Jack & Jill Politics

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Fight With EMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluItc365hU

http://www.prisonplanet.com/cops-stop-ambulance...

Oklahoma State Troopers Stop Ambulance With A Patient Inside For Failing To Yield & Slams Trained EMT Against The Side Of EMT's Ambulance!



Jesus Christ! The Trooper need to be fired. The EMT was transporting a patient to the hospital. OMG!

Un-freaking-believable.

if we want change in our our inner-city school systems we need more young and intelligent Blacks to get in the teaching proffession that are willing to work in inner city and rural area schools b/c we can't expect others to go all out when it comes to educating our youngsters....and I agree that this article is trying to imply that the top educators are white if that were the case our kids would be doing much better in schools b/c the majority of teachers in this country are white females.....and yes a lot of public schools are acutually WORST then they were before integration

co-sign... That is the point that I was trying to make. There is a college program called "Call Me Mister" at Clemson University that offers tuition assistance to black men interested in being school teachers. It appears that they are working to expand the program to additional campuses.

I'd love to see more black men teaching.

How many Hispanic GOP officials are they?

I only wonder because when it became obvious that Obama has a running chance of being nominated & winning the election it seems like even Faux News rushed to find any black pundit, strategist, consultant, whatever to issue commentary with a "black" perspective.

I'm with rikyrah. Where the Hispanics at?

Now you know how I feel. I mean, damn, take the ones on the news shows on Telemundo and Univision - they all speak English. I know that there must be Puerto Rican politicians in NEW YORK - haven't seen any. I mean, it's been goddamn ridiculous watching this racist bullshit unfold without someone Latino to put that shyt in check.

Found some stuff for ya.... and me. All right, TOTALLY stumbled over it.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes - a bit on Sotomayor & the designation 'hispanic.' Oopsss.

Culture Kitchen - jus' go! http://culturekitchen.com/

And got this little list from CK above.

I forgot Big Tent Democrat at Talk Left is Puerto Rican; he's an attorney, so that's the context I think of him in.

Then there's Carlos in D.C. - he has quite a take on Sotomayor.

Then I read this daily - The Sanctuary. Scroll down a bit, a smidgen, and there are two posts on Sotomayor. I forget about places like The Sanctuary because I'm there in relation to justice.

I LIKE Carlos in DC's comments on his blog. "Hispanic" IS a made up word. It came out of the Nixon era. We have all fallen into using the word.

Carlos makes the point that "hispanic" denies the African and Native American influence that difference cultures have. I think his point is well taken. Sotomayor is a Nuyorican (New York Puerto Rican) of Taino, Boriquan, and African descent.

If most of us, as Africans, had the knowledge of our ancestors, we could say Fulani, Senegalese and Welsh descent, etc. But the majority of our ancestors got jack and forced into slavery, so black (or African American) it is...

Trying to find some good commentary but maybe we are just shocked all to hell. Dios mios.

Found this though
http://www.latinola.com/story.php?story=7500

TOP 10 Reasons Sonia Sotomayor Will Be Best Supreme Court Judge
Republican haters? Bring 'em on!
By Al Carlos Hernandez, Contributing Editor


10. She's Latina, so she's used to being lied to by experts.

heh

Meeting with Abbas
This afternoon the President held a one-on-one meeting, and then an expanded meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, read the President's opening remarks when they spoke to the press together afterwards:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Images-of-Abbas/

Open Government Initiative: Phase II
Beth Noveck, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government, brings us an update on the Open Government Initiative:

Last week, the White House launched an unprecedented online process for public engagement in policymaking. That process began with a week of Brainstorming, hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration.

You have shared almost 900 submissions and 33,000 votes on ideas ranging from strategies for making government data more accessible to legal and policy impediments to transparency. Thank you!

The Brainstorming phase is drawing to an official close tonight at midnight. We are reviewing all material on the site in preparation for the Discussion Phase, which begins on Wednesday June 3rd. We’ll be distilling both the ideas from the Brainstorming and the comments from an online dialogue with government employees that took place earlier this spring on the MAX federal wiki. All comments from MAX will be publicly posted tomorrow on the Open Government website.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Open-Government-...

Sen John Coryn calls Limbaugh, Gingrich comments 'terrible'

A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich suggesting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a "racist."

"I think it's terrible," Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told NPR's "All Things Considered" Thursday. "This is not the kind of tone any of us want to set when it comes to performing our constitutional responsibilities of advise and consent.”

And what state is Coryn the Senator for?????

