While I do agree that the Patriot Act is an overreach by the federal government, I think that presidential candidate and Stallmigo Rand Paul (R-KY) is throwing his hypocrisy into this.
The very same Paul rather meddle between a woman's legs, a Black man's firearms, a poor family's safety net and a family's Obamacare subsidies. Paul wants the big old bad gubmint stop looking into your cell phone.
After all his stupid son probably was incriminating himself with pictures of him smoking a bong while playing with snow lines.
Paul is already not making friends in the Republican race for the red nose. Paul put on his makeup and juggling his balls hoping he can pick off young minds with legal weed and low incarceration.
On a rare Sunday night, the U.S. Senate is in session. His fellow senator, Majority Leader Mitch The Turtle (R-KY) called for a vote on the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection and Online Monitoring Act." For the smart people this is called the USA Freedom Act.
This bill is sponsored by Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the creator of the Patriot Act.
He also sponsored this bill a few years back and it didn't get traction. In October 2013, he introduced the USA Freedom Act in the House, a bill designed to curtail the powers of the NSA and end the NSA's dragnet phone data collection program. The bill is supported by civil liberties advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union.
Even he's skeptical of his own law. Did he even read this shit?
NOPE.
The USA Freedom Act was not passed by the U.S. Senate on May 22, 2015. By a vote of 57-42, the Senate did not pass the bill that would have required 60 votes to move forward, which means that the NSA must start winding down its domestic mass surveillance program this week. The Senate also rejected, by 54-45, also short of the necessary 60 votes, a two-month extension for the key provision in the Patriot Act that has been used to justify NSA spying, which is set to expire on June 1, 2015.
I don't want to jeopardize the lives of Americans because of a handful of lawmakers standing on principles that are wrong.
However, on May 31, 2015, the Senate voted 77-17 to limit debate on the act. Senate rules will allow it to be passed after the mass surveillance programs have expired.
The Republican majority promised transparency. They promised jobs. They promised to deny President Barack Obama a victory. So far, they are destroying themselves to defeat Obama.
They are wasting time trying to pass symbolic votes on restricting abortions, gutting the safety net, passing that stupid Keystone XL pipeline, restricting the president's executive powers on education, immigration, and raising the minimum wage. They are not working on passing reasonable gun control, refusing to work on peace deals with Cuba and Iran. They are pushing for troops in the battle against the Islamic State and Boko Haram. They want to waste time on Benghazi hearings, IRS emails, Hillary Clinton's missing emails, and dragging Attorney General Loretta Lynch into committee hearings about Fast & Furious.
With Paul's temper tantrum and some of his fellow Republicans and even Democratic allies calling upon the end of bulk collection done by the NSA, it seems like the bill is possibly on its way to defeat.
Here's the filibuster. Paul runs 11 hours of whine.
Again, this lawmaker has no legislative accomplishments and they act like he's a god.
The conservative Craigslist have been hyping up this guy for some time now. Yesterday, the former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley decided to put on the makeup and jump into the clown car.
The Aristocat himself, 52 year old Martin O'Malley hopes he can defeat a literally untouchable candidate.
He is the father of four. He is married to his wife Katie for over 25 years. He is an American politician who served as the 61st Governor of Maryland, from 2007 to 2015. Prior to being elected as Governor, he served as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007, having previously served as a Baltimore City Councilor from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the Chair of the Democratic Governors Association from 2011 to 2013. Following his departure from public office in early 2015, he was appointed to the Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School as a visiting professor focusing on government, business and urban issues.
As Governor, in 2011 he signed a law that would make certain undocumented immigrants eligible for in-state college tuition on condition; and in 2012, he signed a law to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland. Each law was challenged to a voter referendum in the 2012 general election and upheld by a majority of the voting public.
O'Malley stood in for 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a Democratic campaign event on June 2, 2007, in New Hampshire, Delegate Tony O'Donnell said in response, "It's the worst-kept secret in Maryland that the governor has national ambitions."
State Senator Thomas V. Miller, Jr. said O'Malley's political future "comes into play in everything he does", adding O'Malley is "very much like Bill Clinton in being slow and deliberative and calculating in everything he does."
The conservative agitators are hoping that O'Malley win the nomination. They are planning on giving him the Michael Dukakis treatment.
In order to make Clinton and the crop of Democrats running uninspiring, the conservative agitators will continue to bitch about Obama, Iraq, Syria, ISIS, Benghazi, missing emails, Monica, Paula, Kathleen, Juanita,Vince, Whitewater, the missing server, accomplishments, age, being a woman, and everything else they can pull out their asses.
Jam session with Martin O'Malley.
They want to muddy up the waters with tales of Bill Clinton and the past in order to ruin the potential nomination of perennial candidate Hillary Clinton.
He wants to be the alternative to Clinton. He wants to be the voice of the progressives.
He made his decision in Baltimore. The place where Freddie Gray lost his life to six reckless officers and riots broke out in April. These officers will have a day in court. They are innocent until proven guilty.
CNN reminds the readers that his decision to launch in Baltimore could be proven a "challenge".
The treatment of Freddie Gray, which sparked a national dialogue about police conduct toward racial minorities, drew renewed scrutiny to the controversial zero-tolerance policing strategy that O'Malley advocated for as mayor -- part of an aggressive strategy to crack down on crime.
Speaking in rolled-up sleeves at Federal Hill Park, O'Malley began with a call for economic fairness and closing the gap between rich and poor in America.
Martin and his wife Katie hope 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will be their new residence. It's only 40 miles from Baltimore.
"This is the urgent work calling us forward today: to rebuild the truth of the American Dream for all Americans," O'Malley said. "And to begin right now."
He touched upon last month's unrest in Baltimore, saying the aftermath of Freddie Gray's death was about more than race or policing in America, but about "the scourge of hopelessness" in the nation's cities.
"There is something to be learned from that night, and there is something to be offered to our country from those flames," he said.
A small group of protesters tried to interrupt his speech, shouting remarks like "black lives matter" and blowing on whistles. As O'Malley discussed the problem of income inequality and concentration of wealth, one protester angrily yelled out: "You did that! It was you!"
But the protesters largely failed to be a disruptive presence at the launch event, where O'Malley's supporters, numbering in the hundreds, reacted enthusiastically to his speech.
O'Malley also took a shot at Clinton and Republican Jeb Bush, using an attack on Goldman Sachs to suggest they were too close to Wall Street to be advocates for the less fortunate in America.
