Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Obama Is Chasing A "Tiger" Through The Woods!
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| This is how the American conservative media treats the president . |
Conservatives quickly attacked the president for not allowing the press to watch him on a golf outing with famed golfer Tiger Woods.
The very same conservatives who whine about the media being "in the tank" for President Barack Obama are gleeful that they weren't invited to the private outing.
President Barack Obama took a weekend off while First Lady Michelle Obama and his daughters Malia and Sasha were spending a week in Colorado with friends.
Of course, conservatives are livid about the president taking vacations. Even though the president has taken less than 50 vacations, to conservatives one vacation is too many for them.
| Limbaugh riled up over the president taking a golf outing. He wasn't invited to the gathering so I guess he concludes that sexual misdeeds are afoot since President Obama is with Tiger Woods. |
“By the way, there are some in the Drive-Bys (and we have the evidence coming up) who are not happy that Obama invited Tiger while Moochelle is half a continent away with the children. It’s a guy’s weekend, and there’s Tiger in there, and there are no cameras. So there are some people in the media, particularly over at CNN, who are very, very worried about this.”
“Not us here at the EIB Network. It never crossed our minds. I saw a busload of women when I was out yesterday on 95. I was up as far as Jupiter, and I did see a busload of women heading north on 95. Now, I had no idea where it was going. It was the afternoon. It was after, like, three o’clock. (interruption) No, no, no, Snerdley! I’m not leveling any accusations, but I did see a busload of women. (interruption) No, Clinton’s not there. Well, that’s a good question. I don’t think Clinton’s in town. Anyway, hee-hee, we have the evidence coming up.”
“Tiger’s a one percenter! The fear of the photo op had nothing to do with the fact that Tiger’s had a whole bunch of different girlfriends. [You see] if you are a successful, national-level politician – and Obama claims to be that – then you can’t afford to hang around with people who aren't going to give you money. You must hang around with the wealthy. But you don’t want pictures of it — because that just rams it down the throats of the middle class — that you actually aren't one of them, and that you don’t want to be one of them, and that you don’t want to hang out with them. I think it’s safe to say, folks, that Obama’s now spent more time with Tiger Woods than he has with the Republican leadership.”
In Limbaugh's tirade it's basically a consideration that the president must be cheating on the First Lady since he's associated with Woods.
In 2010, Tiger Woods admitted he had numerous affairs with women while he was married to his wife. Woods is permanently tarnished by the scandal and kept a low profile during the last few years.
After emerging from the shame to reclaiming his glory, Woods is spirited and willing to take another swing.
But conservatives aren't done with him nor the president.
Sean Hannity spent Monday night on his program bashing the president on his golf outing. He claims that the president spent 106 days at the golf course and is spending "our hard earned" tax dollars on the "rock star" life.
So in other words, insert a "racial slur", an Obama name toss and a few Tiger Woods jokes and there you have it! Another conservative themed conspiracy theory about the president.
| Tiger Woods meets President Obama at The White House. |
The continue to profit off of the ignorance of their supporters.
The Republicans really need to put some distance from these individuals.
It's funny that Rush Limbaugh talks the dirty about Tiger Woods. This windbag was married more than four times. His current wife is in her mid thirties and probably cheated on her .
Limbaugh has no room to talk.
But his "stans" will dismiss this as another attempt by the radical liberal elite to tarnish a great man's success as a radio host. A man who spends approximately three hours in a studio somewhere in the basement of his huge mansion.
Yeah, President Barack Obama is entitled to vacations. What he does in his private life isn't the public's business.
He's the President of the United States, and never in my day I've seen such nastiness and racial undertones from this particular person. Barack Obama may have opened Pandora's box of ignorance and hate.
Last month, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News were livid about the president's New Republic interview. He told the writer Chris Hughes that if the Republicans want to continue to lose, follow the strategy of Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. The president wants the Republicans to dismiss these figures in the conservative media.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Is Facebook On The Decline?
Has Facebook reached the peak? Will it head for the decline!
Yes!
Today, I offer my honest opinion on the world's largest social networking website and the potential for a mighty downfall. As Facebook reached the peak of 1 billion active users, the world's largest social networking website has finally "jump the shark" and the peak of its popularity!
I can testify as a member of this!
For years I wanted to be with the "IT" crowd. I wanted to be "friends" with anyone and anybody!
