Thursday, July 5, 2012

Obama sticks it to America. Increases his staff when its a recession for the rest of us!!!

White House Salaries Jump

White House salaries and hiring increased in 2012, according to an annual report released Friday by the White House.

The "Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff" reveals that White House staff salaries jumped from $37.1 million in 2011 to $37.8 million in 2012, with the total number of White House workers increasing from 454 in 2011 to 468 in 2012.
Topping the list at an annual salary of $172,000 were 20 individuals, including: Obama Chief of Staff Jack Lew, Press Secretary Jay Carney, Senior Advisors David Plouffe, and Valerie Jarrett.  
According to the U.S. Census, per capita annual income is $27,334.

Of course the dump the info on FRIDAY TO HIDE !!

The White House released its annual report to Congress on staff salaries. At 4:39 p.m. on Friday.
A quick review found the White House payroll appears to have grown since last year, going from $37.1 million in 2011 to $37.8 million in 2012. The number of employees listed also grew  -- from 454 last year to 468 in 2012.
White House officials did not immediately respond to a message seeking explanation of the growth. Overall, the payroll has shrunk since 2009, when it totaled $39.1 million.
(PHOTOS: Lawmakers' wealth)
On this year's report, there were 68 special assistants to the president, 22 assistants to the president and 24 deputy assistants. They cover a wide range of specializations from legislative affairs to economic policy and presidential correspondence.
The full report can be seen here.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/2012-Report-White-House-Staff.csv

HOMES IN FORECLOSURE AS DOTS ON A MAP....FRIGHTENING AND REAL..OBAMA FUCK YOU TO HELL!

A Frightening Satellite Tour Of America’s Foreclosure Wastelands

On the whole things are getting worse.
72 percent of major metro areas saw an increase in foreclosure volume. Although some of the worst hit areas in Nevada, California and Florida improved from 2009, the foreclosure rate in these areas remains shockingly high. If not for some foreclosure suspensions due to the robosigning scandal, these numbers would have been higher.
For a frightening way to visualize the foreclosure crisis, we’re borrowing a Google maps technique described by Barry Ritholtz.
20) Boise, Idaho — 1 in 21 homes in foreclosure (The red dots show foreclosures)
20) Boise, Idaho -- 1 in 21 homes in foreclosure (The red dots show foreclosures)
Image: Courtesy of Google Maps
Note: The red dots shows homes currently in foreclosure. The slide title describes the fraction of homes that received foreclosure filings in 2010.

19) Sarasota, Fla. — 1 in 21 homes in foreclosure

19) Sarasota, Fla. -- 1 in 21 homes in foreclosure
Image: Courtesy of Google Maps
Note: The red dots shows homes currently in foreclosure. The slide title describes the fraction of homes that received foreclosure filings in 2010.

18) Lakeland, Fla. — 1 in 21 homes in foreclosure

18) Lakeland, Fla. -- 1 in 21 homes in foreclosure
Image: Courtesy of Google Maps
Note: The red dots shows homes currently in foreclosure. The slide title describes the fraction of homes that received foreclosure filings in 2010.
The rest at the link below…
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-tour-foreclosure-cities-2011-1?slop=1#slideshow-start%23ixzz1CHII8G00%23ixzz1CLP0ArgD

FAST AND FURIOUS DID NOT WORK.. SO THEY ARE TRYING THE UN!

URGENT!
OBAMA & HILLARY TO SIGN UN GUN BAN JULY 27!
THEY TRIED IT WITH FAST AND FURIOUS AND GOT FUCKED..NOW THEY ARE TRYING IT THROUGH THE UN
URGENT UPDATE: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are scheduled to sign the 2nd Amendment killing UN GUN BAN Treaty JULY 27!
The Supremacy Clause of our Constitution says that treaties are the "law of the land" and cannot be overwritten by acts of Congress or acts of the State Legislatures. So IF the Senate ratifies the UN Arms Trade Treaty that Obama and Hillary intend to sign July 27, the UN Gun Ban will VOID THE SECOND AMENDMENT!
The UN Arms Trade Treaty seeks to set up an international agency that will control the availability of arms and ammunition around the world. This new international body will have the authority to tell signing nations what they can and cannot sell within their own borders. In addition, the international body will have the authority to ban existing guns within countries.
In other words, if the UN decides they don't like your .45 or your 30.06, they can and will ban both the guns and the ammo!
Feel like giving the UN your personal protection weapon any time soon?
How about your hunting rifle?
Neither do I !
Let's get busy and demand the Senate STOP THE UN GUN BAN!
UN TARGETS HANDGUNS & HUNTING RIFLES
STOP THE GUN GRAB!
Gun Control Advocates like Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton, keep insisting that the United Nation's Small Arms Treaty won't affect the average American - only bad guys with big scary weapons. But this treaty has nothing to do with disarming cartels and criminal regimes; rather it is about disarming the citizens of the freest country in the world - America.
The United Nation's and their globalist supporters hate guns...ALL GUNS. Your hunting rifle. My personal protection weapon. Don't believe it? Take a good look at the statue that graces the United Nations plaza - a .38 with the barrel tied in a knot.
The Canadian government just filed an emergency petition to exclude hunting rifles from the upcoming United Nations Arms Treaty - Mexico subsequently objected. THE UNITED STATES REMAINED SILENT!
Americans have a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to keep & bear arms, so why isn't our government the one working to exempt hunting weapons? Because Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton want us totally and completely disarmed.
Will you wait until mandatory gun confiscation programs go into effect?
Or will you stand with me now and INSIST our Senate NEVER let this unConstitutional, Freedom killing, Agenda 21 enabling, UN Treaty ever so much as reach the Senate floor?
Because if we don't ACT NOW, we can kiss our hunting and personal protection right goodbye.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been working for years to completely disarm Americans. Back in 2009, Clinton announced the United States would reverse Bush administration opposition to international small arms control. Now with a little help from her Marxist pal Barack Obama and the NWO United Nations, she is just weeks from success.
Hillary and friends claim the sole purpose of the UN Arms Trade Treaty is to stop terrorism and crime. But the truth is, this abominable treaty would do nothing more that prevent Americans from defending themselves from petty crime and tyranny alike. THE UN ARMS TRADE TREATY WILL CONFISCATE AND BAN ALL GUNS OWNED BY AMERICANS!
In a recent meeting, high level staffers from Senator Marco Rubio's office told Unite In Action that the UN Gun Treaty is everything we feared and worse. One Rubio staffer identified this treaty as the single most deadly threat to American freedom EVER. The gun grab is real, and the fight to strip Americans of our guns is happening right now!
Former US Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, agrees; "[The UN] is trying to act as though this is really just a treaty about international arms trade between nation states, but there is no doubt that the real agenda here is domestic firearms control" said Bolton.
The UN Arms Trade Treaty Preparatory Committee is attempting to defend its stance by claiming the UN is, "Concerned by the misuse of weaponry around the world, civil society organizations have successfully mobilized governments and parliamentarians to call for the global regulation of the conventional arms trade."
And now, that same Third Preparatory Committee has figured out how to bend the US to the New World Order's will. In July, the group decided that a majority vote will NOT be required for the treaty to pass. That means dissent will be stifled and this international gun-grabbing scheme will pass if we the American people do not act to protect our Second Amendment Rights!
Throughout history tyranny has succeeded in crushing freedom only by disarming the citizens.
Will you silently relinquish your rights? Because silence now WILL result in the loss of YOUR guns.
Together, we can preserve the Constitutional rights our Founding Fathers intended our people to have forever.
Together we can save America!
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Thank you. I know I can count on you.

