A racist is exposed, and the South is slowly rising again.

For a perfect example of how some people can hide their racism, look no further than Frank Taaffe. He is the so called expert who appeared with Nancy Grace during the Zimmerman and Dunn trials to give his insight into those killings.


Now I don't know who gets these guys to be talking-heads on cable news shows, but we probably should be careful who we legitimize by putting on main stream television.


Turns out that Mr. Taaffe is a virulent racist, who has made no bones about making his feelings known in the past. (Kind of like our boy Ted Nugent.)


"Before Taaffe was a talking head on HLN, he was probably best known for hosting “Standing Our Ground,” a white-supremacist podcast that took on such important issues as when it’s OK for white people to use the “n-word.” Liberal think tank Political Research Associates did the brave work of going through the podcast’s archives and came up with a clip of Taaffe repeatedly calling Oprah Winfrey a “n*gger.”


While his co-host did not think it was “appropriate” to use that word to describe the media mogul, Taaffe did not hesitate.

'Yeah, she’s a n*gger because she keeps spewing out all that bullshit. She goes over to Switzerland and she says that the lady didn’t want to share a handbag because she thought that she couldn’t afford it, and she keeps just doing what she’s doing. She keeps stirring the pot. She keeps trying to promote her boy Obama. You know, Obama could do no wrong. You know, it’s birds of a feather, they flock together and stick together, and to me, she’s a n*gger. Oprah Winfrey’s a n*gger. She ain’t a n*gga, she’s a n*gger.”

So, now you know just a little bit more about the man that HLN has on its new programs, defending men who shoot and kill black teenagers." [Source]


Finally, I have always enjoyed visiting Atlanta. (Visiting) I have friends there, and it's a nice enough place to visit. (Visit) After my stay, I invariably hop on over to Hartsfield and fly the friendly skies home.


A couple of stories out of the state where Atlanta is located has solidified my position that it is a nice place to visit. (Visit)


Sorry my friends, unfortunately Atlanta is in the state of Georgia.


"A Georgia teenager was fatally shot by a cop last Friday. She claimed he pointed a gun at her, eyewitnesses said he was just holding a Wii remote, which very much does not look like a gun. Christopher Roupe was at home when a police officer knocked on the door to serve warrant to his dad for probation violation.


And witnesses said when Roupe opened the door, he was holding a Wii remote and the officer immediately shot him in the chest.


One neighbor said that he saw the officer “sobbing” in front of the house after she shot Roupe. He said that “supposedly, [Roupe] opened the door with a BB gun,” but it just looked like he was playing Wii inside with his friends.


The officer in question, who is not being identified publicly, has been placed on administrative leave." [Source]


That is not cool. A damn kid can't even play in his home without being shot and killed by the po po who lack proper training.


And you Negroes in Georgia better get ready to be pissed off as you make your daily commute. Those good ole boys are going to make the South rise again if it kills them.


"Georgia officials have once again approved a specialty license plate featuring the Confederate battle flag, infuriating civil rights advocates and renewing a debate among those who believe the symbol honors Confederate heritage and

those who see it as racially charged.

The Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans requested the new plate design, and the Georgia Department of Revenue recently approved it. The group's old plate had a small Confederate battle flag. The new one features an additional, larger image in the background that covers the entire plate.

Spokesman Ray McBerry said the group meant no offense and views the plates as a way for people to honor their heritage.

"We believe that everyone has the right to preserve their heritage," he said. "Southerners have as much right to be proud of their heritage as anybody else.'" [Source]

Imagine the outrage if a German living in New York was granted the privilege of having a specialty license plate featuring the swastika.

Of course the Germans, bless their hearts, have actually outlawed the symbol in Germany.

We could learn a lot from those Germans here in America.

  

Nancy Grace plays the race card, and Jimmy is higher than the rent.

Oh Lawd! Nancy Grace is playing the race card:

"Let’s just say you send a black girl into that same jewelry story, or an educated person or a poor person, they come away with a $2,500 necklace, honey, and they would be thrown down on the asphalt and dragged by their feet back into the store and prosecuted."

Yes Nancy, celebrity (and a certain hue) does have its privileges here in A-merry-ca. And now that I know that you can chase the Big R a little bit you might want to ignore the ratings people sometimes and focus on the poor people and people of color who go missing.

Speaking of racism chasing, it seems that there is a certain basketball coach in Ohio who has been listening to his 2-Pac collection a little too much:

"AOL Black Voices reports that coach Jason Popp may see his entire undefeated basketball team at Richmond Heights High School in Ohio boycott the rest of their games after he allegedly used foul language and racial slurs against his players.

Many of the players are thinking about sitting out their game on Tuesday if their coach remains at the helm.

"He was like, 'Well, you guys don't go out and play n---er basketball.' He was like, 'Cause this is what they gonna expect y'all to do, play n---er basketball'," said varsity player Jordan Early.

