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John Hope Bryant Commentary: Solving Poverty: The New Philanthropy Is A Job
Asserts the centrist founder of Operation HOPE, a financial literacy organization based in Los Angeles: "Now, I am not of course saying that major corporations should not
have an important and very real commitment to traditional philanthropy.
They should. Operation HOPE benefits from the fact that most do. But
if you are a young and struggling entrepreneur, a small business owner
with options of where to locate your business, or who to hire, or just
someone trying to figure out how you can give back and help those in
need in a very practical way, remember what was said here. Creating even one job for those otherwise left-behind is helping. And if you cannot create a job, sponsor a business internship. In most cases, we can all do something."
He continues his commentary: "When you do this you are joining a unique club of American job
creators. You are becoming a hero or shero, by becoming the real engine
of American GDP growth and jobs (50% of all jobs come from employers
with 100 employees or less, and 70% of all jobs come from employers with
500 employees or less). You are new American royalty. You helped someone live the American Dream, because you made payroll today."
Virginia Lt. Gov. Candidate Fought Against Housing Desegregation Efforts In The 1980s
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| E.W. Jackson |
Peter Kirsanow: "Legalizing Illegal Immigrants Will Devastate Low-Skilled Workers"
The conservative Republican commentator opines: "Sen. Jeff Sessions has been a stalwart voice in
favor of protecting the interests of American workers, including black workers.
For his troubles, several op-eds at al.com have recently compared Sen. Jeff
Sessions to 20th century racists. The NAACP's Bernard
Simelton goes
so far as to smear Sen. Sessions for enforcing the law in regard to
voter fraud."
He continues his commentary: "Simelton's slur is incredibly ironic, given that Sessions
is one of
the few senators in the immigration debate actually looking out for the
best
interests of his black constituents. Simelton's attempt to equate amnesty for
breaking the nation's immigration laws with the civil rights movement betrays
an incoherent and ahistorical understanding of the civil-rights movement. Law-abiding black citizens of the United States were not seeking exemption from U.S. law; they were
seeking the application of such laws
in the same manner they were applied to whites."
Benjamin Carson: "Education, Speaking Freely Will Save America From Downfall"
Asserts the pediatric neurosurgeon and conservative. From the Commercial Carrier Journal: "Education and knowledge are keys to not only person empowerment, but
to continuing to not only preserve the United States but to also
preserve the innovative spirit that Carson said built the strongest
country in the world and the strongest middle class in the history of
the world. However, the U.S. is currently being bested by other countries in
terms of education and personal development. For instance, the U.S.
produces about 70,000 engineers each year, and 30 percent of them are
from foreign countries, Carson said. 'They go back to other places and
compete with the U.S,' he says. China, on the other hand, produces
400,000 engineers a year. 'If you stop and think what’s going on here, we have a major
problem,' Carson says. 'Our populace is becoming less educated.
Information is really one of the major keys to saving our nation.'"
Juan Williams: "The Obama Administration Has Criminalized Journalism Based Upon Political Ideology"
So claims the moderate-liberal commentator, about the White House and U.S. Department of Justice. From NewsBusters: "Juan Williams, an Emmy-winning journalist with Fox News, was a guest on
Fox and Friends this morning and accused the Obama Administration and
the Justice of having 'criminalized journalism' by investigating Fox
News correspondent James Rosen. Williams claimed that such probing by
the administration 'makes it difficult for journalists to do business'
and posed the question, 'How do you do journalism if you are treated as a
criminal for asking for information?'"
Deroy Murdock: "Big Government's New Legacy Of Scandal"
The libertarian-conservative Republican commentator argues that Benghazi, the Internal Revenue Service
and the U.S. Department of Justice's Associated Press probe all offer a tutorial on the pitfalls of Big Government: "As horrified Americans have learned, the IRS targeted at least 471
conservative organizations for tough treatment. As the IRS' inspector
general explained, these included self-identified Tea Party and 'patriot' groups and those 'focused on government spending, government
debt, taxes and education on ways to 'make America a better place to
live.'' The IRS reportedly approved zero Tea Party tax-exemption
applications for 27 months beginning in February 2010. Some applicants
abandoned their ambitions. Meanwhile, the IRS inappropriately asked these groups for donors'
lists, public-policy opinions and the names of board members' relatives
who might seek public office."
May Fundraising Challenge: $100 $90 To Go
Yes, it's that time of the month again! Booker Rising's reader fundraising challenge for May is $100.
Booker Rising is the only one-stop source on the Internet that specializes in the global black center-right, from America to Zimbabwe. It's the go-to source for black center-right news, amid a vast sea of black center-left news sources. It is Day Two, and $10 has been raised so far. If only five of Booker Rising's readers contribute $20, the May Fundraising Challenge will be met!
