Category: Civil Rights

The Gettysburg Address Today

Posted on by Michael Fell

On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called it a “monumental act.” He said Lincoln was mistaken that “the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here.” Rather, the Bostonian […]

 

Explaining Why So Many People Hate Politics With A Chimichanga Tweet

Posted on by John Hawkins

This is so much of what politics in this country has become. Republicans are demanding an apology Wednesday from President Obama’s campaign manager after a tweet that they argue was insulting toward Latino Americans. Jim Messina, who is helming the president’s reelection effort, tweeted a line from a column written by The Washington Post’s Dana […]

 

Obama Targeting Police Nationwide to Divert from Fast and Furious

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Either there has been a huge increase in discrimination by law enforcement during the Obama administration, or Obama is targeting law enforcement for politically motivated reasons. In the current era of heightened sensitivity to racism and police brutality, it makes no sense that abuses by law enforcement are increasing. The U.S. Department of Justice’s sudden […]

 

Black Republican’s Campaign Sign Defaced With ‘KKK,’ Media Yawns

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

William “Bill” Randall is running for Congress out of the North Carolina 13th. Randall, an African American, experienced what must be called a hate crime in the left’s vernacular. His campaign sign had racist graffiti spray painted on it including the letters “KKK.” Now, usually this is the sort of story that the Old Media […]

 

Reverse Racism

Posted on by Thomas Sowell

Among those who have been disappointed by President Barack Obama, none is likely to end up so painfully disappointed as those who saw his election as being, in itself and in its consequences, a movement toward a “post-racial society.” Like so many other expectations that so many people projected onto this little-known man who suddenly […]

 

Intimidation: Obama’s Dept. of Labor To Supply Replacement Workers’ Names AND Addresses to Union Thugs

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

“Since 1975,” a study of union violence says, there has been “more than 9,000 reports of union violence.” With that in mind, wouldn’t it scare you if you were told that your name and address would be made public knowledge if you were hired as a temporary or replacement worker during a union strike? If […]

 

Al-Qaeda Affiliate, not Famine, is Responsible for Somalian Genocide

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Somalia is in the midst of a famine, suffering from the worst drought in 60 years. 29,000 Somali children have died within the past three months, and 100,000 Somalis are expected to die in the next few weeks. The al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab has destroyed the country, taking over much of the southern part of the […]

 

Democrazy World!

Posted on by Courtney Messerschmidt

Euphoric! The delightfully delightful tingly feeling of being absolutely correct on nigh ev matter of un and import. Despite dissing dismissals as arrogant hubris (who what?) by the sad collective of unfun unexceptionals that for decency’s sake shall remain linkless (many of which most certainly would fail to recog a good time even if it […]

 

If Black Unemployment Is Being Caused By Racism…

Posted on by John Hawkins

According to Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), black unemployment is being caused by racism. “When you look at African American males, 40% of them are unemployed, those under 30 years of age. I understand exactly the entire nation must be involved in this recovery but the black community is experiencing a great recession. That’s what we’re […]

 

Obama Attends Cocktail Party At Home Of Wealthy Harvard Militant Marxist Black Panther Mentor

Posted on by Pat Dollard

Charles Ogletree was a black panther. He is also the lawyer of Henry Louis Gates, the racist Harvard professor who’s racism caused the beer summit. Ogletree’s daughter Rashida was recently hired into Holder’s Justice Department as a lawyer. Ogletree is still a militant leftist and is still called on by the Obamas for advice. OAK […]

 

Anti-Americanism Disguised as Ethnic Studies in Tucson Schools

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) is in a contentious fight with the state of Arizona over its controversial Mexican-American Studies program. A state law went into effect in Arizona on January 1, 2011, banning the teaching of ethnic studies in K-12 schools. It was prompted by an investigation into TUSD’s ethnic studies curriculum by […]

 

