Offended By Yard Art. . .

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Free Speech, Opinion, Race, Shera Crossan

“Say no to the ghetto. White Power. Mt. Greenwood, the next Englewood.” He also hung a white noose next to the sign.
When confronted by a reporter with Fox-TV, Corrigan claimed the display was “yard art.”

Apparently, Corrigan has not broken any laws, even though plenty of people will see his sign as offensive and racist.
Although the [...]

Teachers Must Log Playground Taunts for Government Database

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Education, Events, Feedback, Free Speech, Opinion

Heads will be forced to list children as young as five on school ‘hate registers’ over everyday playground insults.  Even minor incidents must be recorded as examples of serious bullying and details kept on a database until the pupil leaves secondary school.
Teachers are to be told that even if a primary school child uses homophobic [...]

An Advocate for Equal Justice

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Editorials, Opinion

Providing poor defendants effective appointed counsel is more than a constitutional obligation. It is a concrete measure of the nation’s commitment to equal justice under law. Yet indigent defense offices across the nation have been allowed to sink into crisis. They have fallen victim to insufficient financing, overwhelming caseloads and a slew of policies that [...]

Different drug problem……………………

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Editorials, Feedback, Free Speech, Opinion

Editor’s note:
The following letter has appeared on the internet and was viewed by many readers. Many felt it would be appropriate for the readers of Avoyelles Parish.
The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked [...]

NAACP urges Frankel to take action over racist videos

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Opinion, Race, Shera Crossan

The president of the local chapter of the NAACP is urging Mayor Lois Frankel to take swift and strong action against those who posted a racist video on the Internet, lampooning a city firefighter who has spent years trying to prove he’s been overlooked for promotions because he’s black.
Even if the city [...]

State of Union “degenerated to a political pep rally.”

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Opinion, Politics

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama’s State of the Union address was “very troubling” and the annual speech has “degenerated to a political pep rally.”
Obama chided the court, with the justices seated before him in their black robes, for its decision on a campaign [...]

Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin,

Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Education, Opinion, Religion, Science and Technology, Shera Crossan

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn’t taken a friend’s advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old’s biology lessons.
Mule’s precocious daughter Elizabeth excels at science and has been studying tarantulas since she was 5. But she watched Elizabeth’s excitement turn to confusion when they reached the [...]

Toxic Islam – A Food Theory of Culture

Posted on 06. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Feedback, Immigration, Opinion

By Fjordman Created 2010-01-19 12:14
I have been developing a “food theory of culture” with one of my friends. A good meal should consist of a variety of foods. Even excellent ingredients will become boring if you rely on just [...]

3 White Teachers Removed From Class Over Black Hero Choices

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Education, Opinion, Race, Shera Crossan

Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers accused of giving children portraits of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade have been removed from their classrooms,
Children from other classes at the school displayed photos of more appropriate black role models, such as Nelson Mandela, Harriet Tubman and President Barack [...]

Thought criminal Ernst Zundel is released from a German dungeon

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Education, Free Speech, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion

1. Ernst  Zundel is out of prison after seven years

2. Persecuted German home schoolers granted asylum in the U.S.
Michael Hoffman’s note: Mr. Zundel is under a gag and his freedom of speech severely curtailed, so it is not accurate to say he is “free.” He has, rather, been released from a German dungeon. By “coincidence,” [...]

Farrakhan Blasts “White Right” For Causing Problems For Obama

Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Opinion, Politics, Race, Religion

(AP)
Racist Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan blasted the “white right” for causing problems radical far left President Barack Obama.
Jammie Wearing Fool reported this from the AP:
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan claims the “white right” is trying to make Barack Obama a one-term president.
The 76-year-old says the stalling of health care legislation is proof.
Farrakhan [...]

Free Speech or Something Like That

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Free Speech, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Race, Shera Crossan

Ky. man, New Saxon, Free Speech, Obama
Although speech is freer in the United States than in many societies, federal and state laws do restrict many kinds of expression. Some kinds of speech regarded as damaging to individual interests (e.g., libel and slander) are limited primarily by the threat of tort action; other forms of speech [...]

