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Afghan Bomber Reportedly Invited On Base By CIA

It is being reported by the AP, that the suicide bomber responsible for killing at least seven CIA operatives including the station chief, was invited on to the base. Not only was he invited to come on to the base but was not searched as he was a CIA informant believed to have intelligence to share.

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Added by One Black Man on January 1, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Blackwater Guards Get Away With Murder, For Now

by Scotty Reid As Republicans seize upon the failed Detroit airliner bombing to hypocritically attack the Obama administration, U.S. personnel in Iraq should brace themselves for attacks based on the recent dismissal of manslaughter charges by a Federal Judge against five Blackwater guards.

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Added by One Black Man on January 1, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Update: How Do You Justify Cops Shooting Unarmed Man With Hands In The Air?

by Scotty Reid

It is easy; you just ignore witness’s statements and only take the word of trigger-happy cops.

There can be no other explanation as to why a Rockford, Illinois grand jury cleared two officers who chased Mark Anthony Barmore into a church daycare and then shot him in the chest… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 30, 2009 at 7:27pm — No Comments

World News Concerning Racism and Discrimination: Illinois, Canada, France

Our View: When central Illinois reveals its ugliest side, confront and condemn it Journal Star Multiple articles in this newspaper over the last couple of weeks have made it abundantly clear just how many miles central Illinois has to go before anyone can truly claim victory on this being a "united" America, at least in regard to race. Clearly a gap remains between how we like to think of ourselves and how we are.… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 28, 2009 at 8:11am — No Comments

Pulitzer Prize Winning Politifact Awards Palin “Lie of the Year”

By Scotty Reid The Pulitzer Prize Winning website Politifact that checks the accuracy of statements by politicians and in some cases, former politicians, has awarded Sarah Palin the “Lie of the Year” award. While she may not win a Pulitzer for her ghost written book “Going Rouge”, the former Vice Presidential candidate and governor of Alaska can claim she received an award from a Pulitzer winner. After quitting her post as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin found her self a new niche as political… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 25, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

Did JP Morgan Chase Rig It's Facebook Contest For Non Profits?

By Scotty Reid Chase Bank recently held a competition on Facebook that gave non-profits a chance to win a million dollars but according to Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the jig was rigged! Micah Daigle, Executive Director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy recently sent a email out to supporters that reads: Recently, I asked you to vote for Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) in a competition on Facebook that would have earned us $25K and a shot at $1 million. Thousands of you… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 23, 2009 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Glenn Beck Wins Media Award - Congratualations Are In Order

Word on K-Street is that Rush Limbaugh wants a recount. Rush should consider that he is on radio and no one, not even Arbitron can verify his actual listener numbers that he issues himself.

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Added by One Black Man on December 21, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

President Obama Warns Insurance Companies About Jacking Up Rates

Early this morning, the Senate made history and health reform cleared its most important hurdle yet -- garnering the 60 votes needed to move toward a final vote in that chamber later this week. This marks the first time in our nation's history that comprehensive health reform has come to this point. And it appears that the American people will soon realize the genuine reform that offers security to those who have health insurance and affordable options to those who do not. I'm grateful to S… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 21, 2009 at 8:03pm — No Comments

New Witness Fingers Coles As The Cop Killer and Not Troy Davis

A new witness has come forward and in a sworn statement claims "Sylvester “Redd” Coles, told her he was the one who actually shot and killed Officer Mark Allen MacPhail" according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. The AJC reports: Condemned inmate Troy Anthony Davis filed the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary when he petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a hearing on his innocence claims. But in August, for the first time in nearly half a century, the nation’s highest court took a c… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 21, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

It's about Time Black Leaders Started Speaking Out About the 2010 Census

By Scotty Reid "There are those that want to act like Blacks should just be satisfied with having a Black president and the fact that four Blacks in the White House is the only count we should care about," said NAN President, the Rev. Al Sharpton. "We want every house counted." I was wondering when Rev Al Sharpton was going to start chiming in on the importance of the 2010 Census to the Black Community. Blacks showed in the 2008 election that when they flex their political muscles that… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 21, 2009 at 7:39pm — No Comments

