RedEye's Week in Review

In an effort to sucker, I mean convince African Americans the GOP is not Full of "Cranks, Haters and Bigots"  the chair of the Republican National Committee is going to pow wow with black leaders in Atlanta.  I guess they think they can put the Genie back in bottle.  I wonder if they are going to serve watermelon and fried chicken? 

One high-profile Republican strategist, who refused to be named in order to avoid inflaming the very segments of the party he wants to silence, said there is a deliberate effort by party leaders to “marginalize the cranks, haters and bigots — there’s a lot of underbrush that has to be cleaned out."

Good luck with that. It's not about locking the crazy uncle/aunt in the attic, or putting a black face on the racism,  it's about changing the mentality of the GOP.

Contrary to popular GOP opinion African Americans are not stupid.  We know who has our best interest at heart, and who doesn't.

There’s a reason why the Postal Service was targeted folks, it was a source of tens of thousands of middle-class jobs, especially for minorities. Since We Can’t Have Nice Things, the PAEA was passed and BLAMMO, a recession coupled with structural failure in the Postal Service all but guaranteed a massive loss of jobs. And the USPS still has another 4 years to go to pay off the $22 billion or so it has left to pay off, thanks to Dubya. On top of all this, there are plenty of folks who keep saying the only way to save the USPS is to privatize the mail system completely.

This Week in the GOP dominated Alabama State Legislature

Pro embryo republicans introduced 13 gun bills out of fear the scary black man in the White House is plotting to take their money, TeeVees, and their daughters (not necessarily in that order) away.

Senate republicans approved a right to work bill  (NOT), and Rep. Kurt Wallace (r. HD 42)  basically told Alabama women to stop having sex with men if they didn't want to get pregnant. 

Psst Alabama GOP!  You are doing a great job of being a voice for the unborn, but what about the born?  What are they....Moochers?

• Child poverty rate: 28%
• Senior poverty rate: 14%
• Women in poverty: 21%
• Percent of single-parent families with related children that are below poverty: 45%

RedEye's Abbreviated Week in Review

 

So  much gun violence, so little time to write about it.....real life duties and obligations are calling.

Para Quoting The Rude Pundit, if you wanted to make a case for mental illness as the primary cause of gun violence all you had to do was watch the Senate Judiciary Committee  hearings on gun violence in the Wild Wild West, I mean, the United States of America on TeeVee.

Today's Must Read
10 Pro Gun Myths Shot Down (pun intended)

Meanwhile in Sweet Home Alabama, the republican state Senator who replaced the Democratic state Senator said he will make protecting the unborn his top legislative priority.  I guess that means children who are born on their own.

If it's February it's  Black History Month!  Have you ever wondered why Black History month is the shortest coldest month of the year?

Yes, February is the shortest month of the year. However, Kwanzaa runs from December 26 to January 1, and no sooner is it over, than we begin to think of Martin Luther King whose birthday is celebrated on the second Monday in January. And right after the King holiday, we begin to prepare for Black History Month. Therefore, the 64 days between December 26 and February 28, are, in reality, Black History Season. Thus, for the bulk of the winter we have the opportunity, and the encouragement, to celebrate and meditate upon what we have accomplished against all odds.

RedEye signing out....for now

RedEye's Monday Must Reads in "Perfect Context"

Voting:  A privilege guaranteed by the Founding Fathers to Conservative White Christians-h/t What Would Jack Do

The Real Voter Fraud Culprits

No, Alabama is NOT Nazi Germany.  There Are No Gas Chambers There.

Following former republican  Mississippi Governor Haley Barbours'  breadcrumbs to Alabama.  What the heck was he thinking? Good question.

Onward Backwards Soldiers!  Shadrock, I mean,  Shadrack McGill soldiers on

Susan G. Komen Puts Romney's  'Not Concerned About the Poor' in Perfect Context

Race and Death Penalty Juries