Sunday Morning News & Notes

Some things I meant to get to earlier but didn't.

-The long list of Obama's broken promises. I'm surprised it fit in one column.

-Obama said that if Syria crossed his imaginary "red line", there would be consequences. It appears they not only crossed it but leapt over it with both feet while giving him the finger. I'm guessing he's going to choose the Clinton route and launch some missiles into Syrian army targets so he has cover and can say he did something. Plus, he'd have the extra added benefit of taking the heat off himself with all these scandals going on ala Clinton when the Monica Lewinsky scandal was...um...blowing up.

-Aside from the "fuck you" aspect of Muslim organizers of a march in DC selecting 9-11 as the day, I have other issues with this march. One being the fact that Muslim's have not been harassed as much as the media would want you to believe and they really have no grievance against treatment in the US. At the same time, the leaders of that community have never come out against any of the attacks from 9-11 to Nidal Hasan. While they as a group did not plan or participate in the attacks, groups like CAIR have not exactly condemned them either. A group of bikers intend to make this anniversary of the 9-11 attacks a memorable one by organizing a huge rally on the same day. I'm sure the DC police are thrilled. Via Katie Pavlich.

-What the hell is going on in San Diego? While politicians have always come from a lower breed of human, San Diego really seems to have scraped the bottom of the barrel. Granted, this latest charge is probably bull shit but for crying out loud, my former city is a mess.

-The state of Texas gives the victims of the Nidal Hasan jihadi attack what they've earned: the status of war combatants. This is a war and Hasan said exactly that in the court room.

-Delbert Belton was a war hero. He was brutally beaten to death by two young black men. This could be the real trigger for a debate on race in America where we discuss why violence is the norm in minority community. Why are places like Chicago, Detroit and Trenton witnessing huge spikes in black on black crime? Why is the African-American community suffering through immensely higher unemployment? These are just some of the questions we could discuss and make the death of Mr. Belton a watershed moment where we actually talked about the issue openly and honestly. Instead, the media and President Obama want nothing to do with it because when they talk about race, they would rather quote MLK III who is a divider than talk about solving the problems and making us united. The media and hate pimps like Al Sharpton want no dialogue or solutions because they make their money on perpetuating hate and poverty.

-Liberal and feminist icon Camille Paglia asks what exactly has Hillary done that she deserves to be president? When you've lost Ms. Paglia...

-While I find Juan Cole a pretty detestable person, he does have a point on the NSA cases including new info that NSA staffers were cyber stalking ex-girlfriends.

The Trayvon Martin Case and the MSM

The death of Trayvon Martin is a tragedy no matter how one looks at it. Regardless of how the facts may turn out, one man is dead, ones life is ruined and two families have been irreparably changed.

The last thing I wanted to see was Trayvon's life spelled out in the media. He was a 17-year old boy who said things teenagers say and write things teenagers write. My own son puts lyrics on his Facebook page that could be construed in a million different ways if the media was interested.

That said, if Sharpton and the racial zealots hadn't convicted Mr. Zimmerman in the court of public opinion without the facts being known, we'd not be where we are today. The media lynched Zimmerman and gave him no chance to speak his peace. The police had yet to finish their investigation before the NAACP, NBP and Jesse Jackson screamed racism and thus forced Zimmerman and his lawyer to launch their own media barrage.

Add to that the fact that going off half cocked as Sharpton did probably hurt Martin's case because their was a witness who said he saw Martin attacking Zimmerman and it may lend credence to Zimmerman's side.

Aside form that part of the case, the media has shown themselves to be insanely liberal at every step. When they realized they didn't have the classic white man kills black man story, they concocted a new race in America...the White Hispanic to fit their meme. Zimmerman's dad is white and his mother is Peruvian. Interesting, Obama's mom was white and his dad was Kenyan, is he a White African-American?

Anyway, the media's playbook was blown out of the water today when it was revealed that the Hispanic Zimmerman was not the gun-toting, evangelical, cracker clinger they wanted but was, in fact, a registered Democrat. I swear I heard a million liberal heads explode at that news.

This is definitely not over but as I wrote previously, this may hurt Obama is more ways then he knows.

The Tragic Trayvon Martin Death Will Hurt Obama

When Barack Obama was elected, we were told we were entering a new, post-racial America and that we would see an America where color didn't matter. America had atoned for her sins we were assured, we had elected a black man to the highest office in the land.