In Liberty,
Stephani Scruggs
President, Unite In Action, Inc.
National Co-Chair, The 912 Project

About Stephani Scruggs:
Stephani Scruggs serves as the National Co-Chair of The 912 Project as well as President of Unite In Action, Inc. As a writer, speaker and analyst, Stephani focuses on the principles of liberty. She has made numerous television and radio appearances including the Glenn Beck Show to discuss the importance of the American Constitution and the rights it grants its citizens.


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BREAKING! Detective Probes Obama SSN Mystery - Files Suit in Ohio!


THIS ASSHOLE OBAMA HAS SO MANY CROOKED THINGS TO DEAL WITH SURELY THE LEFTY PRESS SEES AT LEAST SOME SUSPICION ?? NAH... THE BOOT LICKING LITTLE COCKROACHES ..ONE AND ALL!

FORGERY-GATE

Obama's Social Security Number challenged

Exclusive: Jack Cashill reports on woman's court filing based on myriad anomalies

TIME WARNER OWNS HBO ...AND WHOLE LOT OF OTHER LEFTY MEDIA OUTLETS.

TIME WARNER OWNS HBO ...AND WHOLE LOT OF OTHER LEFTY MEDIA OUTLETS.

We Must expose them and boycott them.
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1898
Henry Luce, son of an American missionary, is born in China
1918
The four Warner Brothers, Jack, Albert, Harry and Samuel, open their first West Coast studio
1921
Luce and Yale classmate Briton Hadden begin working together as reporters for The Baltimore News
1923
The four brother's film distribution and production business is incorporated and called Warner Brothers Pictures Inc.
1923
Luce and Hadden use the $86,000 they raised to release Time magazine. Hadden becomes editor while Luce serves as business manager
1927
Warner Brothers film production releases the first "talkie" Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer
1928
First Time Man-of-the-Year features Charles Lindbergh
1929
Hadden dies of a streptococcus infection. Luce takes over as Time editor
1930
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1931
March of Time radio program first airs
1934
Luce launches Architectural Forum
1935
March of Time newsreel first runs its first newsreel
1936
Life magazine is launched
1937
Detective Comics (DC) is created
1938
Ted Turner born in Cincinnati, OH
1940
Bugs Bunny appears for the first time in a Warner Brothers' short A Wild Hare
1942
arch of Time became straight news program
1944
Leon Schlesinger sells his cartoon studio (Looney Tunes) to Warner
1947
Jack Warner testifies before House Committee on Un-American Activities
1948
Warner Brothers sells film library to MGM. The Supreme Court's anti-trust Paramount Decree forces movie studios to divest themselves from owning theaters
1950
Elektra Records is founded by a college student, Jac Holzman
1952
House and Home magazine launched. Time makes first investment in television industry by purchasing KOB-TV Albuquerque, NM
1954
Sports Illustrated is launched
1958
Warner Bros. Records is founded. Label is later called WEA (Warner/Elektra/Atlantic)
1960
Brown University expels Ted Turner
1961
Time-Life Inc. is formed to be Time Inc.'s book division
1963
Ted Turner's father Ed commits suicide because of financial difficulties. Ted takes over family's billboard business
1963
Animation division at Warner closed. Frank Sinatra sells his Reprise record label to Warner Brothers
1967
Henry Luce dies in Phoenix, Arizona
1967
Seven Arts Ltd. buys Warner Brothers for $84 million. Company becomes known as Warner-Seven Arts. Warner Seven-Arts purchases Atlantic Records
1967
New Line Cinema formed
1967
Kinney National Company, a funeral parlor conglomerate purchases D.C. Comics and All-American Comics. Kinney also buys Ashley Famous talent agency
1968
Time-Life Inc. acquires Little, Brown and Company
1969
Kinney National Company acquires Warner-Seven Arts and in 1972 renames the company Warner Communications Inc.
1970
Holzman sells his Elektra Records to Warner Communications
1970
Turner purchases Atlanta UHF television station, WJRJ, renaming it WTCG (Turner Communications Group)]
1972
Time Inc. buys Home Box Office (HBO) from Charles Dolan. HBO transmits first programming to 365 subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Money magazine launched
1974
People magazine launched
1976
Ted Turner purchases Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves. Turner Broadcasting's WTCG becomes cable television's first Superstation as it is beamed via satellite to cable homes across the country
1976
Video game pioneer Nolan Bushnell sells Atari to Warner Communications for $28 million.
1977
Turner Communications Group purchases the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks. Turner wins yachting's America's Cup
1978
Warner Communications acquires cable operator American Television & Communications (ATC)
1979
Turner Communications Group becomes Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. WTCG is renamed WTBS
1980
The first 24-hour, all-news network, CNN, is launched with 1.7 million subscribers
1982
Turner Broadcasting launches CNN Headline News and thwarts a takeover attempt by Westinghouse
1984
Warner Communications sells most of its stake in Atari off to Jack Tramiel, deposed president of Commodore Computers.
1986
Time acquires Scott Foresman & Company book publishing unit
1986
Turner Broadcasting buys MGM library of movies and television shows
1987
Warner acquires Chappell Music
1988
TNT cable network launched
1989
Time Warner Inc. is formed after Time merges with Warner Communications
1989
Publishing houses Scott Foresman and Little, Brown sold off to Harper Row
1990
Entertainment Weekly is launched
1991
The Internet bulletin-board system Quantum Computer Services changes name to America Online. Steve Case is one of the company's founders
1991
The Tribune Company receives a 9% stake in AOL after making a $5 million investment in the company
1992
Gerald Levin takes control of Time Warner after death of Steven J. Ross. New York 1 News launched
1992
America Online becomes a publicly traded company
1992
Turner Broadcasting launches Cartoon Network
1993
Turner Broadcasting System merges with Castle Rock and New Line
1994
AOL reaches 1 million subscribers
1994
Turner Classic Movies is launched
1994
Warner/Chappell Music becomes the world's largest music publisher after it acquires CPP/Belwin
1994
In Style magazine is launched
1994
Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s Seagram company acquires a 14.5% stake in Time Warner
1995
AOL launches services in Europe. AOL purchases WebCrawler
1995
Time Warner acquires Houston Industries
1995
WB network broadcast network is launched
1996
Telecommunications Act of 1996. Time Warner acquires Turner Broadcasting System
1997
Time Warner sells American Lawyer magazine to investment bankers Wasserstein Perella
1997
AOL acquires CompuServe and ICQ
1998
AOL acquires Netscape
1999
AOL acquires Spinner, Winamp, SHOUTcast and DMS
1999
Turner acquires a National Hockey League expansion franchise. The Atlanta Thrashers begin play in 1999
2000
AOL acquires MapQuest
2000
Time Warner makes deal with Tribune Company for Times Mirror magazines that include Golf, Ski, Skiing, Field & Stream, and Yachting
2000
AOL and Time Warner announce their $183 billion merger. The largest corporate merger in history is finalized in January of 2001. The world's largest media and entertainment company changes name to AOL Time Warner
2001
AOL Time Warner acquires the United Kingdom's top magazine publisher, IPC Media, from Cinven for $1.67 billion.
2002
AOL Time Warner buys out AT&T's stake in Time Warner Entertainment. AOL-Time Warner then created its own cable operation while AT&T merged with Comcast.
2003
Steve Case steps down as AOL Time Warner chairman. Dick Parsons replaces Case. AOL Time Warner reports $54.24 billion quarterly loss. Company changes name back to Time Warner
2004
Time Warner sells the Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Thrashers, and Philips Arena to a local investment group
2004
The Time Warner Center opens
2004
Time Warner finalizes deal to sell the WEA CD and DVD manufacturing division to Cinram International. The company agrees to sell Warner Music Group (including its record labels Warner Brothers, Atlantic, Elektra and music publishing division Warner Chappell) to private investor group led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
2005
Ex-executive chairman Steve Case resigns from Time Warner board
2005
Time Warner donated the maximum contribution of $250,000 to George W. Bush's second presidential inauguration
2006
Global publishing company Hachette Book Group USA (HBG) acquired the Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner
2007
New CEO Jeffrey Bewkes considers such cost-trimming measures as selling AOL and Time Inc
2008
Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye, o-chairmen and CEOs of New Line Cinema, resign from their positions, protesting Bewkes' alleged plans to dissolve the movie studio into Warner Bros. and thus cut costs
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TMZ Radio THE LEFTY MEDIA MUST BE OBLITERATED..THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN

OBAMA BULLSHITS ABOUT HIS JOBS RECORD

Worried Obama Spending Millions to Hype Jobs Record

Thursday, 05 Jul 2012 07:38 AM
With four months to go until Election Day, President Obama’s well-funded campaign on the airwaves is focusing on two broad themes: that he is a fighter for the middle class who needs more time to finish the job, and that Republican rival Mitt Romney is obsessed with corporate profits to the point of being borderline unpatriotic.

“Outsourcing versus insourcing - it matters,” declares a TV ad from the Obama campaign this week that criticizes Mr. Romney for moving jobs overseas during his tenure at the helm of Bain Capital LLC, a private-equity firm. Airing in nine battleground states, it is typical of the negative ads that Mr. Obama’s Chicago team has aimed at the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Some of the commentary accuses Mr. Romney of ignoring what’s best for America.

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“Mitt Romney’s economic philosophy has always put maximizing his profits above anything else,” Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told reporters Tuesday. “Even if it means refusing to bet on America and its workers.”

Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg countered: “We are happy to put Gov. Romney’s record of job creation in the private sector, and as governor, up against President Obama’s any day.

“If President Obama had even half of Mitt Romney’s record on jobs, he’d be running on it,” she said. “But President Obama has the worst record on jobs and the economy of any president in modern history, which is why he is running a campaign based on negative attacks, distortions and distractions, not solutions.”

The Obama campaign’s attack on Mr. Romney’s record in the private sector is aided by the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA, which is run by two former Obama White House staffers, Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney. From April 10 through June 28, 100 percent of the ads sponsored by Priorities USA mentioned Bain Capital by name, according to a study by Kantar Media’s campaign media analysis group.

The president also is the target of relentlessly negative ads, funded in part by wealthy conservatives who can spend unlimited amounts independently of Mr. Romney’s campaign. Mr. Obama has worried aloud to supporters that he might be outspent in this race, and he is countering the Republican attacks with an advertising blitz in battleground states to reintroduce himself to voters.

The campaign spent $12 million on TV ads in a single week last month, after a $25 million, monthlong ad buy that ended in early June. The Obama team has purchased $6.5 million worth of airtime for TV ads during the Olympic Games in London, which begin July 27.

One Obama commercial that aired recently reminded viewers that the Great Recession began before Mr. Obama took office and recounted the president’s achievements such as rescuing the auto industry and killing Osama bin Laden.

“Some said our best days were behind us,” the ad’s narrator says. “He believed in us. He fought for us. We’re coming back.”

The president’s ads play heavily toward the female vote, citing his advocacy of equal pay for equal work and his support of contraception coverage. The campaign’s first national TV ad, which aired last month, featured actress Sarah Jessica Parker of “Sex and the City” fame, who was hosting a fundraising dinner for Mr. Obama at her home in Manhattan. In the spot, she called the president “the guy who ended the war in Iraq, the guy who says you should be able to marry anyone you want, the guy who created 4 million new jobs.”

The only time Mr. Obama’s ads mention debt is when they are talking about Mr. Romney and the debt he amassed while governor of Massachusetts.

Of the $25 million ad buy, the Obama campaign devoted $5 million each to Ohio, where the president will begin a campaign bus tour on Thursday, and to Florida, where the TV ads are continuing in a summerlong bombardment. The campaign is spending most of its Florida budget on the Interstate 4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando, a region that is home to a burgeoning Hispanic population.

“It appears that Barack Obama feels he’s in trouble in Florida,” said Republican consultant Jamie Miller of Sarasota, Fla. “Obama has come out of the gate swinging hard at Romney because it is clear that Floridians are rejecting Obama’s failed policies.”

In June, Obama for America spent more than $2.1 million on more than 2,390 TV commercials in the Orlando market, according to a review by the Orlando Sentinel. In May, the Obama campaign spent more than $2 million for 985 commercials in the same region.

The latest census figures show 4.36 million Hispanics in Florida - representing 23 percent of the state’s population. Priorities USA is also teaming with the Service Employees International Union on a $4 million Spanish-language ad campaign in Florida, Colorado and Nevada to portray Mr. Romney as uncaring about average workers.

Mr. Romney’s campaign hasn’t aired TV ads in Florida, although four Republican groups - including the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future - spent a total of $1.4 million in the Orlando TV market last month
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OBAMA CARE ABOMINATION FIGHT BACK JOIN THE CRUSADE!

ObamaCare Is A Mandatory Tax - Repeal it Now!
ALERT: The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the individual mandate within the ObamaCare law, can survive as a TAX TAKEN FROM YOU BY THE IRS rather than a mandate. Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority decision and joined the Court's liberal justices and by claiming it is a tax and not a mandate they will let it stand. Washington is not listening to America and States must Act to Stop ObamaCare.

