Posted on 07/19/2009 5:22:37 PM PDT by Bobibutu
Black Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO Harry Alford accuses Senator Boxer (D-CA) of playing race politics during a Senate EPW Committee hearing on green jobs after Sen.Boxer tried to introduce documents contradictory to Mr. Alford from other African-American organizations.
EPW Ranking Member Sen. James Inhofe (D-OK) notes that the NAACP resolution that Sen. Boxer referenced did not actually support the position she was trying to make.
Isn’t a Black Chamber of Commerce just as racist? What if there was a White Chamber of Commerce?
They should know not to mess with libs!
Why is there a Black Chamber Of Commerce?
Boxer (Rat CA) Racist ? yes all Democrats are.
Anybody who calls out Ma’am, I mean, SENATOR Boxer is ok in my book!
I’m still waiting for the White Chamber of Commerce to chime in.
The State Media will not allow Babs Boxer to have a “macaca” moment.
Use your imagination to figure out why there is a black chamber of commerce. I’ve figured it out and I’m no genius.
That thought crossed my mind but then I thought, "Good. Two Libs going at each other's throats can't be a bad thing."
Why do we have a black history month? I want a white history month. Oh my God—I must be a racist!!
I AM SICK OF ALL THIS BLACK CRAP. I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE EQUAL.
Not only that — we were just at the local bookstore. Books on: African Alphabet, Obama, Mrs. Obama, black faces on all sorts of books. The rest were Eco this and Green that. Honestly, you would have thot it was the 1960s.
You would have thot that they only had liberal customers, which I believe soon they will.
Congress has a large number of morons in its ranks, but none are as imbecilic as Barbara Boxer. She makes a cretin look like a Rhodes Scholar. Her intellectual powers are confined to her brain stem, and she is but dimly aware she is even alive. To say she is vapid is to give lifelessness more animation than it deserves.
Alford said in his opening statement that he spoke on behalf of his organization when he argued that the bill would have devastating consequences for small and minority-owned businesses.
But he took offense when Boxer countered his statement by quoting an NAACP resolution that approved the climate change bill and putting it on the record.
Clearly agitated, Alford asked why Boxer would cite that group's resolution.
"Sir, they passed it. They passed it," Boxer responded. "Now, also, if that isn't interesting to you, we'll quote John Grant, who is the CEO of 100 Black Men of Atlanta."
Alford protested that Boxer was condescending to him.
"I'm the National Black Chamber of Commerce and you're trying to put up some other black group to pit against me," he said angrily.
Boxer claimed that if Grant was there, he would be proud she was quoting him.
"He should have been invited," Alford exclaimed. "All that's condescending and I don't like it. It's racial. I don't like it. I take offense to it. As an African-American and a veteran of this country, I take offense to that."
When Boxer asked if he was offended that she would quote Grant, Alford said, "You're quoting some other black man. Why don't you quote some other Asian. You are being racial here. And I think you're getting to a path here that's going to explode."
Boxer defended herself by saying she believes statements by the NAACP and 100 Black Men, who acknowledge the threat of global warming, are relevant.
"There is definitely differing opinions in the black community, just as there are in my community," she said, adding that she was trying to show the diversity of support behind the climate change bill.
But that didn't satisfy Alford.
"We are referring to the experts regardless of their color," he said. "And for someone to tell me, an African-American, college-educated veteran of the United States Army that I must contend with some other black group and put aside everything else in there. This has nothing to do with the NAACP and really has nothing to do with the National Black Chamber of Commerce. We're talking energy and that road the chair went down, I think, is god-awful."
Boxer's office later declined to comment about the exchange.
From Fox News
No offense to anyone of African heritage however for the continent of Africa itself comprised of smaller nations there’s very little to celebrate what they have produces.
Some of its peoples may be wonderful yet Africa is a backwards wasteland in science, technology, economics, agriculture, etc.... How many black Americans migrate to Africa? And who can blame them for not wanting to return to the lands of their origins. Celebrate America instead!
You forgot about Al Frankenstein.
That was AF in the photo!
Did you watch the video? I wouldn’t conclude that Mr. Alford was a liberal.
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