My family, friends, ex-girlfriends, co-workers, and even my boss were friends on Facebook. I kept in touch with them through birthdays, anniversaries, new children, deaths and celebrations. I've posted on their walls about my life and how I'm doing! The more friends I've gotten, the better I felt. It's was one of the greatest feelings to be wanted. I mean "how cool is that?"
Then I realized that I wasn't moving as fast as my friends and family. They're celebrating weddings, births, and new achievements. I haven't experienced any in the past four years. So I seen myself at a peak of jealous and depression.
Longing for the days of success, I seen myself as a failure!
Since I gotten involved in politics, sports and social issues, I let myself become a somewhat popular figure on social networks. I have talked about issues in politics, my community and the media. I done it on my YouTube page and sometimes on my Facebook page.
Some didn't like the way I talked about it! So of course, these individuals bait you into a hostile discussion. Of course I'm getting angry with a complete stranger on a social network? Kind of silly right? Well when you're exhausted all you could of the individual you block that person!
You thought it would be over!
Wrong.
Well some didn't like that! So they pretend to be a friend and you add them! And of course they start stealing your pictures and learn how you operate online! They get a hold of this and then create many phony profiles of you. Then they prowl on your friends and bait them into a hostile debate.
Then you get harass by "yourself".
"I don't care what you do!" So why would I care about Facebook and other social networks?
I grown tired of MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!
I mainly focused on social blogs such as this one and others I've done!
Reasons for Facebook's decline!
1) Jealousy Among Friends And Family Members: Seeing your ex-lover showing off their new partner. One of your ex-lover became a first time parent and you thought it would been you! Your friend was invited to a wedding of a rival. You had a friend who shows off their new "ride"! Too many pictures of your friend's children or changes to their home. Your family members have a special relationship and your not apart of it! Family members brag about winning the lottery, new home or meeting famous celebrities.
You always thought you could of had a piece of the action!
You're not alone!
Many psychologists see that Facebook has contributed to a rise of anger, depression and resentment towards friends, family members, celebrities and politicians. To think that when you hear a person say that "Facebook is so much like high school!" you're thinking damn it's too much drama! Of course we're all human! Facebook triggers emotions. I have seen friends and family members share emotions online and it's never enough!
2) Social Networking Etiquette: How is that, LOL (Laughing Out Loud)?
You know most Americans are trying to shorting their language online. We learned that the possibilities are endless for the newest "it" word.
Many people on Facebook lack the social etiquette when it comes to issues. Some people are failing into the trap of Facebook's don'ts. For one thing, we're all human and we have emotions. We like to share things to friends, family and even complete strangers.
The most dangerous thing to do is add "everyone"! Not everyone is your friend. For far too long, I've accepted friends from across the world. Some were cool, others weren't.
The 'friends" that were accepted weren't so nice!
You set yourself for a potential of hacking into your account. Your most happiest or embarrassing pictures are going to be on a file sharing site or a porn website. A cyberbully/cyberstalker will take your pictures and make derogatory themes using Photoshop and Photo Magic.
You may find some things objectionable. Say if you're a fan of Barack Obama and your friend is a fan of Mitt Romney. You would see a bitter fall out over politics.
Say if you're speaking in abbreviation (ROFL, LOL, and LMAO), some may understand these. Others think you may have to educate yourself!
3) Mark Zuckerberg. A billionaire before 30. He and his co-founders have became exceptionally rich. But have they've become a product of the very thing they've hated! Being one of the elites?
You hear stories about the often hoodie wearing social nerd and his vast expansions. But like every citizen in this country, he's a success story. Having dropping out of Harvard to become the CEO of a major social networking company, it pretty neat.
| Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The young billionaire urges high school students to get involved with innovation. |
Last year, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was going to trade publicly on the NASDAQ stock exchange. When the bell drop, it help propel him into an instant millionaire.
He would later marry his longtime girlfriend a few days later.
Facebook purchased photo sharing website Instagram.
The Facebook stock bust. Now people were expecting the Facebook stock to soar. It didn't. It's trading between $19 and $35 a share. Still a lot of money involved. But a major fail.
What happened?
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| Are you addicted to Facebook? |
It seems like now even responding on his personal wall may cost some funds. The Wall Street Journal reported that it may cost you money to post on famous celebrities "personal" pages. It's being tested and most aren't hip to the idea.
