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The Secretary of State Thinks She's Suffering Michael Ledeen March 28, 2008 After listening to the (excellent!) weather forecast (mid-seventies) and walking the dog in the woods near us, I made my morning tea and opened the Washington Times to find the secretary of state talking about race again: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the United States still has trouble dealing with race because of a national “birth defect” that denied black Americans the opportunities given to whites at the country’s very founding. “Black Americans were a founding population,” she said. “Africans and Europeans came here and...

The liberal Democrat's bigotry, even hatred, of those holding different ideologies to theirs is becoming increasingly palpable. In fact, it has become just downright vicious. Black Americans who have left the Democrat plantation are no longer "black" according to Democrats. Yuck! I can almost taste the bile. In a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Op/Ed piece, Justice Clarence Thomas was said to be black but 'with an asterisk' ..meaning he's only a pretender and not really black. Justice Thomas, a conservative, has had to weather racial slurs from Democrat black Americans and Democrats in general for years. Democrats consider it bad enough...

President Bush has said that progress for African-Americans - for all Americans - requires a healthy, growing economy. Indeed, it is hard to realize one's dreams if we are in a recession, but it's impossible to realize those dreams if there is no opportunity. America has traveled a long and tumultuous road to achieve the ideals of our founding, to realize the dreams of all our people and open the doors of opportunity to all our children so that they can achieve the American dream. And while we have not yet reached our destination, our hopes and dreams are now...

Radical Islam Wishes You A Happy MLK Day January 17, 2005 By Debbie Schlussel Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of those images. Everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon. Especially radical Muslims who support racism, terrorism, slavery, and genocide of Blacks. Since the 9/11 hijackings by Muslim terrorists, radical Muslims have been desperate to rehabilitate their image. Their solution: Hijacking the good name of Dr. King. While the rest of the nation celebrates King Day and King’s contributions to civil rights, a group of Islamists—who praise HAMAS homicide bombers and Hezbollah terrorists who murdered over 300 Americans—held a Martin...

In a surprise move, Presiden Bush hosted outgoing NAACP Kweisi Mfume at the White House on Tuesday. As we all know, Billy Clinton was the first black President, but the NAACP has shown no love to W. Even after George appointed black Americans to the top position in the Dept. of Education, as well as the Secretary of State and the National Security advisor, Kweisi and his group refused to recognize them as role models for all Americans. I often refer to the NAACP as the NAALCP or the National Association for the Advancement of Liberal Colored People. If you...

As a big fan, I gotta expose you my sistah. You ain't foolin' me. Behind those steely eyes is a plan in action. After all, you are the quintessential Betty BAP (Black American Princess). We BAPs thrive on five-year plans of conquering the world. But at least I'm exposing you for a good reason. How many times have we heard liberal blacks (and even whites) call Dr. Condoleezza Rice a "race traitor" or "skeeza," that she doesn't give a whit about black folks? Au contraire. Take a look at this article (http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1607491-6078-0,00.html) that I discovered on a South African site....

Israel has given permanent resident status to the "Black Hebrews," a community of black Americans, some of whom have been in the country since 1969, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The government granted the new status to the group of about 2,000 American citizens, who followed Chicago bus driver Ben Ami Carter to the southern Israeli desert town of Dimona in the belief that they are descended from the 10 lost tribes of Israel.

On Tuesday, at a White House event entitled Harlem's Song, President Bush declared June Black Music Month and gave a speech that was a further indication of what could amount to a grand strategy. I mean a strategy that could make Democrats a bit unsure about owning the black vote, especially during presidential elections. I was there because I had been invited to make some remarks before the performers came on stage. The audience then heard the All-Stars of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem under the leadership of Loren Schoenberg, the executive director of the museum and a highly...

When I entered college in 1963, the term "black power" was becoming popular on campuses with black students. At first, it was used as an ideological umbrella under which so-called nationalists, culturalists and pluralists of all stripes were grouped. Gradually, we students used the term to convince ourselves that by uniting as one people, by loving our history and traditions, by pooling our vast resources, we could become a powerful bloc that could influence -- if not change -- the basic nature of the United States and thus improve our status as citizens. I remember those days well, a ...

War against Iraq Showcases Top Black Leadership by George E. Curry Originally posted 4/14/2003 DOHA, QATAR—If United States Supreme Court justices want know how affirmative action works before ruling in the Michigan cases pending before them, they should visit the Army base here, the place where the war against Iraq is being coordinated. Everyone on this side of Mars knows by now that daily briefings are conducted by U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, an African-American. His is the official voice and face of the war, the person who conducts daily briefings that are beamed around the world. Brooks...

The Languages of the Classroom The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom. Edited by Lisa Delpit and Joanne Kilgour Dowdy. The New Press. $24.95. Most people remember the Ebonics affair as one of the more ludicrous episodes of PC revisionism. In December 1996, the Oakland School Board issued a new curricular policy, officially recognizing "West and Niger-Congo African Language Systems [Ebonics], and each language as the predominantly primary language of African-American students." Teachers were asked to "immediately devise and implement the best possible academic program for imparting instruction to African-American students in their primary...

African-Americans bring insight, missionary fervor to church 08/22/2002 Archbishop John Vlazny During the final days of August, the ninth National Black Catholic Congress will take place in Chicago. I plan to be there with 12 representatives from our African-American community here in the Archdiocese of Portland. The theme for this year’s Congress is “Black Catholic Leadership in the 21st Century: Solidarity in Action.” The founder of the National Black Catholic Congress was Daniel Rudd, whose father was a slave on the Rudd Estate near Bardstown, Ky. He was born in 1854 ,and both of his parents were Catholic. In...

Jesse Jackson: Bill Gates Should Expand Into 'Un-White' Community By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer April 29, 2002 (CNSNews.com) - In his efforts to persuade America's corporate leaders to hire more minorities and do more business with black-owned firms, Jesse Jackson has apparently reeled in the world's richest man, Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates. Gates, who delivered the keynote speech at Jackson's Digital Connections Conference in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, told a radio interviewer that he is planning "new initiatives to reach out to ... investment banks that are minority oriented." Gates and Jackson were interviewed for Friday's...