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Posted on 09/02/2005 1:28:45 PM PDT by mhking
Project 21 Responds to Congressional Black Caucus Criticism of Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
Contact: Ryan Balis at (202) 543-4110 x19 or rbalis@nationalcenter.org
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a press conference today in which it was that asserted God "cannot be pleased" with the Bush Administration's response to Hurricane Katrina and suggested race is a factor affecting the likelihood of a person's survival in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Speaking at the press conference, Rep. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), said "To the President of the United States, I simply say that God cannot be pleased with our response." Cummings also said: "We cannot allow it to be said that the difference between those who lived and those who died in this great storm and flood of 2005 was nothing more than poverty, age or skin color."
Members of the black leadership network Project 21 have blasted the Congressional Black Caucus - whose elected members are charged to serve the best interest of all Americans - for racially politicizing a natural catastrophe.
"The comments and actions of the Congressional Black Caucus were morally opprobrious and divisive," said Project 21 member Mychal Massie. "It is beneath the level of sane discourse for the Congressional Black Caucus to suggest that blacks are suffering more than the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been displaced."
Adding to these comments, Project 21 member Kevin Martin points out: "Several of the Congressional Black Caucus' members have districts that have been devastated by this natural disaster. But rather than offering encouragement to those federal, state, local, and private citizens who are responding to this natural disaster, they would rather fan the fames of partisan rhetoric and hatred."
Project 21 members also questioned the use of Biblical passages in comments by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), in which he asserted, "God cannot be pleased" with the Bush Administration's response to the disaster.
Mychal Massie, an ordained minister and founder of In His Name Ministries, responded, "For Elijah Cummings to use the Bible to support his hateful speech directed at the President while issuing a pass to the liberal black groups is one more example of his belligerent attitude and jaundiced understanding of appropriateness."
Project 21 members called on members of the legislative branch of government to offer unity, patience and an end to violence and looting. "In this time of tragic need, there should be leadership offered from all sides including the Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights groups," said Kevin Martin.
To date, the federal government has responded to the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina by sending more than 15,000 National Guardsmen, 7,800 U.S. military personnel and 61 Federal Emergency Management response teams to assist in the recovery efforts. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that federal, state and local government efforts have saved more than 4,500 lives, assisted more than 30,000 people and evacuated more than 22,000 displaced persons of the hurricane.
For more information, contact Ryan Balis at (202) 543-4110 x19 or rbalis@nationalcenter.org, or visit http://www.project21.org/P21Index.html.
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Man, what are these people's problems? There's work to to do and they stand around with their thumbs in their ears waving their fingers calling people names. Get out of the 7th grade mentality, already.
Project 21
BumP
Was God pleased with Jesse Jackson Jr.'s call to President Bush to, in essence, put a hit out on God (like Bush did to the terrorists on 9-14-01)? Could we just have a repeat of Korah, Dathan and Abiram with these "black leaders", with the dirt getting an early lunch?
That should be the logo of the Black Caucus.
Lijah, like the other members of the fully segregated, step-n-fetchit, colored only Congressional Black Caucus, is a black racist. As a scumbag dem, he will use any opportunity to take a shot at Bush.
I can understand the CBC's deep embarrasment at the behavior of the fat blacks in N. O., both the looters and the dependents loosers waiting around for someone to bring them something. For the very first time, I begin to understand why 95% of black voters vote for dems, it is an issue of ignorent dependency.
So here is a link for people who want to STHU about their stupid liberal politics right now and for those who want to use their resources to help good people get back on their feet. Thanks for listening:
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that federal, state and local government efforts have saved more than 4,500 lives, assisted more than 30,000 people and evacuated more than 22,000 displaced persons of the hurricane..."and countless of private organizations lending hands at the same time. Personally, it's absolute asinine for ordirnary people like us trying to donate as much as we could afford. These race wh*res need to be smacked.
Michael,
Do you have an email address for Cummings? I want to give my congressman a piece of my mind for this cr*p!
These CBC welfare cases are nothing more than race baiting rejects from the gutters of America's gerrymandered districts.
If the leftwing press ignored them as they should then America could
begin to heal the rift between Americans they have created.
shaking my head in disgust. The words just can't be said of what I really think.
Cummings doesn't like to hear from people outside his district:
http://www.house.gov/cummings/guestbk.htm
Thanks. Now to compose.....
The Black Caucus is the home-grown enemy. Get off the plantation and stop playing race-baiting. Michael, they have destroyed the hopes of a couple generations.
Jesse Jackson is a jerk.
