tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post3789101697285172033..comments2024-03-28T13:14:09.150-04:00Comments on field negro: Andrew and Jacoby.field negrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-52724352529410822822010-04-17T07:29:56.395-04:002010-04-17T07:29:56.395-04:00AP Admits Rep. Heath Shuler Did Not Hear Tea Party...AP Admits Rep. Heath Shuler Did Not Hear Tea Party Racial Slurs...After WSJ Writer Investigates<br /> <br />James Taranto did the actual investigation into the story..<br /><br />By P.J. GLADNICK <br />From the Media Research Center <br /><br />Oops!<br /><br />On the heels of a story a couple of days ago which used Congressman Heath Shuler as a source about how racial slurs were probably hurled at the Washington, D.C. Tea Party on March 20, the Associated Press has been forced to backtrack. <br /><br />Here is how AP writer Jesse Washington used what Heath Shuler supposedly heard to promote the idea of a Tea Party chock full of racists:<br /><br />A fourth Democrat, Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, who is white, backed up his colleagues, telling the Henderson (N.C.) Times-News that he heard the slurs. <br /><br />Unfortunately for Mr. Washington's premise, this little fiction has now been undone by Shuler himself. Here is the AP correction:<br /><br />Rep. Heath Shuler is denying a report that he heard racial slurs yelled from a crowd of angry health care protesters outside the U.S. Capitol. <br /><br />On March 20, black Democratic congressmen John Lewis, Andre Carson and Emanuel Cleaver said they heard the N-word as they walked to the Capitol to vote on health care. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who is gay, said he was called an anti-homosexual slur. <br /><br />On March 23, the Hendersonville (N.C.) News-Times published an interview with Shuler, D-N.C. The story said Shuler was walking with Cleaver and heard racial epithets. The Associated Press, after Shuler's office did not return phone calls or e-mails, quoted the News-Times report Wednesday in a story on the controversy over whether racial slurs had been shouted. <br /><br />And who did the initial investigation to find out what Heath Shuler actually heard? The AP? Nope. It was James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal. <br /><br />The AP was merely playing catchup on its own story. <br /><br />Here is what Taranto reported on his investigation:<br /><br />It may be the most celebrated missing recording since Watergate: the nonexistent or unaccounted-for video of the tea-party protesters at the Capitol who three black congressmen claim yelled racial slurs at them on March 20, the eve of ObamaCare's enactment. <br /><br />Jesse Washington, who covers the race beat for the Associated Press, tries to get to the bottom of things. Although he falls well short of establishing the truth or falsehood of the allegation, he comes up with some interesting findings along the way. <br /><br />First, there turns out to have been at least one report of a corroborating witness to the alleged slurs. Washington notes that in its March 23 edition, the Hendersonville (N.C.) Times-News published this interview with Heath Shuler, the local congressman, a Democrat who voted against ObamaCare. <br /><br />...But when we phoned Shuler's office this afternoon, press secretary Julie Fishman told us the local reporter misunderstood. According to Fishman, Shuler's comments to the Times-News referred to the general tenor of the protests, not to the black congressmen's specific allegations. <br /><br />Fishman said that Shuler was not walking with Cleaver and did not hear the "N-word." <br /><br />So Taranto did the actual investigation into the story. The AP was merely playing catchup. <br /><br />Meanwhile we still await the investigation by the Kansas City Star into allegations of racial slurs being invoked at that Tea Party. <br /><br />Their Readers Representative, Derek Donovan, recommended such an investigation a couple of weeks ago but the crickets continue to chirp over there. Even though, as Taranto proved, it isn't tough to get to the bottom of the story, the Kansas City Star remains in the snooze mode. <br /><br />Time to break out of the cocoon, Donovan, and get on this story.no_slappzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207475509053402475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-37809242553591724472010-04-16T09:27:59.014-04:002010-04-16T09:27:59.014-04:00Anonymous said...