What is "TEXAS" Alek? (ding, ding, ding)

Coryn ain't stupid. He needs Hispanics to win in Texas.

How soon before Coryn has to kiss the ring???

THESE mofos want to get re-elected. They ain't crazy...

Mitt Romney has been mighty quiet...too quiet if you ask me. The likely Republican Nominee in 2012 has not made any significant comments about Newt, Bloated, Cheney, Powell, or Sotomayor.

The MSM is giving him a pass...these dumb-fuck reporters need to do their jobs and get him on the record.

I read somewhere that he called her nominatin "troubling".

I think Politico reported it.

The Rush and Cheney Show Accelerates Military Desertion of the GOP

For decades, the conventional wisdom was that the Republican Party was the party of the military. And while no party has or ever will monopolize military support, certainly Republicans had a good amount of support from some big names - from Eisenhower to Powell.

In recent years, however, as Republicans have abandoned ideals that make our military strong - no nation building using our Armed Forces, looking for strong alliances to join us in action, operating on a moral high ground when we do use force, and commitment to a strong enough and large enough force - we've seen big names head towards supporting Democrats - from General Wesley Clark and Major General Paul Eaton to General John Shalikashvili, General Joseph Hoar, and General Hugh Shelton. Oh, and Colin Powell.

That shift towards Democrats, and especially President Obama and Hillary Clinton during the primary, is about to be fast tracked, as Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney take control of Republican messaging, ideals, practices, and policies.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/the-rus...

The GOP repulses the rank and file soldiers. The men and women in uniform see what I see...straight up deserters with fat pockets using them for capital gains.

Bush-Clinton 'Conversation' Tickets Not Selling Out
Bush-Clinton tickets not that hot
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/bushcl...

Many of the white liberal blogs are flagging the story from UK Daily Telegraph about the unreleased torture pics that says that some of the pictures involved raping detainees, and are using the Telegraph's report to say that Obama is covering up for war criminals, and therefore is no better than Bush or is purposely shielding the wrong doers.

Well reporter Michael Scherer of Time magazine.com has done some "REAL" reporting on the subject, and he is giving some some well founded skepticism ont he Telegraph's reproting, and the history of the Telegraph erroneous reporting on prior torture issues.

It's a good read. Ya'll should check it out.

If this story were true (coupled with the fact that we know how Muslim men are religiously connected to their women), why would America further spit in their faces with pictures of rape! Let's say the pictures don't show rape but sadistic beatings of various kinds, will the release prove greater intent? The error in my opinion is not the issue of transparency by the president but the lack of prudence and tactfulness of the far Left. The president is not covering up his own mess he is trying to contain a messy situation (he inherited) until it can be resolved.

Talent and skill are not something Repulicans pride themselves on otherwise theyw ouldn't allow this
Palin stands alone on a shrinking island
Les Gara
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Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It's a distinction I'd rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama's goal of reducing America's dependence on foreign energy.
Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature's acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.

The nation's construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.

Here are a few more reasons I could do without this "only one of 50 states" distinction.

Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn't rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.

Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.

Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That's dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.

Governor Palin's decision is as ironic as it is troubling.

Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin's done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I'm confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It's hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We'll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.

Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can't all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It's hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.

The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.

As a legislator, I'm left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we're still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won't do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can't force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.

In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation's national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.

Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you're alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you've done. This is one of those times.

The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation's energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island's getting pretty expensive
Palin stands alone on a shrinking island
Les Gara
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Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It's a distinction I'd rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama's goal of reducing America's dependence on foreign energy.
Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature's acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.

The nation's construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.

Here are a few more reasons I could do without this "only one of 50 states" distinction.

Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn't rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.

Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.

Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That's dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.

Governor Palin's decision is as ironic as it is troubling.

Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin's done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I'm confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It's hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We'll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.

Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can't all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It's hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.

The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.

As a legislator, I'm left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we're still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won't do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can't force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.

In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation's national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.

Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you're alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you've done. This is one of those times.

The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation's energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island's getting pretty expensive
Palin stands alone on a shrinking island
Les Gara
May 27, 2009 .Share this

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Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It's a distinction I'd rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama's goal of reducing America's dependence on foreign energy.
Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature's acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.

The nation's construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.

Here are a few more reasons I could do without this "only one of 50 states" distinction.

Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn't rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.

Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.

Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That's dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.

Governor Palin's decision is as ironic as it is troubling.

Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin's done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I'm confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It's hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We'll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.

Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can't all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It's hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.

The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.

As a legislator, I'm left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we're still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won't do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can't force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.

In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation's national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.

Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you're alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you've done. This is one of those times.

