Thursday, March 04, 2010
Deneen Borelli Discusses Health Care and Tea Party Movement on Fox and Friends
On this morning's edition of Fox and Friends, Project 21 full-time fellow Deneen Borelli discussed the Tea Party movement's reaction to President Obama's continuing push for the big government health care plan.
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Project 21's Robin Martin on Michelle Obama's Anti-Obesity Campaign
On a recent edition of the PBS Show "To the Contrary," Project 21's Robin Martin discussed Michelle Obama's health food and anti-obesity campaigns.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Project 21's Deneen Borelli on "Fox and Friends" Thursday Morning
Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli is scheduled to appear on "Fox and Friends" on the Fox News Channel on Thursday, March 4 at approximately 6:15 AM eastern.
Deneen is expected to talk about health care reform efforts and other breaking morning news. Deneen and her husband, National Center Free Enterprise Project director Tom Borelli, just authored a
commentary on how tea party politics factor into the Obama health care plans that was published on the channel's "Fox Forum."
Check your local listings for Fox News Channel on cable. Fox News Channel is available on channel 118 on Fios, channel 205 on Dish Network and channel 360 on DirecTV.
This post was written by David Almasi, executive director of the National Center for Public Policy Research. Write the author at info@nationalcenter.org. As we occasionally reprint letters on the blog, please note if you prefer that your correspondence be kept private, or only published anonymously.
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Articles We'd We'd Like To See Removed from the Internet
I see "The Root," a website run by the Washington Post and Henry Louis Gates, has declined to remove
an article equating black conservatives with criminals just because they are conservative.
Project 21 members
complained about this article on February 24; others have as well, but as usual, black conservatives are considered fair game.
I think their rule is that white people are allowed to think for themselves, but black people aren't, though you'd have to confirm that's what the logic is with the Washington Post and Henry Louis Gates.
Shameful.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
More Project 21 Criticism of NAACP Image Award for Van Jones
Project 21 chairman Mychal Massie criticized the NAACP for giving an Image Award to Van Jones ’Äî the former Obama Administration ’Äúgreen jobs czar’Äù who was thrown under the bus by the White House last September. Massie gave a stern rebuttal to a commentary written by NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous that was posted on CNN.com in which Jealous sought to justify the award to Jones.
Mychal’Äôs comments about the award can be found
here.
But Mychal is not the only Project 21 member speaking out about this dubious selection made by the NAACP. Here is what other Project 21 members are saying:
R. Dozier Gray:
The NAACP, through president Ben Jealous, christened Van Jones a ’ÄúAmerican treasure.’Äù Really? Why?
If he were such a treasure, why would the Obama Administration no longer have a place for him? It was certainly not because the White House disagrees with his bent on green jobs. It was because, through his past radicalism and current demeanor, he became a political liability.
So the question is, how is it that Van Jones is not too caustic for the NAACP?
It seems that regardless of the baggage that Jones carries with him, the NAACP thinks it worthwhile ’Äîeven beneficial ’Äî to associate with him.
The NAACP says Jones is qualified for one of its special Image Awards because of his work in helping develop a ’Äúgreen collar’Äù economy. We only need to look to Spain to see how silly this is. Every one Spanish green job cost 2.2 regular jobs in its creation, and one-in-ten of those green jobs might actually last. So, what is the value of this treasure? Anti-capitalism? Anti-jobs?
Deneen Borelli:
After Van Jones effectively slit his own throat by not being able to keep his radicalism in check ’Äî and was forced out of the White House as a result ’Äî it would appear the NAACP is helping Jones rebuild his image. I don’Äôt think this is what the Image Awards was originally intended to do.
In bestowing an Image Award on this once self-proclaimed communist and 911-truther, the NAACP is again showing its real aim these days is to promote and defend the left-wing agenda. With so many blacks making legitimate achievements in American society today, it’Äôs outrageous that the NAACP is picking from the bottom of the barrel with Jones.
The main beneficiaries of this award are Jones and the shamed Obama Administration that hired him. With their flawed cap-and-trade energy tax on the ropes, they are likely hoping a rehabilitated Jones will be an asset in touting the false benefits of a ’Äúgreen economy.’Äù
This post was written by David Almasi, executive director of the National Center for Public Policy Research. Write the author at info@nationalcenter.org.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Bloomberg Covers National Center Questions for John Deere Management
Bloomberg News is covering Tom and Deneen Borelli's
appearance at the John Deere stockholder meeting today:
...[John Deere CEO Samuel] Allen defended Deere's membership in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership amid questions from Tom and Deneen Borelli, with the conservative think tank National Center for Public Policy Research, who say proposed cap-and-trade legislation will push up fuel prices and hurt job growth. U.S. CAP is a coalition of companies and environmental groups seeking legislation to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
Cap and Trade
Allen said Deere wants to be part of the debate and is evaluating all proposals, and that cap and trade can succeed if done the right way.
'The best opportunity to help is to be at the table,' Allen said in response to public questions at the meeting.
Tom Borelli said cap and trade will be a tax on fossil fuels and hurt customers ability to buy Deere products. He noted the decision by Caterpillar Inc. not to renew its membership.
'Sitting at the table is not good enough,' Tom Borelli said.
Allen said he would evaluate cap-and-trade policy with the interests of Deere, its customers and shareholders in mind...
Read Bloomberg's entire article
here.
Tom and Deneen attended the meeting as representatives of the National Center, which is a John Deere stockholder. Tom directs our Free Enterprise Project, and Deneen is a full-time fellow with the African-American leadership group we sponsor, Project 21.
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Why is John Deere Lobbying for Cap-and-Trade?
Tom Borelli, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project, and his wife Deneen Borelli, Project 21's full-time fellow, are spending the day at the John Deere headquarters, attending the stockholder meeting and asking company executives: Why are you members of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership? Why are you part of an organization that exists to lobby for cap-and-trade, which will hurt your customers and the American people?
