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James Brown and the Famous Flames …..item 1..Pitts: ‘Our’ blacks vs. ‘their’ blacks — Black people are not crazy (November 7, 2011) …..item 2..Moment in Truth Project — The era of deficit denial is over (December 1, 2011) …


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So why don’t blacks vote Republican? The answer is easy. Black individuals are not crazy. Being not crazy, they recognize a easy truth regarding conservatives: They have not stood with, or up for, black persons. Never.

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…..item 1)… OnlineAthens … Athens Banner-Herald … onlineathens.com … Pitts: ‘Our’ blacks vs. ‘their’ blacks

By LEONARD PITTS
Published Monday, November 7, 2011

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Do we think it provides Clarence Thomas a warm, fuzzy feeling to understand he is regarded as Ann Coulter’s blacks?

That is how Coulter place it about Fox “News” whilst defending Herman Cain against intimate harassment charges which threatened to engulf his campaign last week. “Liberals,” she mentioned, detest black conservatives, nevertheless the truth is, “our blacks are thus better than their blacks.”

“Our” blacks? Really?

Social traditional pundits are astonishingly obtuse whenever discussing race, (See Exhibit A, above) thus it’s superior they seldom do thus. Last week was an unpleasant exception, because 1 of “their” blacks struggled to frame a coherent reaction to allegations which he harassed woman colleagues inside the 1990s whenever he headed the National Restaurant Association. Though accusations of intimate impropriety have beset a bipartisan Who’s Who of black plus white politicians, the proper wing came out inside force to argue which persons are just questioning Cain considering he is a black traditional.

This will be the same Cain that not thus lengthy ago mentioned racism was no longer a immense obstacle for African-Americans. This will be the same proper wing which is conspicuous by its silence, its hostility or its complicity whenever the injustice program imposes mass incarceration about young black guys, whenever the amount of detest groups inside this nation spikes to over a 1000, whenever the black unemployment rate stands at twice the nationwide average, whenever the president is known as “uppity” plus “boy.”

But they scream inside pious racial indignation whenever Cain is asked issues he doesn’t like to answer.

A “high-tech lynching” mentioned blogger Brent Bozell.

“Racially stereotypical,” sniffed Rush Limbaugh.

“I believe the answer is yes,” mentioned Cain himself whenever asked about Fox when race was the reason of his woes, adding truthfully, when hilariously, which he has no evidence whatsoever to back which up.

If you didn’t recognize greater, you’d think Cain was several crossbreed of Emmett Till plus Kunta Kinte. Nobody knows de trouble he’s watched.

The prospect has talked of how he left the Democratic “plantation,” the implication being which more blacks could vote Republican. It might appear found on the surface to create sense. As a 2008 Gallup Poll proven — plus easy observation reiterates — African-Americans are because traditional because a average Republican about several key moral issues plus are more religious than the average Republican, to boot.

So why don’t blacks vote Republican? The answer is easy. Black individuals are not crazy. Being not crazy, they know the easy truth regarding conservatives: They have not stood with, or up for, black folks. Never.

Forget contemporary controversies like mass incarceration. Social conservatives, then based mostly inside the Democratic Party of the early- to mid-20th century, opposed the Voting Rights Act. They opposed the Civil Rights Act. They opposed school integration. They opposed the Montgomery Bus Boycott. They opposed a law to break down about lynching.

These are the individuals for who African-Americans are today expected to vote? To result in the argument is to betray a beautiful contempt for the intelligence — plus memory — of black voters.

In chatting regarding race, conservatives have all moral authority of the pimp speaking regarding women’s rights. Granted, “their” blacks could disagree.

• Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald. His columns appear every Monday inside the Banner-Herald. Send e-mail to lpitts@miamiherald.com. Pitts chats with visitors online from 1-2 p.m. Wednesdays at www.MiamiHerald.com.

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…..item 2)…. Moment of Truth Project … momentoftruthproject.org …

The era of deficit denial is over

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOMENT OF TRUTH REPORT

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December 1, 2011 marked 1 year because the launch of The Moment of Truth report by the National Commission about Fiscal Responsibility plus Reform. The report announced which the era of deficit denial is over. In the year because the report was issued, fiscal responsibility plus reform has become the dominant nationwide problem as well as the debate has changed from a query of when you must decrease long-term deficits to a matter of whenever and just how we are going to do thus.

