Monday, July 15, 2013

I'm With Alveda!


Alveda King: Sharpton, Jackson should stop ‘playing race card’ over Trayvon Martin
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece is criticizing the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson for politicizing the Trayvon Martin shooting and leveraging racial tensions to rile up Americans.
Conservative activist Dr. Alveda King, now the director of African-American outreach at Priests for Life and the founder of King For America, said she hopes Sharpton and Jackson stop “stirring up the people without positive solutions” in Sanford, Fla., and elsewhere in the U.S.
“I would believe that, by stirring up all of the emotions and reactions, I wanted to encourage them to remember the man that they say that they followed, to remember that his message was nonviolence and very loving,” King told The Daily Caller, referencing her late uncle. She added that she wanted to encourage Jackson and Sharpton “to talk about nonviolence and not to incite people with that race card that they are very good at playing.”
“Nonviolence was a very important part of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,” she added. “So, we want to encourage people to be nonviolent in their responses, to be thorough in their research and that justice must be done…We want justice to come, but we want nonviolent responses to this really tragic and terrible incident.”
King hasn’t made up her mind about the facts of this case and who is responsible for what, but believes there should be a full investigation. She told TheDC that she agrees with former Republican presidential candidate and businessman Herman Cain, however, who has asked for a full investigation instead of “swirling rhetoric.”
“I believe that it should be thoroughly investigated,” she told TheDC. “I believe that it should be discovered whether there was undue force. If Trayvon did work to defend himself, he was not armed and so that is an unfair fight right there. Trayvon was not armed and the man who shot him was. So there is a possibility of undue force.” (RELATED: Full coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting)
She said her heart goes out to Trayvon Martin’s family and she understands what they’re going through. “I’m very concerned about Trayvon’s family,” King said. “I’m praying as well, and many members of my family are as well… Several of us have experienced death of family members by shooting.”
“My grandmother, Mama King, Alberta Williams King, was shot in Ebenezer Baptist Church,” King continued. “My uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., of course, was shot. And, then, my dad [Alfred Daniel Williams King] was killed the next year, drowned in a swimming pool. So, we are not unfamiliar with these kinds of shocks and tragedies to a family. And, so, my first thought is to pray for the family.”
King hopes Americans won’t continue to “hype this up so much to a point and make all this big demonstrations. Of course, there should be an outrage and there should be an outcry. But, remember: There are many other young people who are at risk and many young people getting killed in violent situations.”
She said if her father, A.D. King, and uncle, Martin Luther King Jr., were still alive today, they would handle this tragedy much differently from how Sharpton and Jackson have so far.
“I remember when our home was bombed, and my dad went out to the people and he said, ‘please don’t riot, please don’t react violently, my family and I are alright,’” King said. “’If you have to hit anybody, hit me. So please, I’d rather you be nonviolent and don’t strike out.’ So, my uncle would urge a call for justice but he would also urge nonviolence in responses. He would do that, I can assure you he would.”
Moving forward on this storyline, King said Americans “should be watchful for racial profiling, for stereotypical responses.”
“We also should urge people to know that we are one human race,” she said. “We’re not separate races. There’s only one human race.”
King said the news media — which she said was largely responsible for Martin’s story gaining a massive national following — should remember that there are many struggles being encountered by America’s youth.
 “I would like for the media to be aware of how dire circumstances are and to be a little more compassionate in reporting and to be fair, of course,” King said. “To be honest and truthful, but to know that we’re dealing with some dire circumstances and this is not a one-time occurrence. There are issues involved here — certainly the racial issue is a question, but it’s not the only thing because we have violence against young people from those who are within their own racial communities and their own ethnic groups.”
King adds that racism still exists in America today, and the American people need to watch for it and fight back the way her uncle, Martin Luther King, Jr., taught. “This is the 21st century and we would all like to think racism is dead in America,” King said. “Actually, that’s not the case, still there are some racial issues that are out across this nation and so we have a responsibility as compassionate citizens of America, no matter what our ethnic group happens to be, to confront these issues when they arise. The best way to confront it is with God’s love, and if my uncle and my father were here today, they’d say that to you: ‘God’s love.’”

 

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Democrat Governor Opposes School Integration.

Fifty years ago today, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling at the school. The drama of the nation's division over desegregation came sharply into focus that June day. 


It was the same year that civil rights marchers had been turned back with police dogs and fire hoses in Birmingham, Alabama. 

Yep, on this day in 1963, the same year, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas., "The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" took place at the University of Alabama. 

Two black students, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood, arrived with a federal court order allowing them to register for classes. In the full view of the news media, Gov. George Wallace (Democrat) and National Guard members stood at the entrance of Foster Auditorium and would not let them enter. 

In his campaign inaugural address six months earlier, Wallace said: “I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." 


