Monica Crowley, sitting in tonight for Bill O’Reilly, discussed the media coverage of Michael Jackson’s death with Dr. Mark Lamont Hill, Temple University Professor, and James T. Harris, host of “The National Conversation” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Crowley began the segment showing some of the laudatory coverage during the BET Awards last night, most notably by Jamie Foxx. At one point, Foxx declares they’re there to “celebrate this black man,” proclaiming “he belongs to us (black people); we shared him with everybody else.”
Later on in the show, Foxx asks the BET audience to “make some noise” because the ‘media is spreading bad stories about him,’ but he needs the audience to show some love for Michael to over-ride that negative coverage. Crowley also played some red-carpet footage of P. Diddy and Beyonce expressing what a bad rap MJ was getting in the press, and it just went downhill from there (for me, anyway). Diddy tried to declare that there was never any negative press about JFK or Elvis, that MJ was one of the “greatest heroes for us,” stating that “he’s one of the reasons why Barack Obama is president.” (Is this something to brag about?)
Crowley points out the media covered white celebrity deaths of Elvis Presley, Heath Ledger, Gerry Garcia and Anna Nicole Smith, noting all reports discussed their drug-related incidents surrounding their deaths. Then James Harris steps in to discuss the reality of the situations, and gives great arguments about the blind-eye the black community tries to use to recognize, in a sanitary condition, the same type of celebrities and their deaths which are really mired in troubled lives.
This was a really great segment. Monica, you did a great job!
Harold Koh, recently appointed to be legal advisor to the State Department. Yeah “that” Koh who believes in trans-nationalism.
‘Get a government job, and we’ll wipe out your student loan! Hey, everybody, come on board! The rest of the taxpayers can pick up your tab for ya.’
Why Michael Jackson’s story is relevant to today’s times, especially when it relates to his acquisition of the Beatles’ music library. Hint: They had to offload it because of their tax bills that tallied up to 90% of their income. SHOCKING! /sarc
Obama is ready to hop on the “scold the Hondurans” bandwagon and meddle, compared to his “we shouldn’t meddle in Iran’s elections” mantra. Double-standard? Hmmm… you decide.
Janeane Garofalo’s dismissing of the tea-party goers, calling them “straight up racists.” So what now? The folks at the Dallas Tea Party have publicly and overtly invited her to attend their Tea Party so she can come and see for herself that they are NOT a bunch of “tea-bagging rednecks.”
To follow up on his “One Thing” segment, Beck had on author Steve Milloy, who penned the book “Green Hell” to talk about the absolutely massive government control that is coming our way via this Crap & Fraud, er, ah, Cap & Trade bill if it passes.
People, PLEASE stand up and make your voices heard!!! We cannot allow our Senators to pass this. It will be the death of American industry as we know it, and 100% of Americans will see a huge tax increase.
Today Beck’s ‘One Thing’ focused on the obvious – our media’s obsession and distraction by the 24/7 Michael Jackson coverage, so much so that we missed the really important things that happened. For instance, the Cap & Trade bill that was passed by the House on Friday, 219-212, during which John Boehner made WONDERFUL political hay of in his allotted time to speak. Did anyone pay attention? I think those of us who are more sentient on all things political were, but the rest of America was waiting on the next gossip about what Michael looked like, or what drugs he was injected, before he died.
But I digress.
Beck picked out some fabulous clips from Boehner’s floor time, and I have to say I am stunned by all the bureaucracy (especially the IRS!) that is going to fall under the EPA’s purview under this Crap & Fraud bill (that’s what I call it), because this part of his 1-hour floor speech I missed. I did get the Boehner/Waxman smackdown, but this part I missed.
Folks, if you aren’t plugged in, we’re all doomed to succumb to this gargantuan, out-of-control monstrosity that can only be visually compared to the beast I saw in “Cloverfield.” It’s massive, hell-bent on having its way, and flattens everything in its past. And it came in with a small, tiny splash.
This time, the splash has turned into a giant tidal wave, and I only pray that we quit focusing on the tawdry Michael Jackson affair long enough to realize what’s happening under the cover of mainstream media darkness.
This weekend on Fox News, UCLA Professor and Iranian Scholar, Ali Salehi, was on to discuss how Iranian protesters are desperate for Obama to speak out on their behalf. Salehi, who has former students and family in Iran, says that the protesters even have a name for Obama: “Ubama,” (sp?)and that it means “he’s with us.” They think of Obama as their president. *ahem* (can we give him to them?)
