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17 Feb 09

Lucie Kim Frivolously Sues Miley Cyrus Over “Racist” Picture « Republican Ranting

Alright, so I heard about this story yesterday, and it really got my blood boiling. Not because I’m terribly offended by Miley Cyrus, but because lawsuits in America have reached such an asinine stage.

01 Feb 09

Results for the Republican National Committee Election: Michael Steele Wins « Republican Ranting

Michael Steele has just won the race for Republican National Committee Chairman.

Live Results of the Republican National Committee Chairman Election « Republican Ranting

I am currently watching the election for Republican National Committee Chairman. Currently, the RNC members are voting.

23 Jan 09

Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. « Republican Ranting

As many of you know, today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. As I’ve said before, I oppose MLK Day being a federal holiday for 2 reasons:
It leaves out other players in the civil rights movement (and focuses the movement to one race): César Chávez, Rosa Parks, etc….

28 Oct 08

Effigy of Sarah Palin Hanging by a Noose is Despicable, but Legal « Republican Ranting

I’ve seen some pretty weird Halloween decorations before, but this one probably tops them all. In West Hollywood, California, Chad Michael Morisette has put up an effigy of Sarah Palin hanging by a noose with John McCain up on the chimeny with flames coming out of it (as well as skeletons and spider webs on other areas of the house).

19 Oct 08

Evidence that Some Blacks Are Not Voting for Obama Based on Issues « Republican Ranting

So, a friend sent me a link to a clip from the Howard Stern show from last Sunday, and I put it into a video (as well as typed up a transcript which is below the video). It’s one of Stern’s radio people, Sal, who goes into Harlem and interviews 3 black people and attributes McCain’s stances to Obama. They say that they agree with those stances (thinking that they are Obama’s).

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Endorses Obama « Republican Ranting

Well, this is a blog post I did NOT expect to be writing. General Powell had made it clear before that he would not be endorsing anybody in this election, so I’m surprised that he has come out and actually made an endorsement. He is endorsing Senator Obama, but he stressed that this is more for reasons dealing with the economy, and the Supreme Court and the general direction of the Republican party rather than Iraq. He noted that he still opposes a set date to withdraw from Iraq.

11 Oct 08

Federal Judge Orders Ohio Secretary of State to Purge Voter Rolls « Republican Ranting

Today, U.S. District Judge George C. Smith ruled in a suit filed by the Ohio Republican Party filed in September. He ruled that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (Dem) must adhere to the Help America Vote Act by matching newly registered voters’ information against the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and/or Social Security Administration databases. She must alo tell the Board of Elections which voters’s registration info doesn’t match the databases. Brunner was also ordered to establish a process by which county election boards could do the sameSmith wrote in his ruling (unfortunately I can’t get the whole thing), “Plaintiffs assert, and the court agrees, that it is hard to imagine a public interest more compelling than safeguarding the legitimacy of the election of the president of the United States.”

05 Aug 08

Obama Is a Hypocrite When It Comes to Race « Republican Ranting

So, there have been stories in the news recently talking about how much race will be an issue in the 2008 election.
We had Barack Obama’s comments in response to McCain’s “Celeb” ad, comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton: “Since they don’t have any new ideas the only strategy they’ve got in this election is to try to scare you about me.

31 Jul 08

Thoughts on the N-Word, The View, and Jesse Jackson « Republican Ranting

Alright, first I’ll let you watch a YouTube video of The View from July 17th (sorry this is a bit late - this was one of those vacation news stories that I REALLY wanted to do when I got back):

30 Jul 08

Noose Student at Central Michigan University Will Not Be Charged With Ethnic Intimidation « Republican Ranting

This is breaking news - I just heard about it from the CM-Life.
Isabella County Prosecutor Larry Burdick has said that he will not be pressing charges against the 28-year-old male engineering student who hung a noose in the Industrial Educational Technology Building back in November. (My previous posts on this subject can be found here, here, here, here, and here).

