Watchdog says Black Panther case handled correctly
The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has concluded an investigation finding that politics played no role in the handling of the New Black Panther Party case, which sparked a racially charged political fight.
After reviewing thousands of pages of internal e-mails and notes and conducting 44 interviews with department staff members, the OPR reported that “department attorneys did not commit professional misconduct or exercise poor judgment” and that the voter-intimidation case against the Panthers was dismissed on “a good faith assessment of the law” and “not influenced by the race of the defendants.”
The OPR investigation was launched at the request of U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Here’s the guts of its findings, as related in a letter to Smith from OPR Counsel Robin Ashton:
In a sane world, that would be that. Unfortunately, we do not live in a sane world. We live in a world in which too many people have too much invested in feeling themselves the downtrodden victim of the black man to let this foolishness die.
– Jay Bookman
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Libertarian
March 30th, 2011
3:09 pm
Harry
Those of us who live in the real world know exactly what would happen if the KKK showed up to a black polling place. All H ell would break loose.
getalife
March 30th, 2011
3:09 pm
“How did you feel about the Anita Hill accusations against Clarence Thomas?”
I felt she told the truth.
His wife is still bitter her, got drunk and called her.
Not a very nice woman and made money off of her husband’s decisions.
Culture of corruption is bad in today’s gop.
Deep Throat
March 30th, 2011
3:09 pm
Harry, all the Lib’s are quick to condemn the KKK but not a single one will denounce the Black Panthers.
Myself, I do denounce both.
The Leg Lamp™©® is a “major award”…..
March 30th, 2011
3:09 pm
Joe Cool
March 30th, 2011
3:02 pm
So you wouldn’t notice two black guys wearing black outfits with black panther patches and head gear with batons in their hands at a polling place? Are you blind?
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:09 pm
Uh… start? Ask dreamy Dennis Kucinich
Harry Callahan
March 30th, 2011
3:09 pm
What I learned from stands for decibels today…
Liberals aren’t particularly bright.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:10 pm
“Culture of corruption is bad” anywhere anytime.
Harry Callahan
March 30th, 2011
3:10 pm
“Myself, I do denounce both.”
me too
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
I suggest you also read the testimony in my link…………….Mr Hill stated under oath that the poll watchers had been intimidated…
Granny posted it for me. Seems like you were talking out the side of your neck about “Mr. Hill being intimidated” or the other pollers being intimidated. Hmmmm did you even READ your own link? Or just figured, (and rightly so), we’d see that it was 201 pages and would just say “forget that!!”? Good thing for Granny huh?
GeorgeW: Transcript doesnt make it truth….just ask Barry Bonds
If you lie under oath, you can be convicted. What idiot (besides bonds) would risk that?
Oh and granny – Go Granny!! Go Granny!! It’s your birthday!! Go!!! Go!!
TaxPayer
March 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
Did someone say minute”man”:
Forde, a notorious nativist who moved to Arizona to start her own Minutemen militia, was accompanied by Jason Bush, a white supremacist who authorities suspect is a serial killer, and Albert Gaxiola, a local resident who served time in prison for drug dealing. The murder occured in May of 2009 and Forde, Bush and Gaxiola were arrested 12 days later and charged with first-degree murder, burglary and aggravated assault.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have each released reports that provide fresh evidence that the nation’s fiscal policy is on an unsustainable course and changes will be needed.
http://www.pgpf.org/Issues/Fiscal-Outlook/2011/03/21/Report-on-CBO-Budget-Analysis.aspx
http://pgpf.org/Issues/Fiscal-Outlook/2011/03/23/Report-on-GAO-Budget-Analysis.aspx
The Leg Lamp™©® is a “major award”…..
March 30th, 2011
3:12 pm
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
“If you lie under oath, you can be convicted. What idiot (besides bonds) would risk that?”
Um…..bill clinton?
Mr_B
March 30th, 2011
3:12 pm
Harry Callahan: “So if the Klan shows up at a polling place in a black neighborhood, that’s OK by you, as long as they don’t make any threatening motions?””
They would be within their Constitutional rights to do so.
Within their right minds: not so much.
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:12 pm
So you wouldn’t notice two black guys wearing black outfits with black panther patches and head gear with batons in their hands at a polling place? Are you blind?
Black people don’t seem to stand out in black neighborhoods. Sorry.
Dave R.