Nothing Old Fashioned About Resepct or Good Manors

Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Education, Opinion, Shera Crossan

In addition to the three R’s, boys at one Arizona public high school have spent the past year learning to open doors for girls, pull out chairs for their female classmates and stand when a girl enters a room.

Incorporating etiquette lessons into the classroom was the brainchild of Cord Ivanyi, a Latin teacher at Gilbert [...]

Elton John Claims Jesus Was Gay

Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Arts/Entertainment, Opinion, Religion

Just Jared has a few juicy tidbits from Elton John’s upcoming interview with Parade Magazine, but there’s one that’ll let you know the Rocket Man hasn’t lost his verve for controversy.
Check out these controversial stars.
Choice quote: ‘I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the [...]

Facebook, Teacher, Opinion, Protected

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Education, Free Speech, Opinion, Shera Crossan

The score is 2-1 in favor of the First Amendment when it comes to three federal rulings this month on the limits of students’ online, off-campus speech.

The latest ruling, which supports the student, concerned a former Florida high senior who was reprimanded for “cyberbullying” a teacher on Facebook. Katherine Evans, now 20, was suspended two [...]

Political Ills by Hewitt E Moore

Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Free Speech, Opinion, Politics

As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, one must ponder the fate of the future. Our society revels in trends and technological advancement, yet plunders with regard to the ills of its populace. As
life spans increase, thanks to the marvels of medicinal advancements, our tolerance for parasitic cancers are swayed by the [...]

Confessions of a Retail Manager/Professional Tounge Biter

Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Opinion, Shera Crossan

Working in retail is by no means a glamorous job, but it is honest, decent work, and if you stick with it, the best way for those of us who decided college was overrated to make a real living. (And yes, dear reader, I do realize the college decision was ill advised.)
The worst thing about [...]

Attention All MudSluts Flyers distributed in Boise

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Education, Free Speech, Opinion, Race, Shera Crossan

BOISE — Several people are concerned and offended about flyers showing up in downtown Boise, including the area around Boise High and the downtown YMCA.
The flyers target African-Americans.
They have been placed on cars for the last few weeks.
No one knows who’s doing it, but many people want to see it stopped.
The flyer uses a slang [...]

Michael Vick on What He Learned in Jail

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Feedback, Opinion, Race, Shera Crossan

ESSENCE.com: Last year at this time, Michael Vick was behind bars watching the Super Bowl. For as talented a football player as Vick, it is easy to understand why that must have been so difficult. In 2001, Vick was the overall #1 draft pick and was signed to the Atlanta Falcons, where he shined. But [...]

eBay bans sale of ‘racist’ family board game!

Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Arts/Entertainment, Audio-Video, Opinion, Shera Crossan

London, Jan 29 (ANI): The sale of a family board game based on sitcom Dad’s Army has been prohibited after a swastika was found on its box. Internet auction site eBay
removed the game, labelling it “offensive material” since it could stir racial and religious hatred and incite violence. David Davidson, a retired bank [...]

Push to send FEMA trailers to Haiti

Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Health, Opinion, Race

“Just go ahead and sign their death certificate,” said Paul Nelson of Coden, Ala., who contends his mother died because of formaldehyde fumes in a FEMA trailer.
The 100,000 trailers became a symbol of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s bungled response to Katrina. The government had bought the trailers to house victims of the 2005 storm, [...]

No army as moral as ours, says Israel

Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, War Coverage

Israel has submitted its official response to a United Nations report which accuses it and Hamas of war crimes during last year’s Gaza war.
The UN Human Rights Council in its report warned Israel and Hamas that allegations of possible war crimes would be forwarded to the International Criminal Court unless they take steps to investigate [...]

Help Wanted: No Skills Required At All

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Hidden Crimes, Opinion

When it comes to hiring staff, there are plenty of legal pitfalls employers need to watch out for these days.
So recruitment agency boss Nicole Mamo was especially careful to ensure her advert for hospital workers did not offend on grounds of race, age or sexual orientation.
However, she hadn’t reckoned on discriminating against a wholly different [...]