But then a funny thing happened; the black men and women who had created an industry based on racial politics were left out in the cold. There was money to be made in divisiveness and they were not going to let the election of some half-black man destroy what they had connived and schemed so hard to build up. You may recall the Jesse Jackson attack on Obama once he saw that the possibility of a black man getting elected was indeed very real. You see, if Obama became president, Jackson would be relegated to just another former candidate and his shakedown-based Rainbow Coalition would lose business.

And what about Al Sharpton? If race-baiting and race issues became a thing of the past, Sharpton would be out of work. The guy obviously has no other skills then to incite hatred and violence; anyone that has seen his MSNBC show is aware that the guy is a horrible talk show host on a little-watched network. Amazingly, the non-sensical Sharpton makes more sense then anyone else on the network, but I digress.

But they now have redemption. With the Trayvon Martin tragedy, Sharpton and Jackson now have their faces all over the news and are joined in most stories by the New Black Panther Party who haven't been seen since they intimidated voters in Philly in 2008. The death of the young man is not the issue to these men who have made their living on pushing hate and race. His death means that they are relevant again and can get their mugs on camera again. Trayvon Martin is just another body that they can climb upon to get more publicity for themselves because that's all they care about. The death of a black man at the hand of a Hispanic man with a white name isn't perfect, it would have to be a white guy with a name like Sean O'Grady or better yet, a Jew to make it the perfect situation for these media whores but a guy name Zimmerman will suit their purposes.

Anyway, is this what Obama really wants right now? Does he want race being the primary issue after we were told it no longer should be an issue? instead of stupid discussions about birth control and etch a sketch, we're talking about the New Black Panther Party issuing bounties on a man who has not even been arrested. Instead of Rick Santorum clips talking about his anti-gay marriage stance 24-7, we're instead seeing Jackson and Sharpton spread their special kind of hate.

Americans don't want to discuss race anymore. We had our fill in 2008 and--speaking as a white American--we settled the issue when Barack Obama took the oath of office. An African-American was elected president of the (at the time) most powerful nation on the planet. We've realized Dr. King's goal and we have true equality in this nation. A man representing a racial group that makes up 12% of the population is now POTUS. It took whites, Hispanics, Jews, Catholics, Muslims and evangelicals to elect him--in another word, Americans.

We don't need to be preached to anymore and that is exactly what is happening. This could go two ways: Obama could end up having his "Sister Soulja" moment and smack down Jackson and Sharpton--an option that could hurt him within certain blocs of his party--or he goes the other direction and it becomes a Henry Gates redux whereby Obama takes the political expedient side in spite of the facts. Unfortunately for Obama, a "Beer Summit" will not save him this time.

Believe me, the irony of Obama losing an election because the the old race baiters couldn't let an issue subside and let the legal system take its course is not lost on me even a little bit.

Trayvon Martin Case Re-ignites Racial Issues

The facts:

Trayvon Martin, a 17-year old black man, was walking home from a convenience store in Florida with some food and an iced tea. George Zimmerman, a hispanic man (as described by his own family) who served as a leader in a local neighborhood watch group came in contact with Mr. Martin and during an ensuing scuffle, Zimmerman fatally shot Martin. Zimmerman has not been arrested at this point and was within his rights in the state to carry the weapon.

We'll soon find out where the truth lies after the investigation is completed.

Until then, we'll have to deal with the media barrage and the nightly appearances of every single race-monger in the United States led by Al Sharpton. The issue has even drawn Obama in and promises to be a major issue for the next month as the media reports every single detail of this tragic story.

This is a horrific story and one I'm not sure anyone besides Sharpton and his cronies wanted politicized to the point it currently is. Politicizing any issue of this magnitude only hampers the investigation, makes people draw conclusions before examining all the evidence and sends people involved into cover-their -ass mode.

Yes, there are some disconcerting issues here about procedure and policy but time is needed to investigate and get to the facts. Facts are the only goal and the waters are getting so muddied that a proper examination of the facts may never be accomplished.

In the meantime, as a parent with a son nearly the same age as Trayvon, I say to the media and the race army led by Sharpton; let the investigation continue, justice will prevail. I feel for Trayvon's parents and would feel as they do about the inconsistencies. You have two minority men at the heart of the issue and tensions will elevate unless someone with gravitas takes a step back and says "let's wait, let's allow the investigation to proceed and see where it takes us".

Sadly, for a media whore like Al Sharpton, this will never happen because Sharpton is The Authority on All Things African-American.

Professor Jacobsen is thinking along these same lines.