March 30th, 2011
3:13 pm
Sorry, but this administration and Justice Dept. hasn’t done a whole lot to engender any trust within me. Eric Holder is about the worst political hack we’ve seen in that office since Nixon’s John Mitchell.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:13 pm
America is in Decline. It was a great couple hundred years…. time to go somewhere new.
Harry Callahan
March 30th, 2011
3:13 pm
The Leg Lamp™©® is a “major award”…..
March 30th, 2011
3:12 pm
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
“If you lie under oath, you can be convicted. What idiot (besides bonds) would risk that?”
Um…..bill clinton?
Leg Lamp – 1
Debbie – 0
md
March 30th, 2011
3:13 pm
Well granny………very good testimony……..now the question is which one is telling the truth………
It is obvious that one of them is not……to add in another variable, I have read several articles that state intimidation is not a short term issue…….especially for those that live in the area………
And then this little trinket:
“In their sworn depositions, Mr. and Mrs. Counts stated that they had
not seen members of the New Black Panther Party at the polling site. In addition, both denied
speaking with anyone from the Republican Party about the Panthers. Further, Mr. Counts even
contended that he had never been interviewed by the Justice Department. His testimony on this
latter point was contradicted by his wife, however, who indicated that they each had been
interviewed by a team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of
Justice several months after the election”
Hmm…………….
ty webb
March 30th, 2011
3:14 pm
“Black people don’t seem to stand out in black neighborhoods. Sorry.”
who new berets were so fashionable?
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:14 pm
Clinton huh? Well good thing Rove never took a witness’ stand you betcha.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:15 pm
The projected rise of debt to 87 percent of GDP under the President’s budget is worrisome. Economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhardt conducted research on the experience of several countries that carried high levels of debt. They found that countries with debts above 90 percent of GDP tended to grow more slowly than countries with lower levels of debt.
The Administration estimates that federal debt under the President’s policies would stabilize at 77 percent of GDP over the next 10 years. By contrast, the CBO does not expect debt to stabilize under the President’s policies. Although a full accounting of the differences will not be available until the CBO publishes its final analysis of the President’s budget next month, the differences likely stem from the fact that the CBO does not assume that the economy recovers as quickly as the Administration does. The CBO also makes different technical assumptions that can influence projections of the budgetary costs of President’s various initiatives.
Will i am Smith
March 30th, 2011
3:15 pm
I liked Men In Black. What was wrong with it. I know. It was my co-star, wasn’t it.
Harry Callahan
March 30th, 2011
3:15 pm
“If you lie under oath, you can be convicted. What idiot (besides bonds) would risk that?”
um…Charles Rangel?
AmVet
March 30th, 2011
3:15 pm
Uh….
At least unlike Lynn Westmoreland, he didn’t call the Obamas uppity.
Though he was born in Georgia in 1950 and has live here his entire life, he swears he was unaware that the word is a pejorative historically used to describe African-Americans who have made economic, social, or political progress. Or that it was in any way offensive.
Riiiiight.
Oh and there was that ugly incident about him leading the opposition to renewing the 1965 Voting Rights Act…
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:16 pm
In assessing the relative riskiness of debt, credit analysts tend to look at interest costs as a share of revenues. The CBO estimates that interest costs under the President’s budget will be 10 percent of federal revenues this year, which is well above the levels seen in several other AAA-rated countries. More worrisome, the CBO projects that interest costs will grow to more than 18 percent of revenues in 2018―just seven years from now. Some credit analysts believe that if interest costs were to reach that level, the United States could risk losing its AAA status. A ratings downgrade would make Treasury bonds and notes less attractive to investors and likely result in higher interest rates.
The Leg Lamp™©® is a “major award”…..
March 30th, 2011
3:17 pm
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:12 pm
“Black people don’t seem to stand out in black neighborhoods. Sorry.
Still oblivious to life, huh? Granted, black people don’t stand out in black neighborhoods. But only fools would not notice two black guys standing outside a polling place wearing black panther attire and carrying batons in their hands. Anyway, enjoy life on planet “doright”.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:17 pm
SELECTED REVENUE POLICIES IN THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET
The most significant revenue policies in the President’s budget are:
• Permanent extension of tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000 and individuals earning less than $200,000; child credits; marriage-penalty relief; and lower rates on dividends and capital gains.
* Permanent indexing of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) for inflation.
* An increase in the estate tax exemption to $3.5 million and a lowering of the top rate to 45 percent.
