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PC or not, I laughed:
What a world we live in. Wearing a funny “illegal alien” costume, complete with orange jumpsuit, a green green card, and space alien mask, is tasteless. Actually being someone who jumps borders or overstays a Visa in violation of the law isn’t tasteless, I suppose.
Update II: Ha! The old “English isn’t my first language” trick.
Update: ACORN guy with “contacts” in Tijuana fired.
Congress cuts off ACORN funding.
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I kiddeth not. Instead of calling the police, an ACORN employee (probably former now) who works on “immigration concerns” listens casually as the “pimp” and “whore” talk about smuggling girls from El Salvador and says Tijuana would be a good place for the drop-off because he has contacts there.
What a Dodo he is, falling for this. Time for the feds to investigate, no? More at Big Government.
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You’ve got to be pretty stupid to fall for this.
It’s old news (in blog-time), but I’m doing five things at once these days. Anyway, so you’ve heard about ACORN, the leftist, taxpayer-supported group involved in voter fraud and acquiring mortgage loans for people who can’t afford the loans, and then shouting, “Predatory lending!” with straight faces? Turns out ACORN, or at least some employees, are as dumb as dirt.
Failing to realize the seriousness of fraud accusations and the attention they bring, including the possibility of sting operations, two ACORN employees in Baltimore actually advised a ridiculously dressed “pimp” and his “whore” on how to fly under the radar operating a whorehouse with underage prostitutes. The undercover pair caught everything on tape. As I watched it, all I could do was shake my head at the idiocy. Listen to these idiots:
Did you catch the “prostitute” saying she was sixteen? Unbelievable. And check out the get-up on that “pimp.” Over the top, glaringly outlandlish, stereotypical, and obvious.
The employees have been fired.
That was last week. This week, the undercover pair released a video of ACORN employees in Brooklyn giving similar whorehouse-hiding advice.
Fortunately, congressional Democrats were embarrassed enough to cut off ACORN’s funding in the housing bill. The amendment passed 83 to 7.
I guess this means ACORN is unofficially officially disavowed, at least as far as the U.S. Census is concerned. Care to release a statement, Mr. President?
Update: Gotta be kidding. Glenn Beck says a woman at ACORN in San Bernardino admits on tape to killing her husband. He’s making us wait until 4 p.m. for details. Interviewing “pimp” and “whore” now.
By the way, ACORN operates illegally in Maryland.
More ACORN mess at Big Government. Check out the video of DC’s ACORN office. Sheesh!
Later: Okay, here it is. ACORN woman, former whore, confesses to killing her husband. She’s probably lying, but the video is valuable nonetheless to show the kind of people ACORN hires.
And unnecessarily defensive:
Good grief, woman. 
Step away from the computer and avoid the web this holiday weekend. Get out of the house. Go somewhere fun. Do something fun. Have a laugh! Rest easy this Memorial Day weekend, everybody.
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This is too cool. Whether they intended to or not, a bunch of dolphins blocked “suspected” Somali pirates as they set a course to attack Chinese ships, causing the rogues to re-think their nefarious plans.
Update: DHS, you may track my tweets here. Thanks for following!
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I love when stories like this break and hate when I find out about them so late. The Department of Homeland (In)Security (DHS) released a memo titled, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” (PDF)
You’ve got to read this thing. According to the 10-page piece of dreck, DHS “has no specific information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment.”
DHS contends that “Rightwing” extremists are, among other things, “mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.”
According to the definition, I am a rightwing extremist. I am generally “antigovernment” when it comes to Big Government, and to the degree which the federal government violates the U.S. Constitution, I reject “federal authority in favor of state or local authority.” I detest child killing – nothing less than legalized murder (which God will deal with accordingly) – and I believe allowing illegal aliens to roam free (porous border – that’s some kind of homeland security!), and receive free health care and in-state tuition is appalling (strong word, and I mean every syllable), especially when one considers that people are waiting in line, and have been for years, to become Americans the legal way.
It’s quite possible DHS was referring only to so-called hate groups and not to conservatives like me. Regardless, the memo is a singular bit of stupidity, coupled with a comical case of paranoia brought on by the complacency and make-work condition of government employment.
Memo to DHS: rightwing, and proud it.
Smile!
Writes Gawker: “Now that Obama has been elected, a tipster inside a PR firm tells us, clients are demanding ‘an increased number of [blacks] added to the guest list’ at their holiday parties.”
