Double Standards
EDITORIAL: Pro-Black Panther prejudice–Justice Department implements a racial double standard
The foundation is crumbling from the Justice Department’s stonewall on the New Black Panther voter-intimidation case. What’s becoming visible is a serious corrosion in the whole edifice of the Civil Rights Division in the Obama-Holder Justice Department.
The edifice shook on Friday when a key lawyer in the case notified the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights […]
What Recession? - Obama Checks Into 4-Bedroom, $7,000/Night Suite.
Want to sleep like the leader of the free world? Then be prepared to shell out $7,000 a night for the presidential suite at New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel.
But for that kind of money, you really do get a piece of history.
President Obama checked in this week, becoming the latest world leader to stay in […]
NYPost:Charles Rangel, Chairman of tax-writing committee failed to report millions (Rangel Hides Income and Assets)
Rep. Charles Rangel failed to report as much as $1.3 million in outside income — including up to $1 million for a Harlem building sale — on financial-disclosure forms he filed between 2002 and 2006, according to newly amended records. The documents also show the embattled chairman of the Ways and Means Committee — who […]
ABC, NBC Won’t Air Ad Critical of Obama’s Health Care Plan
The refusal by ABC and NBC to run a national ad critical of President Obama’s health care reform plan is raising questions from the group behind the spot — particularly in light of ABC’s health care special aired in prime time last June hosted at the White House.
The refusal by ABC and NBC to run […]
Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says
A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation: a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges.
Despite rumors of a looming controversy after the Republican governor’s surprise announcement Friday that she would leave office […]
South Carolina Republican Compares Michelle Obama to Escaped Gorilla
The South Carolina Republican Party recently launched a campaign to reach out to minorities who have, for decades, wanted nothing to do with the state’s GOP. On Sunday, however, longtime Republican activist Rusty DePass seemed to be doing everything in his power to thwart that effort when he was caught making a racist joke on […]
Anti-War Voices Lose Influence
Will the last activist who hopes the antiwar cause will re-emerge as a central tenet of the Democratic Party please turn out the lights on the way out the door?
Little evidence exists that any antiwar movement is alive, well and influencing policy in this country.
Certainly no voice for it is coming from Barack Obama’s White […]
NBC Suits Warn CNBC Staff Against ‘Obama Bashing,’ Becoming ‘Too Conservative’
General Electric CEO Jeffery Immelt, thought to be one of Keith Olbermann’s biggest supporters, and NBC Universal President Jeff Zucker are reported to have called some of CNBC’s on-air talent to a secret meeting at least if the The New York Post’s Page Six column for April 16 has it right. The meeting was called […]
Get Ready for Mileage Tax Folks: Mileage Tax Might Be Road Bill Funding Source, Inhofe Says
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Wednesday that a proposal to tax motorists on the miles they drive is being looked at as an alternative method to funding much-needed road projects.Conceding that such an approach could be awkward, the Oklahoma Republican said such proposals must be part of the discussion as he and other key member […]
Bank Nationalization? - Citigroup reaches deal to give government up to a 36% stake
BY KEVIN KINGSBURY AND MAYA JACKSON RANDALL - Struggling banking giant Citigroup Inc., moving aggressively to shore up its equity base, announced a stock swap Friday that if successful will leave the government owning more than a third of the company and wipe out nearly three-quarters of existing shareholders’ stake.
The move is an acknowledgment that […]