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Akbar was trained to hate America by these demagogues who tell their fellow African Americans they are owed everything – they are owed this and they are owed that – reparations, government handouts, preferential treatment - and if they don’t get it they are never going to get ahead, and the only reason you are not getting ahead is only because they are black.

Don't disagree with the gist of this article, but today we had a black general give the Centcom briefing. Wouldn't mind him giving it everyday. He took at least one of the whining press to task by telling him if he didn't like the quality/quanity of the information given out at the briefing, he could leave -- nothing was keeping him there. He was very articulate and quite fast with good, solid, answers to the usual press idiot questions (are we not targeting civilians, what targets are we going to hit tommorow, when are we going to be in Baghdad, etc.?)

He reminds me of other blacks (e.g. Condi, Colin)who have risen above the Jesse Jackson et.al crap, usually due to parents who have instilled in their children self esteem, a love of learning, and a desire to achieve. We will hear more from this general, no doubt.

Here is the name of the General who gave the briefing this morning (and more context from Rush):

Brigadier General Vincent Brooks faces some outrageous and stupid questions at his daily Central Command briefings. Some of them deserve to be answered dead on, but because of political correctness and diplomacy and all that, CENTCOM can't always do that. I can, which is why I sometimes answer these questions in a mock briefing. On Thursday, I focused on a question by New York magazine's Michael Wolff.
Wolff said: "I mean no disrespect by this question, but I want to ask about the value proposition of these briefings. We're no longer being briefed by senior-most officers." The press pool applauded the question, which drew a rapier-quick response from Brooks who said, "I've gotten applause already. That's wonderful. I appreciate that."