Showing posts with label I don't speak white. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I don't speak white. Show all posts

Friday, February 19, 2016

Birther Pastor Losing His Church!

Pathetic Black preacher James David Manning about to be kicked out of Harlem.

The controversial pastor who ranted that Barack Obama is the long legged "mac daddy" is about to lose his church.

James David Manning, a notorious Black preacher who is the founder of the ATLAH Worldwide Church is on the verge of having his building foreclosed. He has skipped bills and the New York state auditors are saying enough is enough.

Manning said that it's a "high tech lynching" and he vows to fight against the "sodomites" who run New York City and state.

Manning is an anti-gay preacher who once called for violence against gay couples after the Supreme Court ruled that human marriage is legal in the United States.

Manning owes $1.02 million through unpaid tax, unpaid water bills and general debts. He appears likely to lose his church which is due for public auction on February 24, 2016. The Ali Forney Center, a nonprofit organization providing transitional homes for homeless LGBT youngsters has reached its target of $200,000 to buy the church as of February 9, 2016.

What makes this so ironic, is that he gain national attention by appearing on YouTube attacking Barack Obama and his policies. He was given the honor of being on annoying conservative agitator Sean Hannity and pushover Alan Colmes debate show.

He teamed up with Andy Martin, Orly Taitz and numerous kookspiracy theorists to denounce the president as an American born citizen.

He threatened to use force to prevent the activists from taking his church.

Friday, November 06, 2015

Papa Smurf Pushes Rap Ad!


As NBA legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar said it best, why would any Black person vote for a Republican?

He took a 3-pointer at Ben Carson.

In a Time Magazine article, the famed basketball player said that Republicans will never listen to the concerns of Black America.

He summed it up like this: "[Carson's] repressive, muddled and pious policies and opinions often run against our Constitution—but his questionable proposals will likely, thankfully, be doomed by his lack of political expertise. His presidency would be marked by even worse gridlock while he wastes his time trying to impose his narrow and sometimes ill-informed morality on the other 319 million people in the nation. And it would definitely not be good for African Americans to have a president who flounders helplessly in office because it would perpetuate the stereotype that blacks can’t be effective CEOs, quarterbacks and leaders."

Abdul Jabbar added, "Although Carson is a celebrated physician, he has expressed several opinions that are contrary to scientific evidence and therefore call into question his logic—a quality crucial in a president. His claim that sexual orientation is a choice is remarkably unscientific. He has argued that “a lot of people” in prison change their sexual orientation. As many people have pointed out, sexual behavior is not the same as orientation. Plus, studies indicate the most significant causes of sexual orientation are genetics and in utero hormonal exposure. According to the American Psychological Association, “most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation.” For a physician to ignore the preponderance of scientific proof in favor of his own religious beliefs is dangerous because is it justifies enacting laws that restrict human and civil rights. Carson has since apologized, but we should never forget that pseudo-science was used to prove blacks were physically and mentally inferior to whites and to justify slavery."
I won't endorse Ben Carson for president.
That pretty much sums it up. Blacks aren't vote on race. The Blacks are voting on conscience.

And what makes Carson so pitiful is his lame attempt to win the Black vote. So in select areas, the Carson campaign released a hip-hop themed political ad.

Carson himself doesn't rap in the 60-second radio spot, which will play for two weeks in Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Birmingham, Alabama, Jackson, Mississippi, Memphis, Tennessee, and Little Rock, Arkansas. A rapper named Aspiring Mogul raps, "Vote and support Ben Carson for our next president and be awesome," over clips of Carson remarks about freedom and personal responsibility.



Carson isn't a fan of hip-hop music.

But he's willing to put a handful of $$$$$$$ to win the Black vote.

Carson has at 20% of the Black vote. That's a first for a Republican. It hasn't been achieved since the days of George H.W. Bush.



Monday, December 09, 2013

Newlyweds Kill Sex Partner!

PHOTO: Miranda Barbour, 18, and Elyett Barbour, 22, face criminal homicide charges after allegedly luring Troy LaFerrara to his death.
Love isn't a crime unless you have a sickening fetish to kill. A 22-year old man and his 18-year old wife are likely going to spend the rest of their lives (apart) in the iron college if they're found guilty in the murder of a man who wanted to have sex with them on Craigslist.

A couple from Pennsylvania is charged with murder of a man who answered a Craigslist ad.

The fetish couple who wanted to pleasure themselves with the sight of blood. Now their little sex game got them facing murder charges. Somehow, That Guy Who Helped Obama Win (known as Sean Hannity to those who aren't familiar with the nickname) and Racist Asshat Colin Flaherty ignored this story because it didn't fit their narrative of "BLACK ON WHITE CRIME".

MAYBE WE SHOULD ALERT THEM TO THE RAMPANT CRIME IN AMERICA CAUSED BY HUMAN BEINGS. SEE IF I WANTED TO STEREOTYPE RACE IN EVERY FREAKING CRIME, I WOULD BE THAT ASSHAT COLIN FLAHERTY! AND YES, HE IS A BONEHEAD AND CERTIFIED RACIST!

IT'S NOT A BLACK OR WHITE THING, PEOPLE! 

IT'S A RIGHT OR WRONG THING!

What these two did was totally wrong. It wasn't because they're WHITE PEOPLE, but it's because these two were freaks and they didn't care who's lives they taken. For that, they suffer.
Troy Laferrara paid the price for a sexual encounter.
These 20-somethings are pretty stupid. Instead of spending their time working on the American dream, they'll be facing be spending time apart in the iron college for the rest of their lives. That's if the judge is litigant enough to spare them from the gas chamber.

Elyette Barbour, 22, and his wife Miranda Barbour 18, were married just three weeks when they allegedly killed Troy Laferrara, 42, after setting up a meeting with him on Craigslist.

According to police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania., Elyette Barbour said the couple had tried to kill other people in the past but were not successful until they met with Laferrara. The murder occurred on Elyette Barbour's 22nd birthday according to the police affidavit.

Police said even after arresting the couple, they were still reviewing other previous suspicious activity or events that might be related to the couple, including the death of the biological father of Miranda Barbour's 1-year-old child.

"We have unresolved issues and that is one unresolved issue," Sunbury Police Chief Stephen Mazzeo said of the unidentified man's death. "We are looking at liaising with other departments."

Mazzeo said the couple had recently moved to Pennsylvania from North Carolina and at this time police were not looking for any other accomplices in the murder.

