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Conyers wants Haiti relief official demoted over diversity deficit
The Hill ^ | 02/04/10 02:45 PM ET | Molly K. Hooper

Posted on 02/04/2010 1:03:44 PM PST by pikachu

Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) has called on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to demote the official coordinating Haiti relief efforts for not having enough minority staffers.

The House Judiciary Committee Chairman sent a letter to Clinton on Thursday after Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, showed up at a meeting with the 42-member Congressional Black Caucus without any African American staffers in tow.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: conyers; haiti; michigan; race
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To: pikachu

Hey it’s Bash Whitey Month what you expect from a criminal senator.


21 posted on 02/04/2010 1:41:16 PM PST by boomop1
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To: GOP_Resurrected

If ever there were a teachable moment for blacks on their slavish devotion to “civil rights hucksters, this is it.

Fosnizzle Resurrected, you think the CBC is capable of a “teachable moment”? Thats crazy talk.


22 posted on 02/04/2010 1:42:39 PM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: edcoil
Why in the world does the coordinator of Haiti relief efforts have a meeting with the black caucus?

Well, now that the Haiti-thing is all handled, what else does he have to do?

23 posted on 02/04/2010 1:44:16 PM PST by Onelifetogive (Flame away...)
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To: pikachu

When should we expect the letter to the NBA about not enough white guys?


24 posted on 02/04/2010 1:47:25 PM PST by Renkluaf
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To: tatsinfla

“There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs-partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.” - Booker T Washington (1911)


27 posted on 02/04/2010 2:16:44 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: pikachu

Maybe there’s a good reason.


28 posted on 02/04/2010 3:40:25 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: pikachu

It ain’t us crackers keeping hate alive, johnny boy!

Some days I think the only reason jackasses like conyers exist is as an example of just how big of a douchebag you can be if you don’t have your a$$ kicked on a regular basis.


29 posted on 02/04/2010 3:45:38 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: grellis
Ping!
30 posted on 02/08/2010 11:52:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

31 posted on 02/09/2010 5:10:54 AM PST by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: boomop1

I was reading a while ago that this same caucus was bitching because Black History month is February, the shortest month of the year and they felt demeaned by that fact.


32 posted on 02/09/2010 6:39:40 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar
I was reading a while ago that this same caucus was bitching because Black History month is February, the shortest month of the year....

"Ain't that just like 'The Man'!"

33 posted on 02/09/2010 6:44:33 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: pikachu

His wife is involved in a federal bribery scandal. According to the Detroit news, a contractor paid his son’s school bill. Conyers will not say if he was aware of this. He has been in congress since the 1965. Time for him to retire.


34 posted on 02/09/2010 6:47:28 AM PST by opentalk
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To: Abathar

And how many days does White History month have?

Also, don’t we now have The First Black President in office?

This “caucus” has no case.


35 posted on 02/09/2010 6:50:54 AM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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