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The unknown story of Cassius Marcellus Clay

Posted by steven anderson on Sunday, August 10, 2008 1:50:04 AM
Cassius Marcellus Clay is a famous name in the Kentucky area for several reasons. The Cassius Marcellus Clay that has been lost to current history was a pre civil war abolitionist so committed to the cause that he was once described as having a white skin and a black heart. On many occasions the man was an embarassment, he used his pistols, knives, and fighting abilities against those he disagreed with. And he was very good at fighting. He published his abolitionist views all over Kentucky and was forced to move because of them. He fought in the Mexican American war, and in the civil war, attaining the rank of general.  Reportedly when he was on his death bed in his late 80s he amused himself by shooting flies off the bedroom wall with his pistols.
 
The Clay name was taken by a freed slave, whose descendants in a later generation gave birth to a son who  was given the name of Cassius Marcellus Clay in honor of the civil war abolitionist. That name was special. The man who carried it became a boxer, won a medal at the Olympic games, turned professional, and fought his way to the top. He has been lionized by the media, and by politicians. And he also became special for many of the same reasons.
 
We now know this man as Muhammad Ali. In the mid 1960s he refused the draft, spent time away from boxing and then converted to a Muslim. He also became a three time world heavyweight champion along the way.  His name, or his name for the first 20 plus years of his life is not so well known.
 
The name he was given at birth conveyed a special meaning, and his namesake was a early fighter for black civil rights. To discard this birth  name was his choice. I think the discarded birth  name is well worth remembering.
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The Continuing Media Lynching Of Toby Keith

Posted by steven anderson on Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:08:15 PM
Max Blumenthal writing for the Huffington Post published a feature column last week with a not very flattering depiction of Toby Keith. Mr. Blumenthal is of the opinion that the song "beer for my horses" sung with ardent liberal icon Willie Nelson in the earlier part of the decade, advocates the lynching of blacks and Jews. To emphasize his point the author includes pictures of blacks and one Jewish man who had been lynched some 80 plus years ago. Here is the link in case any of you may have missed it:
 
 
Mr. Blumenthal has a new column at the Huffington Post continuing on with his previous theme of Toby Keith singing racially tinged songs. He then stereotypes Toby Keith as a typical Caucasian. There is no doubt left that the author is playing the race card loud and clear.The question is, why? This song has been around for the better part of the decade. Just 90 days before election time, the lyrics to this song somehow twists the authors shorts into a spectacular wedgie of perceived racism. Comments made by Toby Keith  on a recent show have the author in a state of literary apoplexy. Support for Toby Keith from his earlier article leaves the author dumbfounded, he refers to those who support Toby Keith as right wing trolls.
 
To give Obama credit he has tried to distance himself from this far left loony fringe and their politics of personal destruction. Unfortunately they insist on viewing the simplest forms of expression through the lens of their favortie obsession, racism. I hope readers will take a moment to view his article and forward it to every voter possible.It will be interesting to see if a significant number of other Americans share the views of this author. Here is the link to the new article:
 
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The Liberal Lynching of Toby Keith

Posted by steven anderson on Friday, August 01, 2008 1:03:18 AM
 Published on the on the Huffington Post as a featured column,  is a piece by Max Blumenthal concerning Toby Keith and the song Toby wrote some time back, "beer for my horses".  Mr. Blumenthal claims that the song written by Toby, and sung with Willie Nelson is pro-lynching. Included with the column by Blumenthal is photos of black people hanging from trees, along with a Jewish man who met the same fate. The author dissects the lyrics and suggests to the reader that Toby Keith has a pro-lynching mentality against blacks and Jews. And that Toby is starting his pro-lynching tour. Here is the link to the Huffington post article:
 
 
I encourage each of you to read this article. It is a master smear piece of distortion, and one of the most hideous examples of the politics of personal destruction I have ever seen. This article should be circulated to everyone to read. And if you do stop by the Huffington Post to check out the article, take a moment to read the comments by the users. You can decide for yourself the level of sanity possessed by these people.
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Jesse Jackson, the N word, and the mistake by FOX

Posted by steven anderson on Thursday, July 17, 2008 4:42:36 PM
Jesse Jackson was caught on  an open microphone demonstrating how  he would like to make sure Obama would qualify as a eunuch at the Chinese imperial court. Jesse  made the determination Obama was talking "down" to black people. That would mean  black people were listening to Obama rather than Jesse.
 
The Fox people edited out what was in part of the rest of the conversation. It appears Mr. Jackson used a derogatory racial slur at Obama. Calling him the dreaded N-word. If any white person had called Jesse Jackson that word, the PC storm troopers would have swooped in and in force. Heads would have rolled, firings demanded, advertisers pulled, and 24 hour media saturation would have started.
 
Fox was wrong to have edited that segment out. It may have been trash talk but they need to be reminded of something.
 
They report, we decide.
 
We were not given that option. Instead, bowing to the PC storm troopers out of sensitivity to Jackson, he was given a pass. Jesse Jackson and his group routinely threaten to sue corporations for alledged racism. It looks to me like FOX news had other reasons not to report what is a major story completely. No one held back on Don Imus or anyone else that used that word, or even something close to it. Fair and balanced reporting? In this case, fair to Jesse, and balanced to the PC crowd, not its viewers. A very poor job by Fox and O'reilly.
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CEO pay, class warfare, and the rich.