It's always free for you to create a Facebook profile. But the added features that come with it will start costing you some cash.
Some decry this a Facebook selling out to the very heart of its existence.
4) Randi Zuckerberg. The sister of founder Mark Zuckerberg was in the news last year. She was the chief marketing director for Facebook. She became a victim of the very thing that millions of users complained about, their privacy.
A friend of a friend saw a personal picture of her with her brother and family.
Randi was really pissed at a user using her personal photos on Twitter. She took to Twitter and responded to the user with some not so nice comments.
The woman responded back to Randi and apologized. She stated that since she's a subscriber of the feed, she (and hundreds of others) saw Randi's photo and wanted to share it.
Randi didn't see that. Although she accepted the apology, she made a snide comment afterwards.
Hence this little spat made the news. In all the fuss, the media made light of it and people labeled her a hypocrite for allowing Facebook to use pictures of others without their permission. And seeing that privacy was a major concern among parents, who's to say what's your and not Facebook's.
5) Privacy. As Randi saw it, her business isn't your business.
And that's a problem here on Facebook. With the new features on the social networking website, one could figure it's not that hard to keep your most important pictures out of the limelight.
Your job interview could go sour if the person who is doing the hiring searches on your Facebook profile and find some picture that find offensive.
You may support a political candidate but your business doesn't.
You trashed your former job, your former co-workers and your old boss. You bragged that you've gotten a job interview before you've got hired.
Your pictures of that last party where you're totally wasted.
It's all a part of the social norms you're going to regret when you post online.
Privacy advocates are trying to convince Facebook to make it harder for employers to search your profile and even obtain your passwords.
Some people are willing to take a huge risk in order to get a job. They'll allow the employer to search their profiles.
Cyberstalkers and cyberbullies love the opportunity to see a lapse in privacy. Some will steal your photos and use them for offensive themes.
6) Phony Profiles: We're only one person. Probably with the same name but different looks! Facebook has a rise of this problem. Since it's free to create a social networking page, Facebook can't stop the ongoing issue with fake profiles and bogus links to steal information.
Do you like a television show like Modern Family?
Did you like singers like Lady Gaga's Facebook page?
Did you want to post a comment on the "official" page of Labron James?
All of these profiles explained are created by their representatives to keep you informed about their appearances or events coming up! They rarely if ever be on the internet. Celebrities do have a Facebook page that stands alone without the glamour and glory. When you're on top, many want to take you down!
It's mostly MEN who create phony profiles of you!
Some men can't take "NO" for an answer! It's a famous quote for women who can't get rid of their ex-boyfriends or husbands.
Yes, this is a big issue! Some who create phony profiles never understand the consequences of it!
Some people have no lives so they'll try to ruin yours in order to make themselves feel better!
7) Breeding Ground For Hate Speech: I don't like you and your kind!
I'll create pages for hating you and those who think or look like you!
Etiquette is a theme that is commonly ignored on social networks.
When you have a disagreement with a person, do you let it go or do you jump into the fray?
Ideological changes in our society has pitted Americans into a colorblind mentality! If it didn't happen to me, why should I care?
I can tell you that there's more hate themed pages on Facebook. The freedom of speech allows these individuals to put up websites disparaging women, Blacks, Hispanics, those in LGBT community, those who practice in Christianity, Muslims or Jewish.
White supremacists and political junkies alike have taken to Facebook to vent off inflammatory rhetoric!
Many extremists online have personally vented off their hatred of President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Republican nominee Mitt Romney, New Jersey governor Chris Christie, and among others in the political arena.
8) Cyberbullying/Cyberstalking: I'm you or at least I'm pretending to be you!
I've had people use my photos without my permission. I had people create multiple Facebook profiles, YouTube profiles, Blogger pages with the intent to "shame" me, slander me and paint me to be something I'm not.
I want to make this clear: MEN ARE LIKELY THE ONES WHO ENGAGE IN THIS BEHAVIOR!
The cyberbully/cyberstalker creates emotional distress. The individual can ruin your reputation and cost you your job. Having someone posting your personal address and phone number in a fake profile is the ultimate insult. The cyberbully/cyberstalker invite problems by harassing you with personal threats and unwanted advances.
It's only funny, until someone gets hurt. And believe me it's getting worse on Facebook.
