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NAACP Wagging Fingers At NASCAR
Am I Angry? You Have NO Idea!
If you aren’t offended by the actions of one feckless man and that trash bunch from the ACLU, then I would invite you to get the hell out of my country! I am so utterly sick and tired of this garbage! This country was founded on Judeo-Christian values. Don’t like it? Tough shit! I’m fed up, and so are a lot of other people! This is a memorial to those who fought and died to keep your sorry ass free to be a jackass. If you can’t honor them without being a total dick, then I’d suggest they let you know, if the bad guys come for you, they are needed, and WANTED, elsewhere, by people who actually appreciate the sacrifices our men and women in uniform make for us, and SHUT THE F**K UP!
Oh, by the way, can you tell I’m a tad pissed? Good!
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They Cannot Be Trusted!
Obama Justice Department Decision Will Allow Non-Citizens to Register to Vote in Georgia
Atlanta – “The decision by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to deny preclearance of Georgia’s already implemented citizenship verification process shows a shocking disregard for the integrity of our elections. With this decision, DOJ has now barred Georgia from continuing the citizenship verification program that DOJ lawyers helped to craft. DOJ’s decision also nullifies the orders of two federal courts directing Georgia to implement the procedure for the 2008 general election. The decision comes seven months after Georgia requested an expedited review of the preclearance submission.
“DOJ has thrown open the door for activist organizations such as ACORN to register non-citizens to vote in Georgia’s elections, and the state has no ability to verify an applicant’s citizenship status or whether the individual even exists. DOJ completely disregarded Georgia’s obvious and direct interest in preventing non-citizens from voting, instead siding with the ACLU and MALDEF. Clearly, politics took priority over common sense and good public policy.
“This process is critical to protecting the integrity of our elections. We have evidence that non-citizens have voted in past Georgia elections and that more than 2,100 individuals have attempted to register, yet still have questions regarding their citizenship. Further, the Inspector General’s office is investigating more than 30 cases of non-citizens casting ballots in Georgia elections, including the case of a Henry County non-citizen who registered to vote and cast ballots in 2004 and 2006.
“It is important to underscore that not a single person has come forward to say he or she could not vote because of the verification process. Further, while DOJ argues that the process is somehow discriminatory, the historic voter turnout among Hispanic and African-American voters in the 2008 general elections clearly says otherwise.
Whoa! WHOA! FREAKIN’ WHOA! I can NOT be reading this right! The justice dept is basically saying it’s just peachy for NON citizens to vote in our elections? I must be mistaken. Could anything with the word ‘justice’ in it’s name be so blatantly ignorant of the law? I won’t even get into the fact that the ACLU is constantly undermining the law, and with this action, you are being told you, as a legal citizen of the United States of America, obeying the law, mean NOTHING!
Amendment XV
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Citizens! Not visitors, not sneaky little bastards who broke the law get in the country…..C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S! We no longer prohibit people from voting, unlike some of the old Southern Democrats did prior to the Voting Rights Acts. Yes, please notice it was the DEMOCRATS that prevented legal aged people of color, from voting. Now, those same types of Democrats not only claim the black vote, they also want possible illegals to vote for them too?
In 1975, the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act were extended for another seven years, and were broadened to address voting discrimination against members of “language minority groups.” (source)
Language minority groups? You mean people who don’t have a working knowledge of the language in which the majority of this country runs? I have issues with this. If you don’t understand the language, how can you make a reasoned, well thought out decision for whom to vote?
The federal government, once again, is stepping in where it has no business stepping. The state of Georgia has been doing exactly what ever other state SHOULD be doing….verifying the legal status of its voters. This is not difficult to understand. If we are a land of laws, then shouldn’t we obey those laws? This includes making sure that people who vote in our elections, are LEGALLY eligible to vote!
(all extra emphasis mine)
Huge H/T: Texas Fred’s Read his take on the subject here. You WILL learn something!
NAACP Wagging Fingers At NASCAR
NAACP Branch Readies for Confederate Flag Fight
Members of the Miami-Dade branch of the NAACP want the Confederate flag banned from the Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway, and they will meet Thursday to decide whether to boycott a NASCAR race slated there for November.
Debra Toomer, the branch’s chairwoman of press and publicity, said a planning session has been scheduled to decide on a course of action regarding the display of the flag at the Nov. 20-22 event, as well as its presence at city-sponsored events like last year’s Veterans Day parade.