When Wallace barred the students, federal marshals arrived with the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Nicholas Katzenbach. He told Wallace to step aside. But, the Governor refused, and Katzenbach called President John F. Kennedy who federalized the Alabama National Guard. Gen. Henry Graham of the Alabama Guard then commanded Wallace to step aside, saying, "Sir, it is my sad duty to ask you to step aside under the orders of the President of the United States." 
Democrat Governor George Wallace refuses to end segregation Marking the
50th Anniversary of Alabama's Civil Rights Standoff   
Wallace moved and Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood registered as students. 132 years of segregation began its slow decline to its end. 

That same evening President Kennedy addressed the nation, "This afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court. 

"That order called for the admission of two clearly qualified young Alabama residents who happened to have been born Negro. This Nation was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. And when Americans are sent to Viet-Nam or West Berlin, we do not ask for whites only. It ought to be possible, therefore, for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops. One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice."

It would take another year and 8 days for the 1964 Civil Rights Act to pass. As a percentage, far more Republicans than Democrats in the U.S. Congress supported civil rights.
And for that, my fellow Black Americans are rewarding Democrats for Slavery, Secession, Segregation and now Socialism under the misguided explanation which defies logic, that every Republican moved over to a Party whose principles and values they did not support.

These are lies...lies and damn lies!


  

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Yesterday President Obama signed a law that gutted the reporting requirements originally included in the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. Before these changes were made the STOCK Act required congressional staffers to disclose their finances to the public to help ensure they were not engaging in corrupt practices.
But on second thought, President Obama and Congress decided that congressional staffers should be able to escape transparency.
President Obama quietly signed legislation Monday that rolled back a provision of the STOCK Act that required high-ranking federal employees to disclose their financial information online. The White House announced Monday that the president had signed S. 716, which repealed a requirement of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act requiring the disclosure, which had previously been delayed several times by Congress.
You never heard of this political project to reinstate corruption incentives? Don’t be surprised.
Both chambers of Congress quickly — and near silently — approved the repeal legislation at the end of last week by unanimous consent, just before heading home to their districts.
That’s right. Unanimous consent, no one wanted to put their name down as openly supporting corruption while supporting corruption. And now President Obama has signed the bill guaranteeing a more corrupt Washington.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

ROBERT CHURCH – BLACK MEMPHIS REPUBLICAN


AS ROBERT CHURCH, JR. WOULD SAY, "IT'S TIME FOR REPUBLICANS TO COME BACK HOME TO PRINCIPLED LIVING AND VALUES VOTING!"


Born: 1885 - 1952

Robert R. Church, Jr., a political leader in Memphis and the nation, was born on October 26, 1885, at his family home.  The family lived at 384 South Lauderdale Street, in Memphis. He was one of  two children of Robert R. and Anna (Wright) Church. Education was important to the family. Mr. Church's sister was Annette E. Church. He was educated at Mrs. Julia Hooks’ kindergarten, by private tutors, and at parochial schools in Memphis. Further education was obtained at Morgan Park Military Academy, Morgan Park, Illinois, and Berlin and the Packard School of Business, New York.

He completed his education by spending two years learning banking on Wall Street.

Robert Church, Jr., returned to Memphis, where he became the manager of Church's Park and Auditorium. He later became cashier of the Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company, founded by his father. Mr. Church succeeded him as president after his father's death. Within a few years, he resigned this position to manage the family's extensive real estate holdings. On July 26, 1911, Robert Church, Jr., married Sara P. Johnson of Washington, D. C.. They became the parents of one child, Sara Roberta.

Robert Church, Jr., was a delegate from Memphis to eight successive Republican National Conventions from 1912-1940.  He was requested frequently to recommend individuals for federal jobs in other southern states. He was consulted about political strategy by Republican Presidents and other high party officials so often that Time magazine referred to Church as the "roving dictator of the Lincoln Belt." 

In 1899, the city of Memphis did not provide recreational facilities such as parks and playgrounds for its black citizens, nor were there any suitable places where black theatrical troupes could perform. It was to meet these needs that Robert R. Church bought a tract of land and built on it an auditorium with funds he had accumulated since the Civil War. The park was called "Church's Park and Auditorium" and was located on a site of over six acres on Beale Street near Fourth and Turley. The grounds were handsomely and generously landscaped, and the auditorium, equipped with the best and most modern accommodations of the time, could seat 2,200 people. 

Church's Park and Auditorium was built by Mr. Church, owned  and managed by him. It was heralded as the only business venture of its kind in America and represented an unusual business feat for anyone at any time in history. An article in the September 15, 1906 Planter Journal noted that the auditorium cost $50,000 and that it was well equipped and had one of the largest stages in the South, completely furnished with all modern equipment, including a fire-proof curtain.

The Planter's Journal, established as a Cotton planter's journal in Memphis, Tennessee, also pointed out that the park and auditorium were without a doubt the most beautiful of its kind in the entire country. 

President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was a guest at a reception given by the black citizens of Memphis and addressed an estimated audience of over 10,000 citizens there on November 19, 1902. Booker T. Washington and party, who were touring Tennessee, also were guests there for breakfast in the banquet hall of the auditorium on November 24, 1909. James Shilliday, Herbert J. Seligmann, James Weldon Johnson, and Walter White, all officials of the national office of the NAACP, visited the location. 