"Maybe soon we’ll be as po...Anonymous said...<br /><br />"Maybe soon we’ll be as post-racial as the U.K. and white people will just do the right thing."<br /><br />Yeah, I read that article, and so what?<br />Fuck that racist,little piece of rat pizzle.<br />Why should I, or any other Black person for that matter care about some white racist who lost a part of his "white priviledge" due to his racism. If he decided to kill himself over this, that's HIS problem, not mine or anyone else's. He was disciplined for his actions, and he couldn't deal with it. If the situation were reverse, the Black guy would have probably been arrested on some trumped up charges as well as been fired.<br />Fuck him and you.Shabazznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-80542666911751583802010-04-15T22:52:33.023-04:002010-04-15T22:52:33.023-04:00So if a couple people made racial slurs it reflect...So if a couple people made racial slurs it reflects on the whole Tea Party movement? Facinating since when a few LEADERS of the African American CHurch, Nation of Islam, NAACP, Black COngressional Caucaus, etc get caught making some very anti-hay, anti-semetic, anti-asian, or mysogynistic slurs no one says it reflects on everyone. The black church doesn't consider itself to be accountable to Jeremiah Wrights bigotry, so why should the Tea Party people have to be apologists for what a few of their people did. Nation of Islam has had more than a few murders yet NOI aren't all slurred as murderers as a result. Jesse Jackson called NY Hymietown yet I don't see everyone he associates with being called anti-semetic as a consequentce. Even he regained title "anti racist leader". If people want to get all in arms about use of the N word it is 100% certain Jesse Jackson has used it along with threatening to casterate Obama. Go after him and his supporters, Oppps I forgot- the people who are complaining ARE him and his supportersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-67642522129770223682010-04-15T20:49:45.279-04:002010-04-15T20:49:45.279-04:00Come on... the guy got arrested...I'm sure Ms....Come on... the guy got arrested...I'm sure Ms. Bell had physical signs... like maybe a black eye and busted lip.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074330969922903906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-32461198461229922012010-04-15T18:38:57.953-04:002010-04-15T18:38:57.953-04:00Field writes, "Andrew, if you weren't the...Field writes, "Andrew, if you weren't there, how the hell do you know that it "didn't happen"? <br />Field, if you weren't there, how do you know it did happen? Brings to mind that saying"believe half of what you see and none of what you hear".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-4463864535064600292010-04-14T22:50:30.099-04:002010-04-14T22:50:30.099-04:00yikes @ the 'Boxing Helena' story!yikes @ the 'Boxing Helena' story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-52979479372864358482010-04-14T21:59:56.003-04:002010-04-14T21:59:56.003-04:00A BLACK MAN was SPIT on and other BLACK POLITICIAN...A BLACK MAN was SPIT on and other BLACK POLITICIAN'S were called the N word!!!!!!!!!!! do we need to debate this with, that RACIST ANON person and his partner Con feeback!<br /><br />It's is no way in this world, White folk's that angry, would not SPIT on Black folk and call them the N word! that scene remind's me of the scene in the Civil Right's movement, remember those little Black girl's, who were going up the step's of the White School in the Sixty's, Big grown white people, were calling them every name in the book! the time is different, the place was different, but, the scene was the same, White people VENTING RAGE against a HEALTH CARE BILL! a bill to help to CARE for the least of those! to give a helping hand! to assist in the time of need!<br /><br />When the Minority's Protest, it is for Righteousness sake, have you ever known a Minority to protest against anything, that will benefit the well being of HUMAN BEING'S? NO!!!! that is not in the Nature of the Minority, we know about Pain and Suffering, now, I am not saying the white race is obsolete, when it come's to suffering in America, but, what do we have to go on, very very little!<br /><br />The TEA PARTY is a DISGRACE before GOD, they can roam around America to try to JUSTIFY their behavior, but, at the end of the day, they are WRONG! why? because, if the HEALTH CARE BILL is wrong, then the MAJORITY of Black people are wrong, for NOT SUPPORTING the TEA PARTY MOVEMENT! so are we WRONG? have we missed something? if so, why don't we just over look, the RACIAL code word's and join the TEA PARTY MOVEMENT? after all, they say they are NOT RACIST!!! <br /><br />ISEEISEEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-43361024849748286022010-04-14T21:37:03.631-04:002010-04-14T21:37:03.631-04:00History is enough proof on being called Nigga! Li...History is enough proof on being called Nigga! Like it's never been said. I could you $100K. I just knew you were lyin about Jacoby... as a child I remember going downtown and seeing a woman on the street with no legs... that was quite a sight for a young child. I never forgot it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074330969922903906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-15237128490945333642010-04-14T19:53:44.869-04:002010-04-14T19:53:44.869-04:00And another thing Anon on Chile. It just occurred ...And another thing Anon on Chile. It just occurred to me that you are crediting Pinochet with straightening up an economy that he almost ruined.