“The concern is there,” Toomer said of Confederate flags. She declined to comment further before the meeting.
Just how much idiocy are people going to put up with? I want all symbols of Africa banned at NAACP events! Oh, but wait…that’s a freedom isn’t it? Hmmm…. There are no Confederate flags on any of the cars, none of the uniforms, none are sold at the concessions, so what’s their problem? I guess it’s ok for some folks to show pride in their heritage, but not others, right?
“… we don’t regulate the lawful behavior of our fans or prohibit free speech and expression of our guests,” Gray told FOXNews.com. “We can’t tell people what to wear. Where do you start? Where does it end, as far as individual expression?”
Evidently, there are some who believe freedom of speech only applies to them, eh? Tell you what….ban every single flag that is NOT the U.S. flag, and we’ll talk. No African, no Mexican, no Irish, no Italian, etc. NONE! Anywhere! EVER!
Brandon Hensler, a spokesman for American Civil Liberties Union’s Florida chapter, said bringing a Confederate flag to the race or any public event would be protected speech.
“If someone wants to show up with a shirt like that, there’d be no legal recourse for that,” Hensler said. “Unless there’s a specific threat, all speech is protected.”
Well, there’s a shocker. One of the few times the ACLU gets it right!
“Any time somebody starts talking about that, of course there’s cause for concern,” McMichael told FOXNews.com. “The bottom line is I don’t think they should ban [Confederate flags] because there’s nothing wrong with them. It’s just people showing pride in their heritage.”
As a proud daughter of the south, I know there are many people who do not understand our love for the Confederate flag, especially those in the north. We don’t look at that flag as a racial division, as most folks down here don’t have issues with anyone, but criminals, no matter what their color. That flag doesn’t represent slavery! It represents freedom from oppression from a tyrannical central government. It really chaps my hide that there are a few groups who have turned it into something else, but I have no control over that, and so far as I know, stupidity isn’t against the law.
H/T: Blue Collar Republican and American and Proud
Steven Crowder
Learn The Language!
English-only ballot drive brings count, robust debate
Davidson County Election Commission workers will launch the painstaking process of verifying 12,503 signatures today, ultimately deciding whether an English-only measure makes the Nov. 4 ballot.
Metro Nashville Councilman Eric Crafton dropped off signed petition postcards Thursday, well before Saturday’s deadline and with what he said is enough margin of error to account for unqualified voters or signatures that can’t be verified. Crafton’s measure needs 10,103 valid signatures to be included.
A good start! I’m really disappointed there weren’t even more signers. Is anyone up there in Nashville paying attention???
The measure would prevent city business from being done in any language other than English. But exactly how it would be carried out — if at all — upon passage is up for debate.
How it would be carried out? Does stupidity run rampant? You speak English. You do business in English. How hard is that to figure out? You don’t print ballots, or gubmint information in any language but English. If an immigrant, LEGAL one, wants to live in the U.S., he/she should be able to speak the language. If they’re ILLEGAL, they can go the hell home!
President Bill Clinton signed an order in 2000 that made reasonable translation services a protected civil right to prevent discrimination based on national origin. Governments must publish ballots in other languages, and any program that accepts federal dollars must work with people who aren’t English-proficient.
Contrary to what the Dhimms would like to believe, Bill Clinton was NOT the best president we’ve ever had. Let’s face it, he started a great divide, and the Dhimmis have continued the push!
Even some of the biggest proponents of English-only initiatives say enforcement is tough
I will repeat. Print all information in English. It’s really quite simple, and it would save a ton of money to the tax payer. If you’re going to live here, as a law abiding citizen, SPEAK THE FREAKIN’ LANGUAGE!
The American Civil Liberties Union in Nashville indicated that it would closely examine the constitutional questions raised by the measure. And Crafton said he would do what he must to see that the law would be enforced.
This “problem” could easily be resolved, and the ACLU could go back to harassing Christians, if the feckless weasels in D.C. would amend the Constitution to include an official language…..ENGLISH!
“To me, these cards represent thousands of voices crying out to be heard on this issue,” Crafton said. “The citizens are not going to be held hostage by the threat of lawsuits.”
Pfft! So many cities have caved to the “immigrants rights” yahoos, it totally makes me sick! But I’m hoping that the folks up in Nashville will stand strong. It will set a precedent that is seriously NEEDED across the entire country. I won’t include California in that statement. As far as I’m concerned, they’re already a ‘foreign country’. Sorry, Bushy, Jenn, etc.. Come to the REAL American. 
