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Please enjoy this Supreme Court-related segment from yesterday's Media Buzz wherein liberal panelist Tamara Holder (a) misunderstands my initial point completely, (b) offers several misstatements about history and the constitution, and (c) interrupts my final answer with a question -- the response to which she was not prepared for, via Right Sightings: Guy Benson Schools Tamara Holder on Media Spin of SCOTUS Nomination In these circumstances, one must pick one's spots, so I chose not to correct Ms. Holder on her Bork comparisons, which were incorrect both regarding the year in which that confirmation battle took place (she was off by nearly...

A waiter has posted a check online, which he claims was from Valentine's Day. On it, a lengthy, angry note is written, telling the waiter that he was "stereotyping" his customers by assuming he would receive no tip. Therefore, because he stereotyped them, he received no tip. The bill came to a sizable $163.40. Next to "tip," two lines were drawn through indicating that the waiter would receive nothing extra. The explanation was on the back of the receipt... You can see the note below:

..."Contemporary characterizations and depictions suggest that African American males harbor a lifelong disregard for their own personal development, and a lack of commitment to their loved ones and society in general," a societal attitude that keeps them from being helped, he said. Black male youths are likely to grow up in single-parent homes. The boys often don't have fathers residing in the home to serve as role models...Black males, even as boys, are more likely than other male peers to suffer from stress-induced depression and other physical and mental health problems that may result in homicidal and suicidal behaviors as...

On now.

Yesterday my husband and I were doing some errands. We were stopped at a red light and woman in a truck pulled up beside us, but just a little ahead. On her back window was a sticker that said, "I f#$%ed your boyfriend." (it was written out, no symbols like I just did) She also had several other offensive stickers, but that one was by far the worst. When the light turned green we got up beside her, my husband honked several times to get her attention but she wouldn't look at us. She finally did and I mouthed "you...

Now that we have a real Scotus nominee where are all the Miers supporters. Be consistant if you can.

HOME TOPICS PUBLICATIONS SPECIAL EVENTS NCLR NETWORK NCLR JOBS SUPPORT US ABOUT NCLR Contact: Lisa Navarrete Alexandra Jost (202) 785-1670FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 10, 2004 NCLR WELCOMES NOMINATION OF GONZALES TO SERVE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL Washington, DC The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., today welcomed President Bushs nomination of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as Attorney General. If confirmed, Gonzales would be the first Hispanic ever to serve as Attorney General. “We are very encouraged by the Gonzales nomination. We previously criticized the...

Litefoot and Jesse Jackson call for OutKast apology Posted: March 04, 2004 - 11:39am EST by: Wilhelm Murg / Correspondent / Indian Country Today NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Native rapper Litefoot, along with civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, are calling for OutKast to apologize at this year’s Gathering of Nations Pow Wow for their performance at the 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The Gathering of Nations will run April 22 - 24 at the University of New Mexico Arena. OutKast’s appearance at the awards ceremony in faux American Indian costumes, complete with a smoking tipi and dancing girls in buckskin...

<p>The Center for Disability Rights knocked Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards’ speech in Rochester, saying Edwards didn’t have sign language interpreters and instead patted the heads of people in wheelchairs.</p> <p>“It seems that Sen. Edwards lacks disability etiquette,” Debbie Bonomo, who has cerebral palsy, said in a news release. “Just because I am a woman who uses a wheelchair, does not mean anyone should be patting me on the head. That is so 1950s.”</p>

HUDSON - Every school day Hudson High students arrive to find Old Glory flying over the campus. On Wednesday, though, there was something else."My stomach just dropped," 17-year-old Melissa Foster said Thursday."I got the instant sick feeling of who would do this and why?"Flying over the school was a Confederate flag with the words "I ain't coming down" printed across it. It fluttered over the campus from the darkened morning hours until the first half-hour classes, its halyard cut so that it couldn't be lowered.Some students, offended by the symbol they equate with racism, spent the morning trying to find...