"Recently, the CEO of Goldman Saches let his employees know that he'd be just fine with either Bush or Clinton. I bet he would," O'Malley said. "Well, I've got news for the bullies of Wall Street: The presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families. It is a sacred trust to be earned from the people of the United States, and exercised on behalf of the people of the United States."
Frenemies.
Perhaps O'Malley's biggest challenge is finding a way to dent the Clinton political machine while also proving that he's a competitive candidate in his own right -- not just a backup for progressives who would rather see "a not running" Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in the White House. A Quinnipiac University poll released this week places Clinton 56 percentage points ahead of O'Malley.
It makes three. Three candidates running for the Democratic nomination. A perennial candidate, a Socialist and a nobody ever heard of.
Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and O'Malley have declared their intentions to run for the blue nose while a handful of Republicans and insurgents run for the red nose.
These clowns are uninspiring.
But if you're interested in one of them, could Martin O'Malley be the one you prefer?
The media broke this last night. Vice President Joe Biden's oldest son Beau had passed away.
The White House has confirmed that 46 year old Beau had terminal brain cancer.
World News Today send our condolences to the Vice President Biden and his family.
Earlier this month, Beau, a former Delaware attorney general, was reported to be undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington.
After eight years as attorney general, Beau Biden joined the investor law firm Grant & Eisenhofer in 2015.
He served a yearlong tour in Iraq as a captain in the Delaware Army National Guard and underwent surgery at a cancer center in Texas last year. He suffered a mild stroke in 2010.
“The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words. We know that Beau’s spirit will live on in all of us, especially through his brave wife, Hallie, and two remarkable children, Natalie and Hunter,” a statement released by the White House said.
The vice president was then a senate candidate. He ran for the U.S. Senate in Delaware. When he won his election, he lost his first wife and daughter to a car accident. A week before Christmas, Biden was informed about his first wife and his children were injured.
Beau, Hunter, Naomi and wife Nellia were hurt. Nellia and Naomi died of their injuries.
Joseph Robinette Biden III (Beau) was an officer in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG), and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He served as the Attorney General of Delaware and was a Major in the Delaware Army National Guard. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the older son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and older step-son of Second Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden.
Beau leaves behind his wife Hallie and two children Natalie and Hunter.
Beau was tempted to run for Delaware governor in 2016.
Last time I've checked, anyone being a proud Muslim American is form of patriotism.
Pam Geller denies hosting this event, but she had her hand in it. Over in Phoenix, a group of armed White extremists were protesting against Islam.
You notice that the junk food media calls them protesters.
Why aren't they called terrorist?
They're terrorizing innocent Americans with threats and openly showing discrimination against a religion.
These extremists were greeting peaceful Muslim parishioners at The Islamic Community Center.
Jon Ritzheimer is a white extremist who sponsored the event. He wore the "fuck" Islam t-shirt. The cameras blocked the offensive shirt.
The mosque was the center of controversy when two men traveled to Texas in their failed attempt to assassinate Geller and those who were responsible for the "Draw Mohammad' contest. They were attendees at that mosque. They were killed by Garland police after they had a brief shoot out.
Jon Ritzheimer was the extremist who promote this. He wore a Fuck Islam shirt and carried an AR15 on his side.
Many others came to protest and use the hashtag #NotMyAmerica.
The junk food media talking on an on about the crisis in Iraq and Syria, and giving credence to a group of extremists overseas. The junk food media and the agitators give the Islamic State more props than al Qaeda.
White extremist shakes hands with counter-protester.
They are "concern trolling" yet again about the crisis over in Iraq. The agitators claim that President Barack Obama's rush to leaving Iraq led to the rise of the Islamic State and the Lavent.
The extremist group has shown on social media beheadings of Westerners Muslim and non-Muslim captives they've claimed as "spies". They have also pillaged destroyed historical artifacts and treasures.
The group is notorious for promoting itself on social media. The junk food media continues to give it attention.
Here in the United States, conservatives are concern trolling about how radical Islam has came into our borders. They seriously believe the Mexican government is willingly allowing a foreign terrorist organization to build a base camp a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Okay, who are the real radicals here in the United States?
Long shot candidate jumps into the clown car. The Dick Dastardly of Republican politics wants his shot in.
Former New York governor George Pataki is now another clown in the car. He's declared his intentions today. Conservatives already consider him the Jon Huntsman of the bunch.
Kind of like Dick Dastardly in them Wacky Races. He will try everything to win.
Pataki a three term governor is hoping that his experience as a governor could help him win. Pataki was one of only three Republican governors of New York elected since 1923, the others being Thomas Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller.
This candidate is already mocked by the conservative agitators in the junk food media.
They consider Pataki too liberal for the nomination. He comes from New York, the mecca of cultural clashes. Besides, he's been out of office for over a decade, is he still even viable to run?
CNN reports that the former three-term New York governor, who led the Empire State through the trauma of 9/11, promised to upset predictions he has little chance in one of the deepest GOP presidential fields in years, in a campaign in which he barely registers in polls of the nationwide race or in swing states.
This dork is trying to fit in an already crowded clown car.
Pataki said the current state of the race reminded him of when he mounted a long odds run for governor in New York in 1994 and knocked off Democratic icon Mario Cuomo.
"No one had heard of me ... I was a Republican in deep blue New York," Pataki told CNN in an interview after a small event in the same Smuttynose Brewery in Hampton, New Hampshire, where Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton held a much more high-profile gathering last week.
"It took me months to get a crowd like this, to go anywhere in New York, to think I had a chance. But you work hard, you have the right ideas and over time convince people that you are the person to lead the country," he said. "I have always started at the bottom, I think it is the best way to do it. You appreciate something more when you earn it."
Earlier, Pataki had launched his campaign in the sweltering Old Town Hall in Exeter, New Hampshire, the town where the Republican Party was founded, after releasing a four-minute announcement video which made the case that if the nation is to flourish "we have to fall in love with America again."
At this point, Pataki's campaign looks like a lonely quest: No prominent elected officials or donors have stepped forward to trumpet his bid in a field that many top Republicans tout as one of the most competitive they have ever seen.
Given his lack of support, it is unlikely that Pataki will make the first Republican debate, which will be limited to the top 10 Republican hopefuls. That could stifle any efforts to increase his name identification among next year's voters.
But Pataki isn't likely to run a national campaign, if the pre-announcement build-up is any indication. He has dedicated most of his travel to New Hampshire, the second nominating contest where a tradition of small events and face-to-face campaigning gives him an outside chance to build some momentum.
CNN added that earlier start came from his days as a lawyer by trade.
