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10-19-2009, 06:19 AM
The Lucrative Business of Racism
By Bob Weir
This latest imbroglio about Rush Limbaugh being ineligible to buy an NFL franchise, because of a couple of alleged racial comments he made over the span of his many decades on the radio, stands out as one of the phoniest canards ever foisted upon the American public.
The irony behind the spurious charge is that they come from two of the most incendiary provocateurs in the race-baiting business. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who give themselves the ludicrous title of Reverend, have the unmitigated gall to proclaim that Limbaugh is a polarizing figure in the country. This from a couple of race hustlers who have been living large for several decades with no visible means of support except for the "donations" they received from corporations they've threatened with not so subtle methods of extortion. Using their race as a bludgeon, they begin by claiming that a company doesn't have enough blacks on the payroll, therefore they will stage protests and jeopardize the company's profits until it cries uncle and makes sizable "contributions" to the respective bank accounts of some very suspicious "nonprofit" groups. Add to that several instances in which these charlatans have thown gasoline on black - white incidents from coast to coast, and you have a clear picture of actual racism.
However, this is where we are in 2009. Sharpton and Jackson can make millions of dollars by parsing every word, phrase, action or thought and search for a creative way to connect it to bigotry. Every time they do, they expect white America to be intimidated into relinquishing something of value. Yet, when Jackson exhibited his rabid anti-Semitism by referring to New York City as Hymietown, that other laughable excuse for a member of the clergy couldn't find his voice. Similarly, when the bozo known as "Reverend" Sharpton gained national attention by claiming that a black woman was raped by three white men and covered with feces; a malicious and libelous claim that left him on the losing end of a lawsuit, we weren't entertained by the rent-a-protest mob frequently organized by that other jerk who masquerades as a man of God.
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/19/the_lucrative_business_of_racism_98775.html
By Bob Weir
This latest imbroglio about Rush Limbaugh being ineligible to buy an NFL franchise, because of a couple of alleged racial comments he made over the span of his many decades on the radio, stands out as one of the phoniest canards ever foisted upon the American public.
The irony behind the spurious charge is that they come from two of the most incendiary provocateurs in the race-baiting business. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who give themselves the ludicrous title of Reverend, have the unmitigated gall to proclaim that Limbaugh is a polarizing figure in the country. This from a couple of race hustlers who have been living large for several decades with no visible means of support except for the "donations" they received from corporations they've threatened with not so subtle methods of extortion. Using their race as a bludgeon, they begin by claiming that a company doesn't have enough blacks on the payroll, therefore they will stage protests and jeopardize the company's profits until it cries uncle and makes sizable "contributions" to the respective bank accounts of some very suspicious "nonprofit" groups. Add to that several instances in which these charlatans have thown gasoline on black - white incidents from coast to coast, and you have a clear picture of actual racism.
However, this is where we are in 2009. Sharpton and Jackson can make millions of dollars by parsing every word, phrase, action or thought and search for a creative way to connect it to bigotry. Every time they do, they expect white America to be intimidated into relinquishing something of value. Yet, when Jackson exhibited his rabid anti-Semitism by referring to New York City as Hymietown, that other laughable excuse for a member of the clergy couldn't find his voice. Similarly, when the bozo known as "Reverend" Sharpton gained national attention by claiming that a black woman was raped by three white men and covered with feces; a malicious and libelous claim that left him on the losing end of a lawsuit, we weren't entertained by the rent-a-protest mob frequently organized by that other jerk who masquerades as a man of God.
Continue:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/19/the_lucrative_business_of_racism_98775.html