In an article published today by FoxNews.com, Tom sets out the issues in more detail:
Big business support of President Obama's health care and energy policy has put CEOs on the front lines of the nation's biggest political battles. Big PhRMA - the drug industry trade group - is credited with bringing Obama's health care plan to the precipice of passage and the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) - a coalition of business and environmental special interest groups - played a key role in passing the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill in the House of Representatives last year.
Clearly, CEOs see big bucks in big government.
Beyond dreams of fortune, chief executives also proved to be a national risk when their mismanagement drove our nation into greater debt through taxpayer-funded bailouts.
While liberty-minded citizens can seek to elect politicians that support limited government, big government CEOs (or, perhaps, progressive CEOs) remain largely beyond our reach.
Because CEOs can represent as much of a risk to liberty as elected officials, limited government advocates need a voice in the boardroom.
For this reason, my wife Deneen and I are attending the John Deere annual shareholder meeting today in Moline, Illinois on behalf of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a free-market think-tank that owns shares in John Deere.
Our goal is to press management to justify why John Deere remains a member of USCAP and why these executives believe a cap-and-trade scheme is in the company's best interest. These questions are especially timely, as BP, Caterpillar and ConocoPhillips made national news this month, after they abandoned USCAP...
You can read the rest of the FoxNews.com article
here.
We'll have more updates later.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Thoughts on Tiger Woods
FoxNews.com has published Deneen Borelli's
reflections on what Tiger Woods said in his press statement today.
Deneen begins:
The silver lining in Friday's dark cloud was Tiger's frank discussion of how fame and fortune lead to an entitlement power trip. His assessment could serve as a warning to anyone who thinks they are above the earthly constraints of normal human relations...
Read it all
here.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Deneen Borelli on Fox Today
Project 21's full-time fellow, Deneen Borelli, will be a guest today on the Fox New Channel's America Live with Megyn Kelly at 2:15 PM Eastern.
The topic is to be issues related to Tiger Woods.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Deneen has just been informed that the segment must be cancelled due to breaking news.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Casualties of the Candy Wars
Barbara Hollingsworth -- and Deneen Borelli -- believe Democrats will be first casualties of the White House war on candy and soda.
Barbara's thoughts are
here; Deneen's
here.
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Deneen Borelli Debates Al Sharpton on Jobs
In case you missed it -- video of Project 21's Deneen Borelli debating Al Sharpton about the President Obama/Majority Leader Harry Reid jobs bill.
The debate was on the Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends on February 12, 2010.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Project 21's Robin Martin on PBS "To the Contrary" This Weekend
Project 21 member Robin Martin is scheduled to appear on the PBS public affairs television program
"To the Contrary" airing this weekend on public television stations nationwide.
Currently in its 18th year, "To the Contrary" seeks to provide a "timely forum for women to discuss national and international issues and policies. It presents news and views that are rarely, if ever, available elsewhere on television."
Among the topics scheduled to be discussed this week are childhood obesity and environmental justice.
"To the Contrary" is aired at various times around the country. To find out where and when it is broadcast in your area, click
here.
This post was written by David Almasi, executive director of the National Center for Public Policy Research. Write the author at info@nationalcenter.org. As we occasionally reprint letters on the blog, please note if you prefer that your correspondence be kept private, or only published anonymously.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Massie Article in Freedom's Journal Magazine Cites Economic Harm of Abortion
An article by Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie appears in the January/February issue of Freedom's Journal magazine from the Wallace Multimedia Group.
The article,
"Economic Genocide", deals with the negative economic factors related to abortion in America - particularly in the black community.
In his article, Massie writes:
When Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton demand justice for some cause, it's been noted their particular form of justice often seems to come with a special cut set aside for just for them and their friends.
What about abortion?
With abortion, there is a real economic toll - but it's not something you hear Jackson, Sharpton or the Congressional Black Caucus complaining about. In fact, they all support abortion.
Yet abortion does have negative consequences for the American economy, and for the economic well-being of the black community in particular.
...
Black Americans were brought to this continent in chains. After emancipation, we were subject to unfair laws that restricted the freedoms we were promised. Discrimination has robbed us of opportunity.
Now, with the playing field as level as it has ever been, blacks are still being pushed into a corner by abortion.
While the economy of the entire United States teeters on the brink, blacks - who, as a community, are making their way up the socioeconomic ladder - stand to lose the most.
This post was written by David Almasi, executive director of the National Center for Public Policy Research. Write the author at info@nationalcenter.org. As we occasionally reprint letters on the blog, please note if you prefer that your correspondence be kept private, or only published anonymously.
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
Video: Deneen Borelli on Jobs, Tea Parties on Fox
For those who missed it, here's the video of Deneen Borelli on Fox and Friends this morning, discussing President Obama's jobs agenda, tea parties and more.
Hat tip: Thanks to
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Monday, February 01, 2010
Populism & the Tea Party Movement: Deneen Borelli on Fox & Friends
For all the Deneen Borelli fans out there, here's the video from her appearance on Fox and Friends this morning, where she discussed populism and the rise of the Tea Party movement:
Hat tip: Thanks to
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Project 21's Deneen Borelli to Appear on Fox and Friends Monday
Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli will be a guest on the Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends morning show at 6:20 AM Eastern on Monday, February 1.
Deneen will discuss changes the left may be making to its marketing efforts in light of Scott Brown's upset win in Massachusetts.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
R. Dozier Gray to Appear on Gordon Liddy Show at 11 AM Eastern
Project 21's R. Dozier Gray will appear on the G. Gordon Liddy Show at 11:30 AM Eastern discussing Project 21's
black conservative response to the State of the Union address.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Project 21 Members Respond to State of the Union Address
Project 21's Bishop Council Nedd II, Mychal Massie, Kevin L. Martin, R. Dozier Gray, Lisa Fritsch and Ellis Washington
have issued a press statement giving their views of President Obama's State of the Union address.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Project 21's Bob Parks to Offer Commentary on Obama State of the Union Address on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio
Project 21 member Bob Parks is scheduled to appear on satellite talk radio during President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address, offering his analysis of the speech as it is being made.
Bob will appear on Sirius channel 146 ("Sirius Left") and XM channel 167 ("America Left") with host Mark Thompson on Wednesday, January 27 from 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM eastern.