Some of the signed petition cards included messages like “Councilman Crafton, thank you!” and “Thanks for helping us take our country back.” Others were returned unsigned with obscene messages, including, “Go (expletive deleted) yourself Crafton.”
Very classy. Nothing like profanity to prove the point of ignorance! Was it written in English, or did it have to be translated?
The Metro Council also overwhelmingly approved last week a measure calling on voters not to sign the petition cards or support the measure if it appears on the ballot.
This tells me quite a bit about the yahoos supposedly representing the LEGAL citizens of Nashville. They aren’t putting THEIR city, state, or country FIRST! Bowing to illegals is NOT a good way to win friends and influence people. Well, unless, of course, they ARE the illegals, and their supporters.
“There is a pretty strong divide as I am sure there is in the Democratic Party on this,” said Tom Lawless, Davidson County Republican Party chairman. “So it is probably going to be difficult for us to take a position as a party.”
Are they freaking kidding me??????? One more reason I’m no longer a Republican! My country comes second, ONLY to God. When the Pubbies started pandering to illegals, they lost me, AND my money! Grow a spine ya twits! Stand up for YOUR COUNTRY! Support ENGLISH ONLY…….NOW!
Cross posted at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance.
A Few Tasty Items
….from Stop the ACLU
Chgo Trib’s ‘Honor Killing’ Report Omits Islam Connection
OK, I am wondering here if the hanging of a black Southerner by the KKK in the American south would be reported by the Chicago Tribune in the same kind of vague language of “cultural” murder as a recent Muslim murder in Georgia was treated? More likely, of course, the story would be immediately pegged to the racist, white motives that actually led to the murder. In essence that is how the Chicago Tribune mishandled their reporting of another so-called Islamic “honor killing” that occurred in Georgia this week.
Heartbreak in Liberal Land: Obama Votes for FISA Bill
Unless Obama does a last minute flip-flop (again), he is set to break the hearts of his far left support base:
The Senate is finally expected to wrap up the bill updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act today, which includes the controversial provision of retroactive immunity for telecom companies facing lawsuit. While the bill splits Democrats, it’s expected to pass with united Republican support.
Obama will be back for today’s vote and has said he’ll support final passage.
ACLU Blog Meltdown: Losing Faith in the Soul Sucking Senate
Amanda Simon explains the disappointment at the ACLU Blog.
After the amendments were effectively killed – along with any possible hope of court review of the president’s illegal and unconstitutional domestic spying program (can’t say that enough) – the votes for final passage were counted.
The votes were cast and so was the dye. Final count: 69 to 28.
I can only say it’s been emotional. This isn’t the last you’ll be hearing from the ACLU on this subject — in fact, far from it. Keep an eye on this space for our continued and tireless work protecting the Fourth Amendment (and all the other ones, too, come to think of it).
Don’t ya just love it when the lefties, communists, etc…..wait…I’m repeating myself…. have “issues”.
Federal Judge Violates 1st Amendment?
ACLU given ‘veto power’ over free-speech rights
Christian groups are appealing a federal judge’s ruling that bars the Gideons from distributing Bibles to students of the South Iron Missouri School District.
The South Iron School District allows off-campus organizations to distribute literature to students before and after school, and during other non-instructional times such as lunch breaks. But the American Civil Liberties Union sued, saying the Gideons should not be allowed to hand out Bibles because of their religious nature. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry agreed.
“In fact, the federal judge said…the ACLU must be able to have the say-so over whether religious literature can be distributed — and obviously, if the ACLU has that say-so, no religious literature will ever be distributed,” says Matt Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel.
Am I reading this right? A federal judge, who is suppose to uphold the Constitution of the United States is giving a communist organization the right to say who gets what, when?
But Staver points out that the First Amendment prohibits any “heckler” from having the right to prohibit free speech. “…The ACLU may not like the fact that equal access also means equal treatment for religious speech, but, frankly, the Constitution requires equal treatment,” states the attorney. “…Hecklers may heckle all they want to, but they may not veto private religious speech.”
Staver is asking the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overrule Judge Perry. He says that, to his knowledge, no other U.S. court has ever ruled that a private, third party should be given veto power over private religious speech.
If this is allowed to stand, you can be damn sure it won’t be the last time you see YOUR freedom of speech squashed by the lunatics at the ACLU. I’m even having a hard time coming up with words strong enough to express my extreme disgust that a judge would even consider such a ruling.