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This Supreme Court decision flies in the face of the claim by Obama and his cronies in Congress that it is not a tax and was a mandate. Legislative history shows Congress passed ObamaCare claiming it was not a tax.

ObamaCare's government run socialized medicine is out of control. Doctors must now practice medicine according to government guidelines or else they will be sued and Americans will have the IRS taking money from your returns! Next we will be taxed for not eating government approved foods by medical edict.

All American families wanted before ObamaCare was affordable health care and insurance companies that would work side by side with doctors on medical procedures.

So far, the Senate has voted to repeal only a small part of ObamaCare. They voted to get rid of the tax reporting requirement that forces businesses to file a 1099 for every expense over $600. That would literally drown business owners (FYI Obama those are job creators) in paper work. Thankfully, that's gone. But that's only one piece of the deficit-busting bill that won't become law. Nullification is the last chance we have to get rid of ObamaCare.

Outrageously Obama and the Congress - YES, the same irresponsible Congress that raised the debt to a record $15 trillion, mandates that the "United States Preventative Services Task Force" wants to rate your medical services. Many services that get "Cs" and "Ds"--such as screening for ovarian or testicular cancer--could get terminated from coverage entirely and doctors must comply. However as long as doctors treat patients according to Obama's orders they will have immunity from malpractice lawsuits.

Think about it. The government could order doctors to give patients subpar treatments or refuse treatment all together. After all, no doctor wants to get sued. And if you do not comply the Supreme Court says you will get taxed.

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Healthcare access will be in short supply as doctors will be in scarce supply even if you can afford to find one. A Physicians Foundation Survey revealed that 40% of doctors plan to drop out of the medical field entirely! 60% said that government run healthcare will "compel them to close or significantly restrict their practices to certain categories of patients." That means Americans on Medicare or Medicaid will find it virtually impossible to receive adequate healthcare.

There is no time to waste. It's imperative that we repeal ObamaCare NOW! The liberals are doing everything they can to stop efforts to repeal ObamaCare. The House has voted 245-189 to repeal the unconstitutional law. But Harry Reid is blocking the legislation from going to the Senate. He said a Senate vote would be a waste of time because Americans want ObamaCare!

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Supreme Court Justice Nominee Elena Kagan helped craft and defend socialist healthcare while she was Obama's Solicitor General when ObamaCare by-passed a final Senate vote to make it law. Now the court has changed the law into a tax and ObamaCare was upheld by the Supreme Court that Kagan refuses to recues herself from even though her vote was clearly biased.

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Obama on "gunwalking" -HE IS A LIAR... HOLDER KNEW AND SO DID HE!!



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Wait, so we had guns going to Mexico? Fast and Furious explained EXTREMELY WELL!!

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We keep seeing reports of this “Fast and Furious” story. What are we to make of it?
Guns were being sent into Mexico.
The republicans want answers. The democrats view this as a witch hunt and the republicans merely playing politics.
Wait a minute. WHY were guns going into Mexico?
Obama has used the executive privilege to withold documents, congress has voted to hold Eric Holder in contempt. Yet others say that this really started during the Bush administration and that this is a costly waste of time.
So let me get this straight. WERE guns going into Mexico?
We do know that guns were going into Mexico. The why is much more complicated. There are different theories. We could know for sure, but the attorney general and the president are stonewalling on information.
Why does it matter? Well we had American weapons being funneled to violent people in a foreign country, for starters. Well who in the world would allow that to happen? THAT’S WHAT CONGRESS IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT! Who authorized this program? Why did they authorize it? How high did this go in the government? Who knew what and when did they know it?
At least one American federal agents was murdered on the boarder with those weapons. His family deserves answers. Holder claimed to have had known nothing. But it is known for a fact that his Chief of Staff had intimate knowledge of what was going on.
In March 23, 2011, in an interview with Univision, Obama said that neither he nor Holder had authorized Fast and Furious and that the Mexican government would have also been unaware. Obama goes as far as saying that he hadn’t even been aware of the program stating, “This is a pretty big government.” (which, ironically, might have been his only true statement in the interview.)
In another interview, Obama claimed that Holder knew nothing and that the ATF was the entity who orchestrated Fast and Furious.
May 3, 2011: While testifying to congress, Holder stated: “I’m not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.”
October 3, 2011: It came to light that Holder had actually had knowledge of this at least as early as July 5, 2010 in official briefings which were addressed specifically to Holder. This was reported by Katie Pavlich (who has a great book entitled “Fast and Furious.”)
So basically, Holder lied. And he probably knew about it before July because we now know that Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler knew about it as early as March 2010.
According to the Mexican Attorney General, at least 200 Mexicans have died from these weapons. What did Holder know? We would be able to answer that question if they would be up front with information. They’re not and they haven’t been. And now Obama is using the executive privilege to attempt shielding Holder.
June 20, 2012: Congress votes Holder in contempt for failing to provide the documents which had been subpoenad.
Some in the media are doing everything they can to downplay what has happened. MSNBC’s Martin Bashir called it “a witch hunt.” As I’ve already said, others are trying to downplay this as nothing but political posturing from the right. Really?
Can’t you at least entertain the idea that there could actually be something to this? What are the republicans trying to distract the American people from? The amazing job Obama is doing as president? Newsflash: Obama is four and a half months away from being voted out.
One liberal commentator made the cavalier statement, almost in passing, that republicans in congress have been on this for over a year. If Holder could have been forthright from the beginning, and if no wrongdoing from his department had occurred, perhaps this could have been dealt with long ago. But he not only failed to cooperate, he failed to tell the truth. But why would he lie if he did nothing wrong? If there’s nothing to hide, why won’t they turn over documents?
Some of the other attempts to mitigate the significance of Fast and Furious have been truly absurd. People have argued that it’s because of the race of the president and attorney general. Others have argued that this really began during the Bush Administration.
Really?
Holder lied to cover up something that’s Bush’s fault? That makes absolutely no sense. Fast and Furious – as a matter of fact – did NOT begin during the Bush Administration. There was a program called Operation Wide Receiver where guns were being used for the purpose of capturing drug cartels in sting operations, and this was done in conjunction with the Mexican government.
Fast and Furious was entirely different. It began and ended during Obama’s term. Fast and Furious was also a unilateral American move and was not done with Mexico.
This current issue is obviously not Bush’s fault. If it were, why on earth would the Obama Administration be stonewalling? Also, there were actually isssues with Operation Wide Receiver. The Department of Justice indicted several people connected to that program. So to try to justify Fast and Furious in light of Bush doesn’t make sense because people actually did face legal issues.
With Fast and Furious, we know Holder has lied and it appears that Obama is covering him. This could turn out to be nothing (but if it were, why the lies?) Or it could be a much more significant scandal.
There’s a conspiracy theory that the Obama Administration intentionally wanted the guns to get into Mexico to cause a spike in border violence and that they could look at the increased violence as a scapegoat reason to enact federal gun restrictions.
Absurd?
Again. That could be debunked with a transparent administration. But they’re not transparent and speculation continues to bubble.
Maybe President Romney will be able to get to the bottom of this.