The legal ramifications are coming. Some are resulting to suing Facebook to subpoena the person who created the website.
Megan Meier, Phoebe Prince and Tyler Clementi were victims of not only bullying but cyberbullying and cyberstalking. Each of these individuals committed suicide.
9) Stock Price Tumble/Tax Breaks: The Facebook stock fail already signals the demise. When Facebook went public, many thought that this would be the new digital bubble. Alas, it wasn't!
Stock traded below the intended value and so far managed to keep above the average of $30.00 a share.
In shares, you could have $300 million if you play the stock market right!
And recently, Facebook came under scrutiny for getting a nine figure tax break. That $1.1 billion in earned revenue gave the social network $429 million.
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11) Who's Your "REAL" Friends: You are loved! You've felt the need to keep on adding friends. Friends of friends. People who are complete strangers. Wow, you're looking like a winner! Wait a minute!
Your best friend dropped you a friend. You sent an invite to a girl you like and she's not accepted your friend request. Oh wow, you didn't get invited to an event of a friend. Your friends missed your birthday and didn't like your important moments.
People usually get really riled up with friends dropping friends on Facebook. Somehow if you spurn someone online, it may come back to haunt you in the long run.
12) Crime: Only an idiot would post an unlawful act on Facebook. Yet, there's hundreds of people who do this. From the young woman who robbed a bank and posted on social networks to a person admitting he killed a person, Facebook is the bragging rights for criminals.
You go on a long vacation and have a picture of your home in the background. It's an invitation for a burglar.
People have the opportunity to look at a person's location marker to determine where they live or where they work.
It's like catnip to the criminals who figure since you're not at home! You bragged about having an Xbox, iPad, or Samsung digital television you got for Christmas. You leave for work or vacation and when you come home, it's gone.
13) Suicide: The most horrible thing in life is to lose a family member or a friend to a suicide. Like this is a common theme here with Facebook. It allows hate speech, cyberstalkers, cyberbullies and privacy invasions to occur online. Some people ignore it. Others let it drive them to death.
When MySpace was at its peak, Megan Meier hung herself. The young teenager killed herself after a former friend and her mother created a fake profile to lure the girl into thinking this was a boyfriend.
Phoebe Prince, a young teenager from Massachusetts killed herself after her tormentors bullied her at school and on Facebook.
Tyler Clementi was the Rutgers Student who committed suicide after his roommate and another woman broadcast online Clementi's relationship with another man to the college campus. The young man jumped off the George Washington Bridge because of it.
Facebook does create suicide for hundreds of individuals who felt the world is too cruel and they have no other option but to end it all.
In closing, Facebook also can inspire grassroots activism in the terms of suicide among those who use the website.
Many should understand the plight of Facebook and how it's impact has made social networking easier.
I say this with no regrets.
I'm taking an indefinite break from Facebook crowd. It's too much drama and I don't want to be in it!
Chicago: New Mom Killed In Urban Warfare!
| Janay McFarlane was killed a few hours after her sister attended President Barack Obama's event. |
We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Janay McFarlene.
The president was told about another incident in his hometown. One of the children who was onstage with the president just lost her sister to another tragic gun incident in Chicago. With this being one of the 50 confirmed deaths in a two month period, the need for gun control is necessary.
The third largest city in the nation is on the verge of losing its ranking. The population of Chicago is decreasing by the negative news coverage. Gang violence is a huge problem there.
Once again, gang violence is domestic terrorism.
Since this made it through the conservative/white supremacist bubble, I already assume there will be a lot of racial slurs, Obama name dropping and blaming the Democratic Party for the woes of gun violence.
It's 24/7 for arm chair generals online. They'll figure that since it's Chicago, conservatives/white supremacists are rooting for the urban warfare. They rather see Blacks kill one another.
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| Mom Angela Blakely and sister Destini Warren. |
McFarlane, of the 8900 block of South Lowe Avenue, was visiting friends and family in North Chicago when she was shot on her way to a store in the northern suburb, her family said.
She was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m., shortly after sustaining a single gunshot wound to her head, according to the Lake County Coroner’s office.
North Chicago Police officials did not return calls for comment Saturday.
Angela Blakely, the mother of both girls, said that the family had been anticipating the President's visit to the school where Destini is a freshman.