Oops. He may want to rephrase that. LOL
Mayor Nagin is out there showing piss poor leadership by blaming the government instead of growing a pair of stones and lead his city like Rudy did during 9/11. I am a black person and I recognize good leadership arises during time of crises. There is nothing racist about that. NOLA is predominately black and it's leadership is unsat PERIOD. You have black female police officers looting with the criminals instead of trying to stop them. That is the face of New Orleans law enforcement an obese black woman in Walmart with a shopping cart stealing. I mean to rant because I am sick and tired of the same cries of racism when there is none. Those people are foolish and ignorant. It was the Mayor decision to open up the Super-dome he didn't consider that major storm always knock out power so you have all those people in a hot smelly enclosed structure that was really brilliant.
Maybe Cummings should get his butt on a plane and go down there and see if he can do a better job!
And then the Mayor starts pointing fingers every which way but loose!.
And then Drudge comes up with this picture.
WTF?
"I am truly sick and tired of ignorant black people."
I'm sick and tired of liberals....I don't care what color they may be.
"You know why these people are in New Orleans because they choose to stay there."
I agree. They had well advanced warning about this hurricane and I saw a photo of at least a hundred school buses now part way submerged under water that could have been used to ship these folks out. The local government is going to owe the people of New Orleans an explanation about that in the near future.
"The behavior of these gutter urchins are unconscionable."
Ouch, that one hurt. I wouldn't describe the collective people of New Orleans as "gutter urchins". I saw a man from New Orleans break down and cry yesterday. I saw another man who was ashamed at the behavior of some from within his community who chose to loot and shoot at those trying to help. At any rate, we should now be focusing on helping the people. Everything else will have to wait.
I am refering to the gutter urchins that are looting to include the police that are looting as well. People made choices to stay.
We all need to support these guys(Project 21). They do a lot of good work. I'm getting them to sponsor speakers at my daughter's high school.
And we appreciate that support.
Salute.
Good work Kevin and all of you directly involved.
What's all this about God? The liberals let that ship set sail years ago. Govt officials are NOT to invoke the name of God, and certainly not dem officials. That is clearly a breach of the "levy" between church and state.
YES. The issue here is lack of leadership by the NO mayor and LA gov. We should hold *all* elected leaders to high standards of office, and not excuse them because of their race or gender.
I'd bet that few Americans think this would be so much of a disaster if Rudy (or someone like him) had been mayor of NO.
Our system is designed to have the Fed'l agencies respond to local leaders, not to have the Fed'l agencies take over local concerns. That's a problem when the local leaders are so inadequate.
I'll remember that when I vote for our next mayor, County Commissioner, and Governor. I wish everyone would.
bttt
Yeah, why for instance has Hannity had Jackson on his show?
...at Huffington's blog they're eating, yes eating black corpses....
Ironic, since the hurricane was an "act of God"!
Indeed the Mayor is the last one that should be blaming Bush. Maybe this is the usual leftist strategy of blame shifting? I am sure many of these people are stuck because they didn't heed the warnings.
Egads I don't know! I could excuse having him on, let him spew for a few femto seconds and then cut his line and proceed to rip him a new one until the next break.
That or give him a mossad cell phone to use. . .
Conservatives are nuts to even give Jackson a voice. It is bad enough some liberals give him a soap box. Like Satan needs another advocate.
Right on the money.
My extended family is about 10% black, 25% Latin and about 65% Arabic--no whites.
I am smart enough to know this--the big city (NO) and the the playing of the race card, will cause the focus to be on race and NO. But I know damn well there are rural areas (white areas) that have seen as much devastation and the people are suffering as much as the people of NO. The situation may be worse in NO on some aspects, but the small rural white areas may have worse situations in other areas. Jesse Jackass and creeps like Elijah Cummings will never mention that, now will they.
The Black Caucus is a sham and an embarrassment to good decent blacks. They only drive down a one-way street--RAT Boulevard, spewing hatred, making idiotic comments and littering the ground with race cards as they go.
If they had half a brain and a quarter of a heart, they would get their scummy assses out to NO and help out.
I wasn't trying to offend you and if that's how I came across, my apologies.
With all of the benefits that come from living in America, this guy can't get beyond skin color??? Cummings' attitude only will perpetuate the perception of black inferiority. Probably for generations. And not just for blacks. That perception is passed on to the children of all races. And no amount of "affirmative" action will fix it; it will only make it worse.
Where are the black race pimps - Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? Why are they not on the ground in NO, ministering to "their" people, as they refer to blacks? Are they not "ministers", as the left-wing media portray them? Or, is it because in reality, they are nothing more than charlatans and thieves? I think the answer is obvious to any American who can think. God, I despise them.
Jesse is already there. Don't know where Crazy Al is.
I saw this on Fox today. They showed a split screen with the black caucus on one side and the huge convoy on the other. The words of the congressman DID NOT reflect the pictures. It was great!
Isn't his real name Jesse Jackson Jacksoff?
I like Project 21. Finally some sense of decency and fairness coming from some black political leaders. Thanks Project 21 for speaking up!
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