<br /><br />While he and the rightist and the capitalist bemoaned the changes that Allende wrought they had to re-implement some of his ideas.<br /><br />And speaking of Chile and Pinochet why don't you tell the readers who helped overthrow a democratically elected government led by Allende.<br /><br />That's right the good old USof A thanks to the FOI the files are there for folks to view. US imperialism doesn't want anyone to see that capitalism isn't the only system and that given a real chance many socialist ideas actually work. If they are all that why do they have to meddle in other folks affairs if capitalism was the best system for Chile it would have shown it on its own. But the people voted with their feet and the US undermined them.<br /><br />And anon you do realize that they actually have a form of universal health care in Chile. And don't forget their main export, copper has been nationalized for some time. Isn't that a socialist idea?mellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-69043662932376109692010-04-14T19:40:10.421-04:002010-04-14T19:40:10.421-04:00Anon said:
"I am not defending dictatorships...Anon said:<br /><br />"I am not defending dictatorships of any kind, but the fact is Pinochet's left a better functioning society than any socialist state has."<br /><br />Anon actually I am trying to hear your point. Its why I said that I thought I knew where you were coming from.<br /><br />I would think that if you are coming from simply a pure economic standpoint this would make sense.<br /><br />From a raw free marketer perspective you have a point. Capitalist while wrapping themselves in democratic propaganda in actuality loathe real democracy.<br /><br />In fact they disdain anything that tries to put a brake on their profit making, especially anything that keeps them from totally underpaying and squeezing every drop of labor from its workers.<br /><br />So you're unregulated, unfettered capitalism is good for business. But talk to working class Chileans and see what they really think.<br /><br />But socially it was a disaster. People in Chile are still suffering from the evils (murders, torture and repression that occurred when Pinochet took power.<br /><br />And remember I think you talked earlier about "freedoms" that the Chilean's were experiencing.<br /><br />Did you forget that Pinochet operated a dictatorship? And that "freedom's" were severly curtailed.<br /><br />And Chile was functioning much better socially and politically before Pinochet stole power.<br /><br />I mean I really don't understand how you can say this in light of murderous upheaval that occurred.And you have to be the one who has a closed mind to actually postulate something like this.<br /><br />I mean for you to say this as "fact" is to be honest kind of scary.<br /><br />And if you try to sell this to most working class Chileans you better be prepared to defend yourself and I don't just mean your defense of his defenseless dictatorship.mellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-87231484283863601522010-04-14T19:04:07.543-04:002010-04-14T19:04:07.543-04:00"I understand where you are coming from thoug..."I understand where you are coming from though."<br /><br />No you don't. I am not defending dictatorships of any kind, but the fact is Pinochet's left a better functioning society than any socialist state has.<br /><br />And I would argue the point as to who is "misinformed" here. I actually read tings from both sides of the debate. Tooo many poster shere simply dismiss any information that might threaten their pre-conceptions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-76137458709215209392010-04-14T18:56:23.799-04:002010-04-14T18:56:23.799-04:00Anon said:
"Cile, in contrastis rated the mo...Anon said:<br /><br />"Cile, in contrastis rated the most free economy in Latin America. It benefits from a free market system put in place by Augusto Pinochet, a right-wing strongman who ... unlike Marxist dictators like Castro, Mugabe, Kim Jong-Il, and Chavez... left power voluntarily. (He also did not squander Chile's resources trying to export revolution to other countries.) Chile not only has an open free market economy, it also has a privatized system of social security, and a flat tax."<br /><br />I think you forgot to mention the oppression that brought about this so called panacea or are you not aware of that history? Because if not shame on you and if you are then this statement is just silly. <br /><br />I understand where you are coming from though. You are one of those poor suckers who has been led to believe that the system that is sucking you dry is somehow your best friend and the best system in the world. And you probably got this from one of the misinformers websites and thought you would come over here and impress us with your knowledge.<br /><br />In actuality, this proves that you have been duped!mellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-55321035266579301362010-04-14T18:55:14.483-04:002010-04-14T18:55:14.483-04:00What up Field I read about the crazy guy attacking...What up Field I read about the crazy guy attacking his woman. Suffice it to say that there are some crazy folks in our society.