbling toward insolvency.

The filing by a state-appointed emergency manager means that if the bankruptcy filing is approved, city assets could be liquidated to satisfy demands for payment.

Kevin Orr, a bankruptcy expert, was hired by the state in March to lead Detroit out of a fiscal free-fall, and made the filing Thursday in federal bankruptcy court.

"Only one feasible path offers a way out," Gov. Rick Snyder said in a letter to Orr and state Treasurer Andy Dillon approving the bankruptcy. The letter was attached to the bankruptcy filing.

"The citizens of Detroit need and deserve a clear road out of the cycle of ever-decreasing services," Snyder wrote. "The city's creditors, as well as its many dedicated public servants, deserve to know what promises the city can and will keep. The only way to do those things is to radically restructure the city and allow it to reinvent itself without the burden of impossible obligations."

Snyder had determined earlier this year that Detroit was in a financial emergency and without a plan to improve things. Snyder hired Orr in March, and he released a plan to restructure the city's debt and obligations that would leave many creditors with much less than they are owed.

Orr was unable to convince a host of creditors, including the city's union and pension boards, to take pennies on the dollar to help facilitate the city's massive financial restructuring.

Some creditors were asked to take about 10 cents on the dollar of what the city owed them. Underfunded pension claims would have received less than 10 cents on the dollar under that plan.

A team of financial experts put together by Orr said that proposal was Detroit's one shot to permanently fix its fiscal problems.

The filing leads to a 30 to 90 day period that will determine whether or not the city of Detroit is eligible for Chapter 9 protection, and define the number of claimants who may compete for Detroit’s limited settlement resources. The petition seeks protection from unions and creditors who are renegotiating $18.5 billion in debt and liabilities, according to the Detroit Free Press.

“The President and members of the President’s senior team continue to closely monitor the situation in Detroit,” White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said in a statement Thursday.

“While leaders on the ground in Michigan and the city’s creditors understand that they must find a solution to Detroit’s serious financial challenge, we remain committed to continuing our strong partnership with Detroit as it works to recover and revitalize and maintain its status as one of America's great cities,” the statement read.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., remained positive about Detroit’s outlook in spite of the major blow that bankruptcy delivered:

“I know firsthand, because I live in Detroit, that our city is on the rebound in some key ways, and I know deep in my heart that the people of Detroit will face this latest challenge with the same determination that we have always shown,” the Senator said in a statement released Thursday.

In a press conference Thursday evening, Orr stated that bankruptcy is the "first step toward restoring the city," and promised that "nothing changes from the ordinary citizen's perspective."

In the same conference, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said he didn't want the city to go bankrupt, but now that it's happened, the people of the city "have to make the best of it."

A number of factors -- most notably steep population and tax base falls -- have been blamed on Detroit's descent toward insolvency.

Detroit was once synonymous with U.S. manufacturing prowess. Its automotive giants switched production to planes, tanks and munitions during World War II, earning the city the nickname “Arsenal of Democracy.”

Detroit lost a quarter-million residents between 2000 and 2010. A population that in the 1950s reached 1.8 million is struggling to stay above 700,000. Much of the middle-class and scores of businesses also have fled Detroit, taking their tax dollars with them.

Detroit's budget deficit is believed to be more than $380 million. Orr has said long-term debt was more than $14 billion and could be between $17 billion and $20 billion.

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Move over Jim Morrison




The new Rock Star!

He should have been pictured in handcuffs but RS chose adulation. Would we expect anything less from this  "lefty" magazine? They even threw in the Arctic Ice Melt just in case there was any doubt.

Read the bottom right hand corner. Instead of looking for excuses for this animal it should have said this:

America welcomed the Tsarnaev family with open arms after claiming they were persecuted in their native Chechnya even providing them with a welfare check. To show their profound gratitude this Muslim swine and his dead brother decided to set off a bomb maiming hundreds and killing 3 including a 8 year old little boy.

The proper place for Rolling Stone is on the roll in a bathroom... not the newsstand. 



Looks like RS got the jump on Time Magazine. 

Tsarnaev was going to be Man of the Year.
(Now it's Person of the year...You know..PC and all)



 Editor-in-chief Jann (Obama supporter) Wenner. Send him an email.

letters@rollingstone.com
or
Rolling Stone
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104 - 0298
(212) 484-1616

(If you can spare a bar of soap and a comb that would be nice too)




Tsarnaev makes cover of Rolling Stone, draws outrage, boycotts




Dzhohkar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, is on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, along with an accompanying profile of the one-time UMass Dartmouth student who went to high school in Cambridge.

Late this morning, both Tedeschi Food Shops and CVS pledged not to carry the Rolling Stone issue in its stores.

On its Facebook page, CVS wrote:"CVS/pharmacy has decided not to sell the current issue of Rolling Stone featuring a cover photo of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. As a company with deep roots in New England and a strong presence in Boston, we believe this is the right decision out of respect for the victims of the attack and their loved ones.

And from Tedeschi's Facebook page: "Tedeschi Food Shops supports the need to share the news with everyone, but cannot support actions that serve to glorify the evil actions of anyone. With that being said, we will not be carrying this issue of Rolling Stone. Music and terrorism don't mix!

Earlier today, both Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino commented on the magazine cover. Menino said in a statement that the cover"rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment. 




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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The "Reverend" race hustler




This is a case where his ego outweighed his IQ which coincides with his shoe size.

Is he this stupid not to see how this was going to come across? 
Well..not really...the black community for the most part, will believe anything he says or does.



The "Reverend" Al Sharpton (58) with his new girlfriend Aisha McShaw, 35. 

Guess he's trying to impress Jesse who is no stranger to a little side action.

They're reverends... like I'm the CEO of Apple!





Truly a man of the cloth. Looks like he may have the early stages of AIDS either that... or he just read the latest Nielsen ratings.









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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Another one who reads a teleprompter without thinking





Hard to believe this reporter didn't know she was being had!



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