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[4 May 2010 | 2 Comments | 129 views]
Why Blacks Should Be Outraged at Arizona’s Immigration Law

Of course, the concept of white or blonde illegal aliens is apparently beyond the capacity of the people passing the laws or the editors at the Herald. But nearly 600,000 of those in the United States illegally were estimated to come from Europe or Canada in 2005; and while I knew many Irish, English and other Europeans who had overstayed their visas when I was growing up in New York, I never heard of a raid of an Irish bar, except when ATF or the FBI were trying to trap Irish Republican …

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[4 May 2010 | 2 Comments | 146 views]
Pacquiao-Mayweather still possibility

Now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has dispatched Shane Mosley, talk immediately turned to the potential showdown with Manny Pacquiao, who has apparently softened his stance on the drug testing procedures that derailed their negotiations in January.
When Pacquiao and Mayweather reached an impasse, Pacquiao went on to easily defeat Joshua Clottey on March 13 and Mayweather took a lopsided unanimous decision against Mosley in their welterweight super fight on Saturday night.
Mayweather, who accused Pacquiao of using performance-enhancing drugs despite having no evidence, had insisted on strict blood and urine testing, which …

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[3 May 2010 | 3 Comments | 132 views]
Heading back to Cincinnati (sigh)

Why my homeland of Cincinnati frustrates me the more I return. I’m going back on Tuesday.

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[1 May 2010 | No Comment | 146 views]
Send Detroit School Teachers to Jail?!?

A group called the Detroit Parent Network is calling for arrests of their public school teachers… seriously!!!! On the organization’s website they have this quote “Detroit Parent Network is a premier parent organization that transforms parents to make Detroit a better place to raise and educate our children”.
OK, all this has stemmed from a national test score program that rated Detroit’s public schools the worst in nation.  How bad you ask? well to begin with 69% of their 4th grade kids has below BASIC {not average} skills, 77% of 8th …

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[22 Apr 2010 | 2 Comments | 185 views]
Comedy Central censors South Park over Muhammad depiction

A radical Islamic website warned the creators of “South Park” that they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. Comedy Central bleeped out all references to the Prophet Muhammad in Wednesday night’s episode of the animated show “South Park.”