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Apparently the buy black movement is growing and there are real consequences if you don’t.

Joyce Johnson, the former president and CEO of the nonprofit Black Equity Alliance, said its board of directors ousted her after she endorsed Bloomberg in March.

Bloomberg, an independent, could find himself running against Democratic city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who is black.

Johnson said a board member told her “it would not look good” for the president of the BEA to endorse Bloomberg.

BEA, which supports black and poor communities in the city, objected because Bloomberg is “white and Jewish,” according to a suit Johnson has filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.

She alleged the organization wants to “thwart, even by unlawful means, if necessary, the re-election of Mayor Bloomberg based on his race.”

Buying black and selling out blacks. Progress indeed.

Janeane Garofalo appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann to provide her perspective on the Tea Parties that occurred across the nation on April 15, 2009.

Finally a clear and honest opinion from the Socielites!  While some of the media elite desperately cling to the hope that if they cram their gratuitous tea-bagging shtick down the public’s throat long enough, people will become more receptive to their other debasing ideas. Garofalo’s reaction, on the other hand, is uncensored yet crystallized.  Garofalo has never been a funny “ha-ha” kind of gal, she’s never been one for telling jokes… that’s just not her strong suit.  Garofalo gives her raw perspective on issues and either you get it or you don’t.

Clearly Olbermann gets her.  I mean he doesn’t even challenge her once.  Frankly, it’s as though he invited Garofalo onto Countdown just to commiserate over the Tea Parties and its participants.  Why?  The media elite have been trivializing these Tea Parties for weeks now.  Why still dwell on the inconsequential now that they are over?  Because they are scared to death. 

The Socielites didn’t create this powerful movement… they didn’t control the people and they didn’t control the message.  This wasn’t a staged protest organized and funded by the usual suspects.  This wasn’t an opportunity to express the typical liberal talking points.  The idea that regular Americans found a common bond stronger than geography, socio-economic class, gender, race, or political affiliation is frightening to a group that relies on pitting Americans against one another along these very lines.  The fact that over 250,000 red, white, and blue Americans across the nation said enough is enough with giving up their rights and money to fund another socialist amusement park destined to fail like the rest is antithetical to their very core.

So Garofalo’s reaction is completely rational for a group that has finally secured its hands around the neck of America and is now threatened by a counter-movement that defies political party.  However, unable or unwilling to accept this “game-changer” she has nothing to offer but the same irrational liberal arguments.  Her interview is what, 5 minutes long?  In that short time she manages to tie-in the right-wing conspiracy, anti-government sentiment, immigration, a dumbed-down segment of society prone to disinformation and violence, and mental disorder all wrapped within the context of racism.  Some Socielites might try to distance themselves from Garofalo’s honesty but notice that they don’t denounce it either.  This is what they believe, pure and simple.

Make no mistake, the Socielites are afraid of the American people but what they will do out of their own fear has me scared.  For the past several years it was easy to ignore the shouting on the left but now they actually control the executive and legislative branches of our government.  So when elites who already look down upon the masses start feeling threatened by these ignoble savages, think what would you do if you saw an ant at your picnic.  Listen to Garofalo’s perspective again and ask yourself if it sounds like Homeland Security’s recent “right-wing extremism” assessment.

Today during a joint press conference in Ankara, Obama addressed improving U.S. and Turkey relations, the war in Afghanistan, and Islam.    Oh, and Obama compared Turkey’s current treatment of Kurds and Armenians with America’s continuing struggle with racism.

In the last several years, you have abolished state-security courts and expanded the right to counsel. You have reformed the penal code, and strengthened laws that govern the freedom of the press and assembly. You lifted bans on teaching and broadcasting Kurdish, and the world noted with respect the important signal sent through a new state Kurdish television station.

These achievements have created new laws that must be implemented, and a momentum that should be sustained. For democracies cannot be static - they must move forward. Freedom of religion and expression lead to a strong and vibrant civil society that only strengthens the state, which is why steps like reopening the Halki Seminary will send such an important signal inside Turkey and beyond. An enduring commitment to the rule of law is the only way to achieve the security that comes from justice for all people. Robust minority rights let societies benefit from the full measure of contributions from all citizens.

I say this as the President of a country that not too long ago made it hard for someone who looks like me to vote. But it is precisely that capacity to change that enriches our countries. Every challenge that we face is more easily met if we tend to our own democratic foundation. This work is never over. That is why, in the United States, we recently ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed, and prohibited - without exception or equivocation - any use of torture.

Another issue that confronts all democracies as they move to the future is how we deal with the past. The United States is still working through some of our own darker periods. Facing the Washington monument that I spoke of is a memorial to Abraham Lincoln, the man who freed those who were enslaved even after Washington led our Revolution. And our country still struggles with the legacy of our past treatment of Native Americans.

The high regard he’s paid to Iran, Strasbourg, Prague, and now Turkey make you wonder why he even wants to be an American especially in light his own remarks.