The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation's energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island's getting pretty expensive
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/palin-watch/1189-...

Fox Nation (who tries to be the rights answer to the Huffington Post) Dredges Up "Birther" Conspiracy

"Word Net Daily" whose "correspondent" recently asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs if Obama will release the birth certificate (which, of course, he has). Are we surprised that the third lede on Fox Nation is (drum roll please) "Should Obama Release Birth Certificate? Or Is This Old News?"

When will this idiocy end?

http://www.newshounds.us/2009/05/28/fox_nation_...

How the hell does "World Net Daily" get a press pass?? What the hell? Does the National Enquirer and Star magazine have press credentials for White House briefings?

I hope never. Serves as a reminder to anyone willing to let go of the past and actually take a serious look at the GOP/RNC that the party is filled with psycho nut jobs.

Sit down and do not have any liquid in your mouth; Bill Clinton takes responsiblity for CDS mess
"When the subject came up during our conversation in Chappaqua, Clinton calmly dissected the case against him and acknowledged that in at least some particulars his critics have a point. In almost clinical form, as if back at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, he broke down the case against him into three allegations: first, that he used the Community Reinvestment Act to force small banks into making loans to low-income depositors who were too risky. Second, that he signed the deregulatory Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999, repealing part of the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act that prohibited commercial banks from engaging in the investment business. And third, that he failed to regulate the complex financial instruments known as derivatives.
The first complaint Clinton rejects as “just a totally off-the-wall crazy argument” made by the “right wing,” noting that community banks have not had major problems. The second he gives some credence to, although he blames Bush for, in his view, neutering the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Letting banks take investment positions I don’t think had much to do with this meltdown,” he said. “And the more diversified institutions in general were better able to handle what happened. And again, if I had known that the S.E.C. would have taken a rain check, would I have done it? Probably not. But I wouldn’t have done anything. In other words, I would have tried to reverse everything if I had known we were going to have eight years where we would not have an S.E.C. for most of the time.”

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Times Topics: Bill ClintonClinton argued that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act set up a framework for overseeing the industry. “So I don’t think that’s such a good criticism,” he said. “I think, actually, if you want to make a criticism on that, it would be an indirect one — you could say that the signing of that legislation sped up what was happening anyway and maybe led some of these institutions to be bigger than they otherwise would have been and the very bigness of some of these groups caused some of this problem because the bigger something is and the newer it is, the harder it is to manage. And I do think there were some serious management problems which might not have occurred.”

Then there are the derivatives. There, Clinton pleads guilty. Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, opposed regulation of derivatives as they came to the fore in the 1990s, and Clinton agreed. “They argued that nobody’s going to buy these derivatives, we’ll do it without transparency, they’ll get the information they need,” he recalled. “And it turned out to be just wrong; it just wasn’t true.” He said others share blame, including credit-rating agencies that underestimated the risk. But he accepts responsibility as well. “I very much wish now that I had demanded that we put derivatives under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that transparency rules had been observed and that we had done that. That I think is a legitimate criticism of what we didn’t do.” He added: “If you ask me to write the indictment, I’d say: ‘I wish Bill Clinton had said more about derivatives. The Republicans probably would have stopped him from doing it, but at least he should have sounded the alarm bell.’ ”

For all that, Clinton insisted he never would have let the housing bubble grow into the problem it became (never mind the high-technology bubble that burst on his watch) and would have stepped in if he were president to prevent the free fall. “When anybody asks me that,” he told me, “I ask them, I look at them and ask them: ‘Do you think this would have happened if we had been there? Look me in the face and say yes.’ I haven’t found any takers yet.”

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/blaming-cl...

LOL - Clinton sort of admits to poisoning the economic well, but blames Bush for not monitoring and correcting the situation. I can still remember some of the obvious BS that Clinton spewed during his debates with Bush.

OMG....my sides are hurting after viewing this mess I am about to link to....the YBF bloglput up thi video about Quween the Celebrity Protector....I almost kinda of feel guilty about laughing

http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/05/28/foolywan...

BTW: now, considering what the "Catholic priestess" reporter pulled today...do we need the Quween holding down the Prez's back.....I would pay to see these two ladies go head-to-head.

*dead*

HOLD UP!! Ain't that the chick that was cryin' behind Micheal Jackson with the Dolla dolla bills on her headscarf?? She is putting a new spin on comedy

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! aWW HELL NO!

Tense: Israel On Edge As Obama Meets With Palestinian Leader
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/obama-...

Will McCain fight back.Ahh Hell Naw!!!