Police arrested Miranda Barbour on Tuesday and she was charged with homicide Wednesday. She told police that she consistently met with men who wanted companionship and was compensated for this with money.

Miranda Barbour told police she met Laferrara through Craigslist and met him only once. According to police, Barbour said that after picking up Laferrara at a mall, she stabbed him only after he put his hands around her neck and groped her.

Although originally police did not arrest Elyette Barbour, they were suspicious of him after finding video of the couple buying cleaning supplies the night of Laferrara's murder.

On Friday, Elyette Barbour was arrested after allegedly admitting to police that he had been hiding in the back seat of his wife's car under a blanket when she met Laferrara.

He allegedly told police that after his wife signaled him he jumped out and wrapped a cord around Laferrara's neck as his wife stabbed him. Laferrara's body was found with 20 stab wounds, according to police.

Police said after the couple dumped Laferrara's body, they then cleaned their car and went to dinner. Elyette Barbour was arraigned Friday on charges of homicide and aggravated assault.

According to the arrest affidavit, Elyette Barbour said the couple killed Laferrara because they just wanted to murder someone together. Calls to Miranda Barbour's public defender were not immediately returned. It was unclear Saturday morning whether Elyette Barbour had an attorney.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Troy Laferrara. We believe Elyette and Miranda Barbour are innocent until proven guilty. However, if the evidence is proven they've murdered this man, we would like to see justice serve to the family of the victim. They should either get the gas chamber or life in the iron college for their crime.

Friday, October 04, 2013

Sticks And Stones!

Oh look, that's racist! A bunch of sticks and stones.

Once again, we here at Journal de la Reyna believe in the freedom of speech. We believe its important to get a voice out there when it comes to the latest topics in America and across the world.

Again, I consider the internet troll as more of a gadfly! A gadfly continues to swarm blogs and comment sections. I keep swatting it away. If I had to put the swatter on it, maybe it'll go away!

Nah.

I am obviously bias towards conservatives right now! It's because of how they treat President Barack Obama, the middle class and the federal workers who were laid off because of their stubbornest.

You see how our conservative friends react to the hard hitting opinions I write about them. Like honey, they respond with the word vomit.

They come out of the woodwork saying all they want about how "We're this... and they're that!"

Who cares what they say.

I know that I don't have any problem with race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings. So I don't see why they are calling us "racist" or "misinformed" when we're watching the same news agitators. I don't see why they are saying that we're "race-baiters" or "extremists" when we just report stories about what's going on.

I at oftentimes sprinkle an eye-grabbing title to attract attention, though!

I don't often read this nonsense. I just shake my head in disgust and say it again.

You can't fix stupid.

So to those who wrote on the blog and left the word vomit. Here's your answer to all your concerns. Here's another helping of word vomit from an extremist. Get the bag, you might get sick to your stomach reading this regurgitation of ignorance.



Jah Scholar said...
Whomever wrote this should eats pork butt.
Jah Scholar said...
How does this come into the TM story, and I suppose it take a racist to know a racism since the author is a nut of his granddaddy with a snappy dill pickle
John Smith said...
First time at this site. Seems very racist. As for the story, from the video the woman went into a panic mode. I did not see any officer struck by her car. She did not drive through any barracade. Deadly force was totally unecessary.
Anonymous said...
"A very informative blog"? I rather say a very racist blog.
Anonymous said...

To the racist a**hole that wrote this...go in the woods and hang yourself! You should know how to do that very well. Continue to enjoy your miserable life punk!!
7:20 AM 

To the five people who commented on Journal de la Reyna, your grammar is dogshit.

Six Reasons To Attract An Anonymous Commentator!

1) They seem to always be focused on one simple issue. 

Conservatives are simple minded individuals. They show such disdain for President Barack Obama and the Black community.

There may be some of these "compassionate" conservatives reading this blog right now!

Drop the act. You're not fooling anyone.

Conservatism is dosed in the bigotry of someone's race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, economic and political standings.

Conservatives look at issues in the "black and white" prospective.

That's probably why this anonymous commentator is here. The anonymous commentator is focused on one issue: RACE!

You don't like being called racist. We understand it. The Republican Party isn't racist.

There's a lot of racists in the Republican Party though.

Who says the party that's 90% White and 10% everything else is racist?

The party leaders, those in the conservative junk food media and those pesky anonymous commentators and racial extremists are worked up over the first Black president.

Did you know that President Barack Obama loses 40% or more of the White vote because of some perceived bias against him?

2) They get worked up over an opinion. 

Me and S. Baldwin been here for years blogging about issues. Some issues are controversial. Some are spiritual. Some may inspire you to think. Others may rile you up. That's perfectly fine.

We are here on Journal de la Reyna using our "freedom of speech" to talk about issues.

Some may not like that. That's fine.

We don't condone every anti-website that spends their times attacking someone.

We're not like that. Every story that I post comes with a wittiness and willingness to express an honest take on the current issues.

I don't see nothing wrong with discourse. Does it mean we have to read it?

3) Deleting comments always seems to agitate them.

Again, we don't have give anyone a forum to soapbox insults, racial slurs and random spamming.

We're not in the business of this back and forth with people who have no direct ties to us. We are not in the business to respond to a person who has to subject us with insults upon our character, this blog or the supporters here.

We reserve the right to remove comments here on Journal de la Reyna.

Again, we didn't ask you to read the blog. It was the choice of the anonymous user to respond to the blog. You can find other outlets that suit your needs. Why are you bothering us?

4) Never responding back to them drives them crazier.

Never feed the trolls.

Yeah it's the same word vomit. We don't have to read insults.

The best solution is to delete it and move on.

It must drive this anonymous user crazy to not see the word vomit on the comments page.

Should we require that all comments come from a person who is a registered user with Blogger or Google (or linked through Facebook or Twitter)?

5) No one is pointing a gun to the head telling the anonymous user to read this or any blog.

If you have a problem with the blog, that's your opinion. But as far as it goes, we're not going anywhere and as long as I'm still interested, there will be more posts on Journal de la Reyna.

6) Summary

The comments here come from a concerned troll. A concern troll is a false flag pseudonym created by a user whose actual point of view is opposed to the one that the user claims to hold. The concern troll posts in Web forums devoted to its declared point of view and attempts to sway the group's actions or opinions while claiming to share their goals, but with professed "concerns". The goal is to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt within the group.

Call me whatever you want, gadfly! You're not winning.

