Friday Fly-By
February 19th, 2009
How about this for picture of the week?
Senator DeMint has shown great courage lately through his actions in the Senate. Calling for a vote on the Fairness Doctrine as early as next week would be another moment worth watching:
Sen. Jim DeMint announced that he will force a vote next week on a bill that prevents the Federal Communications Commission from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine.
The South Carolina Republican’s bill, the Broadcaster Freedom Act, is cosponsored by John Thune, R-S.D., and 27 others and will be offered as an amendment to the D.C. Voting Rights bill…
Let’s get it out in the open. America should see how each of their elected officials lean on this matter.
Cowards, huh? That’s a heck of a thing for a Attorney General of the United States to say.
Here is the best take down of Holder’s statement I have read to date.
If anyone can tie coffee, the courts and the porkfest legislation into one neat package it is Alfonzo Rachel..just watch:
Have a good weekend all. Hopefully by Monday this bug will have departed altogether. Maybe then this exhausting, exasperating monster will allow me to post something original and intelligent.
Written by Sue
Posted in One Response to “Friday Fly-By”
When I was working my last assignment my work group consisted of 7 African-Americans, 2 whites and 1 American Indian.
We had difficulties at first because the 7 wanted to stir trouble. Not all, but maybe one or two and the others followed.
After a trying time we all became close friends and co-workers. We did go to lunch together and sometimes arranged something for after work. But we lived in different cities and socializing on week-ends was just not practical if we wanted to spend time with our children and husbands.
One of the original “trouble-makers” even told me when she transferred to Philadelphia to be sure to send an invitation to my daughter’s wedding. And she came to it, along with all the others! I also drove 50 miles to one of their weddings and saw other non-black faces there. We had a great time.
After being a social butterfly to meet and greet everyone I went to that group of people and we hung out at the reception.
I’ve been to diversity classes that were telling us to be more tolerant of African-Americans.
I don’t need Holder to tell me how I should spend my free time. I have been to African-American funerals for people I cared deeply about, and they have been to white funerals for people they cared deeply about.
One glaring thing I did notice, though, was Michelle Obama had a group of children at the White House to discuss Black History month. A scan of the room showed not one white face. Surely there were white children who would have loved to have been included in this group. So who is not being tolerant? It’s not just the whites.
Any racism being propagated now is coming from the highest officials in our government and causing resentments I thought were finished. I don’t want another race war.
Yes, there are some whites who hate anyone without lilly white skin, but they are not the majority anymore.