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Posted by David W. Almasi at 5:02 PM
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Note to Project 21 Fans: Glenn Beck Rebroadcast of Most Recent Show Featuring Project 21 Members
The Fox News Channel is rebroadcasting, right this minute, the second of two Beck shows featuring a discussion with black conservatives (including Project 21 members).
If you can't catch it on the Fox News Channel for whatever reason, Booker Rising (a website I often visit, but don't mention as much as I should)
has made available the video of the entire show, which is entitled "A Time To Be Heard."
We also posted on this blog the segments of the show featuring Project 21 members. Go
here to watch Lisa Fritsch; go
here to watch full-time Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli on the "A Time To Be Heard" Glenn Beck broadcast.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Alan Grayson Inadvertently Reminds Us of the Limits of Stare Decisis on Roe Anniversary
Dred Scott
Some members of the Project 21 black leadership group were offended by Rep. Alan Grayson's comments comparing yesterday's Supreme Court decision in
Citizens United v. FEC to the Dred Scott case, believing Grayson's comparison tends to trivialize Dred Scott. In Dred Scott the Supreme Court, after all, "decided" that black Americans who were, had been, or were descended from slaves could not be U.S. citizens (among other noxious things).
It is breathtaking that a majority of the Supreme Court could take away the citizenship of a huge group of people
just like that.
The fact that the Dred Scott decision could ever take place certainly reminds us of the limits of
stare decisis, something worth remembering on this anniversary of the infamous
Roe v. Wade decision.
The Project 21 press release can be read
here.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Brown's Victory Sign of a Loss of Confidence in Obama
As the National Center for Public Policy Research is a non-profit organization, Project 21 played no role in, nor took any position on, the Massachusetts Senate race, but now that Martha Coakley has conceded the race, and Scott Brown has delivered his acceptance speech, Project 21 members have a few thoughts to share on what it all means:
Black Conservatives Comment on Brown Victory in Massachusetts
For Release: January 19, 2010
Contact: David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 or e-mail project21@nationalcenter.org
Washington, DC: Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are speaking out about the stunning victory of Republican state senator Scott Brown over Democrat state attorney general Martha Coakley in Massachusetts.
Kevin L. Martin: "Scott Brown's victory in the bluest of traditionally blue states can only be viewed as a complete loss of confidence in the policies of the Obama White House and its allies in Congress. People have tasted the fruits of a government dominated by liberal ideologues and they've not found it to their liking. What remains to be seen is if this repudiation has been heard and understood. Will Obama, Pelosi and Reid see the writing on the wall, or will they continue their heavy-handed attempts to ram through their agenda against the will of the people?"
Horace Cooper: "Yesterday's victory by State Senator Brown is reminiscent of the upset off-year elections of 1994. Then, the Democrats could have seen the results for what they were - a repudiation of big government liberalism - but they refused. As someone who worked on the Hill while these races were happening, you have to wonder if this time they'll get the message before it's too late."
Bob Parks: "As someone who ran - and lost - in Massachusetts, it's great to
see a conservative win there. While Massachusetts Republicans and independents can enjoy their well-earned opportunity to gloat, they can also revel in the fact they did the impossible in an impossible state. And let's hope leaders in Washington realize that the people responded to a conservative message - not one of moderation."
Ellis Washington: "In Massachusetts, the site of the first tea party in 1773 and the renewed tax revolts of 2009, citizen defiance may have saved our republic. The stakes could not have been higher for the Obama Administration and congressional liberals in this special election. This may be the day in which it is guaranteed that Barack Obama will be a one-term president. Scott Brown's election will help America take a giant step toward renewed freedom and liberty. It bodes well for renewing American exceptionalism, market capitalism and the protection of personal property and sacred inalienable rights."
Project 21, established in 1992, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research (http://www.nationalcenter.org).
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Project 21's Deneen Borelli Talks Green Jobs on Glenn Beck
In case you missed it from Friday...
Project 21 full-time fellow Deneen Borelli talks about the fantasy of economic empowerment through radical environmental policies on the January 14, 2010 broadcast of the Glenn Beck program on the Fox News Channel.
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Project 21 Praises U.S. Response to Haiti Tragedy
Project 21 members are praising the generosity of the American people in response to the terrible tragedy in Haiti.
Here's a press release the group issued a few minutes ago:
Individual Generosity in Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts Praised by Black Conservatives
People Stepping Up Before the Government Could Act Sets Example for the World
For Release: January 18, 2010
Contact: David Almasi at (703) 568-4727 or project21@nationalcenter.org
As people honor the values and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., members of the Project 21 black leadership network are also taking this time to commend the American people for their quick and generous acts of charity after last week's devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Deneen Borelli (Project 21 Fellow): "As we remember Dr. King, it is heartwarming to see how the American people have come together to help those in need. As they always do, average Americans of all races, classes and backgrounds opened their wallets and asked what they could do to help long before even the government could respond. Faith-based organizations n which have always been a great help n are picking up the slack where established relief groups and the government are already overwhelmed. Without a political goal in mind, the American people joined as one to offer hope. That is something to be proud of on this holiday."
Geoffrey Moore: "I want to commend the American people on their response to the earthquake in Haiti. As usual, Americans step up to the plate to help those most in need."
Darryn 'Dutch' Martin: "The fact that the American government and its people are front and center in helping the people of Haiti after the devastating earthquake -- and have been from the start -- is not surprising. No other sovereign nation is doing more to provide immediate humanitarian and financial assistance to needy countries and peoples with the same passion and on the same scale as the United States of America. At the same time, other jealous, America-hating nations either badmouth us as they sit on their hands or simply ride our coattails. Do we get the credit from the rest of the world that we so richly deserve for this never-ending helping hand? Of course not, and our efforts in Haiti will probably be no exception. But that's to be expected, and it will not deter American generosity."
Project 21, a leading voice of black conservatives since 1992, is sponsored by The National Center for Public Policy Research (www.nationalcenter.org).