Get a clue, fool!

As far as I'm concerned, the only racist here is you! 

Now please look in the mirror and yell at yourself. And please use your rope for other purposes other than telling us to hang ourselves.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Pest Control....

File:Female black fungus gnat.jpg
A gnat is an example of a common gadfly. It's a common pest. Just like the anonymous commentators on the internet.

Briefly, the internet troll continues to come from underneath the bandwidth bridge.

Again, I consider the internet troll as more of a gadfly! A gadfly that continues to swarm the pages of Journal de la Reyna, and I keep swatting it away. If I had to put the swatter on it, maybe it'll go away!

Nah.

Yet, it keeps on coming back for more. It's necessary to have a clean house. Pest seem to come in and make themselves home where they shouldn't.

The anonymous commentator continues on and on about how I'm this "racist fuck" and whatever else he's vomits onto the keyboard. Considering that this pest won't go away anytime soon, the next articles will be devote squarely to him.

You got to figure out the definition of what we're dealing with.

In Internet slang, a troll  is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a forum, chat room, or blog), either accidentally or with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional responseor of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

This pest here commenting is a concerned troll. A concern troll is a false flag pseudonym created by a user whose actual point of view is opposed to the one that the user claims to hold. The concern troll posts in Web forums devoted to its declared point of view and attempts to sway the group's actions or opinions while claiming to share their goals, but with professed "concerns". The goal is to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt within the group.

Call me whatever you want, gadfly, you're not winning.

Get a clue, fool!

We running this blog and we're entitled to our opinions here. So cry me a river of tears.

Friday, July 26, 2013

Butterball'd!

More scandal for celebrity chef.

Paula Deen still regrets her comments about Black patrons. As of today, I will add her to the label list.

Still under the fire for her racial slurs towards Black guest, cooks and hosts.

Somehow, I do feel a little sympathy for the celebrity chef.

I guess today, I may even show a small bit of support for this woman.
Aunt Jemima is the iconic woman for syrup and pancake mix.
She's entitled to say whatever the heck she wants, but I guarantee that the words she says from this point on will have a lasting effect on her career as a chef, reality television host, mother, grandmother and public figure.

Paula Deen Allegedly Asked Black Staffers to Dress Like Aunt JemimaThe controversy starts with one of her Black food prepare cooks saying that Deen thought of her as Aunt Jemima. The character on the syrup bottle.

Wow, ain't that nice. A Black woman is a character on the syrup bottle. Sweet.


Quaker Oats, Inc. has the rights of all its products and I wonder if Deen's brands a part of it?

Dora Charles overflows with allegations of racist behavior. Deen allegedly paid black employees less than white ones and used racial slurs.

But it is Deen's idea of Confederate-tinged dinner theater that may be the most unseemly element of the story. Charles tells the Times that she refused Deen's requests to ring a dinner bell in front of her Savannah, Georgia restaurant The Lady and Sons and, in the words of the paper, holler for "people to come and get it."

Deen's already damaged reputation following her admission last month that she said NIGGER!

The chef was forced to open up about her use of slurs during a deposition related to allegations of racism and sexual harassment brought against Deen by a former employee, Lisa T. Jackson.

In the wake of Deen's admission, the celebrity chef was dropped by Food Network and dumped by retailers like Walmart and Target and the drug maker Novo Nordisk, with whom she had endorsement deals.

Wendy Williams tears into the controversy.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

No New Friends!



Vladimir Putin is the current president of the Russian Federation. He was reelected to serve another term as president. In Russia, there's no term limits to being a president.

He and President Barack Obama aren't the best of friends right now.

The NSA leaker Edward Snowden is in the crosshairs of both leaders. This man has became the world's most wanted man. The United States wants this guy capture now. But since they're talk about the NSA spying on Russia, North Korea, Israel, the European Union and Iran, many countries are hesitant in turning him over.

The issue with Snowden began when it was reported to turdporter Glenn Greenwald about the United States National Security Agency's looking into the phone records of Verizon. The NSA is trying to look into the records of Americans and foreign nationals plotting attacks on the homeland.

Currently Snowden is in Russia. Or in Cuba. Or whatever the media claims he's in.

Snowden has spooked up the kookspiracists who believe that big bad Obama is trying to tap the phones.

Who gives a flying whatever to this guy and those who believe the "gubmint" is out to get them.

If the "gubmint" is out to get you, why aren't you dead yet?

Where's the black helicopters and men in black?

RT (Russia Today) reports that Snowden is seeking asylum in a nation that won't ship his ass back to the United States.

Ecuador President Rafael Correa says Russia will decide the destination of former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, currently believed to be holed up at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. seeking safe passage to Ecuador after leaving Hong Kong.

"At this moment, the solution of Snowden's destination is in the hands of Russian authorities," Correa said in an interview with the private Oromar channel, according to AFP.

"We have not sought out this situation. Snowden is in contact with [WikiLeaks founder Julian] Assange, who recommended he seek asylum in Ecuador," Correa stated.

Meanwhile, President Putin's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Snowden's fate is not on the Kremlin's agenda.

He said that Vladimir Putin had already voiced his take on the issue on Tuesday, when he confirmed that Snowden was in Moscow indeed, as a transit passenger, and rejected the US demands for the leaker’s extradition.

“We can only extradite foreign citizens to such countries with which we have signed the appropriate international agreements on criminal extradition,” Putin said, adding that as Snowden had committed no crime on Russian soil, he is free to travel at will.

"Snowden is a free person. The sooner he chooses his final destination, the better it is for him and Russia," he stated.

"On top of this," Peskov went on, "the president pointed out that he is not tackling this issue and prefers appropriate services to deal with it. Therefore, this subject matter is not on the Kremlin agenda."
Catch me if you can!
"Given that it's not our issue, I don't know what kind of further development of the events and which legal and other aspects of the subject matter could follow. I can neither say anything, nor explain or give an appraisal," Peskov added.

Washington wants the 30-year-old Snowden, who faces espionage charges, over his leaking of details about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) dragnet telephone and internet surveillance programs.

On Saturday US Vice-President Joe Biden "cordially" asked Ecuador not to grant asylum to former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, according to Correa. He said his country will make a decision based on sovereignty.

Biden initiated the phone call, Correa said, mentioning that Biden's good manners were in sharp contrast to "those badly behaved and confused ones in the Senate who threaten our country," and who had promised to cut off Ecuador's trade benefits in response to Snowden's asylum request.