On Illegal Immigration, “Civil Rights” Groups Want It Both Ways

Posted on by William Teach

Los Federales have decided that states and localities cannot op out of the Secure Communities program Civil rights groups are considering a lawsuit to try to block the federal government from requiring all police agencies to screen people booked into local jails for immigration violations. The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced that local […]

 

The Modern Roman Colosseum: Euthanasia as a Spectator Sport

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Last month, Nikolai Ivanisovich, a 62-year old Russian man with brain cancer,: sold the rights: to broadcast his euthanasia to BattleCam.com, a 24/7 reality TV website. The proceeds were reportedly enough to take care of his surviving family. In June, BBC2 broadcast a documentary showing the suicide of terminally ill Peter Smedley, including his pitiful: cries for waterthat […]

 

Obama Should Make Black Americans Wonder If They’re Supporting The Right Party

Posted on by John Hawkins

Black Americans have been voting monolithically for the Democratic Party since the Nixon era. In other words, for 40 years now, anywhere the black vote is decisive, there have been Democrats in charge. The fascinating thing about that is the Democratic Party has delivered almost nothing other than poverty, misery, and victimhood for black Americans […]

 

The KKK Does Public Relations

Posted on by John Hawkins

This story just struck me as absurdly funny. I think it’s because the KKK is protesting one of the very few groups that are even less popular than it is. As President Obama honored fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, three members of the Westboro Baptist Church protested the ceremony, holding signs that […]

 

Iran’s “Forgotten” Revolution for Democracy Becomes a Genocide

Posted on by Jane Jamison

Update::  Persian2English: March 2, 2011 “Iran executes at least 20 people in one day The world is “happily” focused on the “new” revolutions and uprisings in Northern Africa and the Middle East, and blissfully ignoring warnings that these are actually “veiled” actions by radical Islamists who are waiting their turn to take over these countries.:  […]

 

Obama’s Department of Injustice Targets Popular Republican Governor

Posted on by Brian Garst

Eric Holder’s DoJ is not interested in prosecuting the Black Panthers, but they are pulling out the stops to take out a rising star in the Republican Party – Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. The legal harassment is ostensibly to enforce “voting laws,” but political motivations are evident. From The Washington Examiner: Attorney General Eric Holder’s […]

 

Head Of NC DOT Wants Citizen Investigated For Speaking Up

Posted on by William Teach

From my hometown of Raleigh, NC, we learn that dissent is a means to a criminal investigation David N. Cox says he was merely exercising his right to petition the government, but a state Department of Transportation official has raised allegations that Cox committed a misdemeanor: practicing engineering without a license. Cox and his North […]

 

Amanpour Fails to Understand History, Says Political Climate Just Like the 1960s

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The inch deep analysis that we get from the illiterati in the left-media shows that they have agendas, sure, but no grasp of history, logic, or facts. No better example of the facile nature of the Old Media can be had than Christiane Amanpour and on ABC News she strutted her imbecilic excuse for historical […]

 

The Left’s New Civil-sorship

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Let’s be civil, OK? I mean, let’s tone it down out there. You people need to rise to a better, more civil discourse. I know this because the entire left wing in America today is telling us this (even as Democrat Steve Cohen is calling anyone that opposes him a Nazi). We need to get […]

 

Obama to Sue States to End Worker’s Right to Secret Ballot

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Barack Obama has given more payoffs, sweetheart deals, and new favorable regulations to Big Labor than any president in history. They should love him for his incredible largess. Next, in his never ending quest to harm the business community, defy the will of the voters, and give his pals in Big Labor paybacks, Obama’s National […]

 

Readers Choice of My Top Fifteen Posts (on The Lid) For 2010

Posted on by Jeff Dunetz

Since it the end of the year many of my favorite bloggers are making their choice of their favorite posts of the year. For example John Hawkins posted The 15 Most Popular Political Posts On Linkiest For 2010 and The 20 Most Popular Non-Political Links On Linkiest For 2010 this morning. As I will be […]