* A limit on the deductions that high-income filers can claim.
The permanent extension of the tax cuts (and the other provisions in the first bullet) represents the largest contributor to future deficits in the President’s budget. By the CBO’s estimates, it accounts for more than 75 percent of the total change in projected revenues over the next 10 years.
md
March 30th, 2011
3:18 pm
“THAT is considered testimony. It is made and/or affirmed in a legal context; as this case is legal in its bearing, just by saying something is “truth therefore testimony” is absurd.”
Boy are you rigid…………even folks in church provide their “testimony”…………..
Testimony basically means giving ones side of the story as truth…….it doesn’t have to be in a legal setting.
Anywho……what I provided was actual testimony….under oath…….now refute it if you choose.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:19 pm
SELECTED SPENDING POLICIES IN THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET
The President’s budget reduces programmatic spending by a modest amount over the next 10 years, but also reallocates funding among various programs. Some programs receive more funding compared to current law; other programs receive less. Over the next 10 years, the most significant changes are a:
* Freeze in Medicare’s payment rates for physicians .
* Extension/expansion of certain refundable tax credits .
* Increase in transportation funding.
* Reduction in funding for activities related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq .
* A five-year freeze in non-security discretionary spending.
Although annual funding for non-defense spending (known as non-defense discretionary spending) would fall by a cumulative total of about $600 billion over 10 years, most of the decline ($504 billion) would stem from a reclassification of some transportation spending from discretionary spending to mandatory spending.
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:19 pm
md:It is obvious that one of them is not……to add in another variable, I have read several articles that state intimidation is not a short term issue…….especially for those that live in the area………
Ok I don’t get you. Granny pulled up the very testimony from the link that you referenced and now you’re stating that its questionable. md – you are……..unique.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:19 pm
understatement-
The CBO report confirms that we need to go beyond the policies outlined in the President’s budget in order to address our longer- term debt and deficits. The CBO projects that under the President’s policies, by 2021federal debt will climb to almost 90 percent of GDP. Without a change to current policies, debt is expected to grow even further.
The leading edge of the baby-boom generation turns 65 this year. Over the next decade and beyond, spending pressures on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will begin to mount, yet revenues will not keep pace. Failing to address the gap between spending and revenues could do great harm to our families, our businesses, and our economy in the years ahead.
Although any action on the budget must recognize the fragility of the current state of the economy, policymakers could significantly improve the outlook for the budget and economy by creating a credible plan to reduce the deficit gradually over time as the economy recovers.
George W
March 30th, 2011
3:21 pm
OK GUYS….TOTALLY OFF TOPIC….BUT THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE FUNNIEST VIDEOS I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f61_1301503389
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:21 pm
If the health care cost control measures contained in the Affordable Care Act are not sustainable in the long run, by 2034, debt held by the public will exceed 200 percent of GDP and interest payments to service the public debt will reach 9 percent of GDP.
md
March 30th, 2011
3:22 pm
“Granny posted it for me. Seems like you were talking out the side of your neck about “Mr. Hill being intimidated” or the other pollers being intimidated. Hmmmm did you even READ your own link? Or just figured, (and rightly so), we’d see that it was 201 pages and would just say “forget that!!”? Good thing for Granny huh?”
Granny didn’t “prove” anything………just presented more evidence………
Now we have contradicting evidence and contradictions made by one side that presented evidence….
You make the call……..as you will anyway.
The Leg Lamp™©® is a “major award”…..
March 30th, 2011
3:23 pm
So I wonder if the “cutting in line” stuff affected the poll?
Obama Cuts in Line and Gets an iPad 2…
OBAMA POLL HITS NEW LOW…
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:23 pm
Oh goody. By 2040, all we will be able to afford to pay are the interest expense and social security.
No government, no health care, no roads. Lights out.
md
March 30th, 2011
3:24 pm
“Ok I don’t get you. Granny pulled up the very testimony from the link that you referenced and now you’re stating that its questionable. md – you are……..unique.”
That link….all 201 pages….presented evidence from more than one witness…….and granny’s evidence came from another source…….slow down and read it or risk looking silly.
