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“Virginia GOP Issue Zombie Picture Of Pres.Obama On Halloween”

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A Virginia county GOP committee found itself in hot water after using an image of President Barack Obama with a bullet hole through his head to make a Halloween joke.

How petty of the Virginia Gop and these are supposed to be grown people.

An email sent by the Loudoun County GOP that included an image of Obama as a zombie has been widely criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike. You know how they do? Throw the rock then hide their hands, if they could burn a cross on the White House lawn and get away with it they would.

“We are going to vanquish the zombies with clear thinking conservative principles and a truckload of Republican candy,” said the email, which served as an invitation to a Halloween parade.

The image of the President was created from a copyrighted AP photo of Obama in 2006, when he was still serving in the Senate, according to The Associated Press.

“This is a disgusting and violent portrayal of the president of the United States,” said the Democratic Party of Virginia spokesman Brian Coy. The Republican governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, called for an apology.

What do you think? Is an apology necessary?

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“Georgia Has Blood On It’s Hands” For Killing Troy Davis!

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So says TV judge, Greg Mathis in speaking about the execution of Troy Davis.

Davis, 42, was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday at Georgia’s Diagnostic and Statistics prison for the shooting death of Savannah police Officer Mark MacPhail.

Judge Mathis offered his opinions about the case from the set of his television show.

“Despite the overwhelming doubt surrounding his guilt, Davis never received a new trial and was unjustly put to death by a lethal injection.” said Mathis, who added that Georgia had “blood on its hands” for executing Troy Davis.

Take a listen.

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“Racism Still Exists: Black Man Killed By White Teenagers”

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Two carloads of white teenagers drove to Jackson, Mississippi, on what the county district attorney says was a mission of hate: to find and hurt a black person. The hateful teens found their victim, James Craig Anderson, a 49-year-old auto plant worker and beat him to death!

The teens allegedly beat Anderson repeatedly and yelled racial epithets, including “White Power!” according to witnesses. This crime of hate continued as these demonic fools then climbed into their large Ford F250 green pickup truck, floored the gas, and drove the truck right over Anderson, killing him instantly.

Mississippi officials say it was a racially motivated murder. What the gang of teens did not know was that a surveillance camera was focused on the parking lot that night, and many of the events, including the actual murder of Anderson, were captured live on videotape.

As the teens were partying and drinking miles away from Jackson, Mississippi that night, in largely white Rankin County, Deryl Dedmon (the gang leader) told friends they should leave, saying “let’s go fuck with some niggers,” according to law enforcement officials. Then later laughed and bragged how he “ran that nigger over”.

The teens, just 18 years old, has been charged with murder and now faces a possible double life sentence. Calls to Deryl Dedmon’s attorney have gone unanswered.

None of the teens have issued a plea.

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“Rev. Al Sharpton Stands By That Tawana Brawley Case”

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Whenever I speak of the good right Reverend Al Sharpton here on this blog, some of my readers mention his handling of the Tawana Brawley case. Here we are 24 years later and Sharpton still stands by a story that the courts of law and public opinion have ruled a hoax.

When asked on the CBS’ “60 Minutes” to explain why he never apologized for the accusations that proved false, Sharpton said, “I don’t know that.” “I have thought about that a million times,” – “I just don’t believe they treated that case fair.”

In 1987, 15-year-old Tawana Brawley claimed she had been raped, abducted and held for four days by a group of white men and one cop. She was found in a garbage bag, covered in feces and charcoal-scrawled racial epithets all over her.

Sharpton at the time, was a young, inexperienced activist when he took over publicity for Brawley and made inflammatory accusations of a massive cover up, even naming an assistant district attorney as one of the rapists.

The case fell apart when a grand jury refused to indict those accused, citing no physical evidence of rape was evident. Witnesses said, they had also seen Brawley publicly, at the time she was supposedly held captive.

So for those of my readers who continue to hound this issue, you need to know: Sharpton may not be where he was politically, economically and financially in 1987 but he still refuses to admit he was wrong or mislead in the Brawley case.

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“18 Boys Gang Rape 11-Year Old Girl”

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The 18 suspects are all black and the girl is Hispanic.

The gang rape, and its aftermath, have stirred racial tensions in Cleveland, Texas, a town of 9,000 and 50 miles north of Houston.

The sexual assaults took place on Nov. 18 after a 19-year-old man convinced the unidentified girl to take a ride with him and two of his friends. They eventually ended up in a dilapidated blue house on the outskirts of town. The men ordered the girl to disrobe. She later told police they threatened to have older girls beat her up if she didn’t comply.

The men were later joined by other males from the neighborhood who got on their cell phones and invited their friends. When an adult relative of one of the males approached the house, the group, including the girl, fled out of a rear bedroom window. She left behind her bra and panties.

The group moved to a dingy, abandoned trailer where the sexual assaults continued. Police believe a total of 28 men and boys had sex with the girl.

Retiree Joe Harrison said he spotted the 11-year-old standing outside the abandoned trailer earlier that day. To him she looked older than her 11 years. She wore dark makeup and long hair. He later heard loud music blaring from the trailer. By then he thought the girl had been picked up by her mother.

Some of the suspects videotaped the assaults on their cell phones and shared the videos with friends at school. The gang rape was brought to the attention of police after the videos went viral.

The victim and her family has since been threatened because of this incident.

Several of the suspects are star athletes at Cleveland High School. One of them is the son of a school board member. All are visible in the videos assaulting the girl.

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