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Every time I read about leftists, Islamists, bullies, and their supporters, they share a lot in common I notice. Whether it is Muslims protesting that Danish cartoon, 9/11 or Beslan, Stalin/Hitler, People's Temple, or Lori Drew/South Hadley 6. They feel insecure, persecuted, entitled to everything, no faith, overreact, feel abandoned, and have a chip on their shoulder. They feel like the world did something wrong to them and blame others, usually the victim. Islamists/Terrorist=Insecure, parnoid, bitter, resentful, entitled to everything, no faith, overreact, feel abandoned, blame others, and have a chip on their shoulder. Leftists=Insecure, parnoid, bitter, resentful, entitled to...

A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon. County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts. Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office. Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole." That prompted Judge Thomas Jones,...

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*In the wake of Michael Richards’ racist rant, Rev. Jesse Jackson and a number of black leaders are calling on the entertainment industry – and rappers in particular – to permanently retire its use of the N-word. "We want to give our ancestors a present," Jackson said at a news conference in Los Angeles Monday. "Dignity over degradation." The press conference was arranged in response to the Nov. 17 racial rant from former “Seinfeld” star Michael Richards, who used the N-word several times and made other racist remarks to African American men who allegedly heckled him during his stand-up routine...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday he refused to accept an apology from actor Michael Richards, who spouted a racist rant at a comedy club last week. But Sharpton said he did agree to meet with Richards to try to start a process to address racism in America. "I [told Richards] you need to sit down and deal with this," Sharpton told CNN. "This is not about accepting an apology, this is about starting a process to really deal with the continual problem of racism in this country." (Watch Richards' meltdown on stage -- 1:39 )...