A Victory!
ACLU bats .000 in TN school case
The ACLU has come up empty in another attempt to stop religious expression by students in a public school.
The American Civil Liberties Union asked the court to ban students in the Wilson County, Tennessee, schools from five faith-related activities — playing a song with a religious reference in honor of a three-year-old cancer victim; observing the “See You at the Pole” student prayer event; participating in the National Day of Prayer; and holding any Thanksgiving or Christmas observances that included religious references. The liberal legal group also wanted to ban a parents’ prayer group from meeting anywhere on campus.
Nate Kellum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), represented two students’ families: the Walkers and the Golds. He says the ACLU came up 0-for-5 on its requests.
“This is a clear win for religious freedom and, if not a total loss for the ACLU, certainly a hollow, shallow victory. The court acknowledged that Christians — like the Walkers, like the Golds and their families — cannot be discriminated against for their beliefs, and that personal prayer, mentions of God, and Christmas references are constitutionally appropriate in the school,” Kellum contends.
The ADF attorney says the lawsuit should clear up any confusion about the ACLU’s goals with regard to any public expression of Christian belief. “The ACLU, with this lawsuit, hoped to wipe out every reference to God, but walked away with a ‘take nothing’ judgment. We are very pleased that the Walkers and the Golds were able to repel the ACLU’s unmerited attacks,” Kellum explains.
The order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee states that all of the activities the ACLU contested at the school may continue.
The way to beat these weasels is to stand up against them! The more who do, the less their influence will be, the more victories will be won for the good guys!
More ACLU BS
School Apologizes to Muslim Student Over Graduation Held in Church
A Muslim student who sued because his public high school graduation ceremony was held in a Baptist church has received an apology from Newark’s school district and assurances that it will not hold future events in houses of worship.
No apology was needed, from anyone! What is this 
???
Bilal Shareef said he had to skip his 2006 graduation from West Side High School because his religious beliefs prohibit him from entering buildings containing icons of God.
Poor baby! He missed a long list of names being called, waiting for his name to be called. Big freakin’ whoopteedo! I’ve been in Baptist churches, and I have NEVER seen any “icons of God”. Oh, or does he mean that Cross that some of them have? He’s offended by that? Big freakin’ deal!
The lawsuit was filed on his behalf by the American Civil Liberties Union. Newark public schools apologized to Shareef and his father and agreed to change its policies under terms of the settlement announced Monday.
Oh, now there’s a surprise. The ACLU was involved. The most ANTI Christian organization in the country, bent on destroying anything and everything that might even hint of a REAL ‘religion of peace’. Nope, doesn’t jibe with their commie doctrine. Oh, but anything to do with Islam? Well, that’s A-OK in their book.
“We’re very pleased,” said Ed Barocas, the ACLU lawyer who represented Shareef. “These are important policy changes to ensure that no student is made to feel like an outsider as Bilal was.”
No, instead, they went out of their way to make sure that all the other students might feel like “outsiders”…..in their own country. Way to go sh*t fer brains!
“I was forced to choose between honoring my education and my faith, and no one should be put in that position,” Shareef, now a college student, said in a statement. “I’m proud I stood up for my beliefs and I’m proud that my experience will keep other students from having to face the choices I did.”
I’m pretty sure that you could have picked up your diploma at any time, and saved the rest of the school the embarrassment of having to deal with trash like the ACLU. Yep, standing up for your faith isn’t a bad thing. Standing up for a ‘faith’ that involves murdering other who don’t share that same faith? Not so much. So, when are the Christians in this country going to do the same thing. There are more of us, than there are of them! At least for the moment.
Teach Your Children Well
‘Open tent’ at Amherst Middle School
For one night, on May 9, the quaint colonial town of Amherst, New Hampshire, was transformed into a Saudi Arabian Bedouin tent community, with the help of 80 seventh-graders at the Amherst Middle School. The weather cooperated, providing 85 degree temperatures to give an authentic Saudi feel to the evening.
More than 250 guests arrived at the open tent and were welcomed with an Arabic greeting of “Marhaba” by students at a Saudi customs desk.
During the check-in, guests selected a traditional Arabic name for their name badge and completed an actual Saudi customs form, which warned in bold letters “Death for Drug Trafficking ” at the top.
I sure hope no one was carrying a personal Bible, because the Saudis have been known to put them through a shredder. I mean, if you’re trying to be authentic, be sure to be “AUTHENTIC”!