Don’t send your money to Haiti. . .

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Commentary, Feedback, Opinion, Real History

Why Do Only White People Discuss Race on TV?

Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Opinion, Race, Shera Crossan

by:Raina Kelley
I’m sorry, but if I have to use Senator Reid’s private remarks describing Obama as “light-skinned” and praising his lack of a “Negro dialect” as a teachable moment for America, then this country is in an even greater state of denial (when it comes to race relations) than I even thought possible.
Because while I [...]

Charlie Brown Celebrates MLK Jr. Day

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Race, Shera Crossan

Interesting how Youtube keeps this video up after 300K + views, but closes the entire account of anyone posting anything about the Jews, sometimes before the clock strikes midnight of the very night it [the video] was posted.

$65, tourists get peek at L.A.gangland

Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Events, Feedback, Opinion, Shera Crossan

Fear of violence grows in mountaintop mining fight

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Events, Opinion, Science and Technology, Shera Crossan

— It was the slap heard ’round the coalfields: Cordelia Ruth Tucker, wearing the fluorescent-striped shirt of a miner, strode past West Virginia state troopers and into a stream of marchers protesting mountaintop removal mining to deliver an audible smack.
The 54-year-old Rock Creek woman isn’t talking as she awaits trial on a battery charge. Her [...]

Duke LaCrosse Coach Resigns. . .

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Education, Hidden Crimes, Opinion, Race, Top Stories

Duke University ’s lacrosse coach resigned Wednesday and the school canceled the rest of the season amid a burgeoning scandal involving allegations that three players on the team raped a stripper at an off-campus party.
“When it was offered, I thought it was highly appropriate,” Duke President Richard Brodhead said of coach Mike Pressler ’s decision to resign. [...]

Nixon’s Ghetto Obsession

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Free Speech, Opinion, Politics, Race, Real History, Shera Crossan

Poor Richard Nixon, just when it looked like the indelible tag history stamps on him as an arch racial bigot might fade into dim memory, a 1971 Nixon campaign document “Dividing the Democrats” the National Archives released has plastered the tag back on him. Nixon’s freshly surfaced racial dirty trick scheme was to spread bumper [...]

Muslim objections to new flight security measures

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in 9/11, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Immigration, Opinion, Race, Religion, Shera Crossan

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is objecting to new measures announced by the Transportation Security Administration over the weekend that focus on flights from 13 Muslim-majority countries.
The move follows the attempt by a Muslim from Nigeria to blow up an airliner from Amsterdam as it landed in Detroit on Christmas Day.
The 14 nations on the [...]

‘today Detroit, tomorrow America.’

Posted on 02. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Commentary, Feedback, Opinion

I’m tired of being tired and worried. The twist and turns of this monster are not fun anymore. It’s not fun knowing more than my friends…It’s not fun feeling so alone…It’s not fun seeing my children suffer…This crap isn’t fun anymore

Aviation Security and the Israeli Model

Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by Shera Crossan in 9/11, Editorials, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan

A Room for Debate forum on Monday discussed ways to deal with terrorist attacks on commercial airplanes. A number of readers suggested that the United States adopt Israel’s tough air safety system. Is that option desirable or even possible here?

Questions Asked
Boarding a plane at Ben Gurion airport, shoes aren’t removed (no stocking feet!), passengers aren’t [...]

Bell due to have Queens street named after him

Posted on 30. Dec, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Opinion, Race, Top Stories

Police shooting victim Sean Bell is due to get a Queens street named after him by the City Council next week, after a Council committee approved it Thursday.
The proposed Sean Bell Way would be on a block of Liverpool St. where the unarmed Bell died in a hail of 50 police bullets as he left a [...]

National ID Cards Solve Nothing

Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

December 28, 2009
Department of Homeland Security Issues Terrorist ID Cards
Department of Homeland Security today said it was instituting a bold new series of security measures, including issuing an official “proof of terrorism” I.D. card.
“All potential terrorists must have the terrorist I.D. card in order to be barred from boarding,” said Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano. [...]