Posted on 07/19/2010 7:08:25 PM PDT by kristinn
Not to white folks, apparently.
BTW, Reagan's fault:
The cash award acknowledges racial discrimination on the part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the years 1981-85. (President Reagan abolished the USDA Office of Civil Rights when he became President in 1981.) New Communities is due to receive approximately $13 million ($8,247,560 for loss of land and $4,241,602 for loss of income; plus $150,000 each to Shirley and Charles for pain and suffering). There may also be an unspecified amount in forgiveness of debt. This is the largest award so far in the minority farmers law suit (Pigford vs Vilsack).
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Drudge has the story up, as well.
CNN just picked up the story but of course they qualify it with mention of the Tea Party guy saying “People Of Color” in a satiric manner.
Info on the lawsuit here(not sure about the website but it has the statements of all the players):
Vilsack and Holder Announce ‘Pigford II’ USDA Settlement with Black
USDA Press Release No. 0073.10
(snip)
NAACP – Hilary O. Shelton, Director of Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy:
“The NAACP applauds the USDA for taking this crucial step today to finally close what is a painful, but sadly all too pervasive, chapter in our Nation’s history. We would like to commend President Obama, Secretary Vilsack, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Dr. Joe Leonard and others for their commitment to seeing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture fully address this significant injustice and allow all who were affected to seek remedy. The NAACP is now committed to partnering with the USDA and the Congress to try to see that the full $1.25 billion requested by President Obama to help resolve the Pigford claims in his FY 2011 budget proposal is fulfilled. We are further committed to working with the Administration and the Congress to try to level the playing field and to prevent future discrimination against America’s farmers.”
Man oh Man...they are robbibng this country blind and discriminating against whites and non-black farmers at the same time.
IMPEACH..It’s TIme!
Wrong!. I just did a search on her name and Google turned up lots of stories. Look: http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Shirley+Sherrod+
“NAACP is now committed to partnering with the USDA and the Congress to try to see that the full $1.25 billion requested by President Obama to help resolve the Pigford claims in his FY 2011 budget proposal is fulfilled. We are further committed to working with the Administration and the Congress to try to level the playing field and to prevent future discrimination against America’s farmers.”
Unfreakinbelievable! 1.25 BILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT OBAMA AND HOLDER WANT TO SETTLE THIS RIDICULOUS LAWSUIT?!
Hit the ‘all stories’ link at the bottom of the list and you will see what we are talking about.
c’mon now...CNN has buried it on their international site:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/19/agriculture.employee.naacp/#fbid=z4mVcKsmCTw
Holder investigate? You are kidding aren’t you. And Pelosi/Reid? Not a chance.
Remember November.
This should counter the Tea Party flap.
Yeh, and aint it ironic that the racist sued and settled a “discrimination” lawsuit!
Fox News ran the video on Greta’s show and said the woman has resigned. It’s also linked on Drudge.
This is the racket. Obama/Holder are making their cash—turning the USA in to Zimbabwe.
CNN was shamed into reporting this - take a look:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2555563/posts?page=1
It will show that CNN just posted an article about this a few minutes ago.
Why report on some blatantly racist fed goon when you can go after a mild-mannered plumber for daring to question a presidential candidate? Makes perfect sense to me.
Yeah, but did you email Bob Schieffer? He desperately needs help in keeping up with the news. He didn't know about the DoJ and the Black Panthers, nor does he have a clue about the Arizona law. On second thought, don't waste your time emailing Bob; he probably doesn't know what email is either.
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