Yippee
March 30th, 2011
3:24 pm
Politcal party affiliation has nothing to do with it Mr. Bookman or anyone else writing here. All one need do is watch the video of the actual event to clearly understand the behavior was wrong and clearly designed to intimidate. We have lost our way when we are afraid to be honest with ourselves for fear of being labeled this or that. Mr. Bookman chose to focus on this stroy to drive this blog. Perhaps contract negotiations are at hand. In any event Mr.Bookman, you have lost all integrity in my eyes, not that my opinion or I matter to you. Enough said on this race baiting attempt. Pitiful.
George W
March 30th, 2011
3:24 pm
OMG>>>>>you guys have got to watch that video…..I am crying!!!
The Leg Lamp™©® is a “major award”…..
March 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
md
March 30th, 2011
3:24 pm
“risk looking silly”?
I think for her it’s given.
Harry Callahan
March 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
“AmVet
March 30th, 2011
3:15 pm
Uh….
“At least unlike Lynn Westmoreland, he didn’t call the Obamas uppity.
No, but Bill Clinton said the Obama’s would be bringing him coffee.
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:26 pm
One more b4 I go…..
But only fools would not notice two black guys standing outside a polling place wearing black panther attire and carrying batons in their hands.
What exactly is “Black Panther attire”? Is it like cowboy attire or marching band attire? Oh and BTW only one had a baton. And, in the eyes of black people, the one with a baton was either an undercover cop or in a marching band or something…….
getalife
March 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
Call Orkin.
This place is infested with con trolls.
They are the creatures in their commercials.
Del
March 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
As Obama continues to display his incompetence, Jay continues to divert attention by putting up topics of little importance.
hahaha!!!
March 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
Thats how you know when the kooks know they are wrong. “But Bush did it too!!!!” Gay, the more intelligent of us are well aware Bush wasnt a Conservative, only on national defense. If the Neo-Comms had anyone with a functioning brain they should put a statue up of the man.
The Bush administration was packed up and ready to go when this racist, pro-murdering ape decided to intimidate voters. As well you know, Gay
Dave R.
March 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
“What exactly is “Black Panther attire”?”
I think it includes lots of black with shiny metal accessories.
But I could be wrong . . .
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
That link….all 201 pages….presented evidence from more than one witness…….and granny’s evidence came from another source…….slow down and read it or risk looking silly.
You’re the one who cited Mr. Hill’s testimony!! Good grief man!! Don’t you remember what you’ve typed from one minute to the next?
Oh and BTW Go granny! Go Granny!! Go! Go!!!
Ken Starrs in "The Lady in Blue" from FOXy Films
March 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
A 70 million tax payer dollar production starring Ms. Lewdiwinsky and her secret love for a man that she knew she could never have.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:33 pm
ug
The GAO’s simulations can also be used to gauge the magnitude of changes necessary to stabilize the debt. Under the more optimistic projections of the Extended Baseline scenario, in order to hold the public debt at its current level of 62 percent of total economic output through the end of the GAO’s projection period, taxes would immediately and permanently have to increase by almost 15 percent, spending would have to be slashed
permanently by 13 percent, or some combination of the two. Under the Alternative scenario, to stabilize the debt, taxes would need to increase by almost 54 percent, all non-interest spending would have to be decreased by 35 percent, or some combination of the two.
Harry Callahan
March 30th, 2011
3:34 pm
“And, in the eyes of black people, the one with a baton was either an undercover cop or in a marching band or something…….”
They weren’t there to intimidtate BLACK voters, Debbie.
Do try to keep up…………………….
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:35 pm
my 3:33 – the alternative “growth” scenario is the real likely one, and those tax increases and spending cuts are never going to happen.
Which means: reset button. Put yo $ elsewhere and emigrate asap.
Harry Callahan
March 30th, 2011
3:35 pm
Speaking of trolls, has getalife posted anything of intellectual value on this topic? If so, I guess I overlooked it…
WOW
March 30th, 2011
3:35 pm
“Regarding farmboys and speaking of fellow Jayhawks”
To be a Jayhawk one would have to have had to attend the U of Kansas. Quit lying, Vet.
hahaha!!!
March 30th, 2011
3:37 pm
@ Del,
Isn’t it hilarious? Same with CT’s looney blog. Nothing but social issues that have been defeated 25 times over.
The world is literally bracing itself for a global war thanks to the US having a spineless, incompetent, gutless Muslim Kenyan for a leader and this is all they want to talk about?
LOL!!!!
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:38 pm
The spending going on in DC is mind boggling. You’d think the boom never stopped. And for them, it didn’t. Dozens and dozens of buildings under construction. Employment growth out the wazoo (contractors and gov’t).