Pataki rose from being the mayor of the Westchester County hamlet of Peekskill through the New York state legislature. In the fall of 1994, Pataki ousted liberal darling Mario Cuomo to become New York's first Republican governor in two decades.
Pataki shepherded laws through Albany that reduced some tax rates and increased sentences for criminals committing hate crimes. He also governed New York as the state recovered from the 9/11 attacks that occurred a year before voters elected him to a third term.
He declined to run for a fourth term in 2006, and Democratic attorney general Eliot Spitzer succeeded him.
Pataki stoked speculation that he would run in 2008 and in 2012, but this is the year he has chosen to follow through.
Pataki is married to Libby Rowland and has two sons and two daughters.
Another clown in.....Do you think he stands a chance in a field of nuts?
When it comes to gun control it's only a matter of it being for Black people. According to these concern trolling agitators, Baltimore's rise of gun violence is a major problem in America.
Is it about time for Americans bloggers to stop reading what a concern troll post?
If we feed the trolls, they become parasites. They latch on.
I am not trying to stop them from expressing their views. The things mentioned in the junk food media are passionate and extremely controversial. Some agree and others don't. It's a part of food chain when it comes to politics.
In the age of Obama, it's gotten worse. Race relations are on the decline. Blacks have a strong dislike towards Republicans. But also Democrats as well. The Democrats are not working hard enough for the Black vote. Although the Black vote is still a strong block for them, the Democrats haven't put up much of a fight since they've been driven back to the minority in Congress.
Concern trolling is a part of the conservative manifesto.
The labeling of individuals is common among concern trolling. Conservatives hate being called racist. Liberals hate being called racist. They both hate being called elitists. They both hate being labeled but yet they label everyone in a group.
I tend to hate conservatives a little more than liberals. I don't look at liberals as being the winning team. I actually believe that the middle is the best way to solve problems. Yeah, I am more socially liberal on issues but conservative when it comes to my finances and work ethic.
I hate when conservatives want to bring up criminal behavior. They seem fixated on trying compare piss to shit. They seem only interested in pointing out "_______" criminal behavior.
Conservatives all of sudden became pro-police in the wake of high profile killings of unarmed Black suspects. The rise of gun crimes happen in warmer months.
Every day at least 400 people die of gun violence. At least 2000 people were shot by firearms.
If you actually know what really happens in America, look at the rise in gun crime. The junk food media reacts to mass shooters. Whenever a mass shooter plots a domestic attack on suburbia, the junk food media reacts.
Liberals hope its a White guy who has hatred for race, political standings, religious intolerance and a frequent listener to talk radio or viewer of Fox News.
Conservatives hope its either a Black guy or a Brown guy. They hope they can claim it's a liberal, Muslim, or racist. They can claim that it's Obama's fault for the shooting because the guy was of color.
Not one of them blame the shooter. Not one of them say that those with mental issues should have access to firearms.
Not one mention of their names from any of these concern trolls. But yet, it's posted on The Drudge Report.
And the links are pointed to hearsay. Someone who claims they know something but wasn't given legal right to is not credible. But yet, it's look upon as "TRUTH".
World News Today has an example of concern trolling from one who post comments on stories we've posted about police brutality and institutional racism in country.
This person seems fixated on posting links to some website or YouTube to dispute the notion that conservatives are racist bigots.
Alas, in his mind he seriously believes that he's proving a point. Quite the opposite.
Check it. I've listened, read, and commented about four controversial agitators in the media.
The Drudge Report is irrelevant. But still a money maker. Conservatives rely on the website to generate their talking points.
The Drudge Report helps motivate Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Colin Flaherty. They rely on this to paint the president and others as "enemies".
They are conservative agitators who spent a majority of their lives racking up $$$$ playing the roles of old grumpy men.
Talk radio is a White man's best friend. Conservatives use talk radio to vent off about the Black guy getting a better job based on racial quotas. They call in to complain about the Mexican family being here in our country illegally. They got to the blogs to complain about radicalism. They finger Islam and the non-religious atheists as the radicals.
They complain about the poor having cell phones, refrigerators, microwaves, televisions and computers. They believe that they're living on the taxpayer's dollar. They complain about food stamps, welfare and entitlements. Nothing more than a drop in the bucket but to conservatives, it's like the world's on fire and they need their piss to put out the fire.
These agitators can't seem to stay focus on what's right in America. One minute they concern about their freedom of speech being silenced by the numerous boycotts against them. The next minute, they call for boycotts of those they believe should be silenced.
When it comes to racial issues. They're like tops. They spin and spin and spin. And most of the people who click, read, watch or listen to them are soaking this stuff up like sponges.
The Republican Party is taking their talking points from these agitators and Fox News.
Fox News is the nation's most watched cable news channel. It is by far the most controversial network to ever exist. The network claims that the media is partisan. Yet, this network is pandering and evolving into the very thing its hates being called.
Most of the people on that network are extremely conservative. That network has given airtime to Matt Drudge (the founder of the The Drudge Report), Rush Limbaugh and Colin Flaherty.
Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly, Greta Van Susteren and others on that network spin hypothetical bullshit. These conservative agitators act like they're concerned but really they're not.
They relish in this method of repetitiveness. They won't let an issue go. If it makes President Barack Obama, the Black community and liberals look bad, they look good.
They are the masters of concern trolling.
See when the rise of gun crime happens in Urban America, these agitators are now concern about gun control. They rather see Blacks, Hispanics, and Muslims lose their rights when it comes voting, firearms, entitlements, freedom of speech, right to a fair trial and economic opportunities.
The conservatives agitators believe that the freedom of speech, the right to bare arms and the right to a fair trial when it only applies to them.
So now they're concern about gun crime.
Baltimore seen a rise in violence, the agitators automatically assume that cops aren't doing their jobs.
See what the Black community was complaining about?
If the cops be defenders of the community instead of enforcers, you wouldn't see such a disconnect.
Trust me, crime occurs in America. It doesn't discriminate.
In his ongoing explanations, Hough presents himself as the healing voice of hard candor. “I am 80 and I figure I can speak truth as I see it. Ignorant I am not.” But to others he says, “The time has come to stop talking about race relations generally” and to start talking instead about “the Asians” and “the Poles” and their model behavior in America. In other words, Hough gets to rant about race relations, and you need to shut up, get to work and, if you’re black, find a white person to marry.
From Thomas Jefferson to Strom Thurmond, however, white men’s sexual relations with black women, often coercive, has not appeared to elevate white consciousness toward African Americans at a systemic level. They still managed to hold slaves, defend segregation, and rant against “miscegenation.”