25 Year Old Expectant Mom Left To Die on the Sidewalk by NY EMTs

25 year old pregnant Eutisha Revee Rennix was on her way into work when she collapsed in front of her place of employment. Inside the shop where she worked were two FDNY EMTs who were on break and rather help the expectant woman, they told concerned citizens to call 911. After the second crew arrived on the scene, they did not have the proper equipment to save the woman and her unborn child, as a result the woman and her child died. Eutisha has a twin brother who was serving his country in Kuwa… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 21, 2009 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Civil Rights Leaders Call for Full Count of Minorities in 2010 Census In Comparison to The Undercount In 2000 Census

Civil Rights leaders state that not only were Blacks undercounted in the 2000 Census by 3 percent, but whites were over counted by 1 percent. Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, said there was a 3 percent undercount of blacks in the 2000 census, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. "That undercount is one part of the story," Morial said. "The other part of the story out of 2000 is that there was an over-count of the country's white population." Rev.… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 19, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Breaking News- Senate Democrats Have Votes To Pass Health Care Reform Legislation

The Senate Democrats have made a deal with Nebraskan Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson on abortion restrictions, providing the 60 votes needed to quash filibusters by Republicans and Joe Lieberman. This deal comes on the back of President Obama's call that “parliamentary maneuvers” not be allowed to stand in the way of passing health care reform.

According to the LA Times: Nelson, who was pushing for tougher restrictions on federal funding for abortion, reached the agreement with S… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 19, 2009 at 1:27pm — 1 Comment

Press Release: Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Passed

CivilRights.org reports: On December 11, the U.S. House of Representatives passed (223-202) H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, a bill that responds to the economic crisis by modernizing America's financial regulations while addressing many of the causes of the crisis – from predatory lending to unregulated derivatives. A critical component of H.R. 4173 is the creation of a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), which would help protect consumers… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 18, 2009 at 12:20pm — No Comments

President Obama Makes Progress On Promise To Reduce Unwanted Pregnancies

By Scotty Reid PolitiFact is reporting that President Obama is moving forward on his campaign promise to reduce unintended pregnancies in the United States. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he would "work to reduce unintended pregnancy by guaranteeing equity in contraceptive coverage, providing sex education and offering rape victims accurate information about emergency contraception."....Most notably, the administration's fiscal year 2010 budget request provides $178 mil… Continue

Added by One Black Man on December 17, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Census Data is Determined the primary source of Paranoia and Anger for "Teabaggers" and "Trailer People"

If newly published Census Data is correct, tea bagging whites have more to be upset about. Could "Fear of a Black Country be the real source of anger among the far right in America. 2008 Census Data

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Added by One Black Man on December 16, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Fox Clowns Complain That Senate Bill Will Only Cover 94% of US Population

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Added by One Black Man on November 19, 2009 at 11:28am — No Comments

Fox News Caught Again Using Fake Footage, This Time To Hype Palin's Book

Rupert Murdoch continues to prove that he is a man of unethical character and Fox News is nothing more than a propaganda outlet. After being caught using fake footage of a recent "tea bagger" rally led by crazy woman Michelle Bauchman of Minnisota, this time footage of crowds from the McCain campaign trail were used to overstate crowds attending Sarah Palin's book tour. It is not surprising that Rupert Murdoch would use his cable news network to promote Palin's book published by his publishin… Continue

Added by One Black Man on November 19, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Rupert Murdoch's Racism Was Not Something He Picked Up In America, He Brought It With Him From Australia

So I'm sure He felt right at home among right wing Conservatives in America.

Theage.com.au writes: RACISM and discrimination can come in many forms, according to young Somali Muslim Nawal Ali. She has felt it physically, as people yanked off her hijab in anger and fear, yelling derogatory names. She has also heard it in the condescension of would-be do-gooders, and she has seen it manifested in the depression and anxiety of its victims. ''People often feel isolation a… Continue

Added by One Black Man on November 19, 2009 at 9:42am — No Comments

Is the "Tea Party" Really An Appropriate Name?

While the below article does not reference the original "tea baggers" as cowards, it is a fact that these cowards dressed up as Native Americans so that the British would not go after them. Today's "tea baggers" are cowards in the fact that they hide in mobs.