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Armstrong Williams: "A Week Of Scandals Proves The Incompetence Of Liberalism"
The conservative Republican commentator in D.C. opines: "If liberals are right about the role of government, then how
did these scandals happen? Do we truly need more government to stop
these things from happening? Regarding Benghazi, should even more
officials debated whether to send troops to save our people? Perhaps
there should not have been a consulate in a hot zone in the first place,
especially one so ill-protected. How effective can an isolated
diplomatic post on lockdown really be? It seems more prudent to have a
smaller footprint in extreme conflict areas (especially when our
military is not in the field), which would save more lives and treasure."
He continues his commentary: "Regarding the IRS, do auditors need more laws and supervisors to prevent such abuse? What
happened is already illegal. Then again, maybe a simpler tax code would
be the solution. If the law is so simple even a caveman can do it, then
fewer IRS agents are needed, or conversely, it would free up existing agents to more quickly process paperwork."
Stanley Crouch Op-Ed: Of Scandals Real & Imagined
The moderate-liberal columnist in New York City opines: "The Republican inquisitors have clearly sensed that the public is no
longer interested in their partisan attempts to make people believe
there was a terrible coverup of the truth about the Sept. 11, 2012
attack on the American consulate in Benghazi — because the facts, don’t
you know, didn’t support those breathless assertions. It’s ever so convenient they just found a new case [the IRS-targeting-conservative-groups scandal] that feeds the same
narrative of partisan intimidation and so-called gangster government."
Star Parker: "Why Do Pro-Choice People Promote Abortion Instead Of Childbirth?"
Asks the conservative Republican commentator in D.C.: "The left, so called 'pro-choice' activists, have an interesting
concept of a culture of responsibility. That is to promote a culture
that detaches sex from love and responsibility, that minimizes the
central importance of family, that justifies youth sex, promiscuity, and
the 'hook-up' culture. In short, a culture which encourages people to
relate to each other in the same callous way as it encourages women to
relate to the unborn children that often result from it all. Then they want taxpayers, other people, to foot the bill. Is it any wonder we live in a country in which we are drowning in debt directly as a result of this culture of entitlement?"
Paul Kagame Op-Ed: Rwanda & The New Lions Of Africa
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| Rwandan President Paul Kagame |
President Kagame continues his commentary: "There is a view that development is a marathon, not a sprint. We do not agree. Development is a marathon that must be run at a sprint. In our pursuit of progress, we have of course looked to East Asia's so-called 'tiger' economies for inspiration. But Africa's experience is unique, and we must now define our own destiny. So while being described as an 'African tiger' is a welcome recognition of how far Rwanda has come, perhaps it isn't quite right. After all, our continent has its own big cat. Step forward the new lions of Africa."
Justice Malala: "South Africans Learning More Languages Is A Great Move"
The South African moderate-conservative journalist writes: "From the age of nine I was taught Afrikaans at school. We hated it.
Yet the other day I came across some new Afrikaans poetry and I was
moved. I once heard businessman Patrice Motsepe speak at a function in
Afrikaans, and I knew he had entered another world, a world of empathy
that his audience — most of whom could not understand a word of Setswana — would never understand. I felt deeply sorry for them. They were
millionaires, and yet they were poor. So I support the decision by the University of KwaZulu-Natal to make isiZulu a must for all first-year students from next year."
May Fundraising Challenge: $100
Yes, it's that time of the month again! Booker Rising's reader fundraising challenge for May is $100.
Booker Rising is the only one-stop source on the Internet that specializes in the global black center-right, from America to Zimbabwe. It's the go-to source for black center-right news, amid a vast sea of black center-left news sources. If only five of Booker Rising's readers contribute $20, the May Fundraising Challenge will be met!
If you appreciate Booker Rising's work, you can donate by clicking on
the "Donate" button at the top right side of the blog. You can donate
through PayPal. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can donate using Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, or Echeck.
Farrakhan To Detroit Residents: "Black Folks Must Step Up To The Plate & Invest In The City"
While I concur with Min. Farrakhan, shouldn't he be more worried about Chicago (where he actually lives)? From the Associated Press: "Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan urged Detroit’s pastors and
majority black population Friday to join him in an effort to buy
neglected properties and take other steps to help revitalize the
struggling city where the movement started more than 80 years ago."