Only the seventh-grade boys were allowed to host the food stations and the Arabic dancing, as the traditions of Saudi Arabia at this time prevent women from participating in these public roles.
Dressed in traditional Arabic wear—long plaid kilts, white shirts and turbans—the boys offered food and entertained guests. The Arabic dancers enthusiastically performed to music and encouraged male visitors to join their dance.
Only the males mind you!
Seventh-grade girls hosted the hijab and veil stations, where other female guests learned how to wear the required head covering and veils. An antique trunk full of black abayas worn by women, and white thobes worn by the men, were available for guests to try on.
Yes, we must teach our young women to hide under a veil, mustn’t we, all the while, watching the males dance, and enjoy themselves.
An Islamic religion station included a Muslim prayer rug with a compass imbedded in it to locate Mecca, readings on the Islamic faith, call to prayer items and prayer beads.
Oh yeah, let’s not forget about the praying to Mecca business, so these young boys and girls will know where their “allegiance” should lie. And here I thought any kind of religious training was “against the law” in public schools?
Younger visitors gravitated to the Arabic listening station, the Arabic coloring book stations and the mural, while visitors of all ages found the slide shows of Saudi Arabia to be captivating.
“Captivating”? They have NO idea just how captivating a Muslim country can be!
The “open tent” was created to encourage participants to reach out and learn from people around the world, and to promote curiosity and cultural understanding.
Learning about different cultures is just peachy. However, when it goes contrary to everything THIS country stands for, why are children being “indoctrinated” into such a performance? I was able to learn about different cultures around the world without being shoved under a veil. Why are schools shoving this kind of stuff down our kids throats?
And just where is the ACLU on this one? Pfft!
H/T: Ft. Hard Knox
Weasels of the First Order
Defending Freedom – Or Terrorists? The ACLU’s Greatest Hits
by John Stephenson
You’ve got to give it to the ACLU. It has run one of the most effective PR machines in America for nearly a century. Founded by a communist subversive, today’s ACLU has honored its founder’s vision by carrying the torch as the nation’s pro bono Fifth Column.
The ACLU is the most unpopular organization in America, but that hasn’t translated into its demise. The ACLU not only maintains a mega-million-dollar support base and an army of Useful Idiots, but, maddeningly, is still viewed as respectable in many elite circles. Even so, every time the ACLU acts according to its seditious nature, my hope is renewed that all Americans will shake themselves awake, recognizing that the image of the ACLU as a “defender of freedom” is a carefully cultivated deception. But I’m not sure what it’s going to take. The evidence against the ACLU is already decisive – given a chance, the ACLU never fails to take the side of the enemy, especially since September 11.
A small sampling of the ACLU greatest hits:
Want to put New York City commuters and tourists at risk by suing to halt perfectly constitutional, common sense policies? The ACLU does.
Want to cripple America’s intelligence gathering capability? Want overseas terror suspects to be able to communicate freely with contacts in the United States? You’ve got a friend in the ACLU…even if you have never been subject to surveillance!
The ACLU has launched an initiative called the “John Adams Project.” The unmitigated gall in defaming one of history’s greatest Americans seems suspiciously flavored by the recent success of the HBO Adams miniseries. Yes, the PR machine hums along, no matter how laughable a stretch it is for the ACLU to link itself with great men. What is it? In a nutshell, the ACLU has assembled a “Dream Team” of attorneys with an $8.5 million budget to defend terrorists currently held at Guantanamo. Who’s the primary object of the ACLU’s affection? Khalid Sheik Mohammed.
Read the rest here!
More Fecklessness
This is one of those things that just makes you want to tear your hair out and going on a rampage! More lack of common sense in the courts!
Let Us Pray – But Don’t You Dare Bow Your Head
A snippet:
East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden, who said he is fighting for his peers nationwide, is expected to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a review of Tuesday’s federal appeals court ruling that prohibits him from participating in team prayer.
And:
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia unanimously reversed a July 2006 lower-court ruling that permitted Borden, through his lawsuit against the East Brunswick Board of Education, to silently bow his head or “take a knee” with players as a sign of secular respect for student-led team prayer.
The federal appeals court said such actions violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause, which prevents government or its agents from promoting or endorsing religion.
I’m guessing judges don’t have to be familiar with the U.S. Constitution these days.
The ACLU Loves Terrorists
Well, as long as they are plotting and planning to kill Americans, they sure seem to.
F.W.