Hey, add my face to the collage. Let’s see. I’m black.
But I’m not well-known or connected or young or rich (or all that interesting, really), and I didn’t and won’t ever vote for Barack Obama.
Outspoken judgmental black female Christian fundamentalist Proposition 8-supporting right wingers need not apply.
Merry Christmas!
Update II (11/20 @ 12:19 p.m.): I need to get my thoughts together before I blog about this mess. Unbelievable.
Update (11/19 @ 3:15 p.m.): Here we go again. The California Supreme Court, which nullified a 2000 law that banned homosexual “marriage” earlier this year, agreed today to hear arguments on whether a similar ban passed by 52 percent of California voters on November 4 is unconstitutional.
However, the court refused to issue a stay on the ban. In other words, the law stands. Homosexuals cannot “marry” in California. Did you know homosexuals are afforded rights, benefits, and all the rest under domestic partnership laws? That’s not enough. It betrays their true intent, doesn’t it?
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for next March.
Oh, how I wish my name were on this list. Blacklist me! Blacklist me!
Traditional marriage defenders, patronize the businesses listed. Call them up and say “Thank you!” If you know the individuals who gave, do the same.
Man, I should have donated cash for the cause. I’ll pretend:
“La Shawn Barber, Private Citizen / Southern California / $100,000…”
Update: Question for “activists”: Are White Homosexuals Protesting in Black Neighborhoods?
Update II (2/11/09): My latest ramblings at Loathsome “African American.”
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African-American Canadians? African-American Canadians? How, in any world, does that make sense? Black Canadians, unless they’re also citizens of an African country or America, are neither Africans nor Americans!
You are front-row witnesses to political correctness run amok. The Dumb As Dirt comedy award goes to PhysOrg.com for referring to black Canadians as “African-Americans,” an imbecilic American term used to describe blacks in America.
[Update: I hadn't realized when I published this post that comments were open on the story. It appears I'm not alone!]
I remember using the term back in the 1980s when I was young and dumb and full of respect for Jesse Jackson. He insisted black Americans and everyone else use it so blacks could feel “proud” of their African heritage. But there was a problem. Blacks, Negroes, colored people – whatever you want to call us – are not Africans. Most of us were born in America. Our nationality is American. We are Americans of African descent.
So implied Congressman Alcee Hastings, an impeached former federal judge, to an audience of Jewish liberals yesterday.
According to CNN (also see this link), his exact words were (bad grammar included) “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks…If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention.”
I’m no Sarah Palin apologist, but what Hastings’s said was race-baitingly foul, obviously. I wonder if anyone called him on it or at the very least, asked what the heck he meant. If I’d been there…It’s a strange thing to say. People who exercise their right to carry a gun and who hunt animals are racist?
Imagine a white Republican saying something similar about a black liberal candidate. Mainstream media would cover it morning, noon, and night. There’d be widespread calls for an apology and/or resignation. But they’ll treat what Hastings said as a curious news item, forgotten by day’s end.
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Help! I’m up to my nose in boxes. Man. You never realize how much stuff you accumulate in 10 years. And the books. They’ve been breeding! (I’m moving to California, by the way.)
Anyway, I’m breaking briefly to blog about Barack Obama’s choice of vice presidential running mate, Senator Joe Biden. I couldn’t resist reminding you about Biden’s “controversial” remarks.
Last year, a journalist asked Biden what he thought of his opponent (Biden had recently announced his candidacy for president), and this is what he said about Obama:
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
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Calling people on their *bleep.* I LOVE it.
You remember William Jefferson, black liberal congressman (is there any other kind?) caught on tape accepting a bribe in 2005 (and subsequently re-elected, for crying out loud), and the FBI raided his house and found $90,000 in $100 bills wrapped in aluminum foil in frozen food containers in his freezer?
Ring a bell? Well, Jason Mattera of Young America’s Foundation solicited Jefferson’s advice last week. After making a few innocuous comments, he pounced, asking the re-elected-even-after-his-indictment politician:
“I was wondering if you could give me some advice? In your opinion what is the best way to stuff $90,000 in a freezer: a Hefty or a Ziploc bag?”
Ha! Too cool. Jefferson, obviously caught off guard, replies incoherently and mumbles something like, “You think you’re a clever guy…”
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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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