"He communicated a very courteous request from the United States that we reject the [asylum] request," Correa recalled.

In Correa’s weekly broadcast on state TV, the staunch critic of the US, said he vowed to respect Washington's opinion in evaluating Snowden's request, should the whistleblower arrive in Ecuador. However, his country cannot begin processing the request unless the National Security Agency leaker reaches Ecuador.

Correa explained that "when he [Snowden] comes to Ecuadoran soil, if in fact he ever does, and we have to process the request, the first people whose opinion we will seek is that of the United States."

"Just as we did in the Assange case with England [sic], we are going to listen to everyone but the decision would be ours as a sovereign nation," he added, according to AFP.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Embarrassing Pictures Force Woman To Sue Former School!

Chelsea Chaney is suing her former high school after a picture of her turned up on public websites.

Since this is an issue of what you post on the social networks, we will clearly explain this story.

Even though this has nothing to do with him, Snoop Dogg (or known as Snoop Lion) continues to be in the news. This controversy once again shows that whatever you post on the internet is there "FOREVER".

I've learned this. And hopefully she'll learn this.

At least on this message she will now make sure that everything posted stays just simple. She will keep her posting on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube smaller and it may drive her away from them.

I've done it. Millions of others have too.

A woman from Georgia is suing her former high school after it was revealed that some of her pictures on the social network Facebook were turning up on the school's rules of the media policy website.

She wants $2 million in damages for the embarrassing photo being seen. She is standing near a cuttout poster of Snoop Lion. She is wearing a scantly clad bikini.

The Daily Nothing has covered this. Of course I am guessing they were hoping that Big Snoop would have some role in this so they could blame President Barack Obama for this. They reporting that Chelsea Chaney, who is now a freshman at the University of Georgia, said the photo was taken on a family vacation when she was 17 years old. She took the picture sometime ago.

Chaney posted the photo on her Facebook page, believing that only people she had accepted as Facebook friends (and, of course, their friends) would be able to see it.

The director of technology at Starr’s Mill High School then decided to show the image during a well-attended district-wide seminar focused on the long-term dangers of social media.

In the seminar, which allegedly occurred when Chaney was a student at the school and a minor, the caption of Chaney’s bikini-clad photo was allegedly: “Once it’s there, it’s there to stay.”

“I was embarrassed. I was horrified,” Chaney told a WSB-TV reporter. “It never crossed my mind that it would ever — that this would ever happen to me.”

The school official allegedly failed to obtain — or, apparently, even try to obtain — Chaney’s or her parents’ permission.

The unnamed school official did later apologize, in writing, explaining that the image had been “randomly chosen.”

Chaney did not accept the apology. She also remains skeptical of the motive.

“I just don’t think it was random,” she said. “It wasn’t my main picture. You had to go looking through it.”

Pete Wellborn, an attorney now representing Chaney and her family, told the ABC affiliate that he has filed a lawsuit on her behalf for $2 million, alleging that the school district violated federal law, state law and Chaney’s constitutional rights.

Wellborn maintains that a person does not cede rights to others by posting images on Internet sites such as Facebook.

“Their idea that putting something on Facebook gives them a license to steal it and carte blanche to do with it what they did is wrong ethically, it’s wrong morally and it’s absolutely wrong legally,” the attorney argued.

“I just don’t want this to happen to another student,” Chaney added, according to the station.

The school district denied legal liability but otherwise declined to comment on the litigation.

Snoop Dogg appears on Doggystyle Records/RCA Records.

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Paula Deen Uttered Racial Slurs Towards Blacks!

Celebrity chef Paula Deen with NBC News reporter/weatherman Al Roker. The chef is in hot water for uttering racial slurs about bad clients and President Barack Obama. The celebrity chef has taken herself away from the spotlight after it was revealed that she said NIGGER around a Black worker.

The queen of cuisine is under fire for saying racial slurs about Black people.

Deen an American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television personality. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has published fourteen cookbooks.

She was diagnosed with Type II diabetes after her food gotten the best of her health.

Reports that Deen is having not only this controversy but a feud with chef Anthony Bourdain.

He commented in 2011 that he "would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us."

On January 17, 2012, Deen announced that she had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three years before, a disease for which a high-calorie diet is a major contributing factor.

It was also disclosed that Deen is a paid spokesperson for the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, whose main export is insulin.

She was called a hypocrite for continuing to promote her high-sugar diet while only disclosing her medical condition when it benefited her in representing the drug company to market their diabetes management program.

It was alleged in a lawsuit against Deen that "In the presence of Ms. Jackson and Uncle Bubba's restaurant manager and a vendor, Bubba Hiers stated they should send President Obama to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico so he could nigger-rig it."

According to the court documents, the plaintiff stated that she was appointed by Deen to handle the catering and staff for Bubba's wedding in 2007, and she asked Deen what the servers should wear; "Well what I would really like is a bunch of little niggers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties, you know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around," the plaintiff alleged Deen told her. 

"Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the media would be on me about that."

In the case Lisa Jackson has brought against Deen, the chef stated in her deposition that she has used the "N Word" at times, saying "Yes, of course" she did, and also acknowledged making racist jokes, though she claims she is not racist. "It's just what they are—they're jokes ... most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks. ... I can't determine what offends another person."

Now what do you think of Paula Deen and her position on The Food Network?

She's taken a leave of absence after the controversy blew up.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Abercrombie & Fitch Couldn't Cut The Cloth!

CEO of suburban clothing giant pissed off a whole lot of people this month. He makes a bold statement saying he discriminates against overweight Americans. His company has issues with hiring non-White workers also.

New York-based clothing company is facing a serious backlash after the company CEO made some offensive comments that come off as sexist and racist.

Abercrombie & Fitch is one of the country's largest clothing retailers. It's part of the Limited Brands, a company that's based out of Columbus, Ohio suburb New Albany.

Mike Jeffries, the eccentric CEO of the company is under fire for saying that bigger people are not allowed in his clothing. The company's executives are stressing that the CEO's lover is the real reason for why the company is experiencing some heavy criticism.

Bloomberg News first reported on Jeffries' unconventional 1986 standards for his cabin-crew on Abercrombie's Gulf-stream G-V Jet.