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Project 21's Lisa Fritsch Discusses Reid's Racial Comments on Glenn Beck Show
Project 21's Lisa Fritsch discussed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's racial comments about President Barack Obama and related issues on the January 14, 2010 (Thursday edition of the Glenn Beck program on the Fox News Channel. Other guests on this segment included Charles Payne of the Fox Business Network, Bruce Gilbert, a Northampton County (PA)Councilman, and Lettee Eaton-White, a commentator for Hip Hop magazine.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Project 21 Members to be on "Glenn Beck" Thursday Night
Project 21's Mychal Massie on Glenn Beck in November
Several members of the National Center's Project 21 black leadership network are scheduled to participate in a town hall-style edition of the "Glenn Beck" show airing on the Fox News Channel at 5:00 PM eastern on Thursday, January 14.
This special edition of Beck's show is subtitled "Content of Character."
This is the second time that Beck has used his show to highlight the thoughts and feelings of black conservatives. Project 21 members also participated in the first program, which aired on November 13, 2009 and was re-run on the Fox News Channel this past weekend.
Check your local listings for Fox News Channel on cable. Fox News is available on channel 118 on Fios, channel 205 on Dish Network and channel 360 on DirecTV.
This post was written by David Almasi, executive director of the National Center for Public Policy Research. Write the author at info@nationalcenter.org. As we occasionally reprint letters on the blog, please note if you prefer that your correspondence be kept private, or only published anonymously.
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Project 21 Members Continue to React to Reid's Racial Remarks
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid - Image by Getty Images via Daylife
This afternoon, Harry Reid met with reporters in Apex, Nevada. The reporters, like members of the Project 21 black leadership network, wanted to hear if Reid was truly sorry about his comments about Barack Obama as reported in a new book, if he still believes that a not-so-articulate and dark-skinned black man has inherent liabilities in running for president and if he would resign his leadership post as Trent Lott was forced to do under similar circumstances in 2002.
Reid did not address any of these concerns. He did claim he was one of the most formidable civil rights champions in Nevada history. He also dropped names of high-profile people - including NAACP chairman Julian Bond, Attorney General Eric Holder, Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar and unnamed black leaders in Nevada - who called him to tell him he was being given a pass because he's such a swell guy.
Obviously, as he and they imply, the Reid record proves he couldn't possibly hold racist feelings. But this generalization still leaves grave concerns that Reid's implied senior moment may have actually been a Freudian slip revealing his true feelings.
To follow are comments from Project 21 members still looking for answers from the leader of the Senate:
Mychal Massie (chairman of Project 21): "It's obvious that Harry Reid has been declared too big to fail. We all know this 'some of my best friends are black' defense would never fly if it was a conservative. It hasn't, and there's a good reason why it shouldn't for any politician. Yet Reid's phone is ringing off the hook with the likes of Julian Bond telling him everything is alright. It proves that keeping a liberal in power is more important than moral propriety."
Deneen Borelli: "President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other prominent black politicians have accepted Reid's apology. Even Al Sharpton seemed to have fallen in line rather quickly and is reciting the liberal talking points to protect Reid. Clearly, with health care hanging in the balance, Obama cannot afford a prolonged controversy involving Reid."
Geoffrey Moore: "It is funny how Reid only apologized when caught, and still is not addressing the content of his comments. What is even funnier is how so many of the people who would be assailing a conservative in the same situation are rushing to defend him. This is about more than some racist comments - it brings up the issue of how a white, male senior citizen member of the political elite can be the judge of what is authentically black. Or Negro, to use Reid's own words. I'm still waiting for an explanation on what a Negro accent is."
Jimmie A. Hollis: "Unless one has been living on Mars for the past 50 years, most - if not all - people know of there is a double-standard. Conservatives and fair-minded independents are rightly expressing outrage, but liberal outrage - and liberal black outrage, in particular - is selective. There's too much at stake. I need to get some emails out to Senator Reid. I could use a high position in Washington, and I am a light-skinned man who has been said to speak 'white.' If Reid had told me this a few decades ago, maybe I could have been president!"
Kevin A. Martin: "Harry Reid isn't sorry for what he said. Harry Reid is sorry he got caught. What Reid has done is provided us with a window of how I feel liberal truly feel about blacks - that they should be seen only at the polls and protests. And the civil rights industry is flocking to his side as leverage for future political favors."
A Project 21 press release about Reid's comments can be found
here.
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Posted by David W. Almasi at 5:07 PM
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Project 21 Members Comment on Harry Reid "Game Change" Remarks
Members of the Project 21 black leadership network released a
press statement tonight regarding Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's 2008 comments about then-Senator Barack Obama, as reported in Mark Halpern and John Heilemann's new book,
Game Change:
Black Activists Respond to Reid's Racial Remarks
Washington, DC: Black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network are speaking out about the recently-revealed racial comments about Barack Obama that were made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in 2008:
Mychal Massie (chairman of Project 21): "Harry Reid is a loathsome individual whose apology was based on exposure not repentance. Reid's comments are proof positive that the racial animus of the past is alive and prevalent among liberals today, notwithstanding the fact that their standard-bearer is a black man."
Robert A. George: "How nice to see that, when it comes to race in America, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has such, ahem, 'enlightenment' (pun intended). Thank goodness no jive-talkin' darky ever thought about running for president! No way Reid could have supported him!!" (This quote comes from Robert's "Ragged Thots" blog. The entire post can be seen at http://raggedthots.blogspot.com.)
Bob Parks: "The hazard of being an apologist is having your own words thrown back in your face. Obama demanded the Republicans drum Senator Trent Lott out of their party in 2002 when Lott gave inappropriate praise to centenarian and reformed segregationist senator Strom Thurmond on his birthday. The underlying problem here is that boneheaded racist statements by politicians are all too common, and only conservatives seem to get called on them and punished. Republicans did strip Lott of his leadership post. Obama is absolving the Democrats of acting against Reid. This is a dangerous trend." (More can be found on Bob's "Black and Right" web site at http://www.black-and-right.com.)
Lisa Fritsch: "Why would Harry Reid apologize now when it seems clear he felt it and meant it at the time? It was less likely 'a poor choice of words' than an honest reflection of Reid's character."
