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: 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.

Previous posts:

• New York Times on ACORN
• ACORN’s Intelligence Deficiency

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.

Good grief, woman.

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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.

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.

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 (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.

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Unless you’ve been living in a cave in the election’s aftermath (I like the “cave” motif), you’ve heard about groups of homosexuals “protesting” in the streets of Los Angeles, blocking traffic, gathering outside Mormon temples and whatnot, making a spectacle of themselves more than usual because California voters blocked their efforts to mock traditional marriage.

It’s common knowledge by now that 70 percent of black voters in California voted for Proposition 8, a measure than defines marriage as between only a man and a woman. Almost three-quarters of black voters…although the vast majority voted for Barack Obama, but that’s another topic for another post. The tension between blacks and white homosexuals has provided much fodder for mainstream media reporters and bloggers. They’re peeved at black liberals for voting against the interests of their fellow brothers-in-arms. Offensive analogies aside, read all about it on Google news.

You know how I feel about this junk, and I don’t have anything new to add to what everyone has said. Reading Thomas Sowell’s latest column, however, something stood out. An excerpt (emphasis added):

“Blacks and Mormons have been the main targets of the gay activists’ anger. Seventy percent of blacks voted against gay marriage in California, so racial epithets were hurled at blacks in Los Angeles — not in black neighborhoods, by the way.”

Hmmm…why haven’t white homosexuals protested in black neighborhoods and in front of black churches?

Since black voters are credited with helping pass Proposition 8, why don’t white homosexuals go where the black people are? I mean, why confine themselves to downtown Los Angeles? Go down to Watts or Compton or up to Oakland (in front of black churches, not Mormon temples) and let them know how you feel! Plenty of black and hispanic enclaves in which to set up the protest shop. And they’ve got churches galore! What’s stopping you from taking it to the other group of people responsible for crushing your same-sex dreams?

And check this out: try snatching a Bible or a sign from a black man from one of those neighbors, and stomp on it, instead of harassing elderly white people.

Yeah, that’s what I thought…

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?

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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.

Recap: I am not an African American. Never have been, never will be. Actress Charlize Theron, a South Africa-born American citizen, can be called an African American. I can’t, and I refuse to accept or even acknowledge the term.

Now, it gets sticky for whites. I know it’s confusing, but I can’t help you there. Some blacks like to be mislabeled as African American. Enlightened blacks like me don’t. In fact, I detest it. Every time I hear it – every time – I cringe. I hate it because of what it represents.

The term represents a collective stupidity that resulted from a generally well-meaning intention to not offend black people. A man I now consider an unethical and disingenuous race hustler guilted white liberals and stood on the backs of men and women who fought and died to force our government into treating blacks as first class citizens…so he could line his own pockets. He doesn’t give a rat’s a** about anyone but himself. But media bought Jackson’s act and appointed him leader of Negroes. Thanks to Jackson and the media, the hideous and laughably inaccurate term African American is firmly entrenched in the culture. And people who use it sound ignorant.

Through the years, our racial identifiers have changed. “Negro” was once acceptable, now it isn’t. The same goes for “Colored.” “Black” became the new racial identifier in the 1970s, and in my opinion, it’s the most acceptable. Of course my skin isn’t black, and your skin isn’t white. We’re more brown and pink, aren’t we? The point is that people fall back on the most convenient and apt label to describe others.

In an ideal world, we’d make no mention of someone’s race. But we’re stuck with this one. If you must refer to my race, call me black. Please don’t call me an African American, at least not to my face. It makes me angry. And you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.

Rest easy, everybody!

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.

Hastings is insignificant in the scheme of things, but I’m curious about how much grief he’ll catch for these dumb statements. You see, a double standard applies whenever blacks or other minorities or liberals make inane and insulting statements about conservatives and Republicans. Back in 2002, white liberal Thomas V. Mike Miller, president of the Maryland senate, called Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a black Republican, an Uncle Tom and got no flak for it. Well, except from me.

Yes, double standards abound. Since I started blogging in 2003, I discovered that when black liberals denigrate black conservatives, white liberals see it as permission for them to follow suit. It’s happened to me, Condoleezza Rice, and probably every other black conservative you know about. (On a somewhat related note, a New York Times reporter interviewed me yesterday for a story on black conservatives and Republicans. I’m hoping it’ll be fair and balanced. No guarantees.)

Hastings was a federal judge when he was impeached for bribery and perjury in 1988 and convicted in 1989. Incredibly, he was elected to Congress in 1992. Is it me, or do black voters seem to have a disproportionate penchant for crooked politicians? (Hard-up much?)

I’ll be watching and waiting for impeached former federal judge Alcee Hastings to catch it for what he said yesterday. The words “waiting” “in” “vain” come to mind.

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.”

That one statement set off a sh**storm, and mainstream media and bloggers were right in the middle of it. Calling a black person “articulate” and “clean” conjures up negative racial stereotypes, which imply that black people normally aren’t well-spoken or hygienic. Yes, I know it’s ridiculous, but some black people can be overly sensitive about these things.

Of course, Biden said he didn’t mean anything by it, and some figured he probably meant that Obama was clean of scandals. Here’s Biden’s explanation:

“My mother has an expression clean as a whistle sharp as a tack, that was the context.”

Did he really mean that? I guess you have to take the man at his word, but it didn’t quell the criticism. Being called articulate and clean isn’t offensive per se, but as you’ve seen, people look for racism in the most innocuous of comments and fleeting of glances.

Read more about Obama’s pick at Memeorandum.

I thought the whole thing was funny, and I had more fun with it in Barack Obama: The Clean Negro.

Obviously, Biden’s remarks didn’t bother Obama. I wonder, though, why the infanticide-supporting “citizen of the world” didn’t choose a woman or another “minority” as his running mate. Theories?

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…”

You must watch and listen:

I could hear the nervousness in Mattera’s voice — or was it barely controlled anticipation? — but it was a bold move. Good work. The look on Jefferson’s face is priceless, man.

I need your help with something. What makes a person vote for a man they know was caught on tape accepting a bribe and hid $90,000 of the bribe money in his freezer? I’m seriously confused. Even if you believe Jefferson was set up and didn’t know what was going on, how would you explain why he had $90,000 in cash in his freezer?

(Hat tip: Hot Air)

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.”