The male-models who work as stewards aboard the company jet are required to wear Abercrombie-branded polos, jeans, boxer-briefs and flip-flops as part of their uniform, as well as a "spritz" of cologne.
Actress Kristie Alley struggled through depression and overweight for years. She recently lost weight again. She and hundreds of others are boycotting Abercrombie and Fitch.
This information then came to light as a result of a lawsuit that claimed Jeffries fired his own jet pilot in order to replace him with a much younger-man.

Male house staff for Jeffries, paid for by the Jeffries Family Office, is provided by the exact same modeling firm that supplies male-staff for the company-jet.

ABC News reports that Jeffries is on the hot seat after the popular style chain is accused of discriminating against overweight customers, making clothes only for the thin.

At your nearest Abercrombie and Fitch, you can find shirtless salesmen and the latest distressed denim, but if you're looking for a women's extra-large blouse, you're out of luck. The trendy retailer's CEO doesn't want your business.

"He's been very, very successful, so he doesn't want anybody in the store that doesn't fit that cool, young and sexy definition," said Robin Lewis, co-author of "The New Rules of Retail."

Lewis says it's all part of CEO Mike Jeffries' master plan to cultivate what he considers cool.

An exam of the Abercrombie flagship store in New York City found mostly double-zeros, and extra-smalls and a couple of large tops and size 10 pants. Sales people there confirmed Abercrombie doesn't carry XL or XXL for women.

A spokesperson for Abercrombie and Fitch declined to comment, but in a 2006 interview CEO Jeffries told Salon magazine: "We go after the attractive all-American kid. A lot of people don't belong in our clothes, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely."

"He is a brilliant visionary," Lewis said. "He really crystallized this core consumer he was going after."

But Lewis says it's a model that may not fit the future. Plus-sized shoppers now make up 67 percent of consumers.

"I think the young people today want cool, but as they define it themselves," Lewis said.

From Dove's "Real Beauty" campaign - highlighting real women - to H&M's inclusion of plus-sized swimsuit model Jennie Runk, many other brands are embracing that individualism and making their clothes more accessible. For example, rival retailers H&M and American Eagle both carry sizes up to 16 and 18 The largest at Abercrombie & Fitch is a 10.

Kirstie Alley was totally pissed. Rebecca Jarvis of ABC News reports that the actress joins the list of Abercrombie & Fitch critics who take exception to the company’s refusal to carry clothing in larger sizes.

The Former “Cheers” actress and “Dancing With the Stars” competitor slammed the store Tuesday, telling “Entertainment Tonight” she would “never buy anything from Abercrombie.”

The popular casual-clothing retailer is under fire for filling its shelves with products for the smallest of customers.

Protestors gathered outside the retailer’s Michigan Avenue store in Chicago Monday, outraged about the store’s not carrying clothes in a size 14,  the size worn by the average U.S. woman. Plus-size shoppers now make up 67 percent of U.S. consumers.

“It’s body discrimination, and it’s bullying and it encourages bullying,” Cali Lindstrom, a former Abercrombie & Fitch customer, told ABC News.

The backlash is growing online on Twitter and Facebook, and several petitions on Change.org urge people not to shop at Abercrombie & Fitch until the New Albany, Ohio-based retailer starts carrying larger sizes.

One YouTube user started a “Fitch the Homeless Campaign,” asking customers to rebrand the popular retailer by giving their Abercrombie & Fitch clothes to the homeless.

An ABC News report last week revealed that the trendy retailer carries mostly double-zero and extra-small sizes inside its New York City flagship store. There was no clothing for women in sizes larger than a 10, and salespeople at the store confirmed that Abercrombie doesn’t carry XL or XXL sizes for women.

Andrea Neusner and her three daughters are taking more extreme measures to show their dissatisfaction with the retailer. They’re sending every article of clothing they’ve ever bought from the store back to its outspoken and controversial CEO, Mike Jeffries.
Mike Jeffries and his boyfriend require male models to look like this.
Jeffries has not commented on the recent controversy but has been forthright in the about not wanting any customers who don’t fit the cool, young and sexy demographic the company targets.

Jeffries gave a 2006 interview to Salon magazine in which he said the store goes after “the attractive, all-American kid … A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.”

The retailer declined to comment on the protests.

Nicole Patrick, who was among the protesters in Chicago, said she is hurt by the exclusion.

“As a woman who cannot shop in Abercrombie, it’s extremely hurtful to hear that I’m not cool,” she said. “I think I’m really cool and so does my daughter.”

In addition to sending back her children’s clothes, Neusner also wrote a letter to Jeffries explaining her decision.

“My kids have been wearing [Abercrombie & Fitch] clothes for a long time … now we can make an informed choice not to shop there,” she told ABC News. “I didn’t want my kids being walking billboards for them but I didn’t want to throw [the clothes] away. I wanted the company to know how I felt about them.”

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

$50 In Food Stamps Says Ohio GOP!

Ohio governor John Kasich and his Republican buddies think $50 dollars is enough in food stamps. 

I'm getting really tired of Republicans and conservatives in general! I've state this once again for the ones who read this and many articles posted by me and LeReyna:

The safety net includes social security, disability, unemployment benefits, food stamps, farm aid, hurricane assistance, Medicare, Medicaid, and welfare.

The middle class, lower class and those who are too poor are the core of the safety net.

With the rising food and gas prices, people are turning to food stamps, food banks and government assistance to keep themselves from landing in the homeless shelter.

Without a safety net, these people will rob and kill those who have the luxuries of having food in the refrigerator or in the pantry. They would steal fuel, water, bread and meat to keep feeding their families. And yet, these Republicans and their conservative allies are thinking the poor are the reasons for the economic recession. Perhaps those who complain about the poor, should walk a day in that person's shoes!

Ohio, the state that went to President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, has Republicans in charge. And of course those greedy ass bigots in the almost all White, male and bitter political party wants to take the safety net from those who may have voted for Mitt Romney and of course President Barack Obama.

With the rising prices of food and gas, people are resorting to food stamps, food banks and theft to get what they need. The Republican Party doesn't seem to understand the need for food stamps for the poor and middle class.
Food banks across America are getting higher demand after states cut funding.

The Drudge Report slobbering over an article from the Toledo Blade stating that Ohio is planning on cutting food stamps to only $50 beginning in January.

So you're saying that when the food prices increase, you're only get a monthly amount of $50! Just about enough to feed a family of four for at least a week?

Not cool! This probably why Republican governor (possible presidential potential) John Kasich isn't liked among Ohio voters. Even though he can claim credit for a declining unemployment, he and the Republican legislators have tried to pass some of the most intrusive laws to keep people either broke or bitter!