SCRIPPS Spelling Bee! These kids are GENIUS, PURE GENIUS!!

Congratulations to the winner!!! Another POC representing in the 09. Her dad, her spelling coach, was so proud every time she was up. I don't know how they do it. The only word I knew was neufchatel because I eat so much of it.

"Laodicean"-adjective- We have a WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS! Kavya Shivashankar

WTF? I swear, for the last 45min or so, there was only one word I had even heard of. And yes, while I am proud of all kids, and as a parent I can't even imagine the time and effort, I definitely rooted a little harder for all the kids of color. Kenny had personality and Kyle was definitely too cool for school. I also loved how Kavya, the winner, spelled everything in her hand!

They should all get full college scholarships.

In fact, I think college should be free for those who qualify. Set high standards across a broad field of study (math, literature and science, but also music, art and community service) and reward kids who make the grades!!

I hear you. I was rooting for the kids of color too. All of them are great and deserve every advantage for a good college education.

That Kennyi was a cutie-pie. Now Tim, he was more blunt - "what's it mean?" No please - self-conscious and nerdy. Those two girls were absolutely Lovely! Kavya & Aishwarya (had to look for her name, everywhere). Kyle was jus' too cute.

That Kavya's father was just too cool & collected. I am beyond impressed!

they really are smart as hell.

New York Times Baffled By Teenagers Hugging
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/inew-y...

That Senator Klobuchar (sp?) has been out front and center defending the Sotomayor nomination....

I didn't think there were that many Hispanics in Minnesota...are there?

Amy is good people and was the former chief prosecutor for my county.

rikyrah -

Did ya find any 'hispanic' blogs?

going around the net. found some, but not a lot. I'll keep on looking. What I've found has been positive with regards to Sotomayor.

I found a few more. I was looking to see what Clarissa Pinkola Estes had to say but her site is down; they're working on a new format.

Demographics
Population and National Origin
U.S. Rank1
Total Hispanic Population in Minnesota 208,000 28
Hispanics as Percent of State Population 4% 34
Hispanics as Percent of U.S. Hispanic Population 0.5%
Native-Born Hispanics (Percent of Hispanics) 60% 26
Foreign-Born Hispanics (Percent of Hispanics) 40% 26
Mexican Origin (Percent of Hispanics) 72% 21
http://pewhispanic.org/states/?stateid=MN

Hispanic Groups: Been There, Done That
Hispanic interest groups are headed to the Senate in support of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination, and not for the first time. In 1998, after Sotomayor's nomination to the appellate court level had languished in the Senate for more than a year, a coalition of legal and community groups began to complain that Hispanic judicial nominees were being held up for much longer than non-Hispanics.
http://ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com/2009/05...


More articles
Griego: Judging Sotomayor? So predictable
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12465046?source=bb

Defending Sonia Sotomayor
Published by HispanicPundit
http://hispanicpundit.com/2009/05/28/defending-...

Groups Prepare For Sotomayor Battle
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...

Hispanic Pundit is a Republican! Oh noes!

Are you kidding me. The Hispanic population is the fastest growing minorities in rural Minnesota. And white folks aren't real happy about it either.

My friend Cesar is from Mexico

Oh, Spirit -- I think I've mentioned this before. Someone in AA met me for breakfast. She'd recently moved from California up here. So we're talking & this tiny little thing marches by in the most colorful of dresses. I laughed, said 'oh, how cute' or something, and the next thing ya know: "I moved up here to get away from the goddamned mexicans. i don't want to be around them; i don't want my kids around them." (She's single btw). I was still back at the 'goddamned mexicans' stunner. But I said, 'ah, so you're a fucking bigot.' That friendship was short-lived.

Oh - and the thing I kept asking was "you moved HERE to get away from those goddamned mexicans? You moved HERE?!" Our valley area with three cities has a pretty substantial Hispanic population, primarily Mexican in origin.

The rancor and racism I have seen in the last eight years is astounding. I can remember being called a bean dip or having other mild terms but now, sometimes, it feels kind of dangerous.

The Immigration "thing" covers up a lot of pure racism. They don't want native borns here either.

So true, Lilytiger, and Tancredo, who's parents were Italian immigrants should know better. He's clueless and has bought into the immigrant bashing; he's being at it for a while now.

This nut r actually ran for president.

Don't forget Michelle Malkin. Her parents were here on student visas when her ass was born. I wonder how she can fix her mouth to say anchor baby.

I wondered about that. I was just looking it up to see if Tancredo was a Spanish surname. It's Italian. Damn.