Posted by steven anderson on Friday, July 11, 2008 4:42:31 AM
I have read that the salary cap limit for NBA teams was something close to, or around 80 million per team for this upcoming season. Each NBA team is allotted 15 or less roster players. Alex Rodriguez of the NY Yankees will make a few bucks less than 300 million if he plays out his contract. Shaquille Oneal makes 20 million or so a year, and Mike Tyson in one of his fights made more than 10 million dollars for less than an hours worth of work.
 
Why then are people so enamored with CEO pay? Take the NBA teams, lump all of them together and multiply 80 or so million per team for the yearly salary cap, and that financial number is far more than a billion dollars annually, and a staggering financial compensation number for under 500 NBA roster players a year. If the team salary cap was 50 million, it is still more than a staggering number. And other sports leagues such as the NFL have somewhat similair salaries.
 
Take Shaquile Oneal at 20 million a year, his salary dwarfs most CEO, CFO salaries. No one complains about what he makes, and asks that the government step in and redistribute his wealth to those more needy. I want to be like Shaquille, or anyone else who has made it financially. I want to be rich. If I somehow find my way to that goal, why then am I asked to give up my earnings to an entity that intends to take a lions share my money and give it to those who they feel are more deserving of it?
 
I do not hate the rich. I want to be rich, and if I make it there I want to be able to keep as much of what I earned as possible. If I seized an opportunity and prospered, why should I be punished for succeeding? I always thought producing, and the compensatory rewards is part and parcel the American dream.
 
Taxes do not go directly to people, the government keeps nearly all, or all of the taxes they collect. Some of the rich are despicable people, that in itself is not a reason to punish those that are not. Punishing those that produce by confiscating their rewards is unfair on so many levels.
 
There has always been rich, poor, and the middle class. The difference is in centuries past if you were poor or middle class, there was no opportunity to change. America still is the first and only land of opportunity for everyone to live the dream.
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How to obtain a home mortgage by being Illegal.

Posted by steven anderson on Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:42:53 AM
In a previous life I had reason to snoop, my employment in law enforcement  required it. In the last decade I found to my astonishment that illegal aliens here in the Phoenix Arizona metro area had home mortgages. Not just an occasional aberration, but more than enough to form a definite pattern. Illegal aliens with multiple names, no work history, or verifiable employment, had legitimate home mortgages.
 
Since I had been rejected for mortgages in the past, and for 30 years had struggled to obtain mortgage loans when I wanted to, I could not grasp this at all. What I found out was that yes, if you were an illegal alien you could indeed obtain a home mortgage. One of the ways was through what is called a T.I.N. mortgage. Taxpayer Identification Number. That is all you needed.
 
To make it short, all that was required was a small amount of money down, point out a nice home, and voila! it was yours. If you needed a new or used car, financing was available even without a valid Arizona drivers license, your kids could attend schools in the neighborhood, obtain free lunch, cash assistance, food stamps, and if you were sick, just walk into the emergency room, no questions asked. In a 60% white neighborhood my grandson is the only white first grader in his class. There are others, but not in his class.
 
If you are here illegally in Phoenix, no one can ask you about your immigration status unless you are arrested.
 
The newspaper of record, the Arizona Republic is so pro illegal alien that even the most cynical readers see through the charade.
 
I have applied to become retroactively illegal. If I would have known of the benefits of being illegal, I would have applied years ago. I really missed the boat on this one.
 
I write this blog wondering if there are any out there like me. No one seems to care, people are afraid of the PC crowd, and cower instead of voicing their concerns. In the movie Saving Private Ryan, one scene has a person on a loudspeaker from the German side declaring that the statue of liberty is "kaput". The character of Captain Miller answers that the statement is "disconcerting",  I wonder if there are any left that would agree with that.
 
 
 
 
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Taxes in Arizona or how a Democratic governor left a 2 billion$ mess.

Posted by steven anderson on Sunday, July 06, 2008 4:15:30 AM
Much ink has been spilled over a 2 billion (or so) budget deficit here in Arizona. The legislative geniuses have managed to paper over the deficit by accounting tricks and gimmicks for the most part. In the next fiscal years of 2009, and 2010, the state may be facing bankruptcy according to some fiscal conservatives and journalists.
 
Governor Janet Napolitano allowed state agency spending to skyrocket, far outstripping inflation,or population growth. Spend, spend, spend was the motto in the last 6+ years of her stewardship.
 
The Republican legislative leadership failed, the newspaper of record here, the Arizona Republic long ago erected a protective media bubble around her. Now the citizens of the state will be facing a massive fiscal crisis in the coming 24 months. Napolitano is mentioned as a possible Obama VP candidate or high ranking administrative member if  Obama is elected.
 
If a fiscal conservative ever needs a poster child example of run away spending, legislative failing, and what a Democratic governor will do to spending when elected, look no farther than Arizona. The future misery of taxpayers for the next few decades will be beginning here shortly. Something to keep in mind this November.
 
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BAMN activists try and stop affirmative action ballot

Posted by steven anderson on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:32:59 AM
BAMN is short for By All Means Necessary. Activists from the group are actively engaged in attempts to disrupt petition circulators from gathering signatures for citizen ballot measures. In Arizona a petition for the November ballot concerning affirmative action is being circulated hoping to gather enough signatures to ask that affirmative action preferences be stopped. BAMN has taken offense, and loosed their activists in an attempt to stop the drive before it can get to the voters of Arizona. Outright lies and attempts to keep signed petitions from reaching sponsors have been documented. BAMN has a specific agenda, their web site spells it out, this group can be compared to the code pink operation. They operate in much the same way. If you run counter to their agenda spelled out in their web site, they will BAMN, and  stop you if they can. Remember, By All (Any) Means Necessary. For these people there are no rules.
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