Leading up to the visit, McFarlane frequently mentioned the recent death of Hadiya Pendleton, 15, whose own shooting death a mile from the Obama's home spurred the President's visit.
| Janay and her son Jayden. |
Blakely said that McFarlane was still trying to make sense of the violence that claimed Pendleton’s life. She kept questioning why someone so innocent could die from violence.
McFarlane, who attended Hyde Park Academy before she became pregnant with her son Jayden — 3-months-old — and dropped out, was excited that her younger sister was able to attend Obama’s speech.
Destini said that during the days before the President arrived to Chicago, her sister would come by and talk to her about the visit. Destini said she last spoke to her sister on Thursday night before the younger girl went to sleep.
“She was like 'Just tell me how it's going to be.' She was excited for me,” said Destini. “ (The violence) was really wracking her because she was talking to my momma about Hadiya.”
Destini said she was sitting on a bench about two rows behind the President on stage listening as he spoke about gun violence.
“I could relate to it because that's been happening to a lot of people,” said Destini.
The speech resonated even more when her family got the call from McFarlane's father in North Chicago, who told Destini that her sister was dead, she said.
“It was like real painful,” said Destini, her voice choking back tears.
Since President Obama's speech on Friday, two people have been killed and six injured by guns in Chicago.
csadovi@tribune.com
Freelance reporter Ruth Fuller contributed.
Monday, February 18, 2013
More Racial Bull**** From The GOP, Drudge, Fox News And Talk Radio!
The Republicans are dooming themselves.
Karl Rove is trying to stop the self-inflicting wounds by running a SuperPac that may target Republicans who are too extreme for the general election. That pissed off the Tea Party. Now there is a civil war within the Republican Party over how far to the extreme they'll go.
Also the political foes of President Barack Obama are "upset" over his criticism of them. Now they're scaling an "all out war" against his upcoming policies. The immigration reform and semi-assault weapon ban are highly controversial issues and the conservative agitators in the media are fighting an endless battle to stop progress.
The National Rifle Association continues to attack the president's proposal on gun control. They now have another web ad targeting the president for being an "elitist". The gun lobbyist group are going through a public relation disaster after Wayne LaPierre made fool of himself post Sandy Hook.
The picture is an individual arrested. Apparently the individual is Hispanic and he has a tattoo of President Barack Obama on his stomach. So I am assuring how Matt Drudge spins the picture:
Fox News respond back to the president. The president talked to The New Republic about how Republicans and Fox News are dooming the Republicans in general elections. The network responded with force. Sean Hannity in particular went this ridiculous tirade about how it's up to him and the people over at Fox News to expose the president's "failed" policies and history of "radicalism!" Bill O'Reilly called the Democratic Party and the president the "enablers" of the economic turmoils. Chris Wallace was snubbed by the White House and he goes to a conservative publication to say that "if he's willing to talk to Iran why wouldn't he talk to Fox?"
The network seen a sharp dive in age 25-54 demo post election. The rival MSNBC is rising in ratings and Fox News commentators are taking aim at rivals. The same controversial themes Fox News uses MSNBC picked up. From misleading headings, selective video clips, and favoring one particular candidate over another, Fox News done it so well, MSNBC wanted to get it's chance to balance the fold.
Fox News in particular does selective editing and misleading subjects on most of their programs. Yet these are the people who complain about Martin Bashir, Chris Matthews, Andrea Mitchell, Al Sharpton and Ed Schultz for doing the very same. Fox allow Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and numerous others do the very same.
Republicans are desperate to win back women and Hispanics.
But their policies aren't going to win anyone but the radicals within their party.
State governors are rushing to sign legislation that allows transvaginal probes to prevent abortions. Some state Republicans are passing legislation to make states right to work.
The White House leaks out their immigration proposals to the press. The proposals got the water drinking Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) in a pinch. The senator released a press release saying that the president should stay out of the way. Basically if Congress can't come up with a bill that would work, the president would. And Rubio and the Republicans say the president's proposals for anything are "dead in the water!"
The amount of racism within the Republican Party is so obvious.
From the first Black president to a growing Hispanic population, Republicans show no respect towards them. They've been rallying their base to oppose anything the president does. Despite losing the presidential election, Republicans double down on the stupidity.
They keep their talking points handily. Whether they click on The Drudge Report or rushing to the cameras on Fox News, Republicans continue the slide into irrelevance.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Airline Passenger Arrested For Slapping Child Uttered Racial Slur!