Our country has lost its sense of balance.
Dave R.
March 30th, 2011
3:39 pm
“Speaking of trolls, has getalife posted anything of intellectual value on this topic? If so, I guess I overlooked it…”
Harry, getalife is one of the drive bys on this blog. Never posts anything of intellectual value.
Deep Throat
March 30th, 2011
3:39 pm
Yippee, you’re so right on target, one does not need someone else to tell them what is intimidation. The sad thing is not one Lib. will speak out against the Black Panthers, altho none will come right out and say it they give them legitimacy. Myself, I have along with other Conservatives denounce not only the Black Panthers, but, also the KKK, or any group whose agenda promotes their race or ethnicities above others.
Kamchak
March 30th, 2011
3:40 pm
…and this is all they want to talk about?
Blogspot is ready when you are.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:40 pm
24 hours in jail seems about right for these jokers.
jewcowboy
March 30th, 2011
3:41 pm
ty webb,
“who new berets were so fashionable?”
I’ve actually seen 2 different guys in my office tower in Buckhead wearing berets today…with business suits.
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:43 pm
America’s problems.
1. Only the Fed is buying our debt right now. Self dealing is usually not a sign of prosperity.
2. More than 1/2 our oil is imported.
3. Our health care costs are through the roof making our labor uncompetitive.
4. And our tax rates are high…. (relative to the world)
Last one to leave, turn the lights out.
md
March 30th, 2011
3:43 pm
“You’re the one who cited Mr. Hill’s testimony!! Good grief man!! Don’t you remember what you’ve typed from one minute to the next?”
Yes…..Mr Hill’s testimony………and granny cited Mr Counts testimony……..and I cited the contradictions to Mr Counts statements……….
Shall I continue, or can you take it from here?
ty webb
March 30th, 2011
3:51 pm
“I’ve actually seen 2 different guys in my office tower in Buckhead wearing berets today…with business suits.”
Jewcowboy,
hmmm…white collar mimes?
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:52 pm
In energy speech, Obama exchanges the ambitious for the politically possible
President Obama called Wednesday for a one-third cut in oil imports, to be achieved by increased domestic production, alternative energies, and higher fuel efficiency.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0330/In-energy-speech-Obama-exchanges-the-ambitious-for-the-politically-possible
Now we’re talking. Forced out of lala land by the Republicans, Obama starts thinking realistically…
jm
March 30th, 2011
3:55 pm
I think Obama unofficially kicked off his re-election campaign today.
Unfortunately for him, he now has a record, not just rhetoric.
hahaha!!!
March 30th, 2011
3:57 pm
@ kamchak,
Quadrupling our debt, starting a war while being on vacation #48, going to war without Congress’ approval, supporting Communist nations desires to drill while banning ours, being a Kenyan, being a muslim, hating America….do you want to pick?
Joe Cool
March 30th, 2011
3:58 pm
“So you wouldn’t notice two black guys wearing black outfits with black panther patches and head gear with batons in their hands at a polling place? Are you blind?”
Nope! I guess that would be like me readily identifying MinuteMen in “their” attire. I wouldnt know what they look like, but i’d know what a couple of sheet wearing, holes in their mommas pillow case wearing fools look like.
Its 2011, I see all kinda mess worn by all groups of people that wouldnt make me identify them as This and That.
Tundra Dude
March 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
Harry Callahan@3:06 wrote;
Obama doesn’t know his religion, why should anyone else?
Sure he does.
“You’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith,”
Obama to interviewer George Stephanopoulos (2008)
md
March 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
“I think Obama unofficially kicked off his re-election campaign today.”
Personally, I don’t think he ever left the stump………….
Kamchak
March 30th, 2011
4:02 pm
….do you want to pick?
The point of starting your own blog is that you get to choose the topic.
Then you have to deal with crybabies.
Midori
March 30th, 2011
4:03 pm
When you do that, that what shows your true colors and your obsession.
Please do tell where this obsession comes from.
Joe — two words: erectile dysfunction
Keep Up the Good Fight!
March 30th, 2011
4:04 pm
So now…which religions are not allowed to be President? And do please cite a constitutional provision to support.
Kamchak
March 30th, 2011
4:05 pm
Unemployment thread upstairs.
jm
March 30th, 2011
4:06 pm
A GEORGIAN IN DC. Love me some Chuck Leavell.