The article continues: "The fiery orator offered few specifics in a speech to the Detroit
City Council, but made plain his displeasure with Gov. Rick Snyder’s
decision to appoint an emergency financial manager. He likened the
takeover to buzzards circling over a carcass. 'The city abandoned, crime and violence rampant, and the governor has
seen fit to take away the rights of the voting public,' Farrakhan said,
referring to putting someone in charge of the city’s finances that
wasn’t elected. 'I don’t know what democracy really means if you can be
given the right to vote and then somebody can take it away.'"
Virginia GOP Nominates E.W. Jackson For Lieutenant Governor
From the Associated Press, about the conservative Republican: "Virginia Republicans have chosen firebrand conservative minister E.W.
Jackson's for lieutenant governor, the first black candidate the party
has nominated for statewide office since 1988. Jackson provoked the loudest ovation of the day at from the tea
party-dominated Republican Party convention in Richmond on Saturday,
declaring in an impassioned speech, 'I am not an African-American, I am
an American!'"
The article continues about Mr. Jackson's background: " He won the nomination on the fourth ballot over six rivals. As the only
black candidate, he becomes the first black Republican nominee since
the party nominated Maurice Dawkins in 1988. Jackson heads a nondenominational church in Chesapeake and credits his
religious background for his shift from the Democratic Party. His first
GOP bid for office came last year when he lost the U.S. Senate
nomination to former Sen. George Allen."
Ghanaian Christian Conservative: "God Has Chosen Ghana To Lead Africa To The Promised Land"
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| Rev. Enoch Immanuel A. Agbozo |
The article continues: "Rev Agbozo noted that the time has come for Africa to be called the people of the Lord, and the light of the Lord would shine from Africa to the Middle East. He said Africa would be used by God as a vehicle for transforming the Middle East, since Europe has failed to achieve that. Rev Agbozo said Africa, the Arab World and Israel would be one people and this is the perfect plan of God for humanity. He said within the next 10 to 15 years, Africa would be able to take its rightful place in line with the vision of God for the continent, and that it is only God Himself who could do it. Rev Agbozo said God would bring to an end the era of cruel masters and perversion spirits in Africa within the new Africa. He said Ghana is a shining star for the rest of Africa to emulate and no element of coup d’états would ever succeed in Ghana again because God would never permit. 'No power can take over this nation, there is hope for Ghana and our hope is the hope of Africa.'"
Ted Sadler Op-Ed: Georgia GOP State Convention: Peaches Have Black Pits....Usually
The moderate Democratic blogger in Georgia comments on this past weekend's convention: "Georgia contains the best Black area in the world, Atlanta, and
therefore, the state has many many business-oriented, self-made Blacks
who are conservative to moderate on paper. Secondly, outside of
Atlanta, Blacks are use to functioning with GOP elected leaders. The
opportunity has been there for GOP candidates to enjoy 10, 20, or maybe
30% of the Black vote but they don’t want it because the regular GOP
crew would see sizable Black numbers as an indicator of liberalism."
Ellis Washington Op-Ed: Democratic Socialists' 'Long March'
The conservative Republican commentator in Michigan opines about Fabian socialism: "Since the 1848 publication of Karl Marx's 'The Communist Manifesto,'
history has repeatedly demonstrated that the Lenin-Gramsci 'Long March
through the Institutions' is an established Marxist/Socialist tactic and
proven philosophical strategy to indoctrinate a comprehensive socialist
hegemony throughout society (years before the Dutschke moniker was
coined) by systematically deconstructing bourgeoisie capitalist culture
and society rooted in Judeo-Christian traditions and by co-opting,
taking over and eventually controlling all major societal institutions —
not from without via violence and revolution as in Marxist/Socialist revolutions of the past, but within via Fabian Socialism — steadily, quietly, imperceptibly and with Nazi-like efficiency over a long period of time."
Britain: Eggs Thrown, Arrests Made During Protest Against Rwandan President Paul Kagame's Visit
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| Rwandan President Paul Kagame |
More: "Mr Kagame gave a keynote speech at Said Business School to the Oxford Africa Business Conference, a student-led event organised by the Oxford Business Network for Africa. About two dozen people were outside the business school, in Frideswide Square, protesting against what they say is Mr Kagame's record against human rights. Oxford police commander Superintendent Christian Bunt said that eggs and other objects were thrown at Mr Kagame's convoy."