The Alfred P Newman of Republican governors is thinking about jumping into the clown car.
The guy who once told the junk food media that the Republican Party can't be the party of stupid is thinking about running into the clown car, face first.
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal is the current governor of Louisiana. He is an Indian-American politico who is also the Vice Chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He is one of the youngest governors in office. He and South Carolina Republican governor Nikki Haley are the two youngest elected governors. Haley is also Indian-American.
Jindal is 43 years old and he's determined to be in the 40s club of U.S. Presidents.
Is Bobby Jindal a dumb person?
No.
He's quite intelligent. He married with three children. He is son of immigrants. He studied at the best universities. But unfortunately he's "dumb down" himself to appeal to that rigid old and bigoted base.
Jindal formed a exploratory committee and has fired shots at Stallmigo Rand Paul (R-KY) the CEO of Planter's Peanuts. Jindal claims that Paul's thoughts on Americans being dragged to war is a form of "apologizing for America".
He couldn't help but aim at President Barack Obama for being a weak leader on the economy and terrorism. He is pissed that Hillary Clinton refuses to acknowledge her role in the beaten horse we call Benghazi.
Some may question his birth certificate. He's Brown so it's going to be a hard sell to White extremists who believe that having Carson and Jindal running is a disaster.
He's got to make sure his base don't confuse him as a practicing Muslim or Hindu. Jindal is a Catholic parishioner.
He's got to make sure everyone calls him by the name "Bobby" and not a foreign sounding name like Piyush.
He's got to gather his buddies in the establishment to at least chip a million in. After all the Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson is giving Republicans a check if they can say that all "Mooslims are scary" and "Obama's anti-Semitic" towards Israel.
Jindal will be another one of the many minorities running for the red nose. I mean you got already in the game Stallmigos Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) who are Hispanic. You got Ben Carson, who is Black. You got Carly Fiorina who is a woman. Now if he declares his bid, he'll be the first Republican of Asian decent to run for the White House.
Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to immigrants from India. Prior to entering politics, Jindal studied for a Bachelor of Science in biology and public policy at Brown University from 1988 to 1991 and then a Master of Letters in political science from New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He worked for McKinsey & Company and interned for Representative Jim McCrery of Louisiana.
Jindal talks a mean game about the president. Jindal claims that President Barack Obama is weak on the economy, domestic policies and terrorism. He won't say it to Obama's face though. He's too busy trying to dumb down himself so he can win voters.
In 1996, Governor Murphy Foster appointed Jindal Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and in 1999 he was appointed President of the University of Louisiana System. In 2001, Jindal was appointed as the principal adviser to Tommy Thompson, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush.
He first ran for governor in 2003 and won a plurality in the nonpartisan blanket primary but lost in the general election to Democrat Kathleen Blanco. He then won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 2004 elections. The second Indian American in Congress, he was re-elected in 2006. He ran for Governor again in 2007 and secured an outright majority in the first round of balloting; in doing so, he became the first Indian American governor in the United States.
He was re-elected in a landslide in 2011.
Jindal is a total buttface. He looks Mad Magazine's mascot Alfred P. Newman.
You won't believe it! These are two cops with a suspect. The suspect is wearing antlers.
Spreading racist emails, taking inappropriate pictures, doing unprofessional things on social media all the while wearing the badge is not an coincidence. It's a matter of common practice.
Will that annoying conservative agitator talk about this on his right wing carnival?
Nope. It doesn't fit the narrative to blame President Barack Obama. The president is passionately talking about the case for unity among the police and the communities they serve.
Psst...Obama's Black.
The president can testify to it. He was profiled by the police when he was a nobody. And for him to talk about the disparaging interactions between the Black community and the law, the conservatives claim it's anti-cop and racist.
This picture is of two former Chicago cops posing with a suspect. They decided wanted to share a funny picture with fellow officers. They decided to put antlers on the suspect and pose as two Elmer Fudds.
Real laugh riot.
The Chicago Sun-Times report that ex-cops Jerome Finnigan and Timothy McDermott were fired out the cannon after they were posing with this unidentified drug suspect.
Finnigan had already been fired out the cannon: In 2011, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for leading a team of cops in robberies and home invasions. This may have inspired Chicago PD on NBC.
McDermott is fighting to wear the badge. He got a 5-4 decision in his cannon firing. The minority believe that it was a funny picture. The majority believe it's time to clean up the force.
This makes Chicago PD look like a bunch of idiots. Terrible.
Even in my community an idiot sheriff's deputy got his online fixation. He was on Twitter and had shared some inappropriate thoughts of the Baltimore riots in the wake of Freddie Gray's death.
Clark County Ohio sheriff Gene Kelly said that this deputy is fired out the cannon.
Zach Davis got fired out the cannon.
Ex-deputy Zach Davis was caught online posting his thoughts on the rioting in Baltimore.
Davis said that the Baltimore riots were a "real life Planet of the Apes". And to make it worse, he said that rioters are “ignorant young people” who deserve “every stereotype they've ever been labeled.”
When confronted with his post, Davis confessed and was immediately fired out the cannon.
Kelly said that Davis "did not believe he was racist" for publishing such comments.
The letter sent to the sheriff's office expressed concerns over the "insensitivity, hostility, and maliciousness" reflected in the tweets, and stated that such derogatory statements are unacceptable under any circumstances but especially troubling coming from a deputy who "holds the power of the state."
"Davis’s tweets are offensive, inappropriate, and inhumane for the way they treat the black citizens of Baltimore, striping them of their humanity and rendering them 'apes' who should be 'slayed' to be taught a lesson," the letter reads.
Davis joined the force in April. Kelly said he has met with the local NAACP president, who supports his decision.
"I’ve done everything I can do to try and correct this problem," Kelly said. "It hurts us and this community and there’s no place for it."
Now all deputies in Clark County will have to go through sensitivity training. They will now be forced to limit their social media connections and associations.
The power of Facebook and Twitter. Whenever you post something online, it's there forever.
Understand no one is safe from being fired out the cannon. But if you take steps to prevent your business from being out there, make it private and don't jeopardize your job by talking about it.
Last year, famed comedian Tracy Morgan was on the Turnpike in New Jersey in his tour van. It was a dark night and traffic was light. There was construction on the turnpike and the van slows down.
All of sudden, this semi-truck slams right into the van. It crushes the van like a tin can. In the vehicle was Tracy, his manager, his mentor James McNair and bodyguard.
Bad wreck left Tracy Morgan hurt badly.