Putting aside the obvious "Who can use the n-word?" debate and conversations about ongoing racist stereotypes about black versus white athletes and their style of play, was that honestly the best pep talk you could come up with, Coach Popp?" [Source]

Sorry coach Popp, there goes that college gig you always wanted.

Shout out to Jimmy (the rent is too damn high) McMillan for crashing the CPAC conference down in Washington. For those of you who don't know, CPAC is where the wingnuts get together to chart their political future for the upcoming elections. (And, of course, to make jokes about where the president was -or wasn't- born. And to trot out a keynote speaker who compared the president to Hitler.) Sadly, some of them won't be attending this year because there are actually going to be Gays there. Nice folks those wingnuts.

Anyway, Jimmy is a brave man. And I salute him for deciding to run on the republican ticket.--- All of you Negroes can't seek public office as dumbocrats--- "The rent is too damn high" sounds like a nice jumping off platform. But Jimmy, shouldn't you own and not rent? Especially if you are going to become a republican. Still, from what I have heard about some of your other musings, you will fit right in with the "grand old party".

Finally, I rarely give legal advice, but tonight I am going to make an exception and pass a little something on to you sperm donors out there. (I really wish I didn't have to, because you shouldn't be having kids unless you want an intact family.) Before you actually start paying your court ordered child support, (Notice I said court ordered. No emails from my feminist friends, please.) if you were not married to the child's mother when the little bundle of joy was conceived, it might be a good idea to get a DNA test. I know you are sure that you are the father, and the little guy has your eyes, but cover all your tracks before you start sending those checks. That way you won't end up like my man J-Kwon.

I'm out.

No "Amber Alerts" but at least we have Lakeesha.

If the story I am about to blog about is old news, please forgive me. Sometimes it takes a bit longer for things to get to me. Honestly, if it wasn't for the folks who read this blog I wouldn't know about half of the shit that I do. Lord knows I can't rely on the main stream press to learn anything.

This story came to me thanks to an e-mail from Brenda Kay. (Brenda, are you sure that this story is not a hoax?) And since you will never hear about it from Nancy Grace and those of her ilk, I thought I would share it with you. I will give it to you exactly how it was written by a blogger named Claudette Rothman:

"A 12-year-old pregnant girl and her 11-year-old sister are missing, and authorities believe they are with their stepfather, Matthew Hess.

The girls’ biological mother, Janette Hess, told reporters her husband took her girls on Thursday September 24, and she has not seen them since.

“It’s been a nightmare, I’ve been living in a nightmare,” Hess told reporters.
Authorities said Keara Hess, who hasn’t told anyone who the father of her unborn child is, was scheduled for a medical procedure the day she disappeared. Officials did not say what kind of procedure it was, but they indicated it is one that she needs right away.
Officials said Keara became pregnant when she and her younger sister, Sierra lived with their stepfather in Lincoln County while her parents were separated.
Matthew has been married to the girls’ mother for 11 years.

Authorities said an AMBER alert was not issued because the children are with a legal guardian and this case does not meet the criteria of a missing child.
Matthew Hess was last seen driving a forest green 1993 Ford Explorer with North Carolina tag YTE-8014. Authorities said the back passenger window is broken and covered with Plexiglass and duct-taped in place."

Hmmm, no "Amber Alert"? Well fuck em! I am going to go ahead and put a "Lakeesha Alert" out for these little girls as well. They can join Mitrice Richardson on my sidebar. (BTW, has anyone out in Cali heard anything else about her case?)

I see from that pic that step-dad loves NASCAR. That alone earns him strike one in my book.

But hey, that's just me.

H/T To the blog "Greenwich Diva" for the post. and the pics.

Don't worry folks, Nancy Grace will get right on it.

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If you are from the Philly area I am pretty sure that you have heard about "Tex" the parrot by now. On the other hand, if you are from the Philly area, I am pretty sure that you have never heard of Hassani Campbell. (This is unless, of course, you happen to read Afrospear blogs.) In fact, if you are from damn near anywhere in the country you have probably never heard of Hassani Campbell. Why? Well, Hassani isn't female, and he isn't white, so what do you think?

But let me google Nancy Grace and Hassani Campbell, because I just know that she (Nancy) is all over it. Nancy Grace makes a nice living exploiting those who are missing and sometimes she even brings positive attention to their plight. So I know that Nancy will be giving some coverage of poor Hassani's situation.....nope, just one hit and it's something from her Facebook page.

Now I don't know how this story will play itself out. Sadly, I am guessing that like so many similar stories, it will not have a happy ending. We can only hope for the best. What I do know is that it will not get wall to wall coverage on the news programs like this one; this one; this one; this one; and......ahh what the hell, you get the picture.

*Pic courtesy of the Electronic Village blog.