I just got word that last night, an amendment to the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill, which would bar preferences in federal contracting, passed the House of Representatives.
Color me stunned!
The language, introduced by Congressman Tim Walberg, reads: “An amendment to prohibit the use of funds be[ing] used by the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations based on race, ethnicity, or sex.”
In other words, these agencies can’t consider race, ethnicity, or sex when hiring contractors with federal funds. No more set-asides.
Ward Connerly, chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, said, “Congressman Walberg was one of the few politicians in Michigan who stood on principal during last year’s campaign for the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, and he deserves much praise for his leadership in carrying the will of the people of Michigan to the entire nation.”
The spending bill also passed last night, but the two Houses have to reconcile their versions of the bill before anything is set in stone. The language of the amendment might become law.
Despite the clear language of the law — “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer…to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin…” — it is standard practice for federal government agencies to hire a certain percentage of “preferred minorities” under an unofficial policy that allows discrimination against whites and non-preferred minorities.
To some blacks, this sounds fair. But when whites become a racial minority and the government regresses to openly discriminating in favor of them, they’ll understand (as their grandparents and beyond understood) why the practice is so foul.
(That’s not likely to happen, though. Once Hispanics become the nation’s majority race, ethnicity, or whatever you want to call them, the white-guilt altruistic ethic of giving minorities unearned benefits will be extinct. Hispanics aren’t burdened with white guilt.)
The idea of affirmative action, as it was conceived (and here), is not discriminatory. Perhaps government agencies concerned about “diversity” will implement actual affirmative action and do away with lowered standards for minorities, which were put in place by white people so white people could feel paternally good about themselves.
Let’s drink a non-alcoholic toast to equal standards for all!
Ousted former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who punched a Capitol Hill police office last year when he tried to stop her from strolling through a checkpoint because he didn’t recognize her, is suing liberal columnist Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s parent company, the managing editor, and the publisher. 
McKinney claims that contrary to what Tucker wrote, she didn’t “slug” the officer with her cell phone. With a “closed fist,” perhaps? What a waste of money, time, and energy. The lawyers are getting rich and the broad continues to make a fool of herself. 
Warning: This review contains MAJOR spoilers.