While his manager and bodyguard escape severe injuries, Tracy was hurt badly. He suffered a broken leg, broken ribs, a broken nose, and brain swelling. It traumatized him. He's slowly regaining his walking but is forever ruined by this experience.
So today in federal court, Morgan brought the truck driver's employer to court. The company that employed the driver is the world's largest retail store. Yup, Walmart.
Kevin Roper mugshot in county lockup.
Walmart reached a settlement with Morgan after last year's deadly crash.
The driver Kevin Roper was fired out the cannon. He got served with vehicular homicide and failure to control. He's awaiting trial. If found guilty, Roper gets 30 in the iron college.
Walmart CEO Greg Foran also released a statement today to offer his sympathies to everyone involved in the accident. “While we know there is nothing that can change what happened, Walmart has been committed to doing what’s right,” he sad. “We are pleased to have reached an amicable settlement that ends this litigation. We are deeply sorry that one of our trucks was involved.”
Of course, Foran had a lot of sympathies to give. This two employees were shot by a crazed gunman. Marcell Willis, a U.S. Air Force officer went into in a Grand Forks Walmart and opened fire on two workers. He didn't know them or had any issue with them.. One worker was killed in this another is fighting for life.
World News Today send our prayers to Tracy Morgan. We also send our condolences to James McNair, Gregory Weiland and Lisa Braun. These were the victims in the Grand Forks Walmart shooting.
And this candidate will self destruct.... Rick Santorum is running again.
I wasn't even thinking about him. And like so many Republicans jumping into the clown car, Rick Santorum is once again going to be the last man out.
So Go Go Gadget Santorum....
In Pennsylvania, the former senator once again believes he can win the nomination and carry forth his rigid ass to the White House. He wants to drive that raggedy truck across the many counties of Iowa in hopes to win the Caucus again.
The AP reports that the former Pennsylvania senator may have exceeded his own expectations by scoring a second-place finish in the race for the Republican presidential nomination four years ago. Yet as he enters a more powerful and diverse 2016 field, he may struggle even to qualify for the debate stage in his second run.
"I am proud to stand here, among you and for you, the American workers who have sacrificed so much, to announce that I am running for president of the United States," the 57-year-old senator said, flanked by factory workers and six of his seven children in a cinderblock warehouse near his western Pennsylvania hometown.
"The last race, we changed the debate. This race, with your help and God's grace, we can change this nation."
Santorum opens this political season as a heavy underdog in a race expected to feature more than a dozen high-profile Republicans — most of them newcomers to presidential politics. He is among the nation's most prominent social conservatives, having dedicated much of his political career to opposing same-sex marriage and abortion rights, while advocating for conservative Christian family values.
He mentioned cultural issues briefly on Wednesday in remarks designed to broaden his appeal to working-class Americans. "As president, I will stand for the principle that every life matters — the poor, the disabled and the unborn," said Santorum, a Catholic.
The biggest dork (or I meant dick) to run for higher office.
Santorum proven to be a formidable challenger to perennial loser Mitt Romney. He was the last official "not Romney" candidate. He's a staunch conservative with seven children.
He ultimately won 11 states in the GOP's 2012 primary election after an unexpected and narrow victory in the opening contest in Iowa, where he emerged as a conservative favorite after touring the state's 99 counties in a pickup truck.
His road to relevancy this time won't be easy.
"It's going to be much more competitive," said Foster Friess, a prominent donor who was standing near the podium during Wednesday's announcement.
Santorum has acknowledged his challenges in 2016, but says his experience could pay dividends the second time around. Most of the GOP's recent presidential nominees, Mitt Romney and President Ronald Reagan among them, needed more than one campaign to win the nomination.
Let it be known that this clown is a bible thumper. He wants to put the Bible back in the government.
He faces considerable competition for his party's social conservatives in particular. The list of Republicans already courting religious voters includes former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist pastor who won the Iowa caucuses in 2008, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Texas Stallmigo Ted Cruz. And like Santorum, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is a Catholic.
He thinks gays are icky and wants to ban them from any establishment that serves Christians.
If he was to take on terrorism, he will annihilate Muslims and those icky dictators.
He doesn't want to make "The Blah" people live better. He believes "The Blah" people are living comfortably on food stamps and welfare.
He believes the border down south should be fenced and barb wired. He doesn't want them illegals coming into the country. After all, the Islamic State built a base in Mexico and they're only a few miles from El Paso.
He called Obama a "snob" for wanting everyone to go to college. Even though the president didn't say that, he stuck to his guns. And Santorum also had called the president the anti-war "ni-ugh"
Santorum has acknowledged his challenges in 2016, but says his experience could pay dividends the second time around. Most of the GOP's recent presidential nominees, Mitt Romney and President Ronald Reagan among them, needed more than one campaign to win the nomination.
Santorum is a perennial candidate like Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee and potential runner Rick Perry.
Each of them failed to beat Barack Obama.
What gives them the notion that they'll survive the primaries?
Inspect Gadget would make a better candidate for the Republican nomination. Gadget would be a better choice than this bible thumping turd.
So if you're looking for entertainment, look forward to hearing the many stupid comments coming out of Santorum.
The death of many in Baltimore still happens. Yet, conservative pretend that it's every day and the president allows it.
Of course we blame the shooter. But in this gotcha media, the conservative agitators would rather focus on the president, Rev. Perm, the mayor of Baltimore Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and state prosecutor Marilyn Mosby.
World News Today has just learned that nine people died in separate shootings in the city of Baltimore and surrounding communities. We send our condolences to those lost in these senseless tragedies.
There was spike in violence in the city. Over the Memorial Day weekend, the violence was bad.
The conservative agitators decided to find some reason to go after the mayor, the state prosecutor and President Barack Obama for this.
They claim that since six Baltimore officers were arrested in the death of Freddie Gray, the city has went into utter chaos. The agitators claim that the cops aren't going to their jobs.
The country's worst cable news host once again digs to the bottom of the barrel. On his right wing carnival, that annoying conservative agitator claims that he interviewed a Baltimore cop who "knows" about the Freddie Gray controversy. Of course, when the cop appears on camera, he's hidden his face, and had his voice altered.
Are you going to believe this cop? Was he there?
Or perhaps was he one of the arresting officers who his indicted on involuntary homicide?
Since he claims he's a cop for the city, did the cop violate the Baltimore Metro Police code of conduct by appearing on a "carnival" of utter right wing stupidity without proper clearance?
Will Gawker out this cop?
The Blame Game: Once again whenever a tragedy occurs in America, the partisan agitators refuse to blame the shooter, the stabber and the criminal. The agitators (especially conservatives) point their fingers at others. Those who have an opinion about a controversy.