I wonder if Obama will decide not to meddle any more? Kind of strange, considering he was oh-so-ready to meddle in the Honduras elections today. Hypocrisy indeed.
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Listen…I’m no fan of Obama, and like Mark Levin, I’d vote for a can of orange juice before I’d vote for Obama in 2012. Somewhere along the way, just because our president is black, videos like this are becoming more mainstream and more acceptable on YouTube and other sites, and it should not be.
This is tastleless to the n’th degree, but if it’s okay for black people to do this, how is anything ANY of the Republican candidates do remotely deemed racist at all?
If this country ever truly wants to progress and become a more civilized nation, why is trash like this even tolerated? I’m not asking for this garbage to be censored, but I’d love to see at least SOME condemnation of things like this to be more prevalent. Can we please all agree this is unacceptable in a civilized world? You cannot condemn one group of people for being allegedly “racist” while simultaneously approving of another group of people for creating videos such as this, villifying a single race of people in the process of glorifying the creators of these videos? One need only search certain terms on YouTube to find thousands of videos like this one. And they’re all equally disgusting.
What say you, Eugene Robinson, Goldie Taylor, Donna Brazile, Marc Lamont Hill, etc., etc.? I’m waiting for you all to openly condemn videos like this on YouTube. If you don’t, then I have no reason to listen to your small and petty complaints of racism from Fox News, Republicans as a whole, and GOP candidates in the 2012 primary. Your silence about videos like this are tacit approval of them.
As is said in many places, “hilarity ensues” (h/t Mediaite):
Frances Martel does a fabulous write-up about it, and I couldn’t have said it any better, so here it is direct from the Mediaite post:
“Are you offended?” O’Reilly asked Harpootlian, who replied that he was not, but that he found the fact that Republicans had “no outreach to African Americans” a problem “in a state where we have an African-American Republican Congressman.” “Adding insult to injury, this debate ignoring Martin Luther King’s birthday!” he added, which made O’Reilly ask who was ignoring the debate and why. The Republicans, Harpootlian replied, because “no one has raised any issue with Fox about it being appropriate or inappropriate.”
O’Reilly then asked whether there was a reason for this– namely, something that happened in 2008. Harpootlian did not remember what happened in 2008 (a Democratic primary debate on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) and who sponsored it (the Congressional Black Caucus), which prompted several awkward seconds where Harpootlian was obviously caught flat-footed. With this development, O’Reilly then told him that, “by injecting race into this, you do a disservice.” Harpootlian finally replied, blaming Republicans for injecting race into the matter by calling this “the most important election since 1860.” “We in the South have a little different version of that election,” he noted, suggesting that talking to Southerners in such a way was a sort of dog whistle. O’Reilly disagreed and just asked Harpootlian to give it up, adding, “you’re getting killed here!”
Today on Neil Cavuto, radio talk show host and constitutional scholar, Mark Levin was on to discuss his new book, “Ameritopia.”
Levin’s previous book, “Liberty and Tyranny” was a best-seller, as was another book before that titled, “Men in Black.” “Liberty and Tyranny” is a must-read for anybody who wants to know how we got to the point where we are in America today.
I’ve been stewing on this and stewing on this figuring out the right way to convey how I feel about it, and I’ve been struggling with just the right words to describe my sentiment. I read a fabulous screed by Deebow over at BlackFive, but it wasn’t until I saw the headline in a Weekly Standard piece today that quoted Lt. Col. Allen West (R-FL) on this matter. I couldn’t have said it better myself:
‘Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell’
Yes, you got that right. Congressman West has weighed in on this flap over the Marines taking a piss on dead Taliban terrorists, sending an email to the Weekly Standard, who got his permission to print what he said. Here’s a portion of his commentary:
“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?
“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.
“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”
I’m not even quite sure that what the Marines did was wrong, but since when in the hell did we become so indignant and self-righteously outraged about treating killers like they deserve to be treated? Sure, they probably shouldn’t have videotaped what they did, but who the hell cares? And don’t give me this “don’t stoop to their level” B.S. either. Until you have been in the shoes of our warriors, or our first responders (cops, firefighters, etc.), or, heck, even ever been a crime victim yourself, you have no idea what you would do, given the same circumstances.
Dedicated_Dad: It HAS been going on long before King O'bummer, but has really kicked into OVERDRIVE since his coronation.
It has spiked just like every OTHER negat...
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First Amendment, beeeyotch!
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Fake_ear: If Chris did this he would be guilty of assault and battery, but he didn't. Looks to me like Fox, O'Reilly, and Kyle have opened themselves up to a m...