“Leavell: Terribly frustrated! I don’t think you talk to anyone on the street who doesn’t say, “Why can’t we get things done?” It wasn’t all that long ago that you had people from each party that would lock
themselves in a room. I’ll equate it this way: If you read Keith Richards’s autobiography, you come across a time when manager Andrew Oldham locked Keith and Mick Jagger in a room and said, “Don’t come out until you write a song!” And they did. I equate that to what we should do here. Lock these lawmakers in a room and don’t let them out until they do something. ”
http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1103/chuck_leavells_washington_gig_.html
Dusty
March 30th, 2011
4:12 pm
Well, congrats, Bookman! You have posted another subject which you knew would engender racial bigotry.
Anything to keep the blog numbers rising. Anything! Don’t call it journalism. Call it the great weakness to incite the public to degrade themselves for no purpose whatsoever. Quite an achievement, Bookman.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
March 30th, 2011
4:13 pm
Think of the new Mercedes that those checks buy. Why no wonder I heard yesterday that the Mercedes dealership laidoff a number of people.
Time to sell Whole Foods. [snark]
Harry Callahan
March 30th, 2011
4:18 pm
“Harry, getalife is one of the drive bys on this blog. Never posts anything of intellectual value.”
Oh…so he’s pretty much like Kamchak, in other words…
Dave R.
March 30th, 2011
4:25 pm
Yeah, Harry, they’re the drive by twins. Add in TaxPayer and you’ve got a set of triplets!
hahaha!!!
March 30th, 2011
4:33 pm
So basically you just dont want to talk about anything serious or relative? Only played out, tired, tried and weighed social issues? Didnt think so.
Thanks for playing! Next!
The Leg Lamp™©® is a “major award”…..
March 30th, 2011
4:46 pm
DebbieDoRight
March 30th, 2011
3:26 pm
On planet “doright” ignorance is bliss. You said “What exactly is “Black Panther attire”? Is it like cowboy attire or marching band attire? Oh and BTW only one had a baton.”
Um, let’s see. How about the black panther patches and head wear? And if only one guy with a baton is okay, I guess if one of those guys was brandishing a gun you’d be okay with that too.
The Leg Lamp™©® is a “major award”…..
March 30th, 2011
4:49 pm
Joe Cool
March 30th, 2011
3:58 pm
So I guess at the polling place where you vote there a guys hanging outside with black panther patches on their clothes and carrying batons? And you wouldn’t notice them? Needless to say you’ll never be called on the witness stand as an eye witness for anything.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 30th, 2011
7:06 pm
SoCo 1:18 – it’s illegal to publicly advocate for a candidate or position within a certain distance of every polling place. they were clearly in violation of this.
I have not seen any information that stated the NBPP guys were explicitly campaigning for a particular candidate. I don’t see the clear violation if there is no proof.
The question is whether only minorities should have their rights protected, or everyone. Holder and his Justice Department seem to feel only minorities’ rights get protected, the rest of us just have to deal.
Jimmy
It was Bush’s Justice Dept that made the decision to drop the charges. I don’t see how or why Holder should take the rap for that. All persons should have their rights protected, but it’s obvious that minorities need additional help as they don’t have majority control to legislate their own protection.
different rules
March 31st, 2011
8:59 am
if they had been “white panthers” instead, the ruling would have totally different, due to pressure from the media, sharpton/jackson and the “panthers” would be in prison.
buck@gon
April 2nd, 2011
2:27 pm
“We live in a world in which too many people have too much invested in feeling themselves the downtrodden victim of the black man to let this foolishness die.”
So Pennsylvania voters scared away by shouting, club-wielding men who happen to be black, and who happen to be shouting “cracker” and “you are going to be ‘ruled’ by a black man!” ought not invest in those on-the-spot feelings of being downtrodden.
What if I stand with a club in front of you, Jay Bookman and effectively threaten you from the moment you leave your car, until the moment you enter your office? Would calling the cops be foolishness? Would their prosecution of me be justified?
Would it be acceptable for a white governor to pardon me because I am one of “his” people?
You’ll pardon the expression, but I hope Eric Holder “hangs” in disgrace before or after the next election when it becomes more widely known what he has done and what he is continuing to do. With him, it is a Martin Luther King Jr. feared, that justice DOES depend upon the color of ones skin.
And I’ll hope that you’ll keep the unjustifiable nonsense out of your columns in the future.