I mean since when is it illegal to say something about police brutality?
I mean don't conservatives want more guns on the street. They run around screaming about the 2nd Amendment and how their freedoms are being stripped.
Since when did the gun supporting agitators become gun control advocates?
It pisses me off that some in the media never call out the conservative agitators for being hypocrites.
They can say that these agitators aren't relevant to the real issues. They can boycott and protest them.
But they never take the time to honestly tell them how does this issue matter when we have so many other issues.
Yeah, there was deadly violence with gun crime. But over the Memorial Day weekend, there were people who died in car accidents. There were people who died in drownings. There were people who died in heat related events. There were people who died in the floods down south.
None of this stuff got their attention. After all they can't blame Obama for these events.
Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Colin Flaherty are notorious race baiters. They will be mentioned in the final postings.
Grand Forks police are trying to figure out why an Air Force officer opened fire in a Walmart.
There's a 21-year old U.S. Air Force officer Marcell Willis who went bonkers at a Walmart. He was the shooter in a deadly incident in Northth Dakota. He came into a Grand Forks Walmart and lit it up. He ended up killing one employee, wounding another before he turned the gun on himself. He put the bullet in his head and let it pop.
Willis died and the employee who's name hasn't been released are dead.
World News Today send our condolences to those lost in this senseless tragedy.
According to the law, they have no possible connection between the shooter and the victims.
Tuesday morning, Willis just went into the store and started popping off.
The Air Force and Walmart express sadness and shock at how this tragedy occurred.
Marcell Willis opened fire on employees at a Grand Forks Walmart.
The Blame Game: Who they gonna blame for this shooting?
Of course the rational should always blame the shooter. But to the partisan agitators they'll immediately blame President Barack Obama and those who support the #BlackLivesMatter Movement.
The conservative agitators will never accuse the Republican state governor, the state legislature or the National Rifle Association as factors. After all, who listens to them?
Who watches them?
Who makes them $$$$?
Any Black criminal is guilty according to conservatives. Forget innocent until proven guilty, the conservatives think that Blacks should be locked up regardless.
Automatically they believe that the shooter was either a Black racist or a radical Muslim.
Wouldn't matter about mental illness or personal grudges. Anytime an event happens and its done by a person of color, the agitators have to pinpoint the race, religion or political affiliations of the criminal.
Controversial blogger got banned from at least one social media forum.
Charles C. Johnson (aka Chuck Johnson) is a notorious race-baiter. He is the founder of conservative blog GotNews. He is allied with agitators such as the conservative Craigslist, racial asshat Colin Flaherty and numerous other bigots.
He spends his time in the social media trolling. He wants to prove the point that liberals lie.
He wants to prove that unarmed Black suspects being killed by law enforcement deserved it. After all, you seen the Facebook page of the deceased Michael Brown and he's giving you the finger. Proof of a violent thug.
Note that THUG is being used instead of NIGGER. The conservatives are using every event in which a crime is committed by a Black male as an excuse to denounce #BlackLivesMatter.
Johnson is a part of this.
Today, Mediaite can claim a victory in the battle against racism. They report that Chuck is banned.
Chuck was trying to troll Ferguson activist DeRay McKesson. He threatened to publish the information about McKesson.
So, I woke up to this. Hate is organized in America. & yes, I take this as a serious threat. pic.twitter.com/V0zThcJJs6
McKesson wrote an email to Twitter and called upon others to effectively throw Chuck off the social media. It was successful. For the time being, Chuck is off the social network.
Thank you, @twitter. And he's been suspended before. I am hopeful that this time it's permanent. And thanks, y'all. pic.twitter.com/3JgFLRP9gl
Chuck has been suspended from the site several times before, largely for releasing news figures’ personal information, such as the Dallas nurses Amber Vinson and Nina Pham who contracted ebola. Many have derided Johnson as a serial harasser and called upon Twitter to remove him from the service, his main megaphone along with his would-be news site GotNews.com
He tried to regain his account and created phony profiles. Alas, Twitter suspended them.
Darlene Clark Hine is the Board of Trustees Professor of History at Northwestern University. She was interviewed by the History News Network at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians on April 18, 2015, where she spoke about a subject she has long tried to forget: The painful decision the OAH made in 2000 to stand up to the racist practices of the Adam’s Mark Hotel. The controversy broke just as Professor Hine was preparing to take-over as the new president of the OAH.
The organization was scheduled to headquarter its convention that year at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in St. Louis when the NAACP led a boycott of the chain. In response the OAH decided to move the annual convention to St. Louis University at a cost of $90,000, which covered the cost of the facility, shuttle buses and legal expenses.
The hotel subsequently threatened to sue the organization for $450,000. Bankruptcy loomed. Some members were aghast that the organization was taking a forceful stand. But the OAH persisted. Members contributed enough money to off-set the added costs and the NAACP forced the hotel to withdraw its suit against the OAH as part of a general settlement.
Omaha officer Kerrie Orozco was gunned down by a suspect who didn't give two fucks about her life. He killed a wife, mother, sister and friend of the community. This heartless act gotten the junk food media's attention because she was going to be on maternity leave after this.
Of course we blame the shooter. But since we live in this gotcha media, the fingers start pointing at the people who have an opinion about it. Of course in the minds of conservatives, it's obviously going towards President Barack Obama.
Damn, it's almost like they believe that Obama was the man who shot two officers. Seeing that he's spoken about the disparaging statistics of Black residents and interactions with police being on the rise, one would think he's talking about a real issue in America.
Of course not. In the minds of the tone deaf, he's preaching anti-cop rhetoric. He's trying to justify rioting and looting. He won't allow the critics to say "THUG". He won't mention the names of hundreds of other victims lost to gun violence.
On average, one day can equal 2000 people killed by gun fire. That's a list that would take at least four hours to read if the president had time to cover every name.
Now I haven't got the whole information on the police officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, World News Today will continue to honor those who serve in law enforcement.
There was a officer from Omaha, NE who was about to go on maternity leave. She was killed by a man who she tried to serve an arrest warrant to. The man went down in a hail of gunfire.
Marcus Wheeler was killed after firing on police.
Kerrie Orozco, a 29 year old mother of a newborn daughter was on duty. She was suppose to be on maternity leave a few days later. But that didn't happen. She got slugged in the chest just above her bulletproof vest. She would die of injuries at a hospital.
Orozco was assigned to the gang activity unit. She was trying to deal with criminal activity in the streets of Omaha.
