Yet another example of the hypocrisy of the leftist progs. Imagine what the headlines would read if the Republican Party announced how it was going to use churches to register and eductate voters? The left would be demanding retreat and threatening tax-exempt status revocation for any church or minister who would engage.
Yet, it’s ok to blur the line between Church and State when it fits the agenda of the progs.
WASHINGTON — The Rev. Dr. Franklyn Richardson longs for the old days, when all it took was Sunday sermons by African-American ministers to fire up their flocks to get registered and vote in local, state and federal elections.
“In the past, all we had to do was encourage people to register,” said Richardson, the senior pastor of the Grace Baptist Church of Mount Vernon, N.Y., and Port St. Lucie, Fla., and the chair of the Conference of National Black Churches. “Now it’s a different animal.” (more…)
(Via The Blaze) On Sunday, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spoke at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth undergraduate commencement ceremony, where he unleashed a bizarre comment surrounding Trayvon Martin and a black recipient who was at the event to receive an honorary degree. Frank, who was given the Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Medal at the event, created such a surprise with his quip that the audience gasped (and some cheered) as a result.
So, what was it that the leftist lawmaker said that created such a stir? Frank, who seemed to be looking for laughs from those in attendance, commented about academic and social justice crusader Hubie Jones’ honorary degree. The politician, who was clearly attempting to invoke the racial elements surrounding the Martin incident, said that Jones now has an academic hoodie that he can wear without anyone shooting at him. (more…)
Following the essential advice of professional money hustlers, TrayMom™ toned down the bling for this visit and sported a more subtle and subdued pin striped suit befitting the financially distressed East St. Louis community church. However, that didn’t stop TrayMom™ from continuing to pass the plate. Once again the Scheme Team™ hiding behind the guise of raising funds for the “Trayvon Foundation”™.
[…] Trayvon’s father, Tracy Martin, who grew up in East St. Louis, and his mother, Sybrina Fulton, attended a Stop the Violence rally Friday at the North End Missionary Baptist Church. The church’s capacity was 750, but the crowd filled the sanctuary and spilled outside.
Benjamin Crump, the attorney for Trayvon’s family, stirred the packed church by asking them to repeat after him loud enough so Trayvon could hear them: “I am Trayvon Martin.”
He compared the death of Trayvon Martin, 16, on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., after a neighborhood watch member shot the teen, to the death of Emmett Till, 14, who in 1955 was murdered after whistling at a white woman.
Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie, made the “brave decision” to have her son’s brutalized body brought from Mississippi back to Chicago, stopping in cities along the way to let the people know what three white men did to her son.
Then he looked around at the audience and said the Martin family made the decision that they would not be quiet about the situation but would talk, beg, scream and fight until they got justice. […]
Benjamin Crump knows how to pitch a crowd, and deliver them to a standing fervor while shouting the names of Trayvon™ and TrayMom™. The tour has steadily improved and become more efficient in performance delivery, each participant more comfortable with their role. Now, with so many promotional events now under their belt, they are getting quite good at the standard “rally in a coffin box” it takes them no time to swoop in, deliver the message, work up the crowd, and then deliver the fleecing. (more…)
(Daily Mail) Police suspected singer Wyclef Jean and activist and TV host Reverend Al Sharpton of being involved in laundering drug money, Brooklyn federal court has heard.
Mr Jean allegedly received a $60,000 loan from hip hop manager James Rosamond, who is currently on trial for drug charges, and Mr Sharpton was allegedly given a $10,000 donation by the suspected drug kingpin, according to thesmokinggun.com. (more…)
OMG, the level of irony in this one is beyond comprehension….
WASHINGTON DC – In an effort to better educate students and their parents about race relations and social injustice, a D.C. elementary school has declared Friday “Trayvon Martin Day.”
Teachers at Malcolm X Elementary in Southeast are using the unfolding case and the story surrounding Martin as part of their “Let’s Keep Our Children Safe” seminar. (more…)
Pathological Liberalism, how Weineresque !
(Mass Live) — Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that she knows she has Native American ancestry because her mother told her so.
Warren’s comments came after nearly four minutes of tense back and forth between Warren and Fox 25 reporter Sharman Sacchetti and 7News reporter Andy Hiller. As both reporters questioned Warren about why she listed herself as a minority in law directories, Warren refused to answer, saying she had already answered questions about her background.
Finally, Warren said, “I am proud of my family and I am proud of my heritage.”
Hiller followed up: “Does it include an Indian background?” (more…)
President Obama says under his watch the “federal spending has risen at the lowest pace” in years…
So President Obama has the lowest percentage increase in spending according to his spin. But that gives the 2009 spending to George Bush by default, and is actually quite impossible to charge.
Why? Because there was no spending budget for fiscal year 2009. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and then Senator Obama blocked the April 2008 budget proposal from George Bush and never had a budget for 2009. (more…)
RUSH – Facebook Falls Facedown, Regime Targets Morgan Stanley – The Facebook IPO. Ho-ho-ho-ho! Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! Somebody’s gonna have to pay for this. These are Obama’s buddies at Facebook. Well, because the bottom’s falling out. They can’t maintain the initial price, the 38 bucks. Right.
Well, okay. So somebody’s gonna have to pay the price for this. Somebody’s gonna get the blame for this. You can’t have these people losing Obama money like this. That can’t happen. You can’t blame Goldman Sachs. They’re underwriters. They were in for $500 million at the outset, before the IPO. (more…)
Professional Race-Baiting Class Hardest Hit…. Now only 47% of Blacks think George Zimmerman Guilty, and 40% of Blacks think George Zimmerman acted in self defense, a remarkable turnaround.
Perhaps the opportunistic financial exploitation will also hit a roadblock.
A new Rasmussen poll shows people are waking up to the false reality initially sold by Benjamin Crump, Natalie Jackson, Ryan Julison, The National Legacy Media, Angela Corey from the Florida Prosecutors office and many more…..
RASMUSSEN – A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 24% of American Adults still believe the man who shot Martin should be found guilty of murder. But that’s down from 33% in late March when the case first began to draw national headlines and 30% in early April. (more…)
Update – Teacher Suspended With Pay: SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools officials suspended a North Rowan High School teacher Monday while investigating an incident caught on camera where the teacher told a student he could be arrested for speaking ill of President Barack Obama. […]
Dixon-Neely has been suspended with pay, according to Rowan-Salisbury School System Spokeswoman Rita Foil. On Friday, Foil said the incident can be a learning experience.
“The Rowan-Salisbury School System expects all students and employees to be respectful in the school environment and for all teachers to maintain their professionalism in the classroom. This incident should serve as an education for all teachers to stop and reflect on their interaction with students.” (More)
(Via Breitbart) The video shows a classroom discussion about the Washington Post hit piece about Mitt Romney bullying a kid some five decades ago. One student says, “Didn’t Obama bully someone though?” The teacher says: “Not to my knowledge.” The student then cites the fact that Obama, in Dreams from My Father, admits to shoving a little girl. “Stop, no, because there is no comparison,” screams the teacher. Romney is “running for president. Obama is the president.”