Whitney Dies, Sleazy Sharpton Gets Ink

Like most people, I woke up Sunday, went outside (in the snow) and picked up the paper. As I'm walking up the driveway, I'm reading about the tragedy of Whitney Houston dying and I see this:

Houston had been at rehearsals for the show Thursday, coaching singers Brandy and Monica, according to a person who was at the event but was not authorized to speak publicly about it. The person said that Ms. Houston looked disheveled, was sweating profusely, and smelled of liquor and cigarettes.

Rosen said police received a 911 call from hotel security about Ms. Houston at 3:43 p.m. local time Saturday. Paramedics, already at the hotel because of a Grammy party, unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate her, the lieutenant said.

The Rev. Al Sharpton said he would call for a national prayer Sunday morning during a service at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles.

"The morning of the Grammys, the world should pause and pray for the memory of a gifted songbird," Sharpton said in a written statement.

Emphasis mine.

Look at how they just through that in there. Now either the AP actually called Sharpton to get a response or the vile good reverend actually sent a press release with his thoughts in an effort to get his name in the biggest story of the month. I'm betting on the latter since Sharpton is an attention whore of the highest order. He has no perceptible skill that I've every been able to identify except finding high-profile issues that can somehow be perceived as containing a racial content and exploiting them for his benefit.

The a-hole that is Sharpton began his tawdry career by using race to try to destroy some cops and it blew up in his fat mug. The only reason he even assisted the "victim", Tawana Brawley was to get on TV. He smeared numerous good people and ruined lives, all for his chance at some fame.

He got it too thanks to a media that is too lazy to actually interview some African-Americans who really help their race or too biased to talk with conservative blacks like Niger Innis because they aren't really black in the eyes of the MSM. Does Niger Innis's opinion matter less than Al Sharpton's? Evidently so because the AP just jammed a sentence into a story about the death or of drug-addled superstar that had no business being there. Does the AP really believe that people were reading about Houston's death and thought to themselves "hmm, I wonder what Al Sharpton thinks about this"? evidently so because they didn't even try to fit the sentence in where it may have fit.

Leave it to Al Sharpton to speak for the entire black community on every issue and leave it to the AP to parrot his drivel at every opportunity.

Exit question: Who has a better chance of going to hell; Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart or Al Sharpton? My answer is all three of these con men.

Rev. Sharpton Busted on FBI Camera

When Al Sharpton's friends were awoken by agents earlier this week who were seeking documents related to the Reverends finances, Sharpton called it a racist issue as is his typical m.o. They have nothing on him he declared and it's a witch hunt because he's a black leader and he was the leader on the drive to free the "Jena Six".

Well, it turns out that the feds do indeed have something on him and it was evidence gathered in a City of Brotherly Love corruption probe:

With a hidden FBI camera rolling inside a New York hotel suite in 2003, an unsuspecting Rev. Al Sharpton, Democratic candidate for president, spoke candidly.

Sharpton offered to help Philadelphia fund-raiser Ronald A. White win a multimillion-dollar business deal, if White helped him raise $50,000 for politics.

White offered $25,000. "If you bring my guys up on this hedge fund, and I have the right conversation," White said, "I'll give you what you need."

"Cool," Sharpton said.

The Inquirer obtained an account of the May 9, 2003, conversation, which was recorded as part of the Philadelphia City Hall corruption case. The tape helped spark a separate inquiry into Sharpton's 2004 campaign and his civil-rights organization, the National Action Network. The FBI-IRS probe resurfaced publicly Wednesday, when Sharpton aides received subpoenas.

In an interview today, Sharpton said there is "absolutely nothing illegal" about tying business deals to fund-raising because he is not a public official.

"The tapes vindicate me," Sharpton said. "They show that I did not talk about bribing a public official or paying money under the table."

They have 20-separate conversations between him and White discussing a huge NYC pension deal as well. The initial probe was investigating pay-to-play corruption in the office of former Mayor John Street and involved City Treasurer Corey Kemp as well as White. White died before the case could come to trial and Kemp was sentenced to 10-years for his complicity. Detroit businessman LaVan Hawkins was also convicted in the case.

This is not going away no matter how much Sharpton wants to pull the race card. He's corrupt and the proof will surface. There's no way the FBI or IRS would begin an investigation guaranteed to become the most high-profile of the year without having the i's dotted and the t's crossed.

Update: For the record, the Inquirer did have this on the front page, however it was below the fold. What could have been more important? The Bali, Indonesia UN environmental circle jerk that's leaving a bigger carbon footprint in one week than my entire town does in a year. They're having so much fun, they've extended it for a day.