While the Joint Select Committee about Deficit Reduction (Select Committee) failed to reach an agreement about .2 trillion inside deficit reduction, the momentum behind enacting a bipartisan, comprehensive fiscal program based found on the framework place forward by the Fiscal Commission has continued to develop. In the wake of the Select Committee’s failure, a growing amount of lawmakers from over the political spectrum have voiced help for a bipartisan plus comprehensive approach to solving the fiscal difficulties, with many especially phoning for reviving the Fiscal Commission’s recommendations. These calls have been echoed by numerous editorial boards plus columnists plus companies.

Former Fiscal Commission co-chairs plus present Moment of Truth project (MOT) co-chairs Erskine Bowles plus Sen. Alan Simpson stay active inside the conversation for you to resolve the nation’s fiscal difficulties. They testified before the Select Committee about November 1 plus have had many op-eds published inside addition to talking to viewers over the nation. They continue to obtain rather positive responses from viewers over the political spectrum (Sen. Simpson reports which he continues to receive "more thumbs up than many other digits"), providing further evidence of what the Commission wrote inside The Moment of Truth preface:

"The American individuals are a lengthy technique before the political program inside recognizing which today is the time to act. We believe which far from penalizing leaders for generating the tough options, Americans usually punish politicians for backing down — plus perfectly they must."

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Click here to read the official statement from previous Fiscal Commission members Erskine Bowles, past Sen. Alan Simpson, Alice Rivlin, Dave Cote, Andy Stern, Ann Fudge, past Sen. Judd Gregg plus past Rep. John Spratt.

Click here to find where you might you be when the Fiscal Commission’s recommendations had been adopted 1 year ago.

MOT Highlights

… NY Times: Thomas Friedman: Go Big, Mr. Obama

… Des Moines Register: Editorial: It’s Time to Dust Off the Bowles-Simpson Plan

…Fiscal Times: Super Flaw: If Just Obama Had Held Up Bowles-Simpson

…USA Today: Obama Missed the Boat to Cut the Debt

Testimony Before the Joint Select Committee about Deficit Reduction
Click here for created testimony.
Click here for movie plus full transcript.

Bowles, Simpson Speak at the 2011 WSJ CEO Council
Click here for movie.

Bowles, Simpson Interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd
Click here for movie.

Recent Op-Eds by Erskine Bowles plus Alan Simpson

Washington Post: The Super Committee’s Create or Break Question — Nov 16, 2011

CNN Opinion: All It Takes to Solve U.S. Debt Problem is Willpower — Nov 15, 2011

Washington Post: Our Guidance to the Super Committee: Go Big, Be Bold, Be Smart — Oct 2, 2011

Click here to find complete list of MOT magazines, event recaps plus different features.
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Standing Up


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Two years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (above), Ground Zero inside NYC was nevertheless inside the task of standing up. Visiting the site because it was then, we felt superior which there was clearly rebuilding however, frustrated it was taking thus lengthy.

Even at time time I’m uploading this (October 2006), over five years later, rent owners just approved development plans a few weeks ago, found more victims’ remains, plus basic rebuilding started this year.

Going back to Ground Zero inside 2003 was like going 2 years back inside time. Among individuals exploring, functioning, plus living inside the region, certain were angry plus certain were scared, several were patriotic plus others were nonetheless more good plus open than general.

August 2007 update: We were really back inside the city for a couple weeks; safety is really regarding because tight because ever. Those whom planned plus committed the offences of 9/11/01 are largely nevertheless at big, including naturally bin Laden.

President Bush has stated achievement inside Afghanistan, plus he’s declaring achievement, again, inside Iraq. The USA has invested over a trillion $ inside Iraq. They have killed thousands of you plus you have killed tens of thousands of them, or are you even eliminating "them?" They AND you have killed nonetheless more thousands of innocent civilians.

Did you stand up? If thus, then where do you stand?