OBAMA SAYS NEITHER HE NOR HOLDER KNEW ANY THING ABOUT FAST AND FURIOUS ..... NOW HOLDER SAID HE LIED AND NOW SAYS HE KNEW !!.. SO OBAMA WAS lYING WHEN HE DID THIS INTERVIEW...look at his eyes blinking you can tell!!
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Obama Birth Certificate Problems (And More) YOU SEE THE PROOF AND DECIDE FOR YOUR SELF!!


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More and more people are downloading and opening the PDF provided by the White House of Obama’s  fake “birth certificate” using Adobe Illustrator!

proof that Obama's birth certificate is a fake
Everyone who is opening it with Adobe Illustrator has a very easy time of showing the Obama birth certificate document is in fact “layered.” What that means is that instead of being a copy this document was actually “built”. If you take a copy or a scan of a document and then convert it to PDF you should not be able to peel layers off of it. It is simply one single layer. If you are able to peel layers off a document it means that these were added there  one by one as the document was being built in a PDF program such as  those made by Adobe.  Below are videos that show how they are able to peel away the layers off this document, we will keep adding them as they come in.

Obama’s fake birth certificate

Yesterday we pointed to some of the questions that arose after the Obama birth certificate announcement. Today it looks like the questions were justified!
The Conunderground thanks all those who are helping to show the world that we are being enslaved by charlatan.

I opened Obama's Birth Certificate PDF from the White House and it's a fake. I show you what I did. I'm a graphic artist and you should NOT be able to move around the different pieces of information. Guys, this is a very poor forgery. Even the dates moved around separate.

BREAKING NEWS: BUSTED! Arpaio team FINDS THE MAN who forged Obama HAWAII BIRTH CERTIFICATE!

BREAKING NEWS: BUSTED! Arpaio team FINDS THE MAN who forged Obama HAWAII BIRTH CERTIFICATE!

There is proof that Barack Obama's birth certificate, which the White House released in April 2011 is in fact a forgery and the investigation team knows who did it. Could the Presidency of Barack Obama be the biggest fraud in United States history? July 17th is when Sheriff Arpaio's investigation team will release the critical information.

STAY TUNED... LETS SEE WHO ENDS UP DEAD OF "NATURAL CAUSES"  WHEN THIS IS ABOUT TO BREAK !!

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THE RACE BAITERS ARE HOODWINKING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO FURTHER THEIR OWN AGENDA

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21 Jun 2012

Dropout America: A Manufactured Crisis

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Special Interest Group overstates US Dropout Rates and misrepresents African American Male Achievements with PSA’s


I have been challenged numerous times as of late while discussing the Black Male Dropout rate of 9.5% in 2010 unveiled in my latest film titled “HOODWINKED”.  Most recently at a rooftop media affair in New York, several television producers cited specifically an ad campaign that I am oh too familiar with. The PSA’s are a series of commercial spots with the tagline: “every 26 seconds in the U.S., a high School student drops out.” This headline was the summary retort and rebuff statement of the night in an attempt to counter the much lower dropout rates I discuss.
The first time I saw the PSA for the “26 second”  campaign was during the 2012 NBA All-Star game. LeBron James was featured in the commercial and reiterates firmly the statistic that “every 26 seconds a kid drops out of High School.”  I think there is still a pizza stain on my plasma TV from my initial response. Why such an exacerbated reaction to what most assume and have adopted as the narrative about the “Dropout Crisis in America?” you may ask. Two fold is my answer, which I will explain seriatim.
First the commercial had an African-American Male sitting on a bed (during the middle of the day) falling through his mattress into a series of shadowy settings, descending into the predictable, deleterious and “dark” outcomes faced by those who have chosen to leave high school prematurely. The problem I have with this narrative is that the societal construct around dropouts has made young Black Males the poster child of this “Crisis”.
A quick search of the Department of Education: National Center for Education High School Dropout and Completion rates reveals the following (racial) state of dropouts and the face (if any) that should have been highlighted in these types of PSA’s. According to the Department of Education, that face is  definitely not young Black Males.
From the NCES Trends in High School Dropouts and Completion Rates: (http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012006)
  • Of the 373,000 High School Dropouts in 2009 (Event Dropout – students enrolled 2008/absent 2009)
    • 160,000 were White (Non-Hispanic)
    • 114,000 were Hispanic
    • 77,000   were Black
  • Of the 3,030,000 persons between ages 16-24 without a High School Diploma or GED and not enrolled in High School (Status Dropouts/Total U.S. Dropouts)
    • 1,188,000 were White (Non-Hispanic)
    • 1,199,000 were Hispanic
    •   508,000 were Black
    • in 2006, 2007 and 2008 Black Females status dropout rate surpassed that of  Black Males
The follow up question when I present these statistics usually goes like “well aren’t African American Males disproportionately dropping out as compared to other ethnicities (or Black Males have the highest incidence of dropping out.) And while that lens gives me great pause and nocturnal reflux the percentages from the DOE still do not justify Black Males being the face of the “Dropout Crisis.”
  • Of the 373,000 High School Dropouts in 2009 (Event Dropout – started 2008/absent 2009)
    • 2.4% of all Whites Dropped out in 2009
    • 5.8% of all Hispanics Dropped out in 2009
    • 4.8% of all Blacks  Dropped out in 2009

From my research, there is an absolute disconnect between what the data states and the imagery and information we receive from special interests and media around Black Male Achievement. Of particular concern; with the advocacy of my films being “the castigation of Black Identity”, I hope you can appreciate my reservation about how negative messaging and misinformation has consequential effects on the self-perception of African Americans. The devaluation of status coupled with skewed perceptions of normative outcomes for young Black Males lowers the bar of expectations and blurs the lens on a community that has long been burdened by stereotypes, misrepresentations and inaccurate social marginalization.
Second, expanding on the point of misrepresentations, I have a larger concern around the statistical claims in the “26 second” PSA’s underwritten by State Farm and researched by The Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE). A cursory look into the AEE website finds the statement that “Every year, more than 1 million students—that’s 7,000 every school day—do not graduate from high school on time.”
Did You catch that last line? THEY DON’T GRADUATE ON TIME: So if they do not graduate on time, one should assume they are dropping out of high school, correct? Absolutely not. Herein lies the quandary and the subtle innuendo that has distorted the public perception and over dramatized the national dropout discussion. From the AEE’s own methodology they state “..to find the estimated number of students who did not graduate with the rest of their class. For the purpose of this analysis, the Alliance assumed these students to be dropouts from the Class of 2010” Remember the old adage about assuming…right?
Well I will leave you some closing bullet points of the AEE analysis of this “crisis” for you to research, digest and come to your own conclusions about the current state of High School Completions and Dropouts. With a concerted and well-informed populous, maybe next year we can curtail their attempt to interrupt my NBA all-Star game with another image distorting and data skewing PSA.
  • As reported by the Department of Education: National Center for Education Statistics ~ There is no data to support a claim that 1.3 million (AEE) students dropped out of High School in the calendar year 2010
    • The AEE took a longitudinal look at the four years of attendance for the class of 2010, found that 1.3 million did not graduate on time, assumed they were dropouts, and then left the analysis open for misinterpretation.
    • How the messaging is abbreviated, misinterpreted and finally misreported goes like this;
      • 1.3 million students did not graduate in four years or with their class
      • 1.3 million missing in the class of 2010
      • 1.3 million  dropouts in 2010 (flawed deduction)
      • that equals 7,000 dropouts per school day
      • that equals 1 dropout every 26 seconds
  • What the Dropout assumption in the AEE findings does not consider and leads to multiple errors in its conclusions are as follows:
    • Metropolitan Statistical Area and interstate  mobility of students between 9th and 12th grade. (students moving from one area to another during the four year period counts against graduation rates of the baseline school)
    • Grade Repetition Rates (students having to repeat a grade during the four year period counts against graduation rates).
Finally, take the Dropout Challenge yourself (from the film HOODWINKED, read the graphs and draw your own conclusions.
08 Aug 2011