R. Dozier Gray: "Black people historically have a lot of forgiveness in their hearts for people who make statements like the one Reid made. I might have forgiven him long ago had he sought to be accountable when he realized that what he said was stupid instead of when he realized that a book featuring it was coming out. But the black 'leadership' will likely let this slide. Power is usually more important to them than this sort of soft racism from a political ally. Truth be told, some of the policies advocated by Reid and his allies are more damaging than a few of his random racial comments."
Darryn "Dutch" Martin: "In the grand scheme of things, what Reid said, his apology and Obama's acceptance of it is irrelevant. What is striking is that Reid said it in 2008, a Time magazine reporter knew it and didn't make it public until 2010! Why wasn't it reported as soon as it became known? Would the mainstream media exercise such restraint and bury a newsworthy quote if a conservative public figure made a similar linguistic faux pas? I think not."
In the book Game Change, set to be released Monday, authors Mark Halpern and John Heilemann write that Reid privately analyzed the electoral appeal of then-Senator Barack Obama, referring to Obama as "light-skinned" with "no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."
When the comments were posted on Marc Ambinder's Atlantic magazine website, Reid expressed "deep regret [for] using such a poor choice of words." President Obama issued a rare immediate public statement saying he "accepted Harry's apology without question."
Reid is no stranger to using the race card for political gain. In December 2009, for example, Reid compared those who opposed a government takeover of health care to lawmakers who opposed abolishing slavery and civil rights legislation.
Project 21, established in 1992, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research (http://www.nationalcenter.org).
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Bob Parks Dares MSNBC Personnel to Read Urban Dictionary Definition of "Teabagger" on the Air
Still annoyed at Chris Matthews for lying about the tea parties being all-white?
If so, click
here and listen to Bob Parks on the G. Gordon Liddy Show today dare Chris Matthews and David Shuster to read the urban dictionary definition of "teabaggers" live on the air.
Bob bets they won't.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 11:29 PM
Borelli Questions Use of Intelligence Assets on Fox
Here's a video of Project 21 full-time fellow Deneen Borelli on Fox and Friends this morning, discussing the
diversion of national security intelligence resources to climate research.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 11:04 PM
Project 21's Bob Parks on G. Gordon Liddy Today
Project 21 member Bob Parks is scheduled to appear on G. Gordon Liddy's syndicated radio show on Thursday, January 7 at approximately 11:30 AM Eastern for around 30 minutes. Bob Scherr is guest-hosting.
Bob will be talking about assertions made by MSNBC's Chris Matthews that tea party ralliers are "monochromatic... all white." Bob and several other members of the National Center's Project 21 black leadership network have attended and even spoken at past tea party rallies. Project 21 issued a
press release yesterday about Matthews' racial insensitivity.
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Posted by David W. Almasi at 10:44 AM
Inside the Beltway on Chris Matthews
The Washington Times' influential Inside the Beltway column is covering the reaction of Project 21's Bob Parks and Deneen Borelli to MSNBC host Chris Matthews' assertion that the Tea Party rallies of the past year were attended exclusively by whites.
You can read the column
here.
Meantime, no word on the rumor that MSNBC's Chris Matthews and the New York Times' David Brooks were spotted in a hallway arguing fiercely, with Matthews claiming "
They're all-white racists!" and Brooks yelling, "
They're all dum-dums!"
Poor saps don't realize they're both wrong.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Message to Chris Matthews
Possibly this unidentified woman at the July 4, 2009 Tea Party in Washington, D.C. was directing her "Try and Shut Me Up" message to MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who claimed Tuesday that black Americans had no voice at Tea Party rallies over the past year.
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Project 21's Deneen Borelli on Fox News "Special Report" and Throughout the Day Thursday to Talk About Iceberg Spy Games
Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli is being interviewed for a segment set to air on the Fox News Channel's "Special Report with Bret Baier" program at 6:00 PM Eastern on Thursday, January 7. She will be speaking about the Obama Administration's diversion of our nation's intelligence resources to assist climate scientists.
In a National Center
press release published yesterday, Deneen criticized a government program that will allow climate scientists to access classified intelligence data to help them study global warming. In the release, Deneen said:
"Given the very real threat posed by terrorists, it is ridiculous and downright dangerous to divert any intelligence resources to monitoring polar ice. Its said this won't hinder regular intelligence-gathering, but it's also clear that agencies can't yet share data and track a terrorism suspect who was identified by his own father. It's unwise to further distract our intelligence network by forcing it to consult with scientists about icebergs, polar bears and sea lions. The Obama Administration appears to be putting a left-wing political agenda before the safety and security of our nation.
In addition to the segment on "Special Report," shorter versions of the interview are supposed to air throughout the day. "Special Report" will also be rebroadcast at 4:00 AM Eastern.
Check your local listings for Fox News Channel on cable. Fox News is available on channel 118 on Fios, channel 205 on Dish Network and channel 360 on DirecTV.
Addendum, 1/8/10: Note from Amy Ridenour: We apologize to those of you who tuned in to see Deneen, as the Special Report interview with Deneen was cancelled by Fox at the last minute. We'll try to post notices of that sort before shows in the future, when cancellations occur.
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Posted by David W. Almasi at 5:27 PM
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Project 21's Deneen Borelli to Appear on Fox and Friends Thursday; Will Discuss Spying on Icebergs
Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli will be a guest on the Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends morning show at 6:20 AM Eastern [
Editor's note: after this blog post was published, the scheduled time for the interview was moved up by five minutes, to 6:15 AM Eastern] on Thursday, January 7 to discuss comments she and her husband, Tom Borelli (who directs the National Center's Free Enterprise Project) made today about the Obama Administration's diversion of national security intelligence resources toward the climate change issue.
Deneen and Tom's comments can be found in the following
press release:
Spying on Icebergs Instead of Terrorists?
Obama Program Diverts Intelligence Assets to Climate Research
As terrorists continue to infiltrate America, the Obama Administration is tasking some of our nation's most elite intelligence-gathering agencies to divert their resources to environmental scientists researching global warming.