The Lincoln Republican League, founded and organized by Robert R. Church, Jr., held its meetings in the auditorium, as did the first Memphis Branch of the NAACP. The Church of God In Christ, founded by Bishop C. H. Mason, held its convocations in the Church Park Auditorium before Mason Temple was built. William C. Handy, the world famous "blues" composer and musician, was employed to play for dances in Church's Park and Auditorium. The Cotton Makers' Jubilee, the black arm of the spring Cotton Carnival festival, was held on the site. World-acclaimed musicians Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway all played jazz there. Numerous school activities, including Lemoyne Owen College athletic games, dances, and other events were held there. 

Much of Memphis' early black history took place on Beale Street in Church's Park and Auditorium.

In 1993, the Church Park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places and was made a part of the Beale Street Historic District.

2013! It’s time we came back to our roots!  Republican policies have consistently supported  conditions enabling people to create jobs, enabling people to have higher wages. More importantly, those same policies support a stronger middle class.  Look around you! If you don’t believe me, how’s this economy working out for you? 

Ask yourself, “When was the last time you took the time to do the research and voted for the best person, even if they are Republican?”

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Friday, January 25, 2013

BUSTED: An Abuse of Power: President Obama's "Recess" Appointments


Is this a sign that sanity is beginning to be restored to Washington D.C.?

By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, January 25, 10:12 AM

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies on a labor relations panel, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said that Obama did not have the power to make three recess appointments last year to the National Labor Relations Board.

The unanimous decision is an embarrassing setback for the president, who made the appointments after Senate Republicans spent months blocking his choices for an agency they contended was biased in favor of unions.

The ruling also throws into question Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray’s appointment, also made under the recess circumstance, has been challenged in a separate case.

Obama claims he acted properly in the case of the NLRB appointments because the Senate was away for the holidays on a 20-day recess. But the three-judge panel ruled that the Senate technically stayed in session when it was gaveled in and out every few days for so-called “pro forma” sessions.

GOP lawmakers used the tactic — as Democrats have in the past as well — to specifically to prevent the president from using his recess power. GOP lawmakers contend the labor board has been too pro-union in its decisions. They had also vigorously opposed the nomination of Cordray.

The Obama administration is expected to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, but if it stands, it means hundreds of decisions issued by the board over more than a year are invalid. It also would leave the five-member labor board with just one validly appointed member, effectively shutting it down. The board is allowed to issue decisions only when it has at least three sitting members.

On Jan. 4, 2012, Obama appointed Deputy Labor Secretary Sharon Block, union lawyer Richard Griffin and NLRB counsel Terence Flynn to fill vacancies on the NLRB, giving it a full contingent for the first time in more than a year. Block and Griffin are Democrats, while Flynn is a Republican. Flynn stepped down from the board last year.

Obama also appointed Cordray on the same day.

The court’s decision is a victory for Republicans and business groups that have been attacking the labor board for issuing a series of decisions and rules that make it easier for the nation’s labor unions to organize new members.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

‘No Budget No Pay’: House Votes To Hold Its Own Salaries If Budget Isn’t Passed


Well, this one should have been a 'no-brainer' and should have happened sooner.

The House of Representatives voted today to approve a three-month extension of the debt limit in a bill that concurrently pressures lawmakers to adopt a budget or have their pay withheld. 



The bill, known as the No Budget No Pay Act of 2013, directs both chambers of Congress to adopt a budget resolution for fiscal year 2014 by April 15, 2013. If either body fails to pass a budget, members of that body would have their paychecks put into an escrow account starting on April 16 until that body adopts a budget. Any pay that is withheld would eventually be released at the end of the current Congress even if a budget doesn’t ever pass.

The bill will require the House and Senate each to pass a budget, and Member pay will be withheld if they fail.  

Okay…it's now time for the Senate to act. It has been almost four years since the Senate has passed a budget, while our national debt has skyrocketed by over $5 trillion.  This is basic to their jobs -- and required by law. Yet, Congress seems to think it's bigger than the law.

The fact of the matter is, if Members of Congress can't pass a budget on time, they wouldn't get paid until they did.  

Will this measure force our government to finally start working for the people?

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Democrats Have No Right to Claim Lincoln's Legacy


by Pajamasmedia

Published on Jan 16, 2013

The Democratic Party opposed President Lincoln and just about every other civil rights advance in the United States. They started the KKK.  So what gives the Democrats and Hollywood liberals the right to claim Abraham Lincoln as their president?

Is Hollywood stealing Lincoln's Republican legacy like they did with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's relationship with Republicans?  In 1854, Republicans were not afraid to speak up!

Hear what AlfonZo Rachel thinks.




What do you think?  Is it time Republicans boldly reclaim their legacy?  Is it time for the original Republicans to come back home?

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