http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/project21/ en-us Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:25:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138545/posts Black Leader Condemns Bush for Not Pardoning or Commuting Sentences of Jailed Border Agents During Pre-Thanksgiving Round of Executive ClemencyWashington, D.C. - Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie is condemning President Bush’s inaction regarding incarcerated Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean and is reiterating his call for a pardon or commutation of the agents' sentences before the President leaves office in January. Massie’s call comes as the White House has announced that President George W. Bush granted pre-Thanksgiving pardons to individuals involved in the distribution of drugs and bank embezzlement and commuted the sentences of two men given... National Center for Public Policy Research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138545/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:25:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030253/posts Washington, D.C. - Responding to today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Boumediene v. Bush that allows suspected terrorists to challenge their incarceration, Project 21's Kevin Martin is criticizing the Court, saying this decision puts national security at risk and sends a confusing signal to the military. "As a Navy veteran who supported and defended our Constitution at home and abroad, today's Supreme Court ruling benefiting suspected terrorists is deeply disappointing," said Martin. "To grant suspected terrorists the same rights as those fighting to protect our nation is wrong. I consider this one of the most chilling legal rulings in my... Project21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030253/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:43:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921190/posts Anti-Photo ID Legislation Would Promote Election Fraud, Says Group For Release: November 5, 2007 Contact: David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 x11 or dalmasi@nationalcenter.org Washington, D.C. - Legislation introduced by Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) to prohibit photo ID requirements for voting in federal elections would promote election fraud, say members of the black leadership network Project 21. "Representative Ellison's proposal is fundamentally flawed and potentially harmful to the integrity of our democratic process," said Project 21 chairman Mychal Massie. "Why invite that which can only lead to unimaginable fraud and corruption?" Imposing existing Minnesota election law on a national scale, the... Project21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921190/posts#comment Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:35:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868234/posts The Bush Administration is commended for announcing that it would veto any legislation reinstating the so-called "Fairness Doctrine." The Administration's announcement came following media reports of support for reimposing the Fairness Doctrine by Senators Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, and others. Rep. Maurice Hinchley (D-NY) intends to re-introduce legislation "to restore the Fairness Doctrine" in coming weeks. Hinchley's "Media Ownership Reform Act (H.R. 3302)," better known as MORA, had 16 co-sponsors in the 109th Congress, but got nowhere due to GOP control. "It's the 'Hush Rush' crowd at it again, and it has nothing to do with... National Center for Public Policy Research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868234/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:21:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771897/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- An African-American organization is upset that the nation's top abortion business has been included in a civil rights coalition. Members of Project 21 say they are outraged that Planned Parenthood recently became a member of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR).Project 21 chairman Mychal Massie says Planned Parenthood advocates abortions -- particularly in the black community. "How can a civil rights group that claims to support underprivileged blacks embrace an organization created expressly to hasten the demise of black people?" Massie asked in a statement LifeNews.com received."People of conscience should be appalled and outraged by... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771897/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:22:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660074/posts MEDIA ADVISORY, July 3, /Christian Newswire/ -- Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are speaking out against the efforts by some left-leaning black religious leaders to politicize black houses of worship. At the "National Conference and Revival for Social Justice in the Black Church" held in Dallas last week, Reverends Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Joseph Lowery exhorted the leaders of black churches to reorient themselves and their congregations to fight for social justice issues instead of addressing moral issues such as homosexuality and abortion. "It's wrong for Jackson and Sharpton to tell ministers how to conduct their... Christian Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660074/posts#comment Tue, 4 Jul 2006 06:02:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632571/posts Blacks in the region are joining Minuteman militia groups opposed to illegal Hispanic aliens working in the United States, saying they take jobs from blacks and piggyback off the strides made during the civil rights movement. Several blacks Friday attended a Minuteman rally in the District. And yesterday, Ted Hayes, a black Los Angeles-based homeless activist and founder of the Crispus Attucks Brigade, held a rally in Upper Senate Park denouncing attempts by immigrant rights groups to link their movement to that of black civil rights. "Illegal immigration is the greatest threat to black people since slavery," Mr. Hayes said.... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632571/posts#comment Mon, 15 May 2006 18:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624649/posts WASHINGTON, May 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As proponents of amnesty for illegal aliens stage nationwide protests and work stoppages, members of the black leadership network Project 21 point out that the movement's comparison of illegal aliens' quest for preferential and expedited citizenship benefits bear no comparison to the hardships endured by African-Americans during the civil rights era. "The amnesty issue is being distorted. This is not about the rights of people here legally or of equal rights -- it is about people who are here illegally wanting everyone to ignore the fact that they broke the law to get into... US Newswire & Project 21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624649/posts#comment Mon, 1 May 2006 15:40:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574585/posts To: National DeskContact David Almasi of Project 21, 202-543-4110 ext. 11, Project21@nationalcenter.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are outraged by political grandstanding by speakers at the funeral for civil rights icon Coretta Scott King. In eulogies at the Feb. 7 funeral, former President Jimmy Carter and Reverend Joseph Lowery criticized the Bush Administration. President Carter attempted to tie the Bush Administration's terrorist surveillance efforts to 1960s-era FBI wiretaps of the King family. Reverend Lowery spoke about Iraq, health care and poverty. President Bush was in attendance. "I find it shameful that... U.S. Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574585/posts#comment Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:13:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1568909/posts Black Conservatives Mourn the Passing of Coretta Scott King To: National Desk For Release: January 31, 2006 Contact David Almasi, 202-543-4110, ext. 11 or Project21@nationalcenter.org Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are mourning the passing of Coretta Scott King. Project 21 members praise her legacy of exhibiting strong family unity in the face of great personal tragedy and for maintaining her husband's dream of equal rights for all. Mrs. King, the widow of the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reportedly died in her sleep. She suffered from a heart attack and a stroke in... Project21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1568909/posts#comment Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:27:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557725/posts Blacks Repudiate Belafonte For Release: January 13, 2006 Contact David Almasi at: (202) 543-4110x11 or Project21@nationalcenter.org With former singing star Harry Belafonte's anti-American rhetoric apparently increasing in fervor, members of the black leadership network Project 21 call upon prominent Americans - especially those who find themselves sharing a stage with Belafonte - to disavow his anti-American radicalism and his practice of harshly attacking the character of those who disagree with his policy views. During a recent visit with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, Belafonte and praised the anti-American, anti-human rights Chavez regime, saying, "No matter what the greatest tyrant in the... Project21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557725/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:38:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540607/posts THE RECENT COMMENTS BY IRAN’S PRESIDENT SHOWS WHY WE MUST STAY THE COURSE IN IRAQ The recent comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have given justification to our invasion of Iraq and for military leaders in Washington and Jerusalem a nuclear armed Iran is variable that is completely unacceptable. President Ahmadinejad statements that “Israel should be wiped off the map” and “That holocaust was a myth,” should remind us all that it was Saddam Hussein who used this same type of rhetoric during the first gulf war to justify his SCUD missile attacks against the Jewish nation and his long... Project21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540607/posts#comment Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:50:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515577/posts Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are condemning a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial in which United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is said to need as "asterisk" next to his name with regard to his race because he "does not represent the views of mainstream black America." In an editorial written by Greg Stanford that appeared in the October 31 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that was largely critical of the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, Stanford also chose to take issue with Justice Thomas's racial allegiance.... project 21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515577/posts#comment Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515482/posts Denounce notion of 'black way of thinking that is expressly liberal' Members of a coalition of black leaders condemned a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial asserting U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should have an "asterisk" next to his name with regard to his race because he "does not represent the views of mainstream black America." Justice Clarence Thomas Project 21, a black leadership network, said its members strongly denounce the "notion that there is a black way of thinking that is expressly liberal in nature." As WorldNetDaily reported this week, the newspaper's editorial board, lamenting the choice of Samuel Alito... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515482/posts#comment Fri, 4 Nov 2005 10:43:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1493434/posts Black Voter Suppression Blamed for Weak Katrina Response By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer September 29, 2005 Washington (CNSNews.com) - The Bush administration's slow response to Hurricane Katrina may be the result of minority votes being suppressed and Democratic candidates losing the last two presidential elections, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus has alleged. "Watching family members and others cling to rooftops in Hurricane Katrina, I wonder whether or not the absence of attention [to the recovery effort] is attributable to the loss of a vote in 2000 and 2004," U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from... www.cnsnews.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1493434/posts#comment Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490127/posts To: National Desk Contact: David Almasi of Project 21, 202-543-4110 ext. 11 or Project21@nationalcenter.org WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are demanding that the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) join with them in condemning remarks made by CBC member Rep. Charles Rangel (news, bio, voting record) (D-N.Y.) in which he called President George W. Bush "our Bull Conner," referring to the 1960s segregationist icon. "Charles Rangel's comments are morally vacant and beneath the pale, but obviously not out of character for him and his supporters," said Project 21... Yahooooooooooooooooooooo via U.S. Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490127/posts#comment Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:28:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485230/posts (CNSNews.com) - A black conservative group Thursday said Wednesday's ruling on the Pledge of Allegiance "serves as a timely reminder of the importance of jurists who adhere to a strict originalist interpretation of the Constitution." U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Karlton's decision that the pledge is unconstitutional in public schools because of its use of the words "under God" is being followed by a restraining order against the three California school districts where the lawsuit's plaintiffs live. Project 21 condemned the ruling. "This is yet another in a series of attacks on the religious traditions on which our nation was... cnsnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485230/posts#comment Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477214/posts Contact: David Almasi of Project 21, 202-543-4110 ext. 11 or Project21@nationalcenter.org WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Hubbs Rehnquist's passing is mourned by members of the black leadership network Project 21. "Chief Justice Rehnquist will be remembered as one of a few historic heads of the Supreme Court," said Project 21 member Horace Cooper, a law professor at the George Mason University Law School. "A conservative jurist who was appointed to an activist liberal Court, Chief Justice Rehnquist helped restore a new federalism in constitutional law and strengthened local law enforcement. His tenure marked... Project 21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477214/posts#comment Sun, 4 Sep 2005 18:48:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475861/posts 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... Project 21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475861/posts#comment Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:28:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472055/posts Organizations like the NAACP, People for the American Way , NARAL and Black Entertainment Television claim to represent all African Americans. Jeff Johnson of BET told Family News In Focus that African Americans, such as himself, have a problem with John Roberts’ record on civil rights. “I felt there are clear questions about Roberts’ record as it relates to documents that have been released.” But Niger Innes of the Congress of Racial Equality says Johnson, who is part of the liberal group, People for the American Way , does not represent the “silent majority” of African Americans. “Listen to the... Focus On the Family http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472055/posts#comment Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:20:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471425/posts Black Organization Responds to Ad Hominem Attack from People for the American Way Front Group Project 21 Members Reassert That John Roberts's Civil Rights, Constitutional Views Are Closer to Views Publicly Expressed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Than King's Are to the Left For Release: August 26, 2005 Contact David Almasi at: (202) 543-4110x11 or Project21@nationalcenter.org Responding to an ad hominem attack from a left-wing front group, members of the black leadership network Project 21 defend the assertion that the beliefs of civil rights legend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are more in line with the record of U.S.... Project 21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471425/posts#comment Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:31:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470745/posts A great, solid presentation by the Project 21 members. Holding their own against questions from the liberal press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470745/posts#comment Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460430/posts (CNSNews.com) - Conservative African Americans Tuesday slammed liberal black activist Dick Gregory for referring to a Cybercast News Service reporter as a "white boy" during a nationally televised cable news program Monday night. Gregory later apologized for the remark. The exchange took place during the "Hannity & Colmes" program on the Fox News Channel. Gregory and Cybercast News Service Senior Staff Writer Marc Morano discussed comments Gregory made during an Aug. 6 march in Atlanta commemorating the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. Reading from Morano's article, co-host Sean Hannity asked Gregory to confirm whether he... CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460430/posts#comment Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:06:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451140/posts For Release: July 26, 2005 Contact: David Almasi at 202/543-4110 x11 or Project21@nationalcenter.org Black Activists Criticize False Document Controversy For Supreme Court Nomination, Manufactured Procedural Delays No Substitute for Genuine Advise and Consent Liberal Senators may attempt to delay a confirmation vote for Judge John Roberts by forcing a fight with the Bush Administration over privileged work-related memos. Citing other instances where procedural tactics have been used to obstruct confirmation processes, members of the conservative black leadership network Project 21 are renewing calls for senators to give the nomination fair and timely consideration as required by the Constitution. "Liberals understand... Project 21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451140/posts#comment Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1448601/posts WASHINGTON, July 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Liberals on the Internet took a quick trip to the gutter with regard to the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court. On the left-wing Daily Kos Web site, a participant suggested the behavior of the nominee's four-year-old son, Jack, warrants investigation while another speculated about the toddler's sexuality. "Is nothing sacred anymore? Is no one exempt from insulting partisan attacks?" asked Project 21 member Michael King. "If someone mentions the relatives or personal lives of a liberal, there are wails and caterwauling from the left. But it seems... Project 21 via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1448601/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:27:21 GMT