2nd gen. immigrants are sometimes the worst when it comes to "new" immigrants. This guy is a trip!!

Welcome to the real America.We as AA have been going thru it for 400 years. It is up to us to banish Anglo-Saxon supremacy to the dust bin of history.

The Native blood in me has been there about the same length of time.

Heh

But the difference, to my perception, is that it is A-OK to speak it loudly instead of furtively.

But you are correct, it really is up to us to unite and banish the Anglo-Saxon supremacy. This is one of the many reasons I loved the Obama campaign. It united a lot of brown eyed people. Lots, I have even helped out with getting East Indian and other South Asians a living wage, marched with them. Helped Somali store owners, etc.

It is time for us to to demand justice, humanity and prosperity for all.

See, this is what I'm talking about. Whites don't want Hispanics living in the burbs. Central and Western MN have lots of factory jobs. Mexican immigrants come here to work. They have their papers, they create businesses, and they are thriving.

Outside of the immigration thing, I DO NOT SEE WHY. I mean it. I grew up with kids whose parents were from Mexico. Goddamnit - they were tremendous! I don't GET what the problem is. When in junior high and especially high school we worked in the orchards and on the farms surrounding our place and the small town we lived in. It was backbreaking work.

*** NBC is going to air a behind the scenes special on the White House on June 2nd and 3rd

http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/articles/1944...

NBC News Presents: 'Inside the Obama White House'
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:31 PM by Sam Go

Tuesday and Wednesday, June 2 & 3 at 9 – 10 PM ET, Williams to take viewers Behind-the-Scenes for an Insider's Look at a Day in the Life in the Obama White House

Broadcast to include a One-on-One Interview with Williams of Obama on the Eve of the President's Trip to the Middle East and Europe

ROTFLMAO!!!!! Michelle's got a rod in her neck; too HILARIOUS!

Go Wanda, you tell the Ignoramuses.

ROFLMAO.....why does Olbermann do this?? He know its mean....that Rush jumping up and down is the funniest thing EVER!

I want it for my screensaver. It is hilarious.

It IS hilarious. Sometimes, I just rewind and watch it over and over and LMAO.

Keith knows how stupid it makes Rush look. Rush talked about him showing that video with him jumping ! lol

But Keith is having fun.

Teachers Leave Schools with Inflow of Black Students

According to the first study ever to assess the behavior of high-quality teachers in American schools, top educators are very likely to leave the institutions that are experiencing an affluence of African American students. In other words, whenever a learning institution – that is supposed to offer equal opportunities for everybody – gets more Black students, the best teachers move away, presumably to schools where White children are predominant. The new research paper was authored by Cornell University expert C. Kirabo Jackson, and will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Labor Economics.

Full Article:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teachers-Leave-S...

I am not fond of retrospective studies in reletively small southern school districts being generalized to the the entire nation.

Oh that's nothing new.

The young white teachers fresh out of college get assignments in the black schools, do their time for a couple of years then move on to the white schools.


The young black teachers fresh out of college get assignments in the black schools but if they want to move to the white school they can't because Heather and Emily get sent to the white school before LaTonya and Charmella will.

No surprise there. WHITE FLIGHT.

And don't cha just love this comment.

"Well,
i live in Canada and iv'e had many black friends in school,and they were very gentle and nice guys,so saying that a white teacher would leave a school because of the increasing numbers of none whites in some schools is true and not true at the same time.
Some old white teachers and educators are't that social with colored people and they won't spend any additional day in a none white school,the reason is because they are not comfortable amongst nonwhites.

Seriously, I think those emigrants that are coming to our countries should really consider one important thing, and thats they are welcome to live and thrive, but they should consider limiting their breeding."

limiting their breeding. DAMN.

can't wait to read this.

Me too....I'd like to see if they break down the demographics of the teachers....and also let us know what the criteria is for a "top educator"....I may be sensitve, but I'm perturbed by the pic they used to go with this article about it.

They are implying that the "top educators" are white.

Are they saying black teacher haul ass with an influx of black students?
highly unlikely. They are implying that Black teachers aren't good enough to teach black students and when all the white teachers leave, well all the lill negro chllins don't get a good education.

I'm right there with you.

But you know what? Unfortunately, there are some hateful, unqualified black teachers in public schools. Of course, I don't agree that only white teachers are "qualified" and of course, there are great teachers black and white.

But I have seen (more than I care to admit) black teachers who don't have the high standards that I think are necessary to teach children, ALL children.

A lot of big city public schools are just as segregated as they were back in the day when it was 'legal'.