Those conservative bigots who click on The Drudge Report have never lived a day in the life a poor person!

It's not fun and it's not pretty! They have the nerve to be the bitter assholes the world is accustomed to! They continue this post-election hangover!

Since the president trounced Mitt Romney in the general election, the Republicans are soul searching!

I am assuming they're figuring out a way to weed out the extremists without pissing them off!

Because the changing demographics have younger voters, Hispanics, Blacks and Asians aren't fond of the Republican Party right now! And looking at the word salad of some the individuals online, I safely say that it's going to be harder for minorities to support the Republican Party.
White conservatives think the rise in food stamps is President Barack Obama's fault! They're so freaking racist, they don't see that food stamps are a minor player in the rising debt crisis. Clearly they're erasing Geroge W. Bush and past Republican presidents. The rise in food stamps started when the economy went into a recession in 2007. 

Ohioans’ food stamp aid to be reduced

Benefit to fall $50 a month starting in January

BY KATE GIAMMARISE

Ohio families receiving food stamps could get an unwelcome surprise come January: $50 less every month in assistance.

For the 869,000 households enrolled in the program for the poorest Ohioans, that could amount to about $520 million annually out of the grocery budgets.

Because of the way the federal government calculates utility expenses for people receiving the benefit, a mild winter nationwide last year, and a lower price for natural gas, many families could experience a significant cut in aid, those familiar with the program say.

Recipients should get a letter from the state Department of Job and Family Services this month explaining the change, said Ben Johnson, a spokesman for the agency.

Meanwhile, food banks and others that distribute food assistance are bracing for increased demand.
A woman with her Ohio Direction EBT Card.
“They are going to increase hunger among our most vulnerable — working families, seniors, children, and persons with disabilities,” said Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks.

Ms. Hamler-Fugitt said her organization is particularly concerned that some seniors or persons with disabilities who have a low benefit amount could lose all their monthly assistance.

We’re really worried about [the change],” she said.

What’s called the “standard utility allowance” — the amount deducted from a person’s income when the state determines his or her eligibility for the food stamp program — will decrease by $166 for 2013, translating to about $50 less per household in food assistance. State Job and Family Services officials tried to appeal the change to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the food stamp program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but the USDA denied the request.

Get ready for a rise in theft of groceries!
USDA officials did not respond to requests from The Blade for comment.

State and county Job and Family Services officials say there is little they can do other than letting their clients and community partners who provide food assistance know about the changes.

“This is a federal issue,” said Joel Potts, executive director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Directors’ Association. “It is what it is. They have a formula. ... We just think it is going to be really hard on families and individuals. They will see significantly less money starting in January.”

The average food-stamp recipient receives $138 per person, per month, according to state statistics. As of August, more than 1.7 million individual Ohioans, or about 869,000 families, received the assistance. A total of $3 billion in benefits was issued in 2011 in Ohio; the program is federally funded.

In Lucas County, about 91,000 people — 46,000 households — receive the benefit. Fifty fewer dollars per household per month would amount to about $27 million annually.

“It’s a concern,” said Deb Ortiz-Flores, director of Lucas County’s Job and Family Services agency. “Fifty dollars can buy quite a bit of food.”

Jack Frech, director of the Athens County Department of Job and Family Services in southeastern Ohio, said the loss of funds will cause a true hardship.

“Fifty dollars would be devastating” to families, he said. “These are folks that have already fallen off the fiscal cliff.” Mr. Frech added that many of his agency’s clients are not affected by lower natural gas prices.

“The majority of folks [here] don’t heat with natural gas in the first place,” he said. “They heat with fuel oil and propane.”

The Rev. Steve Anthony, executive director of Toledo Area Ministries, said, “It will put a strain on all organizations that provide emergency food. We’re going to have to find alternatives. We can’t pull food or money out of thin air.”

TAM runs the Feed Your Neighbor program, which has 13 food pantries in Toledo and surrounding suburbs.

Contact Kate Giammarise at: kgiammarise@theblade.com or 419-724-6091, or on Twitter @KateGiammarise.

Sunday, September 02, 2012

Racist: I'mma Sue Ya'll For Allowing A Black Man Bag My Groceries!


DeWitt Thomas is suing a grocer for a Civil Rights violation.
A website that I frequent on occasions has stories that paint White people in a negative light. The creator of this website wanted to get back at websites that devote their time to attacking the Black community and President Barack Obama.

Now again, we don't endorse hate among race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings. We believe in equal rights and respect of all race, creed and values. We are Americans first, everything else next! What makes our country the United States a great nation, is the power of the voice.

A decent society can drown out all the negativity created by an individual who harbors bigoted views towards their fellow American.

Although there's thousands of hate, we are millions of love and strength. They fear the unknown. They can't stomach the future where it's possible that the United States will become a minority majority. In other words, the Black, Hispanic and Asian American population will overlap the White race in thirty years.

As of May 2012, it was declared by the United States Census Bureau that non-white births grew at faster pace than those who are non-Hispanic White. In about fifty years, interracial marriage will overlap same sex and same race marriages.

Once again in the great state of Texas, a Big Sandy resident is suing a local grocery chain because he was banned from the store after he complained about sacker being a Black man. From the town of Hawkins, the  man is claiming his civil rights and religious freedom were violated earlier this year when a black man sacked his groceries and a Big Sandy grocery store owner banned the customer from the business.

Longview News-Journal covers the controversy. This is one for the record books. The conservative white male claims he's a victim of reverse racism.

DeWitt R. Thomas filed a federal lawsuit in July against Keith Langston, owner of Two Rivers Grocery & Market.

According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Tyler, Thomas entered the market on March 5 to buy food.
Grocery store violated rights, lawsuit claims
Keith Langston the owner of the Two Rivers Grocery & Market is being sued by a local man. The local man was banned from the store after he made inflammatory comments about the store's Black grocery worker.
He stated in a nine-page, hand-written lawsuit that he told the grocery sacker, a black man, “Wait a minute, don’t touch my groceries. I can’t have someone negroidal touch my food. It’s against my creed.”

Thomas claimed the cashier was “perplexed” by his request and yelled at him to take his items and leave.

In a telephone interview Wednesday, Thomas said, “It’s pretty simple. They treated me really bad because I told them it was against my creed.”

According to the lawsuit, Thomas went on to explain he meant a black person when he used the term “negroidal.”