I didn't want to talk about an issue that happened over the weekend. A man was charged with a federal crime for an assault of a child on an airliner flight. Joe Rickey Hundley was accused of slapping a child and told the mother of a crying child to “shut that nigger baby up.”
Coming from the Redding News Review and EURWeb, the story.
This all happened on February 8 aboard Delta Air Lines Flight 721. As a result – according to a US District Court affidavit - Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, has been charged with simple assault. Hundley, is president of an aircraft parts manufacturer headquartered in Hayden, Idaho, according to The Smoking Gun.
In an interview, Hundley denied striking the toddler or using a racial slur, though he did acknowledge that he “asked the mother to quiet the child.” Hundley, who said he was traveling to Atlanta to visit a hospitalized relative, described himself as “distraught” on the flight, during which he said he consumed a single alcoholic drink.
As detailed by FBI Agent Daron Cheney, Hundley was traveling to Atlanta from Minneapolis in seat 28A on the MD-90 twin-engine jet. He was seated next to Jessica Bennett, who shared seat 28B with her son Jonah.
Bennett, 33, told investigators that the “aircraft was in final descent” to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport when her child “started to cry due to the altitude change.” Bennett added that she “was trying to get [her son] to stop crying, but he continued.”
At this point, Bennett recalled, Hundley used the racial epithet as he told her to shut the child up. He then allegedly “turned around and slapped” the toddler in the face “with an open hand, which caused the juvenile victim to scream even louder.” The slap, Bennett said, “caused a scratch below [the child’s] right eye.”
If any of this is true, Mr. Hundley should be grateful he’s still vertical. He’s very lucky he didn’t strike the child of any number of mothers we know. We’ll just leave at that. But, what would you do?
In the meantime, as we said at the top, this low life was only charged with simple assault, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Atlanta. If convicted of the misdemeanor count, he faces a maximum of one year in prison.
Check out the full report at The Smoking Gun.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Will Be Visiting The Iron College!
| Ex-Congressman Jesse Jackson will be visiting the iron college. |
Former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. was charged with a federal crime.
The son of famed civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has come to grips with his future.
After a long absence from the U.S. Congress, Jackson still won reelection before he abruptly resigned.
Today marks another scar on Jesse Jackson's name. Of course, this assures conservative and white supremacists ire. Whenever there's a story about Jesse Jackson, expect a right wing agitator to get upset over it.
Reuters reports the controversy.
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| Jackson with his wife Sandi spent federal campaign funds on their personal lifestyle. |
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Former Chicago congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., son of the famed civil rights leader, plans to plead guilty to charges filed on Friday accusing him of misusing $750,000 in campaign funds, his attorney said.
Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, has also agreed to plead guilty to a related charge of filing false tax returns, according to her attorneys. She resigned her seat on the Chicago city council last month.
Both Jacksons, once considered one of the most powerful couples in the city, issued statements accepting responsibility.
"I offer no excuses for my conduct and I fully accept my responsibility for the improper decisions and mistakes I have made," said Jesse Jackson Jr, a Democrat, in his statement. He faces fraud and conspiracy charges.
Jackson's wife said in a statement that she was "deeply sorry" for her actions.
Once considered one of the most promising black politicians in the United States, Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned his congressional seat on Nov. 21 for health reasons, acknowledging at the time that he was under investigation by the FBI.
Jackson was once talked about as having the potential to become the first black president, noted Andy Shaw, president and CEO of the Chicago-based Better Government Association.
"Instead of heading for the White House, he is heading for the big house, and that is an enormous fall from grace," Shaw said in a radio interview on WBBM-AM.
Jackson's father, a former presidential candidate, was not immediately available for comment.
Prosecutors said at least seven people were involved in the scheme to divert campaign funds to personal uses.
Among the accusations is that Jesse Jackson, Jr. shipped a $43,350 men's Rolex watch purchased with campaign funds to his D.C. address. He also shipped fur capes and parkas purchased with $5,150 in campaign funds to the Beverly Hills home of an unnamed person, the documents said.
As part of the case, the government said Jackson must forfeit tens of thousands of dollars in celebrity memorabilia derived from the alleged crimes, including a $4,600 fedora that once belonged to late pop star Michael Jackson.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, if convicted, Jackson faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and his wife three years, but defendants who accept responsibility are typically sentenced to much less than the maximum term.
