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Barack Obama took the stage this morning to give what was billed as a "major speech on race." It was, of course, an attempt to rescue his campaign from the revelation that his so-called spiritual mentor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, espouses a virulently anti-American and antiwhite worldview called "black liberation theology." <--snip--> What Obama is evading is that this "profoundly distorted view" is not just some passing emotion. It is what Wright himself, in the "talking points" page of his congregation's Web site, describes as "systematized black liberation theology." As we noted yesterday, Wright credits James Cone of New York's...

NEW YORK - Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday his critics took remarks he made about a famed Harlem restaurant out of context and "fabricated a racial controversy where none exists." He criticized the liberal group Media Matters for America as "smear merchants" for publicizing statements he made on his radio show last week. O'Reilly told his radio audience that he dined with civil rights activist Al Sharpton at Sylvia's recently and "couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference" between the black-run restaurant and others in New York City. It was just like a suburban Italian...

Newark, N.J. — Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is urging the families of three young murder victims to consider suing the city of Newark for negligence, saying its lax immigration policy is at least partially to blame for the execution-style slayings. The conservative Republican congressman from Colorado brought his immigration-themed campaign to the steps of Newark City Hall today, where he denounced the city's policy of not involving itself in immigration matters. "I am encouraging the families of the victims to pursue the option of a lawsuit, in light of this culpability," Tancredo said, criticizing Newark's status as a so-called "sanctuary...

A shareholder group is gaining momentum in its efforts to pressure companies to disclose charitable giving -- with donations linked to the Rev. Jesse Jackson... The National Legal and Policy Center has stepped up efforts to require corporations to disclose more details about their donations... The Rainbow/PUSH Citizen Education Fund, which in 2001 provided payments to Jackson's former mistress. The Church Falls, Va.-based non-profit group hit two shareholders meetings this week -- Boeing on Monday and PepsiCo Inc. on Wednesday. "Many shareholders would certainly object to their money going to a controversial and divisive figure like Jesse Jackson," said Peter...

SHOCK ALERT.. Hollywood still wonders why the mounting loses at the box-office, and the un-esteem the public holds for the intolerant, hate monger actor class,  the Hollywood liberal wing nuts will once again throw the game during the this years Academy Awards presentation.. As if we don't expect it, the left-wing biases will end up tilting the decisions as to which loony leftist will win all the apples.. George Clooney continues to carry the water for them against the war and Bush, using their leaky political bucket of worms.. His latest movie (Syriana) or latest liberal bio-revision "GOOD GRIEF and...

Real news for Stewart: Wife arrested Jon Stewart could be forgiven if he arrived a little late to yesterday's taping of "The Daily Show." He was busy getting his wife, Tracey McShane, out of jail. The normally wisecracking comic looked understandably anxious as he waited while his handcuffed sweetheart spent close to five hours being booked for driving with a suspended license. McShane, 36, was driving through Central Park around 11 a.m. when she was pulled over for a moving violation, police confirmed to us. Stewart's spokesman, Matt Labov, said: "She wasn't speeding. But the police discovered that she had...

For those of you just waiting for Howard Dean to start making gaffes, see the Saturday Washington Post account of his tour through the party's special-interest caucuses. I'm somewhat shocked the Post publicized this little tour. For pure, unadulterated Dean, you get this: "You are among the most persecuted people in the history of mankind," Dean tells his first audience, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus. Let's hope the African-American caucus didn't hear that. (Not to mention anyone who remembers the Holocaust, the Huguenots, throwing Christians to the lions...) As for what Dean said to the black caucus, he...

Angel Of Death -The Rachel Corrie Incident Posted By Seth Monroe on 12.15.03 Part 1 of a 2 part series. In the middle of March, 2003 I was at my computer going through my usual morning routine of posting at forums and reading news bites. A headline suddenly leapt out at me. Something along the lines of "peace activist crushed by Israeli bulldozer" or something of the like. Within the article a surreal picture of a pretty young woman yelling through a bullhorn while standing in front of an immense bulldozer appeared. The caption read "Rachel Corrie moments before her...

(An Urgent Communique from AMIRI BARAKA) The date the time of the Newark Rebellion, Detroit had gone up a few minutes before, Watts two years before that. These were the most explosive, deadly and expensive outbursts of the Afro-American People for Self Determination and Democracy! THEY WERE NOT "RIOTS," THEY WERE REBELLIONS! (Just a few dance steps from REVOLUTION!) What Black People have gained since those times of outright Racist Repression (e.g., the Mob directed corruption of the vicious Addonizio regime here in Newark) We thought had ended not only with the Rebellion as the downbeat of real change, but...

Tonight I took down a partial list of advertisers to the Phil Donahue program. Sorry I couldn't get them all (was doing two things at once again!). Let the boycotts begin!

I just was listening to Eric Alterman (if you want to know the full story of what he said about Limbaugh clikck the link.) He was just on a local Chicago talk radio show with a conservative woman named Eileen Byrn. Who as she said, read his book and then argued some points with him. Throughout the interview she was the picture of civility. He, on the other hand called her "hey lady". He said hers was the stupidest show he had been on and called her all sorts of other names. In spite of his billigerence she argued only...