The sacker, Aaron Menefee, said he thought Thomas was just kidding around.

“The first time he said it, I thought he was joking,” Menefee said. “Then he just kept repeating it.”

Grocery store violated rights, lawsuit claims
Aaron Menefee was insulted by a hostile customer.
Menefee said once he realized Thomas was serious, he called for someone else to sack the groceries, at which time Menefee went to another part of the store.

“I didn’t feel physically threatened,” Menefee said. “I just felt verbally assaulted.”

Langston wasn’t in the store at the time, but his employees told him about the incident.

“I decided when I heard about what happened that I was going to file a criminal trespass against him,” Langston said. “I just had to wait for him to be present so he could sign it.”

When Thomas returned two days later, he noticed the same black man would be sacking his groceries, so he again requested the “Negro” not handle his groceries, according to the lawsuit.

This time, Langston was there. He called police to serve Thomas a criminal trespass warning. While waiting for the police, an employee locked the doors, and the lawsuit claims Thomas was “unlawfully restrained.”

Thomas said Langston broke the law the night he locked him in the store.

“We were closing, and I don’t know of a business that doesn't lock their doors when they close. It keeps more people from coming in,” Langston said.

Thomas said he doesn’t understand why he had to deal with the same situation twice.

“My question is, why after I told them how I felt and that it was against my creed did this negroid try to impress himself upon me and try to handle my groceries again.” Thomas said.

Thomas said his religious beliefs are based on Vedism, which he said encompasses Hinduism.

“Vedism translates into knowledge. I am not this way because I am ignorant. Ignorance is the enemy,” he said.

Thomas said he has not broken any laws and was exercising his religious freedom and the rights he has been given.
Sacker was called racial slurs by hostile customer. 
“White people are to be protected under the civil rights law just as anyone else,” Thomas said. “It would be the same as if you asked that a congoid (a person from west/central Africa) not touch your food.”

Thomas’ based his claim that his civil rights were violated on that criminal trespass order. He also said Langston is wrong for trying to tell him who can touch his groceries and refusing to serve him.

“When I go through (a store) and buy groceries, those groceries become my property,” Thomas said.

Langston said he is not trying to tell Thomas what to believe or how to live, but his store is a privately owned business.

“He was banned because he was using racial slurs, but he has turned it into a religious thing,” Langston said.

Langston said Thomas would have been allowed to come back had he said he preferred to sack his own groceries.

“We have a few people who want to sack their own groceries, but it’s not for the same reasons DeWitt gave,” Langston said. “They do it because they just like to have their stuff bagged a certain way, certain groceries in certain bags.”

Thomas said he is going forward with his complaint because Langston has no right to stand against what he believes in.

“If he wants to stand in opposition of who I am, then we are going to go forward with this here thing,” Thomas said.

Langston said he wants the whole thing to just go away, but insists Thomas will never be able to come back into his store. He said Thomas told him he would drop the complaint if he dropped the criminal trespass.

“I’ve had several people say they would’ve touched a hell of a lot more than his groceries if they had been in line behind him,” Langston said.

Once again, this is what the angry white male represents! The reactionary condescending bigot who has pure hatred of President Barack Obama, someone's race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings. These are the people who rather have Republican Mitt Romney, a serial flip-flopping perennial candidate as the President of The United States. They don't care about his moderate stances on most issues. As long as this candidate is White person, these people are satisfied with it.

K.O. For Racist Comic!

Racist comedian gets knocked out.

There's a viral video going around being sponsored by WPIX, New York's CW Affiliate. A comedian's awful performance wasn't the reason why he was knocked out! He got knocked out making fun of the Asian-American couple.

The young man jumped on stage and knocked the comedian out after he went into an anti-Asian rant.

I guess he's pretending to be Michael Richards. Richards, was the famed Seinfeld star who performed his role as Kramer. He got heckled by members of an audience. After the hecklers were told to leave, the comedian made a racist rant about Black people and said Nigger over five times and the comment "hanging y'all from trees!"

Some comedians who talk about race issues include Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Damon Wayans, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Norm MacDonald and Eddie Murphy.

This comedian didn't study the masters.


Friday, August 03, 2012

Mia Love: GOP Utah Mayor Runs For Congress!

Saratoga Springs, Utah mayor Mia Love is running for Congress. If elected, she would be the first Black female Republican elected to Congress. 
Coming out nowhere is another Black Republican who wants her voice to be heard. The Black Republicans are marching forth in unison against progressives, the middle class, and of course, the first Black president.

The most known Black Republicans include: Jesse Lee Peterson, Alveda King, Michael Steele, Armstrong Williams, Angela McGlowan, Charles Payne, Congressman Allen West (R-Florida), Congressman Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), Artur Davis, Alfanzo Rachel (MachoSauce/Pajamas Media), Amy Holmes, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Herman Cain, Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll, Larry Elder, Juan Williams, J.C. Watts, Jr., James David Manning, and Deneen Borelli.

These people are screaming at the top of their overpaid lungs about how the Black community is enslaved by the government plantation master and his "House Nigger" Barack Obama. The Republican Party hasn't cracked over 20% of the Black vote since the days Dwight Eisenhower. I don't understand why the Republicans fail at achieving this voting block.

Maybe it's their condescending attitudes towards Black people who refuse to endorse Republicans.

Republicans and their conservative allies always look upon Blacks as reactionary, violent and "natural born" criminals. Black Republicans also agree with the general aspect of the party.

Black Republicans are usually front in center on Fox News and conservative talk radio. They shield the bigotry of their fellow Republicans. They maintain that racism is product of liberalism, civil rights leaders meddling, Democrats emboldening in making Blacks angry at Republicans.

To prove that the party is diverse, many people of color are thinking of running for higher office as conservative Republicans.

Texas senatorial candidate Ted Cruz, a Canadian born Latino man who was born to Cuban and American parents won the Republican run-off primary against the state lieutenant governor David Dewhurst.

The Republicans are showing their muscle by saying: Hey, liberals! We got Blacks and Latinos running for office? Why are you calling us racist?

Here's you're answer.

The Republican Party masquerades their racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, condescending, reactionary, nauseating, pain inducing rants under the banter of either using the Holy Bible and the U.S. Constitution. If you're claiming that you are a patriot, why on earth are you hating on your fellow American just because you don't agree with your political views?