Experts with The National Center for Public Policy Research are decrying this practice as a distraction from important counterterrorism duties. They further question if it is a possible avenue to renew climate change subterfuge already plaguing some of these scientists.
"This is another example of President Obama not taking terrorism seriously," said Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the National Center's Project 21 black leadership network. "Our enemies must be laughing at the Obama Administration's incompetence."
A January 5 article in the New York Times reported that the White House restarted a program in which scientists are obtaining classified intelligence data from the Central Intelligence Agency and National Reconnaissance Office. Information from these secret government surveillance programs is being used to track climate change.
A similar program was discontinued by the Bush Administration in 2001. Former vice president and current climate change entrepreneur Al Gore began lobbying for its renewal in 2008. It now reportedly has the strong support of CIA Director Leon Panetta.
"Given the very real threat posed by terrorists, it is ridiculous and downright dangerous to divert any intelligence resources to monitoring polar ice," added Project 21's Deneen Borelli. "Its said this won't hinder regular intelligence-gathering, but it's also clear that agencies can't yet share data and track a terrorism suspect who was identified by his own father. It's unwise to further distract our intelligence network by forcing it to consult with scientists about icebergs, polar bears and sea lions. The Obama Administration appears to be putting a left-wing political agenda before the safety and security of our nation."
Speaking on the involvement of Al Gore, Tom Borelli, Ph.D., director of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, noted: "If anything, Al Gore is the real national security threat. Gore's climate change fear mongering, which lines his own pockets with cash, has stoked a war against the fossil fuels so vital to our nation's economic prosperity and national security. His self-serving agenda is stymieing domestic energy exploration and production efforts. Now, he successfully lobbied to resurrect this diversion of our intelligence assets after the Bush Administration wisely ended it."
The claims of some scientists are already suspect after the Climategate scandal. Tom Borelli pointed out: "We've already seen climate scientists discussing the idea of destroying raw data to preserve climate change models that may be seriously flawed, and then it turns out that very same sort of data was allegedly 'lost.' How can we trust them to not behave similarly with CIA data - such as denying the proper peer review under the guise that the data is secret? The real question is: who's going to be watching the scientists?"
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 5:06 PM
Monday, December 21, 2009
Senator Whitehouse's Hysteria
Project 21's Bob Parks is not at all thrilled with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), for saying this about people who don't want to cripple our health system, bring forth the date of Medicare's bankruptcy and spend ourselves into perdition:
They are desperate to break this president. They have ardent supporters who are nearly hysterical at the very election of President Barack Obama. The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President Barack Obama should exist. That is one powerful reason. It is not the only one.
To this, Bob replies:
President Obama's almost-constant apologies to the world for the our nation's actions and his socialist economic policies at home have energized a normally lethargic American people into gathering in American cities and storming the steps of the Capitol in protest. Senator Whitehouse would have us all just shut up and give Obama his political victories unchallenged. Not doing so makes us all guilty of unprecedented rudeness and - dare I say it - racism.
Despite liberals' historically dismal and revisionist civil rights history, when things with this President fall apart, they are all too willing to resort to playing the race card. The problem is - whether it's the Black Panthers in Philadelphia or Professor Gates in Cambridge - Barack Obama and his administration have conducted themselves so poorly in office that the race label really doesn't bruise the skin anymore.
If President Obama had not entered the presidency with his signature arrogance, the American people may have had more patience, but he and his liberal allies have talked down to the American people like we were stepchildren they were forced to tolerate. Statements like those of Senator Whitehouse only further harden the opposition's resolve.
For myself, I believe Senator Whitehouse has perceptions that are no more reliable than those of a gnat. Too bad this gnat has power and spending ability.
P.S.
Here's what Mark Tapscott had to say about it.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 9:12 AM
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Deneen Borelli on Fox Sunday
Project 21 full-time fellow Deneen Borelli will be a guest on the Fox News Channel on Sunday, December 6 at 7:15 AM Eastern, discussing what President Obama should -- and should not -- do if he really wants to see the jobs situation in the U.S. improve.
You can read more about Deneen's views on the subject in
this Dallas Morning News op-ed.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Project 21's Council Nedd on MSNBC's "Dr. Nancy" on Wednesday
Project 21 member Bishop Council Nedd II is scheduled to appear on MSNBC's "Dr. Nancy" program that airs at 12:00 PM eastern on Wednesday, December 2. Council's segment is expected to be in the second half of the program.
Council is set to discuss the religious considerations at stake with regard to the health care reform debate. For instance, the Catholic Church and observant health care professionals are seeking conscience clauses that will prevent any requirements to perform or provide coverage for abortions. Additionally, Christian Scientists are now reimbursed by some private insurers and Medicare for their religion's prayer-based care, but there is no provision for such coverage in legislation currently under consideration.
In addition to being a member of the Project 21 black leadership network, Council is a traditional Episcopal priest serving as the Bishop of the Chesapeake and Northeast for the Episcopal Missionary Church. He is also the chairman of In God We Trust, a group that seeks to stop efforts to completely separate religion from government.
Check your local listings for MSNBC on cable. MSNBC is available on channel 209 on Dish Network and channel 356 on DirecTV.
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Posted by David W. Almasi at 10:47 AM
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Media Matters on Deneen Borelli (Ever So Briefly)
MediaMatters has posted a clip of Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli speaking on Sean Hannity's Fox TV show on Friday the 13th.
MediaMatters headlines its post "Borelli on Hannity: A 'big message' in black community is 'you are owed something... and don't have to work hard.'"
If you watch the complete clip (see above), or follow Deneen's work, it is clear Deneen is concerned that this philosophy of life has been expanding in
all American communities.
MediaMatters focuses, though, only on this one comment of Deneen's relating to the black community. Perhaps this is a special concern of theirs.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 12:00 AM
Friday, November 13, 2009
Six Project 21 Members on Glenn Beck Today
Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie and Fellow Deneen Borelli and Project 21 members Lisa Fritsch, Rich Holt, Richard Fair and Edmund Peterson are participating in a town hall-style edition of the "Glenn Beck" show airing on the Fox News Channel at 5:00 PM eastern today, Friday, November 13.
