Last weekend, after the ugliness of the Tacoma Republican convention, I met some oeple who made me feel human again.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Blacks’
May 21st, 2012 - 9:27 pm § in America
Was TRAYVON Guilty?
BOTH SIDES OF THE TRAYVON MARTIN CASE DESERVE TO GO TO HELL Following Trayvon Marin’s shooting by George Zimmerman, the liberal media … especially Al Sharpton and Larry O’Donnel at MSNBC, let forth with a mighty roar accusing George Zimmerman of being a racist and a murderer. Viewe[...]
First District Democrats Require Litmus Test on Charter Schools
Candidate Should Get Out and Stay Out, Democratic Official Says – No Room for Dissent on Charter Schools The Democrats’ 1st District Chair, Nicholas Carlson, has written a letter to Guy Palumbo, a candidate State Senate. Carson tells Palumbo that he can not run as a Democrat because P[...]
May 14th, 2012 - 9:41 am § in America
The Shooting Range
Goddamned racist America, Pharygula by PZ Myers A few years ago, at TAM, Blake Stacey and I took Ben Goldacre to a shooting range — we wanted to introduce him to the real America. Once we got there, though, we discovered an unexpected challenge: we had to choose a paper target to shoot at, and [&h[...]
April 22nd, 2012 - 9:03 am § in America
The AVE CHALLENGE: Racism and Photography of George Zimmerman
One of the things I dislike most about the USA is the belief that we can assign “race” by appearance. Believe it or not, the guys in the three pictures to the left are all George Zimmerman! Worse, he is widely assumed to be “white.” So, here is the challenge … who i[...]
F(r)ee Country
Kam Wing Chan, UW Professor, Department of Geography As a lifelong foreign student of English I’ve been intrigued, if at times confused, by the magical power of certain words to conceal as well as to reveal. For example, after twenty years in this free country, I have finally come to learn about[...]
REPUBLICANS: Condi vs. Hillary, A Gender Based Veep Race?
The Washington Times, the newspaper established by Rev. Moon to build his credentials with the Repubican Party, is pushing Condi Rice as Romney’s running mate. Their wierd idea is that she would provide balance and attract moderate women. I guess the idea is utterly abandon the Jesus Party and[...]
The Hypocrisy of Racism
There is much talk about “the talk.” “Sean O’Reilly was 16 when his mother gave him the talk that most black parents give their teenage sons,” Denisa R. Superville of the Hackensack (NJ) Record tells us. Meanwhile, down in Atlanta: “Her sons were 12 and 8 when Marlyn Tillman realized it [...]
April 9th, 2012 - 7:52 am § in America
Bill Cosby weighs in on Trayvon Martin case
“We’ve got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch…..”[...]
Celebrating Black MORMON FEMALE Republicans
All Utah Needs Is Love? A GOP star emerges in the Beehive State. 12:40 PM, May 14, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN Mia Love, the 36-year-old mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah and Republican candidate for Congress in the state’s newly created Fourth District, is something of a political anomaly. A conserv[...]