Enter Mia Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah is thinking about running for U.S. Congress. She will be facing off against Democratic incumbent Jim Matheson, the Blue Dog Democrat who's been stalling progress. Many Democrats are distancing themselves from the president. Matheson is among other Democrats who will not go to the Democratic National Convention. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri), Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia), Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana), Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and Congressman Dan Boren (D-Oklahoma) are not attending the Democratic National Convention. Lieberman and Boren are retiring from Congress. They're seats are potential Republican grabs.

Matheson is a vulnerable incumbent. He knows that the political mood in his state is souring on President Barack Obama. They will take this reactionary outrage to the poll stations.

Love who is considered a Tea Party favorite is getting political buzz in the media. And on Fox News, the candidate is getting her badge of honor! Bashing the president over some perceived "end of days" claim that usually comes from the conservatives.

Her claims of the president and his supporters bidding on tearing apart America is an example of the ridiculous nonsense you'll hear from Republicans and their conservative allies. This type of nonsense is reminded of the "end of days" theme the Republicans and their nominee Mitt Romney plan on running on!

About Love, her real name is Ludmya Bourdeau. She was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1975; she was largely raised in Connecticut. Both of her parents immigrated from Haiti in 1973. After they moved to Connecticut, her parents brought her older siblings from Haiti. She graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in Fine Arts. She worked at the Sento Corp. and the Ecopass Corporation. She was also a flight attendant with Continental Airlines.

In 1998, Mia moved to Utah and met her husband Jason Love, who she met when he was an LDS missionary in Connecticut. Love joined the LDS Church and married Jason. The couple resides in Saratoga Springs and have three children.

Love favors eliminating the Department of Education and the Department of Energy, and favors returning health care to the states.

Love said that she favors "fiscal discipline, limited government, and personal responsibility."

At her college orientation, Love’s father told her: "Mia, your mother and I never took a handout. You will not be a burden to society. You will give back," a philosophy she underscores on the trail and uses to sum up her conservative views.

Love is pro-life and has been endorsed by the Susan B. Anthony List.

She supports domestic energy exploration, local control of education, Second Amendment rights, and state control of public lands.

Love’s race has been the subject of much attention, as she is the first black woman mayor in Utah history.

She has said that if elected to Congress, she would “join the Congressional Black Caucus and try to take that thing apart from the inside out” and has described the Caucus as “...demagoguery. They sit there and ignite emotions and ignite racism when there isn’t. They use their positions to instill fear. Hope and change is turned into fear and blame. Fear that everybody is going to lose everything and blaming Congress for everything instead of taking responsibility."

This explains a little about the candidate. She makes the claim that Republicans aren't racist. That's just an imaginary thing created by the liberals and President Barack Obama. They would rather carry on themes that could ruin the economy. If they really want "smaller government" how about retiring from your position and never take a pension.

A reminder to those who think like this!

If you fear the future, the end is near. If you are strong and confident about the progress of our country, things would look better and will get better.

President Barack Obama is not a ney sayer! His political foes are! And it's a shame, people actually buy into this crap! And yes, this leads into the next extremist elected for higher office or plotting for the destruction of this country.



Monday, October 24, 2011

Florida Welfare Drug Testing Law Blocked By Federal Judge | The Republican Culture War


ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida's new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits on Monday, saying it may violate the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures.

Judge Mary Scriven ruled in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of a 35-year-old Navy veteran and single father who sought the benefits while finishing his college degree, but refused to take the test. The judge said there was a good chance plaintiff Luis Lebron would succeed in his challenge to the law based on the Fourth Amendment, which protects individuals from being unfairly searched.

The drug test can reveal a host of private medical facts about the individual, Scriven wrote, adding that she found it "troubling" that the drug tests are not kept confidential like medical records. The results can also be shared with law enforcement officers and a drug abuse hotline.

"This potential interception of positive drug tests by law enforcement implicates a `far more substantial' invasion of privacy than in ordinary civil drug testing cases," Scriven said.

The judge also said Florida didn't show that the drug testing program meets criteria for exceptions to the Fourth Amendment.

The injunction will stay in place until the judge can hold a full hearing on the matter. She didn't say when that hearing will be scheduled.

More than two-dozen states have also proposed drug-testing recipients of welfare or other government assistance, but Florida was the first state to enact such a law in more than a decade. Should any of those states pass a law and face a court challenge, Scriven's ultimate ruling would likely serve as a legal precedent.

The law's proponents include Gov. Rick Scott, who said during his campaign the measure would save $77 million. It's unclear how he arrived at those figures. A spokesman for the Florida Department of Children and Families deferred all comments to the governor's office.

"Drug testing welfare recipients is just a common-sense way to ensure that welfare dollars are used to help children and get parents back to work," said Jackie Schutz, a spokeswoman for Scott. "The governor obviously disagrees with the decision and he will evaluate his options regarding when to appeal."

Earlier this year, Scott also ordered drug testing of new state workers and spot checks of existing state employees under him. But testing was suspended after the American Civil Liberties Union also challenged that policy in a separate lawsuit.

Nearly 1,600 applicants have refused to take the test since testing began in mid-July, but they aren't required to say why. Thirty-two applicants failed the test and more than 7,000 have passed, according to the Department of Children and Families. The majority of positives were for marijuana.

State officials said Monday that applicants previously denied benefits for testing positive or refusing the test could reapply immediately. The Department of Children and Families will also approve all pending applications that await drug test results.

Supporters had argued applicants skipped the test because they knew they would have tested positive for drugs. Applicants must pay $25 to $35 for the test and are reimbursed by the state if they pass. It's unclear if the state has saved money.

Under the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families program, the state gives $180 a month for one person or $364 for a family of four.

Those who test positive for drugs are ineligible for the cash assistance for one year, though passing a drug course can cut that period in half. If they fail a second time, they are ineligible for three years.

Lebron, who is the sole caretaker of his 4-year-old son, said he's "happy that the judge stood up for me and my rights and said the state can't act without a reason or suspicion."

The ACLU says Florida was the first to enact such a law since Michigan tried more than a decade ago. Michigan's random drug testing program for welfare recipients lasted five weeks in 1999 before it was halted by a judge, kicking off a four-year legal battle that ended with an appeals court ruling it unconstitutional.

Sunday, March 07, 2010

I don't speak white.

Hi this is George Cook and I wanted to share with everyone this article I read by Taylor Trammell. She is a senior in High school at Detroits Mumford High School. The article deals with how it feels to be told that you "speak white" and what this one remarkable young lady has gone through.

Read the article here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

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