THE FINAL SOLUTION?

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If I can convince you to buy into a problem, then you have to purchase my solution.
Janks Morton
At this point in my life, I have grown quite weary of the dysfunctional and symbiotic relationship between special interest, media and government. What I have found is that too often, especially as it relates to the African American community, stereotypes, mischaracterizations, hyperbole, myth, and just out right unsubstantiated claims are not only tolerated but often encouraged in our public discourse. Regardless of the mechanism that is utilized to launch this misinformation, mostly, unexamined claims about the status of blacks in this country woefully compound and exacerbate an all-ready debilitating, if not denigrating dialogue .
This past Sunday morning proved to be no different, as sadly, I saw the Wall Street Journal make its entree into the swirling cesspool of unverified, anecdotal and inflammatory assertions, as well as a retread postulate based on faulty analysis and the skewing of statistics. What was most disturbing was the author’s attempt to ratify a timorously inadequate social proposition with flawed logic and poor statistical interpretation.
In the article by Professor Ralph Richard Banks titled “An Interracial Fix for Black Marriage “ Prof. Banks’ states that “ the most unmarried group of people in the U.S.: black women. “ and “Black women confront the worst relationship market of any group…and they have needlessly worsened their situation by limiting themselves to black men.”
On the surface his claims may seem to be valid. Especially if we cross-pollinate his thesis with the statistics advanced by former stand-up comedian turned relationship guru Steve Harvey. In a national media campaign, Mr. Harvey claimed that 42% of African American women have never been married. Mr. Harvey, was fully endorsed by ABC News, Tyra Banks, Essence Magazine and The god-mother-of-them-all Oprah Winfrey. Subsequently, after a series of Townhall meetings, Radio and Television appearances, Mr. Harvey summarily outlines what he believes to be the underlying pathology and true causality of the plight of the unwed African American Woman. The African American Man.
In a similar narrative Prof. Banks’ article utilizes varied social, education and incarceration data to identify further the culprit in the dire quest for marriage of African-American women. Through his analysis, the responsibility rests squarely upon the shoulders of the unemployed, under-employed, overly-incarcerated, under-educated, immature, white woman lusting, secretly homosexual, emotionally unavailable on the verge of extinction African American Male. I may have taken some artistic license with the previous descript, however an examination of the commentary around this issue will validate my comments as a non-embellishment.
What I find most peculiar about this ongoing debate, was not once have I ever heard anyone mention through this national crisis of coupling, the one counter-balancing statistic from the same data set (American Community Survey: US Census Department-2007.)
HEADLINE: 44% of African American Males have never been married either. A statistic that if juxtaposed against Prof. Banks assertions, completely invalidates the proposition that African American women are the most unmarried group in this country. Moreover, this statistic opens up a more expansive conversation as to why are (blacks, if you must) and Americans marrying later and at lower rates than generations prior. But that conversation won’t get you a seat on any talk show or make your book a best-seller. I wonder if the Wall Street Journal still has an assignment desk dedicated to fact-checking?
Prof. Banks, as well as other social commentators, in their myopically skewed perspectives and continual “analysis” of modern-era black relationships, have found themselves a comfortable niche’ in the ongoing plight of African-American Women. An over-simplified and too oft quoted narrative, that in no way gives a fair representation of the African-American community. The Problem with Black Marriage is always African-American Men. A Narrow minded, divisive and over-generalizing ideologue; flawed in its inception. misleading at a minimum and malicious at its worst. So if Prof. Banks precursory presumptions are flawed(which an unbiased examination of the facts reveals), then I propose the solution Prof. Banks advances must be as equally flawed (if not preposterous).
“if more black women married non-black men, then more black men and women might, in time, marry each other”.
I would love to see the editorial response column to an article summarily recommending that Caucasian Women should consider marrying outside their race in order to address the declining marriage rates in the White community. As my grandfather use to say, “that dog don’t hunt”, and the backlash would be overwhelming. Unfortunately, this is the Black Community and media, government and Prof. Banks have been given latitude to propose any fool-hearty postulate because “we” are in such a “crisis”.
As a law professor I would expect Prof. Banks to know the fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc. (after this therefore because of this) and to try to propose that increases in interracial marriage rates will in turn positively effect intraracial marriage rates is absurd . As an academic I would expect at least an opinion removed and more objective analysis of the social evidence. As a black man I would expect you to have an interest in providing viable solutions for a people desperately seeking answers. But in the end, maybe I expect too much.
Prof. Banks as well as others in this discussion are utilizing a biased methodology, to further launch an unfair and unrighteous smear upon black male identity, while simultaneously insulting the intellect of African American women. Prof. Banks is misusing partial information as an emotional appeal to Black women, manipulating a circumstance to capitalize on the fracture in modern-era black relationships. A fracture that has lead to ratings, print articles, Internet blogs, talk shows oh and Prof. Banks’ latest entry into this discourse. “Is Marriage for White People?” Published by Stanford Law School, due out in September. Another caretaker exploiting the misinformation, proposing the tag-line of a book as a solution, for the betterment of his checking account.
28 Jul 2011