<br /><br />I noticed some posters don't need facts to make their points. There are some whoppers on this one. And CF, Lord have mercy, for those who were looking for backward crap to support their racist ideas, he gave them plenty ammo.<br /><br />LAC- I think you hit CF on the head. He tries too hard too sound intellectual, which makes it obvious that he is not. And then to make matters worse sometimes he makes no sense at all, or you have to read and re-read to get his point.<br /><br />But I do get CF's point he is an enemy of humankind. His ideas about the black community are all the blame the victim kind. He continues to pretend that black folks have real economic power in Metro areas of the US. He should come out and say that what he really thinks. Since there is no explanation for black inner city violence and according to him, it has nothing to do with their conditions or oppressive, discriminatory measures, then they must be predisposed to it at birth.<br /><br />And Blacks are not the economic power structure in any major metropolis that I can think of in the US.<br /><br />However he is right about liberal policies not remedying the conditions that plague our inner cities.<br /><br />I keep telling you all CF is not just backwards but he really doesn't care about people whether they are black white or whatever and he really has a disdain for poor people.<br /><br />How else can you explain his constant ranting against anything that resembles change and his rantings against efforts to acquire justice and empowerment for who he sneeringly refers to as "the least of these?"mellaneousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-22728296742090802442010-04-14T18:15:03.371-04:002010-04-14T18:15:03.371-04:00Ooops, forgot to address my 4:44 post to anony. I ...Ooops, forgot to address my 4:44 post to anony. I was hoping a reiteration of Field's post would jog him to provide something better than a Power Line reference.<br /><br />My apologies for any confusion.Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-87481507085101584962010-04-14T17:39:59.546-04:002010-04-14T17:39:59.546-04:00Anonymous,
You, of course, have the link that show...Anonymous,<br />You, of course, have the link that shows Carson's original story and the changed timeline?Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-10851705422553956072010-04-14T17:30:55.711-04:002010-04-14T17:30:55.711-04:00Nice try Gwegory:"
But the 48-second video wa...Nice try Gwegory:"<br />But the 48-second video was shot as the group was leaving the Capitol — at least one hour after Lewis, D-Ga., and Carson walked to the Capitol, which is when they said the slurs were used."<br /><br />That's because Carson's original story changed. He clearly stated the slurs were heard as left the Cannon building. It was only later, when video evidence emerged that seemed to contradicit his story did the time of the incident change.<br /><br />Busted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-9933319780089753532010-04-14T16:44:26.592-04:002010-04-14T16:44:26.592-04:00Looks like Brietbart might have to pay off after a...Looks like Brietbart might have to pay off after all. His video rebuttal has been called into question.<br /><br />From the AP:<br /><br />"A reconstruction of the events shows that the conservative challenges largely sprang from a mislabeled video that was shot later in the day.<br /><br />Breitbart posted two columns on his Web site saying the claims were fabricated. Both led with a 48-second YouTube video showing Lewis, Carson, other Congressional Black Caucus members and staffers leaving the Capitol. Some of the group were videotaping the booing crowd.<br /><br />Breitbart asked why the epithet was not captured by the black lawmakers' cameras, and why nobody reacted as if they had heard the slur. He also questioned whether the epithets could have been shouted by liberals planted in the crowd.<br /><br />But the 48-second video was shot as the group was leaving the Capitol — at least one hour after Lewis, D-Ga., and Carson walked to the Capitol, which is when they said the slurs were used.<br /><br />Questioned about using a video on his Web site from the wrong moment, Breitbart stood by his claim that the lawmakers were lying.<br /><br />"I'm not saying the video was conclusive proof," he said."<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100413/ap_on_re_us/us_n_word_feud" rel="nofollow">Wrong video of health protest spurs N-word feud</a><br /><br />Like I said, it just gets better and better.Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-92031204849545709602010-04-14T16:38:23.943-04:002010-04-14T16:38:23.943-04:00Off subject but this needs to be shared with Field...Off subject but this needs to be shared with Field on the the day before Tax Day here in the USA.<br /> <br />Aloha from Makaii<br /><br />p.s. I'm glad that run is still on for this year! Thanks to Jody's Law Firm.<br /><br /><br />From Associated Press<br />April 14, 2010 6:20 PM EDT <br />ST. LOUIS (AP) — It's time that mustached Americans got in on the stimulus money. At least that's the proposal being pushed by tax policy professor John Yeutter and the St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute. The tongue-in-cheek group dubs itself "the world's only facial hair advocacy and research organization."<br /><br />On the eve of the deadline to file income tax returns, the professor and the AMI are pushing for a $250 annual tax incentive for people with mustaches. The funds would be used for mustache grooming supplies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-67580181658847990152010-04-14T16:29:40.808-04:002010-04-14T16:29:40.808-04:00Analosity tries -