JACKSON'S ABSENCE
Jackson disappeared from public view early in the summer of 2012 and speculation swirled for weeks about his condition. He said in late June he had taken a leave of absence two weeks earlier for treatment of what was then described as exhaustion.
Jackson issued a statement in early July saying his health problems were more serious and he needed extended in-patient treatment for unspecified "physical and emotional ailments."
Days later, his physician said the congressman was receiving intensive care for a "mood disorder" and was expected to make a full recovery. The Mayo Clinic announced in late July that Jackson had been admitted.
He was treated for at least six weeks at Mayo for bipolar disorder, sometimes called manic depression, which is marked by highs and lows of mood and can be treated by medication and psychological counseling.
Representative Danny Davis, another Chicago Democrat, said he believed the alleged offenses were related to the disorder, the symptoms of which can include reckless behavior, such as spending sprees.
"It's kind of beyond one's imagination," Davis told Reuters. "A $5,000 football - that's kind of bizarre. It's so sad and so unfortunate."
Jackson made it to Congress in 1995 after winning a special election triggered by the resignation of Representative Mel Reynolds, who was convicted of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. Reynolds is now vying for the seat again in a Feb. 26 Democratic primary.
Jackson was a reliable liberal vote during his 17-year House career, supporting increases in the minimum wage, the expansion of environmental regulations and gay rights and, in 2008, the bailout of the teetering U.S. financial system.
He was also an early advocate of a strict timeline for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. He was easily re-elected in November 2012, despite his absence from the district. His resignation came two weeks after the election.
In addition to the federal investigation of his campaign finances, Jackson had been the subject of a House ethics committee probe over an alleged bribe offered by a Jackson supporter in 2008 to then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
The bribe was said to be intended to entice Blagojevich to appoint Jackson to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama. Jackson has admitted to lobbying for the seat, but denied knowing about any money offered to Blagojevich, who has since been convicted of corruption and imprisoned. (Reporting by David Ingram in Washington, D.C., and Mary Wisniewski in Chicago; Editing by David Brunnstrom
Friday, February 15, 2013
Conservatives Uproar Over Marc Lamont Hill And Others Support Of Chris Dorner!
| Columbia professor and TV agitator Dr. Marc Lamont Hill angers conservatives over support for killer cop Christopher Dorner. Hill compared Dorner to Django Unchained. |
Ex-Los Angeles Police Department officer Chris Dorner murderous rampage came to a bloody end.
He was finally caught!
He was found in a burned cabin. The LAPD and their tactical response team have thrown flash bombs into the cabin. The cabin caught on fire. The extremist Dorner killed himself, before the cabin went into flames.
Conspiracies are floating around that the LAPD killed him with the flash bombs. Because one police scanner stated one officer saying "burn this motherfucker down!"
Many thought that the ex-cop was going to fight to the bloody end. It appeared to be likely so.
He managed to kill one officer during a firefight with the LAPD.
| Chris Dorner supporter. |
Others are demanding an investigation of the LAPD, because of complaints by Dorner. Some in the social media world are supporting this guy!
What drove the Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, Matt Drudge and Fox News crowd to the nuthouse was the comments by Columbia professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill.
Hill was comparing this shooting rampage to Django Unchained, the hit movie featuring Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson.
Hill is a the host of Black Enterprises: Our World and is considered a "token liberal" who appears on Fox News and occasionally CNN to bash Blacks and President Barack Obama. Sometimes he comes off as a strong debater but he's usually backed into a corner especially when debating Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly.
The comments stated by Hill were picked up by the conservative media.
"[You see people] rooting for somebody who was wronged to get a kind of revenge against the system. It’s almost like watching Django Unchained in real life. It’s kind of exciting."
If one thing has taught me about double standards, it only applies to Black and White.
White men want gun rights. They want gun control for Blacks, Hispanics and Muslims. They can't stand these people with firearms. That's why you see all this phony outrage from the likes of conservative agitators in the media. They didn't like what a Black man said. American racism is thriving in the age of President Barack Obama. Some Black people are glad that he threatened the LAPD. The second largest police department in the nation has a public relations problem when it comes to incidents involving unarmed individuals.
| Christopher Dorner, the killer ex-cop who was found in a burnt cabin. |
Of course when it's WHITE MEN, conservatives don't want the label of terrorist on their shoulders.
