November 11, 2009

The New Faces Of Day Labor, And A Short Veteran's Day Story

The Las Vegas Sun published an article that is stirring a lot of interest. In addition to telling a Veteran's Day story this newsletter will explain why the article is mostly sensationalism

Obama's African American Nominee For TSA Chief In Background Check Kerfuffle

INSTAPUNDIT:

THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: “The Obama Administration’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration, Erroll Southers, was censured by the FBI for asking law enforcement personnel to conduct a background check on his ex-wife’s boyfriend.”

Here's a photograph of Southers.

Some Things We Are Just Not Meant To Understand

From the Washington Post:

U.S. Navy Diversity Fiasco: Hey, At Least Nobody Got Shot

From the Washington Post:

Leaders of the U.S. Naval Academy tinkered with the composition of the color guard that appeared at a World Series game last month so the group would not be exclusively white and male. ...

Black Professor Arrested For Punching White Woman In New York Bar

Lionel McIntyre [email him] is Nancy and George Rupp Associate Professor in the Practice of Community Development at Columbia University. His recent efforts in the practice of community development include getting arrested for punching a white woman in the face.

Reverend Ike, The Shorter Version

The Reverend Ike was an African-American minister who preached the Prosperity Gospel, and if you don't have time to read all of Steve Sailer's post below, this will do:

Rev. Ike was on the call in show, and a person called and this was the basic exchange: Caller: Rev. Ike, I have a terrible problem!

Rev. Ike: Yes, my son, what is it? Caller: I owe the bank $25000 and I just don't have it.

Pause.

A Louisiana Reader Doubts Immigration Lawyer/ GOP Congressman Cao Has A Political Future

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11/10/09 - On Veteran's Day, A VA Reader Reflects On Major Hasan

Hanna Rosin on the Prosperity Gospel and the Mortgage Meltdown

Hanna Rosin's new article in The Atlantic -- "Did Christianity Cause the Crash?"-- has a lot of helpful info on Rev. Ike-like Protestant cults that helped turn fatalistic Catholic Mexican peasants into financial high-rollers in America, with disastrous effects on our economy. She focuses on Fernando Garay, a minister and mortgage broker.