The shooter Marcus Wheeler, 26 eventually ate a bullet sandwich after a brief pursuit. He died on scene.
A New Orleans Housing Officer was found this morning with a slug to the head. In a brazen assassination, the police officer was bucked without remorse. The suspect in this shooting is on the loose. The name of the officer wasn't released to the public.
These two officers were doing their jobs and paid the price for protecting the citizens they swore to protect. World News Today sends our condolences to the families of Kerrie Orozco and the New Orleans officer who's name wasn't released.
Now the Blame Game. A tradition that comes whenever the agitators finds some reason to blame someone other than the actual criminal.
Wheeler was a Black man. So of course, the conservative outrage meter is on. Wheeler was a "racist" cop killer according to the idiot Jim Hoft.
Usual word vomits include the following. Will Obama say something about Orozco? Will this be a reminder of the violent behavior of Blacks? Will Rev. Perm and Cut His Nuts Off Jackson say something about the shooting of this young woman and her role as an arresting officer? Will the people supporting the #BlackLivesMatter Movement finally understand that #BlueLivesMatter?
The conservative agitator Loudmouth Bill Cunningham went right into it on his Sunday night cabal.
Cunningham is the pitchman for the conservative Craigslist. He took over when the head honcho Matt Drudge (founder of the conservative Craigslist) left the Sunday night radio gig after failing to make $$$$.
The moment he mentioned the shooting of two officers, I say I bet he will say Obama in the sentence.
New Orleans police are searching for the suspect who assassinated an officer.
As predicted. The agitator went into the holier than thou argument that the president supports criminal behavior and his words are dangerous to cops.
Note this Loudmouth Cunningham is a fraud. He has a trash television show on The CW that is going into its fourth season.
Loudmouth Cunningham plays the role of a midday agitator from iHeart Radio in Cincinnati at WLW 700 AM. On Sunday nights he does it from New York while he's taping his reality television talk show. He's the second most listened to in the noon agitation. He and that old fart Rush Limbaugh are buddies.
What makes him so bad is the fact he trashes on the very same folks he kindly invites on his reality talk show. He has spoken on the John Crawford shooting the very same way he's talked about Michael Brown and Tamir Rice.
Again we don't condone the killing of anyone in law enforcement.
Right wing agitator Bill Cunningham.
We don't condone police brutality, abuse of power, the Blue Wall of Silence, and the killing of unarmed suspects.
We believe that those in law enforcement should be held accountable for any event in which they use improper judgement in a situation. That includes firing a service weapon, using restraint, profiling an individual based on "suspicion", running a traffic signal without lights or siren, and doing unprofessional conduct while on and off duty.
We believe that law enforcement should be photographed or videotaped by residents. An officer's body camera or a dash camera isn't effective enough. The officer's dash camera or body camera footage can magically disappear or it may be released in portions to sway public opinion.
We believe that the media shouldn't believe "everything" a cop tells. That includes a public statement on a controversial event, a grand jury decision, leaking evidence to portray an unarmed suspect as the one who agitated the event and spreading the perception that anyone who criticizes the police are anti-cop.
The Supreme Court allows an arresting officer to "stretch" the truth. Basically the officer can lie when doing a vice/terrorist/drug sting operation, a pull over, a citation, an arrest, a restraint and a discharge of a service weapon.
We take the opportunity to talk about issues that face our community, the government and the corrupt mainstream media.
I tend to have a rational view on most things. I am not a raving partisan. The constant negative reactions towards President Barack Obama, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and the Black community in general by the conservative agitators in the media made me a little more liberal on most issues facing America.
Yeah, I call them names. They deserved to be called more than just that. I believe that they're entitled to their opinions. But I figured that since they're name calling, why not!
When they die, some will care. Others won't.
Officer Kerrie Orozco meeting with youth at a sporting event.
Although I tend to be more independent minded on issues, I have to conclude that I tend to be a little more progressive (liberal) on issues now because of four notorious agitators.
What pisses me off more than anything is the tone deafness of conservatives whenever President Barack Obama actually makes a statement on an issue.
This month he held a forum on policing and reminded them how proud he was of the men and women in law enforcement. He told those in attendance that there needs to be a call for unity among the police and the residents of the recent events.
The president mentioned the rise in cop being killed while on duty. He also signed an executive order banning the use of military style weapons and vehicles for police.
The president's speeches are often lost to the bombastic agitators who solely believe that no matter what is said, Barack Obama is just a naturally born NIGGER/ They believe that he's a criminal and he should be locked up with the rest of them.
I will conclude the month with a honest opinion about the agitators in the media.
Louis Johnson was a great performer. He passed away.
If you've heard of the songs "I'll Be Good To You", "Ain't We Funkin' Now" and "Strawberry Letter 22" and "Stomp", you have to give credit to The Brothers Johnson.
The 1970s group consist of brothers Louis and George Johnson. They were known as Lightin and Thunder Thumbs.
Well today it's confirmed by the family that Louis had passed away.
It was confirmed that he passed away on Thursday. Conditions are unknown but it was released today of his passing.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Louis Johnson.
Wikipedia has an explanation about this.
Johnson was best known for his group The Brothers Johnson and his session playing on several hit albums of the 1970s and 1980s including the "best selling album of all time" Thriller.
His signature sound was from the Music Man StingRay bass which Leo Fender especially made for him to first use and promote, and form his slapping technique
Guitarist/vocalist George and bassist/vocalist Louis formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in Los Angeles, California.
When they became professionals, the band backed such touring R&B acts as Bobby Womack and the Supremes. George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Preston's band and wrote Music in My Life and The Kids and Me for him before leaving his group in 1973. In 1976, The Brothers covered the Beatles' song, Hey Jude, for the ephemeral musical documentary All This and World War II.
Quincy Jones hired them to play on his LP Mellow Madness, and recorded four of their songs, including Is It Love That We're Missing? and Just a Taste of Me.
After touring with various artists including Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, they were hired by Quincy Jones for a tour in Japan and produced their debut album Look Out For #1, released in March 1976 (#9 US) Their Right on Time album was released in May 1977 and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 200. Blam!! came out in August 1978 and reached number 7 on the Billboard 200.
Two of the duo's songs were featured on the soundtrack of the 1976 film Mother, Jugs & Speed. The instrumental track Thunder Thumbs and Lightnin' Licks refers to the brothers' nicknames. Get the Funk Out Ma Face was cowritten with Quincy Jones.
Their popular album Light Up The Night was released in March 1980 and rose to #5 on the Billboard 200. It was number 46 on the "Top 100 LPs of 1980" list in Rolling Stone Magazine. The brothers self-produced the subsequent album, Winners; released in July 1981, it only reached #48 on the Billboard 200.