It benefits from a free market ...Analosity tries -<br /><br /><i>It benefits from a free market system put in place by Augusto Pinochet, a right-wing strongman who ... </i><br /><br />Wrong again!<br /><br />Most of the "economic recovery" was due to the end of the economic boycott by the US. And the Chicago Boys system didn't actually owrk in the country until the 1990 reforms which included a liberal dose of social engineering -<br /><br />Amartya Sen, in his book Hunger and Public Action examines the performance of Chile in various economic and social indicators. He finds, from a survey of the literature on the field:<br /><br /> <b> The so-called "monetarist experiment" which lasted until 1982 in its pure form, has been the object of much controversy, but few have claimed it to be a success...The most conspicuous feature of the post 1973 period is that of considerable instability...no firm and consistent upward trend (to say the least).</b><br /><br />From the period 1970-1985, there was no growth in per-capita GDP, a decline in real wages by 20% and an (overall) increase unemployment from 6% to 14%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-57383689427954757412010-04-14T16:20:12.893-04:002010-04-14T16:20:12.893-04:00The depth of the Cleaver-Lewis hoax is becoming cl...The depth of the Cleaver-Lewis hoax is becoming <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026066.php" rel="nofollow">clearer and clearer</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-54646071840652826822010-04-14T15:59:53.781-04:002010-04-14T15:59:53.781-04:00[quote]Absolutely false. Poverty rises under democ...[quote]<b>Absolutely false. Poverty rises under democrat congresses. Look at what's happended since 2006.</b>[/quote]<br /><br />Anon - you mishandled your reply.<br /><br />What you need to ask the Progressive-Fundamentalist is WHY he sees "poverty rise"?<br /><br />When an evil conservative dares to remove the redistributionist polices which afforded the ARTIFICIAL STANDARD OF LIVING - why is this any surprise.<br /><br />The proper rebuttal, Anon, is to ask our Progressive-Fundamentalist friends to document the COMPETENCIES that are developed among "The Least Of These" after they are provided with the "Progressive Treatment" for one o two generations which afford the more immunity to the whims of the evil conservatives who DON'T LIVE IN THEIR DISTRICT.Constructive Feedbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417405356099504421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-44456529361981935802010-04-14T15:36:53.074-04:002010-04-14T15:36:53.074-04:00I see the Porch Simian (AKA CF) is on a rant today...I see the Porch Simian (AKA CF) is on a rant today...<br /><br />blah, blah, balh...black democrats...blah, blah, blah...<br /><br />So - Let's see how the Porch Simian's Republican leadership in his home state helped catch those "Street Pirates" in the last budget...<br /><br />I see Snator Chambliss earmaked $209,000 for<br /><br /><i>Initiative to Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency</i><br /><br />And in Atlanta? $100,000 for<br /><br /><i>Fulton County, Atlanta, Fulton County High Intensity Crime Area Task Force (Byrne Discretionary Grants)</i><br /><br />http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2010/pork-database.html<br /><br />Seems dem blueberrys are a lot more important than Street Pirates...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-5888039163935929782010-04-14T14:38:17.903-04:002010-04-14T14:38:17.903-04:00"No one said they slayed you, Anon. We're..."No one said they slayed you, Anon. We're simply pointing out how little you know about world history."<br /><br />Smug ignorant little asswipes like you two are hopeless. Enjoy your circle jerk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-56510268194781298012010-04-14T14:27:35.342-04:002010-04-14T14:27:35.342-04:00Gregory ......exactly. How anyone would point to ...Gregory ......exactly. How anyone would point to Chile as a democratic model is just proof why we need educational reform. Oh, lets not forget, Argentina used the neo-liberal corporate model for their financial structure, and a had financial meltdown in 1999.<a href="http://www.americaneconomicalert.org/view_art.asp?Prod_ID=47" rel="nofollow">See Here.</a><br /><br /><br />No one said they slayed you, Anon. We're simply pointing out how little you know about world history.LACoincidentalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529463652136455230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-58107369208775171482010-04-14T14:23:35.848-04:002010-04-14T14:23:35.848-04:00LOL. It just gets better and better.LOL. It just gets better and better.Gregorynoreply@blogger.com