2:58 a.m. PT: It’s a tragedy of epic proportions.
I’m spending the night in an airport. In Vegas, of all places. First time. Ever. It’s weird. Flight was canceled, stood in line for an hour to be re-routed. No straight flights, and nothing before 6 a.m. Madness. But I didn’t lose my religion! Thanks, God.
There’s free wireless, though, so I’ve been working and surfing and now I’m blogging. Big fun.
An Essence magazine writer or researcher or whoever interviewed me a couple months ago for a story about black Republicans and conservatives. Although it was nice to see my words quoted accurately, the person I spoke to or the person who wrote or edited the article or whoever got some facts wrong. Here’s my quote from “Crossing Over,” which appears in the August 2008 issue and is not online, unfortunately:
“Conversely, La Shawn Barber, a 41-year-old writer from Washington, D.C., says her Christian beliefs triggered her decision to become a Republican several years ago. Continuing to hold the line against gay marriage, for example, is a critical voting concern. ‘You might as well do away with the whole institution if you’re going to say two people of the same sex can have the same union as a man and a woman,’ she says. ‘Regardless of religious issues, it’s also a policy issue. Where are you going to draw the line?’”
Can you spot the error? If you’re a longtime blog reader, or if you’ve ever glanced at the About page, the error is glaring. But if you don’t know, don’t look. Just guess. And I went out of my way to make sure the interviewer had the correct information. Quite irritating. But hey, what can you do?
I spent two days at the Reagan Library discussing the concept of equality for all with folks like Tammy Bruce, Roger Clegg, John Fund and a host of others on the front lines of the battle to get government out of the skin color business. It was a privilege, indeed.
OK, I think I’ll grab a couple hours sleep now. I may blog Friday. Or I may be in a coma. So tired, and I have a looooong day in the sky ahead of me. Goodnight!
7:10 a.m. PT: A reader sent me a link to a story in the Wall Street Journal, “The End of White Flight.” White people left cities in large numbers back in the day and moved to suburbs. They’re moving back. Different demographic, of course.
Blacks, on the other hand, didn’t leave cities in huge numbers during the same time period. The article attributes this to the denial of home loans. Naturally, the implication is that blacks were denied loans because the loan officers were racists and the banks were run by racists.
I don’t want to argue whether it’s true, or what “gentrification” may be doing to the neighborhood, or other racially tense issues. I’ll leave that to you. The article is long, but I’d like to focus on one point.
I remember reading a similar article about this “trend.” Blacks are leaving cities for cleaner pastures, and churches in urban areas are losing members. The solution? Reach out to people in the neighborhood…even if they’re white. A church needs members to survive and thrive, and the pastor, if he’s a true man of God, shouldn’t care what color the congregants are.
En route to California to visit my sister and attend a conference on civil rights, hosted by Ward Connerly of the American Civil Rights Institute.
I count myself among many Americans who loathe race preferences, known in politically correct jargon as affirmative action. I join like-minded others to eradicate this demeaning, unfair, and unconstitutional practice from state government policies across the country.
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…and the media haven’t reported it. What the…?
Every time I hear Barack Obama speak, I’m reminded of the expression, “Like shooting fish in a barrel.” He is the embodiment of it.
His ideas are so incongruous and on-the-fly, I wonder why mainstream media aren’t picking his statements apart. Yes, I know it’s too easy. There’s no challenge in it. Yes, I know mainstream media liberals want him to win. But news organizations report news, and a Democratic candidate advocating a civilian quasi-military security force is news.
On July 2, Obama gave a speech to an audience of what appears to be military veterans. Relevant to this post is this nugget (emphasis added):
“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Continue reading Barack Obama Says America Needs A Civilian National Security Force
Update (7/17): Commenter DavidTheMan writes (emphasis added):
“I stumbled on your site from InstaPundit. I must say you hit the nail on the head. I’m a black conservative male and I’m sure you know the looks you get when you talk to other blacks about Democrats…It is pointless for Republicans to try to pander to blacks to get their votes, there is no need for it because they will simply ignore your efforts. Republicans are better off standing strong on their ideals and the conservative principles and letting people come to the party than trying to go to different ethnic groups and cater a specific message to all of them.”
I concur. And about the so-called Southern Strategy, please read Martin Knight’s comment.
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I’m only one black American among millions, and I’m no authority on black people, nor do I speak for black people.
But I can provide insight.
Back in 2004, Republicans were trying to appeal to black voters. Newt Gingrich and the rest wanted to secure at least 25 percent of the “black vote.” Dream on! I poured a bucket of water over their piddling flame. Won’t work, I said. I explained my reasoning in “Why Courting the Black Vote Won’t Work,” which was published in the Washington Times.
Unlike some black conservatives and Republicans I know, I don’t think the party should appeal to voters based on skin color. I criticize white Republicans when they do it, and I’m disappointed when right-leaning blacks encourage them to do it.
Continue reading Why Black People Don’t Care that GOP Is Civil Rights Party
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns unconstitutional.
“The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.”
