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.....I have chosen the word "owns" above with a full appreciation for the historical significance and implications of the term. I have chosen it, because it conveys precisely the meaning I intend. Black Americans are expected to show up on election day, vote for Democratic candidates, then basically go home, shut up, sit down and stay out of the way.

First, I would like to send my condolences to everyone who has been affected by the senseless act of violence perpetrated on Saturday in Tucson, Arizona.  I was not going to write anything about what happened, but after seeing the way the left spent the last few days attempting to smear those of us on the right of being guilty for this tragedy, I have decided to break my silence. Throughout history, politicians have taken advantage of tragedies to increase their power or to destroy their opponents.  Sometimes they will even create a tragedy to smear their opponents or...