Among their most popular songs are I'll Be Good to You (Billboard Hot 100 #3 in 1976), Strawberry Letter 23 (Hot 100 #5 in 1977, originally recorded by Shuggie Otis), Ain't We Funkin' Now (1978), and Stomp! (Hot 100 #7 and Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1 in 1980). Their styles include funk, and R&B ballads. Each album also included at least one instrumental cut that would either be considered lite jazz (Tomorrow 1976, Q 1977, Smilin' On Ya 1980, Tokyo 1984) or Funk (Thunder Thumbs &Lightning Licks 1976, Brother Man 1976, Mista Cool 1978, Celebrations 1980).
Yeah, they've fled when an officer spotted them in East Cleveland. Yeah, they led a lot of officers on a high speed pursuit across the Cleveland streets. Yeah, they were boxed in. But when the Cleveland Police, Cuyahoga County Sheriff deuties and East Cleveland Police opened fire on them, it was deadly. It was over 130 rounds being fired into the vehicle.
The whole ordeal happened in November 2012. One of the officers even jumped onto the vehicle to continue firing. Well today, that officer was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams.
The officer Michael Brelo can leave the courtroom a free man. If he was convicted of this charge, he would have spent a quarter in the iron college.
The U.S. Justice Department is already poking holes into the way Cleveland Police handle officer involved shootings. The Tamir Rice shooting and the lack of interest in the Cleveland Kidnapping Case has the police department under the radar for a major overhaul.
The vehicle took over 130 rounds into it.
We're not saying that the Cleveland officer's actions were not justified. What the problem was that he didn't use proper judgement when pulling the service weapon. The vehicle was sputtering and a popping sound from the vehicle spooked the cops into believing they were being fired on.
For the amount of shells raining on that vehicle, you can say that was considered excessive force.
Russell was picking up Williams a known prostitute in the area. Williams was a drug user and was charged with misdemeanors ranging from prostitution to petty theft.
Russell was spotted by officers. He was trying to avoid getting caught. He had driving privileges revoked and had minor criminal theft charges. Russell didn't want to be caught.
Free man. Michael Brelo got off an involuntary manslaughter charge.
This incident adds to the list of incidents in which White police officers have used their service weapons in the shooting of unarmed Black suspects. These events show that despite all the talks about drugs, criminal gangs, and the need to talk to the law, the Black community believes that they may end up to a corpse if they bother.
No one is saying being the police are bad people. They do a dangerous job and most of the time it's a thankless job. They risk their lives 24/7 and the need for them is essential. But one too many believe that the police are enforcing more than protecting. I mean the distrust is extremely high.
Some officers only see residents as criminals and not victims. They don't want to protect the residents. They want to lock them up because they had a string of misfortune.
Who could judge them?
These days a cop is careful about interactions with people of color. They don't want to become overnight celebrities because of a person and their cell phones.
World News Today send our condolences to Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams.
Retro television reboot.... As with Disney's Ducktales the possibility of more 80s theme sitcoms and animation are steamrolling into your home.
I got to say that if it wasn't for ABC's The Goldbergs, I wouldn't be so happy to see the past come back. I mean I grew up in the 1980s when television was good. Cable became just a switch box with 40 channels and Saturday mornings were cartoons and cereal.
Now in 2015. If you don't have cable, your mornings will be likely woken to infomercials, Litton educational programs, news blocks, and reality television (i.e. courtroom shows, Dr. Phil, Jerry Springer, and Ellen).
I will blame the Obamas for this only. Last year The CW ended its Saturday morning animation block. That was the last animation block to ever air on a major television broadcaster.
It was the end of an era. While some blame the rise of cable and the numerous other animation shows, I have to blame President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
The Health Eating (Let's Move) Program was a factor. The first lady was concerned that too many children weren't getting enough exercise and eating high calorie foods such as McDonald's.
Full House cast. John Stamos is confirming that a sequel is go.
Now that some of the incentives went into effect, you hardly see any animated commercials featuring General Mills, Kellogg's and Post characters. Matter of fact, you hardly see any animation in commercials.
Walmart, McDonald's, Kellogg's, Pillsbury, Wendy's, and other business decided to cut the cord on the smiley face, Ronald McDonald, Tony The Tiger and the Doughboy.
The networks decided that cartoons were a factor to children being overweight and not exercising.
So in order to meet federal mandates and eliminate a costly time block, they ended the Saturday morning cartoons. ABC, CBS, The CW have partnered with Litton Entertainment. Now on Saturdays you either get a huge news block, infomercials, and this bullshit.
Yeah, I fault Obama for it.
John Stamos, Bob Saget, Mary-Kay and Ashley Olsen. Stamos is pissed that the Olsen twins declined the offer to return to television. They have declined to appear on the Full House reboot.
The genre's popularity declined in the 1990s and 2000s after cable and satellite television, and later the Internet, began providing 24-hour access to cartoons for children. The format has continued in a reduced manner through the present day as a way of meeting educational television mandates.
Minor television networks continue to air Saturday morning cartoons while meeting those mandates (for now).
This issues are the reasons to why Saturday Morning Cartoons are non existent. I am a fan of animation. It gave me a sense of leaving the meaningless and gave me a sense of fantasy. Imagining that I could be the hero or villain in a show. Gave me something to relax to instead of the partisan rancor of politicians. I didn't want to know what goes on in a reality television star's personal life.
But on the bright side, some of the series I've watched are coming back for new seasons.
The Flash is speeding into season two on The CW.
The Odd Couple gets a second season on CBS.
Girl Meets World is on Disney and its a sequel to Boy Meets World. Disney gave it a go for a second season.
Now Full House is Fuller House. And it's going to premiere on Netflix in Fall 2016.
Miller-Boyett Productions, Warner Bros. teamed up again with Jeff Franklin and John Stamos to relaunch the hit sitcom to Netflix. In this edition Candace Cameron Bure (DJ) and Andrea Barber (Kimmy) living in a home with their children trying to adjust to being mothers.
The series will feature Stamos (Jesse), Bob Saget (Danny), Dave Coulier (Joey), Jodie Sweetin,(Stephanie), and Lori Loughlin (Rebecca) in supporting roles.
What's missing is Mary Kay and Ashley Olsen. The twin sisters were playing one role, Michelle.
Now the 28 year old sisters have confirmed that it's a "NO GO" for them. For the time being, the feud between them and the rest of cast stems over contractual disputes.