Erik Rush Op-Ed: Last Week’s Conspiracy Theories Are This Week’s Reality
The conservative Republican commentator opines about the Obama administration's various scandals: "It is essential that the IRS be abolished and the tax code shredded [because of its overreach, such as recent news that it marked conservative groups for more scrutiny],
but it is much more important that Americans recognize these phenomena
as major symptoms of that into which our government has mutated. As far as this administration goes, we must consider all of the foregoing in the aggregate,
as well as other as yet unresolved mysteries: There remains the issue
of the Saudi national Abdul Rahman Ali Al-Harbi, who knew the Obamas,
was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing, then subsequently spirited
out of the country as evidence of terror cells in Beantown emerged."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: "Immigration Reform Needs Safeguards Against Anti-American Newcomers"
The Somali-born libertarian feminist and former Dutch parliamentarian became a U.S. citizen last month. She argues that immigration reform needs to include measures to detect the radically anti-American beliefs of some newcomers who seek to become naturalized Americans:
Ms. Hirsi Ali has also penned an essay for The Wall Street Journal on the issue.
Cory Booker Made $1.3 Million From Speeches
I don't see a problem here. From Politico, about the moderate-liberal Democratic mayor of Newark, N.J.: "Newark mayor and New Jersey Senate hopeful Cory Booker made $1.3
million from nearly 90 paid speeches over the last five years, according
to financial disclosure filings his aides made public Friday. It’s
the first time Booker, who has been criticized for traveling out of the
state for such speeches, has given an accounting of the income. Newark
disclosure laws don’t require him to. Aides have said he gave the vast
majority to charity."
John Hope Bryant Commentary: Fighting Blight And Poverty With Credit Scores
The centrist founder of Operation HOPE, a financial literacy organization based in Los Angeles, writes: "In underserved neighborhoods and communities Misery Row must be met
with equal parts consumer protection and consumer empowerment or change
will never come. In fact, if we do one (protection) without the other
(empowerment), it is not inconceivable that in time these communities
are met with a choice actually worse than highly visible yet predatory
commercial lenders — and that is no lenders at all."
He continues his commentary: "With consumer empowerment everyone wins. With our HOPE 700 Credit Score Communities initiative
we have found that we can and consistently do help our clients to raise
their credit scores by more than 100 points. And when a counseling
client moves their credit score from 550 (on average) to 670 or more,
everything in that person's life changes. Their financial IQ changes.
Their financial literacy changes. Their sense of well-being, and hope,
goes through the roof. Their 'engagement' in their own lives rises to a
new level, matching their new financial skill set."
Nana Akufo-Addo: "I'll Accept The Presidential Election Verdict Of Ghana’s Supreme Court"
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| Nana Akufo-Addo is disputing the 51%-45% presidential election results from last December |
Mia Love Officially Announces Congressional Bid
From Fox13Now.com, about the conservative Republican: "Mia Love officially announced Saturday at the Utah Republican Party’s organizing convention she will run for Utah’s 4th Congressional District seat against incumbent Jim Matheson, and she said she expects to win."
More about the Saratoga Springs (Utah) mayor: "In 2012 Love’s campaign fell 768 votes short of winning, and Love said the 2012 effort has made her a stronger candidate. 'I am confident in our country,' Love said. 'I am confident in our
future. And I have great confidence in the people of Utah and America.' She added, 'We can keep our promises to our seniors and make hard
decisions to ensure the future for our children and grandchildren. We
can balance the budget and reduce our national debt. We can reform our
tax system, eliminate waste, and return power to the people. We can
reenergize the economy, unleash our entrepreneurs and create real jobs.'"
Allen West Hired As Fox News Contributor
I guess we can assume that Florida Governor Rick Scott won't be appointing Mr. West as lieutenant governor? From the Rock Hill Herald, about the conservative Republican: "FOX News Channel (FNC) has hired former U.S. Representative Allen
West (R-FL) as a contributor, announced Bill Shine, Executive Vice
President of Programming for the network. West will offer political
commentary across various daytime and primetime programs. In
making the announcement, Shine said, 'Representative West’s
congressional and military experience along with his fearless approach
to voicing key issues will provide a valuable point of view to the FOX
News lineup.'"
Juan Williams: "Immigration Reform Is Highly Unlikely In The Next Four Years"
Asserts the moderate-liberal commentator:
Open Thread Friday
"Mantenha-civis, ou então você não vai gostar do castigo que Shay lhe dará." In Brazilian model and beauty queen Isabel Correia's native language, this roughly means "Ya know the drill: keep it clean and civil, or risk Shay doing the swoop down on ya."
Colin Powell: Venture Capitalist
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Raynard Jackson Op-Ed: The Destruction Of The Black Family
The moderate Republican political analyst in D.C. opines that feminism and gay marriage have destroyed the black family unit: "This whole radical move to redefine the family will have disastrous results for the U.S. Name me one civilization or society that has thrived and prospered without an intact family structure. There are none. The family unit is the DNA of a society. When you play around with a person’s DNA, it leads to deformed children and in most cases, it is very expensive to medically treat people with genetic deformities."