But since it's a Black man, it's all good to call him everything from a Nigger to one of Obama's sons!
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill should apologize for the insensitive comments.
But he could have put a prospective to how it's a double standard to how the media covers mass shooters. Say if he would have stated that some were rooting for Adam Lanza, Timothy McVeigh, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, that would have put prospective to this.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Did Fox Cross The Line On Desiline Victor Criticism?
| Fox News goes after elderly voter who spent hours in line for an opportunity to vote. |
Have you no shame, Fox News?
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| Brian Kilmeade of Fox & Friends. |
These clowns were dogging on 102 year old Desiline Victor. The woman waited hours for an opportunity to vote. President Barack Obama signals a fight for equal voting rights. Republican governors are trying to suppress Black, Hispanic and the poor.
Now if they had any sense they would understand this is a controversy.
This voter suppression tactics may have waken a sleeping giant. The turnout for Black and Hispanic voters was very high. The non-White voter went overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama over perennial loser Mitt Romney.
Florida and Ohio are two prized states in most elections. A Republican can't win the presidency without carrying these two states. The Republicans have control of the governorship and state chambers. And through their terms, they'll continue to defy the president at every turn.
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| Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum of America's Newsroom on Fox News. |
Republicans are more misinformed then ever before.
These are the ones who claim supporters of President Barack Obama are "low information voters!"
Keep it up.
NEWSFLASH: NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS! MANY AMERICANS HATE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT MAY COST FAMILIES TO BREAK UP OR FRIENDSHIPS!
POLITICS IS TOO DIVISIVE!
PEOPLE LIKE RUSH LIMBAUGH, GLENN BECK, SEAN HANNITY, HERMAN CAIN, NEAL BOORTZ AND MICHAEL SAVAGE ARE OLD AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE REST OF THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS!
THEY HAVE A HUGE AUDIENCE OF LISTENERS BUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY NEVER HEARD OF THEM AND DON'T GIVE TWO LICKS ABOUT THEM!
So Media Matters for America is this blog that tracks conservative misinformation. It captures the reaction to the president's mention of Desiline Victor.
Brian Kilmeade along with Fox's Martha MacCallum and Bill Hemmer laughed off the difficulties 102-year-old Desiline Victor endured in order to vote in the 2012 election. Victor, who was invited to the State of the Union address and whom President Obama applauded for enduring a long wait to vote, had to make two trips to the polls and wait in line for over three hours before she was able to cast her ballot.
Discussing Victor, MacCallum wondered, "What's the big deal?" and said, "This is such a non-issue. Ridiculous." Hemmer added that at the State of the Union, "They held her up as a victim. What was she a victim of?"
Running Wild: Famed Runner Charged With Murder!
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| Blade Runner Charged With Murder! |
This is a horrible tragedy on Valentine's Day.
The South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius, best known as "The Blade Runner" is charged with murder.
The paralympian was arrested for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Steenkamp is a famed South African model and reality star. She was the girlfriend of Pistorius.
| Reeva Steenkamp was murdered by famed Olympian. |
Police spokesperson Captain Sarah Mcirca also confirmed that the victim was shot in the arm and the head, USA Today reported.
"There are witnesses and they have been interviewed this morning. We are talking about neighbors and people that heard things earlier in the evening and when the shooting took place," police brigadier Denise Beukes said.
The circumstances of the shooting have not yet been released.
Steenkamp's publicist Sarit Tomlinson described the incident as a "huge loss for everyone and too shocking for words."
"She was a rising star ... a very bright young girl," Tomlinson said.
Pistorius, 26, who was born without a fibula in both legs, was the first double amputee to run in the Olympics. Nicknamed the "Blade Runner," he was able to compete by wearing carbon fiber prosthetic blades.
A national hero in South Africa, Pistorius ran in 11 races during the 2012 Games and the Paralympics. He returned home with "two Paralympic gold medals, Paralympic silver, two world records, a Paralympic record, an Olympic individual semi-final and an Olympic final." He was also named one of the "sexiest men alive" by People Magazine.
The South African Olympic committee said it would be inappropriate to comment on the shooting because of the ongoing police investigation, but issued the following statement: "The organization is in no position to comment on the incident other than to say our deepest sympathy and condolences have been expressed to the families of all concerned."
We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Reeva Steenkamp.
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