I CAN’T GET MY HAIR WET

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While sitting and observing people at play at our local community swimming pool yesterday, I watched a disturbing process transpire involving of a young African American girl.  I had to watch how the contorted sociological characterization of race has  not only devastating social consequences, but  psychological and spiritual ramifications as well. However, what pained me most in watching her struggles was no child (or adult) should ever have to carry such a burden .During the lazy hot days of summer vacation,  the most difficult decision a child should ever have to make is “how much fun can I have today”
For the “diverse” readers of this article, especially my more conservative followers, you will probably be taken immediately aback by the mere mention of Pastor Jeremiah Wright. Seriously, I am oh too familiar with his condemnation of America from the pulpit, and I will probably be dismissed, decried or protested just on the mere mention of his name. Well, on this day and in this moment, because of the following sequence of events, I heard Jeremiah’s tirade in my head. I was hurt,and angry because a young black girl had exacted a self-imposed cultural isolation, and the only reason she did so was because she was “black”. What I would like to propose is that maybe a closer and more in-depth examination of a society that obsessively reinforces a message of race may ultimately be doing more harm than good while also giving me (short-term) license to explain why the Pastor’s words were ringing in my ears..
Let me try to make sense of all this for you. This sweet and charming young girl had to sit on the sidelines of our community pool on a beautiful summer afternoon and rationalize her inability to jump into the deep end. Defiantly, and with  grace she watched as all the other children from our community enjoyed a day of splashing, squirting, jumping, screaming, marco-poloing and rough-housing without a single care in the world. Our community is extremely diverse, Black, Hispanic, White, Middle eastern, and all were enjoying what is our local swimming hole. So why was this girl forced to sit on the perimeter as an observer you may ask? What did she do to deserve such a punishment? What transgression forced her to put on a dismissive mask while internally wanting nothing else than to join the other children? Most African American women know exactly were this is headed while my more “diverse” readers may be looking for some clarification.
Simply, this beautiful child’s egregious violation was this: The day prior she had spent 4 hours in a very hot “beauty” salon, getting her hair flat-ironed and pressed. And during an invitation from the other kids for her to jump in, she responded
“I can’t get my hair wet”
At this juncture I would strongly recommend viewing the documentary “Good Hair” by Chris Rock to make you current on the trials and tribulations African American women (and young girls) have to suffer in order to maintain differing  socially acceptable” hairstyles. Mr. Rock does a wonderful job of examining the historical, cultural and sociological impacts of “processed” vs. “natural hair. My intent in this article is to drive home the more psychological consequences and the detriment to our own sense of self-worth by trying to conform to a euro-construct of black racial identity. An identity that ultimately is still largely misunderstood, maligned and looked down upon by the larger society. And then I’ll try to explain why Jeremiah Wright reverberated in my amygdala..
In the artificial construct of race, varying groups are basically devolved to three superficial features, with very little regard for cultural and sociological identity. Mostly, if we define ourselves by “race”, we can be categorized either by skin color, facial features (lip thickness, nose width, eye folds) and lastly, hair texture. Our own perception of what is normative and acceptable from a societal definition, has led to a skin-whitening, nose slimming, hair-obliterating sub-culture in Black America in order to project what we perceive to be a standard of beauty. And according to Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa, in a Psychology Today (peer-reviewed) article, even with all of our efforts to assimilate, the author’s postulate “‘Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?’ actually was a plausible theorem in his circles, until catching the wrath of those he attempted to denigrate.
So back to our twelve-year-old and what does all this mean. About a go zillion dollars is spent annually to burn, lye, condition and some other techniques I am unfamiliar with, to make young black girls and black women’s hair fit into some whittled down narrative of what is pleasing, acceptable and respectable. Subtly and overtly the over arching message is that natural black hair is less attractive and undesirable. A message ultimately forcing this beautiful child to sit detached from the joys of her peers were enjoying. All because chlorine water would restore her hair to it’s natural, glorious and wavy beauty. All the while not to forget that she didn’t want to also stay in the sun all day and possibly get too dark. So she sat, and she watched the days festivities never fully being able to participate. (I could probably write a whole section here on complexion obsession, however I think filmmaker Bill Duke is about to explore that subject matter thoroughly)
As I watched the multi-cultural experience of all the children at my community pool, this African American girl’s situation began to infuriate me. What type of system deprives an entire race of their humanity, by trying to establish a sub-genus ratified by an obtuse biblical reference and bad eugenics based science to support the subjugation of an entire culture based on superficial features? What type of persons or principalities, would perpetuate an ideologue of inadequacy in order to assert a faux affirmation of their superiority and while advancing the concept of inferiority of all things not-of-their-race? What kind of sinister plot would advocate the distortion of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual experience of a peoples, in order to coerce them to integrate and assimilate into a culture? A culture that while professing  “equality for all”, continually reinforces a message encouraging groups to vie for racial superiority (Dr. Kanazawa is Asian).
Simply, a broken and fallen world system, designed to affirm the inadequate, dismiss the truth, and promote conflict amongst our humanity, further negating our ability to connect to each other as one race. The Human Race.
So I found Dr. Jeremiah Wright ringing in my ear, with a slight twist to the focal point of his tirade. While America has definitely played its part in the history of racial strife, I think it more appropriate to curse the source. That source which seeks to utilize any and all things wicked to distract us all from our access to the divine.
And that has nothing to do with race.
P.S., I think I forgot to mention that the twelve-year-old girl was my daughter…And as a non-residential parent, I wasn’t about to challenge this cultural ideologue with every woman in my daughter’s life by throwing her in the pool. I’m not that
crazy.
12 Jul 2011

Dr. Boyce, Michael Eric Dyson, Steve Perry, Marc Lamont Hill Sign on For New Film

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Dr. Boyce Watkins, along with other leading black male scholars have all agreed to take part in “Hoodwinked,” a documentary about the state of the black male in America.
According to the filmmaker, James “Janks” Morton, describes the film in the following way:
ARTICLE CONTINUES HERE:
01 Jun 2011