As expected, the District has set up an obstacle course to owning and registering firearms. Under the former ban, residents could own and keep shotguns in the home, but these firearms had to be disassembled and/or fitted with trigger locks. In light of the Supreme Court ruling, District residents may own handguns, but the government will require that these handguns be kept unloaded “and either disassembled secured with a trigger lock, gun safe, or similar device.” (press release)
So, I may own a handgun and keep it in my home, but I must keep the gun unloaded and disassembled? Not a chance.
Very useful! That’s what I’m talking about. Quite important stuff they’re doing. Life-changing ideas, indeed, sure to advance colored people. Keep up the good work. 
Update (7/15): BHO tells black parents they need to turn off the idiot box. Dream on. Ain’t gonna happen. He adds:
“I know some say I’ve been too tough on folks about this responsibility stuff. But I’m not going to stop talking about it. Because I believe that in the end, it doesn’t matter how much money we invest in our communities, or how many 10-point plans we propose, or how many government programs we launch—none of it will make any difference if we don’t seize more responsibility in our own lives.”
I say the same thing and get called a “self-hater.” Perhaps BHO will have better luck. After all, he is their Messiah!
Then again, people like blaming others and pointing fingers away from self. Raising standards for yourself is too hard, too much work. As far as they’re concerned, “racism” is the sickness, and more government programs, with a heaping helping of misplaced guilt, are the cures. I could go on and on in this vein, but I’d only be repeating myself. I’ve been saying this for four years. It’s boring now. Check out the archives if you want to read more.
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Future President Barack Hussein Obama makes so many verbal gaffes, it’s barely challenging to find and expose the ignorance.
Race-pandering before the hispanic racialist group La Raza, BHO equated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the government agency charged with carrying out our nations immigration laws, with terrorism. He said:
“When communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids…when all that is happening, the system just isn’t working, and we need to change it.”
Play the video below:
Continue reading Barack Obama Calls Immigration Enforcement Agency Terrorists
Filed under: Illegal Aliens, Liberals - Obama
Politicians and talking heads types have always been celebrities to me. Hollywood had nothing on them.
I looked forward to watching shows like “Meet the Press” and “The McLaughlin Group” on Sunday mornings. I loved listening to politicians and pundits arguing about people and policy.
When I first moved to DC (nine years ago?), I was on the look-out. I spotted people like ABC’s Sam Donaldson walking down the street (for some reason he did a double-take when he saw me), George Will standing near the escalator at a downtown Metro station, and journalist Steve Roberts (husband of ABC’s Cokie) in the elevator of the building where I worked. I was on the look-out.
When I landed a job on Capitol Hill, I was in heaven. Whether I liked them or not, it was thrilling to walk down the halls past men like Orrin Hatch, the late Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms (who smiled at me), Robert Bryd (who smiled and waved when he caught me staring at him), John Ashcroft (who didn’t smile), and even Ted Kennedy. I almost ran over his son, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, at a stop sign. Ah, the memories!
Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are savage wolves. – Matthew 7:15
Wow! I did not intend to focus on child killing the past couple weeks. Opportunities to blog about it kept popping, and I went in that direction. I’m listening, God! If my blog plays a part in stopping just one woman from slaughtering her child, my work here is good.
I have yet another opportunity to tell you about more so-called Christians who believe women have a right to kill their babies. When last I blogged about so-called Reverend Carlton W. Veazey, president and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (which used to be called the Coalition for Abortion Rights), I named him among others who profess Christ and a woman’s right to kill her baby, in the same breath. See Irreverent Reverends, Part II.
I was sickened by an article I read yesterday about Veazey, and I wanted to bring it to your attention. Every year for the past 12 years, black church members and leaders have gathered at a conference called the National Black Church Summit on Sexuality. At this summit, black ministers speechify on how black churches can be more “inclusive” of homosexuals and how to counsel teenage girls and women about “parenthood, adoption and pregnancy termination.”
That’s not a typo! Pregnancy termination. Churches. Pastors. Ministers.
Leave it up to mainstream media to make an instant tree out of an acorn! (Not quite a play on the old idiom, but you get the point!) Slow news cycle? Hey, I can’t talk. I’m blogging about it!
Unless you were comatose yesterday, you probably heard Jesse Jackson say he wanted to cut out Barack Obama’s “nuts” because Jackson believes Obama was “talking down to black people” when he dared mention the need for morality in the black community. Funny, coming from an infanticide enthusiast like BHO, but…anyway, watch the clip:
Look, we all say things we don’t necessarily mean when we’re upset. Don’t judge Jackson too harshly over that. Judge him over his pro-abortion stance. Judge him over his race-baiting and camera-hogging. Judge this phony “man of God” over his media gluttony and attempts to make headlines at all costs. Judge him over his disingenuous concern about “the poor” and misplaced concern about thugs in prison.
Jackson and Obama are cut from the same cloth. They’re attention-loving, devoid-of-substance liberals who’re taken far too seriously.
Update: Commenter Dianne writes: “I haven’t thought of either Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton as ‘Reverends’ for years. To me they’re both B list actors, bad ones at that.”
Later…There’s more? You’ve got your headlines now, “Reverend.”
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