Beck is using this special event to highlight the thoughts and feelings of black conservatives.
Check your local listings for Fox News Channel on cable. Fox News is available on channel 118 on Fios, channel 205 on Dish Network and channel 360 on DirecTV.
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Posted by David W. Almasi at 1:40 AM
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Project 21's Deneen Borelli on "Hannity" on Friday Night
Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli will appear on the "Great American Panel" on the Fox News Channel's "Hannity" program at 9:30 PM eastern on Friday, November 13.
Deneen will discuss the progress of health care reform in the Senate, the track record of Obama's "stimulus" spending and how Jim Carrey can't seem to say nice things about capitalism despite being one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.
Check your local listings for Fox News Channel on cable. Fox News is available on channel 118 on Fios, channel 205 on Dish Network and channel 360 on DirecTV.
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Posted by David W. Almasi at 6:54 PM
Hear the Borellis Speak on Cap-and-Trade at Harrisburg Tea Party Event This Saturday
Free Enterprise Project Director Tom Borelli and Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli are both featured speakers at a rally to be held in conjunction with the "March on Harrisburg, PA" on Saturday, November 14. The march and rally is sponsored by the Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots.
The rally will be held on the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol and is scheduled to begin at 2:30 PM eastern. Prior to the rally, people will gather in the parking lot of nearby City Island for a march across the Susquehanna River that is scheduled to begin at 2:00 PM eastern.
Tom and Deneen will both speak on the economic consequences of the "cap-and-trade" energy tax proposal supported by the Obama Administration and the liberal leadership of the House and Senate in Washington. The keynote speaker will be former House Majority Leader Dick Armey.
For more information about the event, click
here.
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Posted by David W. Almasi at 5:21 PM
Friday, October 30, 2009
Deneen Borelli to Appear on Hannity
Comments by Project 21 full-time fellow Deneen Borelli will be broadcast as part of a pre-recorded segment on this evening's edition of the Fox News Sean Hannity show.
The topic: The United States Department of Justice overruling a 2 to 1 vote by Kinston, North Carolina voters to end the use of party labels in local elections.
Deneen's segment is expected to run at approximately 9:45 PM ET.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 5:00 PM
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Rush Should Sue
Bob Parks believes
Rush should sue.
I believe he should also, although I am agnostic on which individuals and/or businesses have met the legal definition of libel in this instance. (For one thing, I haven't seen everyone's comments in context.)
Aside from whatever satisfaction Rush might get from the experience (assuming that would outweigh the hassle factor), I think Rush would be doing a significant public service inasmuch as the news media is way, way too casual about throwing around false information. Yes, about conservatives, but generally as well. A few lawsuits might remind some reporters and editors that if they don't care about accuracy out of pride in a job well done, they might care about it to save their own bank balances.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 12:13 AM
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Deneen Borelli to Appear on Fox and Friends
Project 21 Fellow
Deneen Borelli will be a guest on the Fox New Channel show "Fox and Friends" Monday, October 19. She is expecting to discuss the White House
war on Fox News as well as left-wing pressure on the White House to adopt a second "stimulus" package.
If you want to tune in, you can catch her at approximately 6:15 AM Eastern.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 11:08 PM
Another on Rush
Another on Rush, from a Steelers fan:
Dear Amy Ridenour,
I am glad people are talking about boycotting the NFL. I have already emailed them to let them know of my intent. I almost ditched the Steelers last Super Bowl when Mr. Rooney thanked President Obama. As a huge Steelers fan myself, this was the last straw for me and the entire NFL.
Thanks.
Joseph McCoy
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 2:09 PM
Friday, October 16, 2009
Quote of Note: Did Rush Really Lose?
"...most of the same people who want Limbaugh ostracized are the same ones who think it is OK for Roman Polanski to drug and rape a 13 year old. These are also the same people, the white ones, who do not want Michael Vice to ever play again, or at least to make his life a living hell as long as he does play.
In the end, and to their shame, the group of potential owners caved in and removed Rush Limbaugh from the investor group saying that it was not worth it to keep Rush involved if it risked their not getting the franchise.
In the past 2 days ESPN and other media outlets have been announcing that Rush Limbaugh has been punted, and there is I am sure great rejoicing in this in many quarters, particularly in the black community and on the left. They see this as some great victory. This is very sad. Why? Because I ask the simple question, who really won and who really lost? Did Rush really lose? Did black players or even more so black Americans win?
Rush is still the most popular radio personality in America. He will still earn over $25 million a year, and he will still want Barack Obama to fail. Nothing has changed.
At the same time, will one black child do better in school? Will one less gang killing take place in Chicago, Philly LA. Will the Rams play any better? The answer is of course no. No new jobs have been created and Iran, North Korea are still feverishly building nuclear weapons.
This is a sad state for our nation. Black America in the grip of the Liberal establishment is more addicted to mediocrity than they are to 'Crack Cocaine.' They are the willing pawns in the Liberal game. This is a sad state. In the end everyone that needs to win loses."
-Eddie Huff, "
NFL vs. Rush Limbaugh - Who's The Real Loser," New Black Thought, October 14, 2009
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 11:56 PM
What's Happening Now
Bob Moffit on a new way the Senate leadership is
trying to deceive you.
Roundup of black conservative opinion of NFL-thinks-it-is-too-good-for-Rush-Limbaugh dustup.
Judge
tosses out yet another lawsuit trying to set global warming policy in the courts instead of the legislatures.
Is the Honduran constitution
negotiable?
Snow in New Jersey on October 15 does not disprove the global warming theory.
Daniel Henninger: Donald Rumsfeld
was right.
Obama says the damage from Katrina was caused in part by a "
breakdown of government." If gov't came make a hurricane worse, why would we want it to run health care?