HOODWINKED

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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. – Booker T. Washington
For over four-hundred years, the majority white society has used many tools to reinforce a message that the peoples of African descent are less-than, not-equal-too or not-good enough. In this modern era of information, the media, government and special interests use statistics to further promote the message of Black inferiority. What troubles me most, is that we as a people have internalized the misinformation, embraced the myths, and perpetuated the stereotypes, sadly reinforcing a collective misperception of our own identities.
Travel to any Black-owned barbershop or beauty salon on a Saturday afternoon, and you will hear some of the most outlandish, unsubstantiated and unverifiable (statistical) claims about the state of today’s African-American Male. I sit in barber chairs across this country and hear “you know half of em’ been locked up, most of em’ dropped out of high school, and all of em’ are marrying white women.” I sit mostly in silence, because the truth about the great economic and educational strides of today’s Black Male usually starts an emotional and fiery debate. And mostly, the barbershop is a place where truth, statistics and evidence gets trumped by whoever shouts the loudest.
If I can give Black America one teachable lesson, it would be this “Never trust a man (or woman) who quotes a statistic that ends in either a five or a zero.” “25% of this, 50% of that, 75% of these” are usually opinion or conjecture, and seldom if ever valid. Fives and zeros are the numbers of men and are usually flawed (look at your fingers).
This “fives-and-zeros” rule is what led me to my initial research into carving out positive statistics about African-Americans in 2005. Former NPR correspondent Juan Williams in a debate with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson blurted out a statistic that 70% of African-American children were being born out-of-wedlock. Of course I cried foul, and headed to the census.gov to fact-check Mr. William’s claim.  That initial research is what has motivated me to look for positive data about Blacks, and attempt to offset the constant negative messaging etched into our minds. Be it graduation rates, enrollment rates, income or social data, I believe that in our hearts, we all need to hear more “good news” about Blacks in this country.
My research gave me insights as to how 21st century “information overload” can lead to all types of statistical confusion. Too often in our discourse we combine the economic, the educational, employment and social statistics to form a distorted perception of the modern-era African-American experience. Couple that with the constant bombardment by news outlets and entertainment media of the less-than-desirable Black behaviors; consequently you have a people who are ill equipped to stand confident in their own achievements.
Here’s a quick test of how we perceive ourselves – Excluding Athletics, Entertainment or Religion, name a positive stereotype about African Americans. I’ll wait…
Most African-Americans have a challenging, if not impossible time summarizing our collective experience into one positive statement of group-worth. Sadly if I were to ask you the same question about other racial groups, you would rattle off quickly “smart,” “hard-working,” “and “good with money.” This is a testament to how we have allowed Black identity to be twisted and maligned, while also adopting this societal defamation of character as our own belief set.
So with that, I believe that it is absolutely necessary for another message to be forwarded about what is means to be Black in America. WE can no longer depend on any organization, any government or any media outlet to shine the positive light of who WE are. WE can no longer afford to define ourselves by our shortcomings. WE have got to shout confidently, that WE are much more than the incarcerated, the uneducated, or the prime time buffoon.
My final challenge to you, as a Black American, would be this. If XYZ actor gets caught cheating on their spouse, you head right to the local internet search engine to fact-check the story. The Internet has become the great equalizer in this struggle, and your government has made most data freely accessible. The next time you hear any data or statistics about Blacks, anywhere, be just as diligent in your search to confirm or dismiss the story. Because, as I see it, the ratings, the notoriety, and the funding will always promote the negative statistics about Black Americans.
In closing, here are some verified African American Male statistics on education, economics and employment. Statistics you probably have never heard. Statistics I would challenge you to try discussing on your next visit to the local stylist, academic setting, or community activist meeting. What will sadden you most is to watch the debate, watch the resistance, and watch the denial from people who desire most to hold on to false claims about us… myths, stereotypes and misinformation that only perpetuates the denigration of us all.
·       There are more Black Males in College[1] than in Jails, Prisons, Private Corrections, Military Jails and Institutions for the Criminally Insane combined[2] (1,236,443 in College/841,000 Incarcerates – regardless of age)
·       4 to 1: The ratio of 18-24 year old Black Males in College[3] vs. Jails, Prisons, Private Corrections, Military Jails and Institutions for the Criminally Insane[4].
(674,000 in College/164,400 Incarcerates)
  • 32.3% (1 in 3) Black Males ages 18-24 are enrolled in College[5]
(674,000 in College/2,082,000 Total)
  • 1.37 to 1: The ratio of 18-24 year old Black Females enrolled in College to Black Males[6].
(930,000 Black Females Enrolled/674,000 Black Males Enrolled)
  • 6.3%: Black Males (age 18-55+) enroll in College at a higher rate by sex than White Males and Hispanic Males and are surpassed only by Asian Males[7].
(Black Males is 6.3%, White Males is 5.8%, Hispanic Males is 4.7%, and Asian Males is 9.7%)
  • 25.1% of Black Males (age 25 or over) have either an Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Professional, or Doctoral Degree[8].
(2,519,000 with Degrees/10,018,000 Total)
  • 82.1% of Black Males (age 18 or over) have at least a High School Diploma or GED[9] .
(9,897,000 with HS Diploma or GED/12,044,000 Total)
  • 12.1%:  The Black Male Dropout Rate[10] (ages 16-24) for 2008.
(301,000 Dropouts/2,583,000 Total)[11]
  • 5.1%: Percent of married Black Men who marry White Women[12]
(279,000 Black Husband-White Wife/5,654,000 Married Black Men)
  • 88.8%: Percent of Black Males earning income[13] ages 25-64 (employment)
(7,899,000 Employed/8,893,000 Total)
  • $23,738: Average Income for Black Males[14] 15 and older
$19,470 Average Income Black Females
  • 1,812,000 The number of Black Men making $50,000/year or more[15]
  • 71.6% of Black Men pay their agreed to or Court Awarded Child Support[16]
(855,000 Payers/1,194,000 Recipients)
  • $253 Billion: Total Income earned by Black Males[17] (15 and over)
($262 Billion earned by Black Females)
  • 13,104,000 Total Black Men age 15 or over[18]
(15,816,000 Total Black Females age 15 or over)

[1] National Center for Education Statistics: iPeds data set, March 2011 – reporting Scholastic Year 2009
[2] Bureau of Justice Statistics: Prison and Inmates at Midyear 2009 – June 2010)
[3] US Census Bureau: American Community Survey: Table 1.  Enrollment Status of the Population 3 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Foreign Born, and Foreign-Born Parentage:  October 2009
[4] Bureau of Justice Statistics: Prison and Inmates at Midyear 2009 – June 2010
[5] US Census Bureau: American Community Survey: Table 1.  Enrollment Status of the Population 3 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Foreign Born, and Foreign-Born Parentage:  October 2009
[6] US Census Bureau: American Community Survey: Table 1.  Enrollment Status of the Population 3 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Foreign Born, and Foreign-Born Parentage:  October 2009
[7] US Census Bureau: American Community Survey: Table 1.  Enrollment Status of the Population 3 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Foreign Born, and Foreign-Born Parentage:  October 2009
[8] U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement
[9] U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement
[10] National Center for Education Statistics: Table A-19-2.  Number of status dropouts and status dropout rates of 16-through 24-year-olds – American Community Survey (ACS) 2008)
[11] 2,583,000 includes individuals reporting Black A.O.I.C. US Census data are individuals reporting Black Alone
[12] U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Social and Economic Supplement: 2003 Current Population Survey, Current Population Reports, Series P20-553, “America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2003″ and earlier reports.
[13] U.S. Census Bureau, PINC-01. Selected Characteristics of People 15 Years Old and Over by Total Money Income in 2009, Work Experience in 2009, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[14] U.S. Census Bureau, PINC-01. Selected Characteristics of People 15 Years Old and Over by Total Money Income in 2009, Work Experience in 2009, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[15] U.S. Census Bureau, PINC-05. Work Experience in 2009–People 15 Years Old and Over by Total Money Earnings in 2009, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[16] U.S. Census Bureau, Child Support Payments Agreed to or Awarded Custodial Parents by Selected Characteristics and Sex: 2007
[17] U.S. Census Bureau, PINC-08. Source of Income in 2009-People 15 Years Old and Over, By Income of Specified Type in 2009, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[18] U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2009.
About the Author:  JANKS MORTON is the founder of iYAGO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC, a multimedia production company. He states “the company came into existence to reflect both the consciousness and the unconsciousness soul of Black America.  Janks is an award winning filmmaker who shook up the world with his movie “What Black Men Think.” He’s also the author of the book, “Why He Hates You.”  Janks has been in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years


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