29 Jul 08

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Shoves a Cop Off a Porch, Faces Assault Charges « Republican Ranting

Well, the Kwame Kilpatrick scandal continues. Early last week, sheriff’s deputy Brian White was serving a subpoena to Bobby Ferguson, a friend of Kilpatrick’s. Kilpatrick threw White into his partner, Joann Kinney, and made a comment shaming her (a black woman) for working with a white man.

10 Jul 08

Jesse Jackson Apologizes for Wanting to Cut Obama’s Nuts Off « Republican Ranting

On Sunday, Jesse Jackson made the following comments in the presence of a FOX News microphone, thinking that it was turned off: “See, Barack’s been talking down to black people … I want to cut his nuts out (or off - a FOX transcript had it as “out”).” Well, the mic did pick it up, and today, Bill O’Reilly threatened to air the video of that comment, and he did. Well, Jesse Jackson apologized before “The O’Reilly Factor”, so that he wouldn’t look AS big of a jerk. Here’s a transcript from his CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer:

25 Jun 08

Obama Says Clinton Supporters Need Help to “Get Over It”; The Media Takes it Out of Context and Overreacts « Republican Ranting

Well, the media has been reporting a story recently about Obama making the statement, “If women take a moment to realise that on every issue important to women, John McCain is not in their corner, that would help them get over it.”
Congresswoman Yvette Clark told reporters that Obama said this at a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus last week.

17 Jun 08

Some Black Republicans May Vote for Obama Because of Race « Republican Ranting

So, a few days ago, the Associated Press came out with a story about some black Republicans selling out their beliefs just to “VOTE FOR A BLACK MAN!!!” Personally, I think this is despicable and racist, and it would be just as bad as Jesse Jackson voting for Alan Keyes just to get a black man elected.
How are we supposed to fulfill the “goal” of electing an African American, ending race, if we’re VOTING BASED ON RACE?!?! It just appalls me that these people are so shallow.

15 May 08

Councilwoman JoAnn Watson Pleads With Kwame Kilpatrick to Resign: “Nobody wants a white woman in Lansing to decide the fate of a black man in Detroit” « Republican Ranting

Alright, so here’s what happened:
JoAnn Watson had been in talks with the Mayor since the weekend, trying to get him to resign. She had even called him as late as 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, right before the city council met, where they voted on 2 ways of ousting him.
After the meeting, and the votes to oust Kilpatrick, Watson’s aides gave her a piece of paper, a message from Kilpatrick urging her to reconsider her vote.

Detroit City Council Votes to Boot Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Out « Republican Ranting

On Tuesday, the Detroit City Council narrowly voted to oust Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, after investigations showed that he perjured in a whisteblower trial.
The council voted as follows on having the governor oust the mayor under her power, having the council itself remove the mayor and censure the mayor:

07 Apr 08

McCain “Was Wrong” Voting Against Martin Luther King Holiday; How Other Congressional Members Voted « Republican Ranting

On Friday, John McCain gave a speech at the National Civil Rights Museum (formerly the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated) in Memphis, TN. Friday was the 40th anniversary of King’s assassination. During the speech, McCain noted that he originally voted against making King’s birthday a federal holiday. He went on to say the following (there’s a video below the quote):

27 Mar 08

Central Michigan Officials Unable to Confirm/Deny Penalty for Noose Student « Republican Ranting

OK, so the Central Michigan Life did a story in response to my recent blog post and I just wanted to keep you updated on the situation.
The CM-Life asked for a statement from the university concerning the leak, and Tony Voisin, Director of Student Life, said, “It would be a problem for that person to be leaking information to the media.”

22 Mar 08

Leaked Info: Noose Student at Central Michigan Suspended « Republican Ranting

I received the following information from a Central Michigan University faculty member (read here for my previous post on this: http://inkslwc.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/what-ever-happened-to-the-noose-student-at-cmu/):
CMU has kicked the student out until Aug. 1, 2008. The student (a white male senior … not a black guy trying to generate sympathy for “his cause,” as some have suggested)), will take