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 12:51 AM
Inside the Beltway on Deneen Borelli
The Washington Times' popular Inside the Beltway column today
is covering Project 21's Deneen Borelli's
comments on Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson's attacks on Rush Limbaugh.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 12:30 AM
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sharpton and Jackson Attack on Rush Limbaugh a "Racist Act," Says Black Conservative
It's not up on the Project 21 webpages yet, but Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli has issued a statement about the Rush Limbaugh situation that may interest readers:
Jackson & Sharpton Effort Against Rush Limbaugh is an Effort to "Get Whitie" and a "Racist Act," Says Leading Black ConservativeStatement of Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli The left-wing jihad against Rush Limbaugh is un-fair and un-American. Rush is being targeted simply because he is a conservative and a leading critic of President Obama's wealth redistribution policies.
With conservative blood in the water, it's predictable to see the 'race card duo' -- Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton -- circling the victim. Since the election of the first black president, they have been searching for some white meat to feed on and Rush just happens to be a juicy target. Whipping up unjustified black anger is their specialty.
Frankly, I see their effort as 'get whitie' -- an inherent racist act.
It's outrageous that the 'race card duo' are worried about Rush buying a football team following a graphic example of black on black gang violence in Chicago -- Jackson's home town. As so-called black leaders they should be putting their time and effort in dealing with the human tragedies in the urban community: crime and failing schools and not a conservative exercising his right to play in the free market.
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 7:40 PM
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Outrage of the Day: More Racist Rants from the Anti-Black-Conservative Left
Sometimes I wonder how stupid you have to be to be a liberal. I mean, really. Take
this, for example. Some liberals are so, I guess the word would be "threatened," that not all black Americans chose to live on the liberal plantation that they actually have an Internet thread going about how Project 21 Fellow
Deneen Borelli (who is black) looks lighter-skinned in one of the four photos of her they found online than in the other three.
The guy who started the
thread, an "administrator" of the website
U.S. Politics Online who goes by the pseudonym (presumably it is a pseudonym) "O'Sullivan Bere," questions whether it is "unethical" for there to be a photo in circulation in which Deneen's skin looks lighter.
What is it, buddy? Afraid she'll "pass"?
Another dope on the thread opines, "She obviously realizes that most conservatives won't listen to her if she looks really black."
People, get real. The photo in which Deneen looks "lighter" is a professional studio shot. Studios have special lighting.
Everybody looks different in professional portraits -- that's why people pay good money for them. (As to whether the portrait studio photoshopped it a bit, who knows. That's standard nowadays, even for white subjects. If the "administrator" used his own photo instead of one I bet he stole off
a movie-related website for
his own picture, he'd probably know that.)
So the guy, the dishonorable "O'Sullivan Bere," questions Deneen's ethics in his headline while using stolen photos on his website
to raise the ethics issue. I took the
Fox News photo O'Sullivan Bere posted on
my home computer -- a screen shot of Fox programming off my computer monitor using a $29 piece of software (gee, I wonder why a screen shot looked different than a professionally done studio pic?) and I don't remember the fellow who is
pretending to be a character in a movie asking me for permission to re-post the photo. Deneen's husband, Tom, took the shot of her at the Tea Party rally in which she looks darker, and sent it to us
for this blog -- so if the Borellis have a plot to make Deneen look lighter in public photos, they sure have a weird way of going about it.
I suppose in all fairness I should note that it appears the apparently-fake O'Sullivan Bere did not steal Tom's Tea Party photo of Deneen directly from my blog. He took it (with permission? I bet not) from
this blogger, another idiot. Presumably, that blogger, who also wrote disparagingly about Deneen's skin tone, stole it from our blog, although I won't rule out the possibility that there was another racist little photo-stealing twerp in the mix somewhere, and they all stole from one another after they stole from us.
Now that I have said all that, I'm going to go all moderate for a minute and admit not all liberals are stupid. I bet most of them would find this sort of thing at to be an embarrassment -- for their side. They'd be right.
P.S. Ironically, the thread about Deneen supposedly being unethical for supposedly having her her studio shot photoshopped to make her look lighter had the following ad running when I visited:
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Posted by Amy Ridenour at 11:39 PM
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Project 21's Bob Parks on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio This Wednesday
Project 21 member Bob Parks is scheduled to appear on the satellite talk radio program "Make It Plain with Mark Thompson" on Wednesday, October 7 at approximately 6:15 PM eastern for around 20 minutes.
The program can be heard on Sirius channel 146 ("Sirius Left") and XM channel 167 ("America Left"). Bob has been asked to talk about the Obama Administration's handling of the economy and Afghanistan.
Listeners can call into the show at (866) 99-SIRIUS.
This post was written by David Almasi, executive director of the National Center for Public Policy Research. Write the author at info@nationalcenter.org. As we occasionally reprint letters on the blog, please note if you prefer that your correspondence be kept private, or only published anonymously.
Labels: Media, Project 21, Race
Posted by David W. Almasi at 4:29 PM
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Project 21's Bob Parks Discusses Health Care Policy on BET Special This Sunday
Project 21 member Bob Parks has taped a panel discussion on health care policy that is scheduled to air on Black Entertainment Television this Sunday, September 27, at 9:00 PM eastern.
Bob participated in BET's "Critical Condition: What's at Stake in Health Care Reform" with White House Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes and Representatives James Clyburn (D-SC) and Maxine Waters (D-CA).
You can read Bob's comments about the taping of the show by clicking
here.
Check your local listings for BET on cable. BET is available on channel 230 on Fios, channel 124 on Dish Network and channel 329 on DirecTV.
Editor's note: BlackNews.com has published a story about the broadcast, which can be accessed here.Written by David Almasi, executive director of the National Center for Public Policy Research. Write the author at info@nationalcenter.org. As we occasionally reprint letters on the blog, please note if you prefer that your correspondence be kept private, or only published anonymously.
Labels: Congress, Government Health Care, Health Care, Media, Project 21, Race
Posted by David W. Almasi at 12:53 AM
Friday, September 25, 2009
Project 21's Borelli to Discuss ACORN on Fox
Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli is scheduled to appear on Fox & Friends on Saturday morning, September 26 at 9:50 AM Eastern.
The topic is on the undercover filmmakers who investigated ACORN and whether they should be prosecuted.
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