Robert G. Yetman, Jr.

The “Official Report” is In (Thank God)! The Tea Party Movement is Racist!

How relieved I am to learn that the NAACP has concluded what was surely a thoughtful analysis and determined that, yes, the Tea Party movement is indeed replete with white racists (it’s important to distinguish this group from the NAACP itself, which, we all know intuitively, is loaded with black racists).  The report reads, in part, that the Tea Party movement is “permeated with concerns about race” and that it has “given platform to anti-Semites, racists, and bigots.”  This “study” was completed, and its “results” issued, only a few months after delegates at the group’s 101^st annual convention passed a resolution condemning widespread racism in the Tea Party movement, which leads me to wonder what this report is all about; after all, if the NAACP felt strongly enough to pass the aforementioned resolution back in July, why was this report needed?  Perhaps this was just an update…you know, as if to say, “Just wanted to let you know that three  months after we said you guys were a pack of racists, nothing has changed.”  What a great help that is.

The hilarious and idiotic irony, of course, is that an organization that has as its raison d’etre  the matter of racial self-interest is pointing fingers at other groups that they fear may have members viewing the events of the day from a standpoint of racial self-interest, as well.  I have yet to see an objective, internal review report from the NAACP of its own members that was commissioned to determine how many of its rank-and file are racist, nor do I expect one to be forthcoming.

Exit polls from the 2008 presidential election have suggested with great clarity that at least 95% of black voters cast their ballots for Barack Obama, while white voters voted for McCain to the tune of about 55%.  Given nothing more than those stats, if I was the NAACP and sincerely concerned about racist tendencies, I would be greatly alarmed at the obviously rampant racism exhibited by the black electorate….but then, black racism is apparently no problem for the NAACP.

Well, whaddya know??

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Bob Yetman, Editor-at-Large at Christian Money.com (www.christianmoney.com), is an author of a variety of materials on personal finance and investing, as well as on topics of fitness and self defense, to include the recently-released book Investor's Passport to Hedge Fund Profits (John Wiley & Sons, Inc; www.investorspassport.com)  and the new unarmed combat training DVD Thunderstrikes - How to Develop One Shot, One Kill Striking Power (Paladin Press; www.mikereevesonline.com).

Tags: tea+party

Just Hangin’ Out Over Here, Praying for the Death of National Public Radio…

I’m thrilled that the heat is once again being turned up on NPR, and I hope this time that the structure burns to the ground.  That this overtly left-wing organ is funded with taxpayer dollars is but one more shameful example, of the bazillions out there, of government hostage-taking of its citizenry.    

The genesis of this latest outcry, of course, is rooted in the recent firing by NPR of Juan Williams, one of the few remotely-sensible liberals in the media, for making an on-air personal confession on Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor (Williams is a regular Fox news contributor) that he gets “worried” and “nervous” when faced with the prospect of flying on the same planes with people whose adherence to Islam is so great that they literally wrap themselves in the cloak of the religion.

Like that’s a revelation; we all feel as Williams claims to, whether we say it out loud or not - it is as natural as breathing.    

The CEO of NPR, Vivian Schiller, was not satisfied in merely dismissing Williams, but went on to question his mental health by saying publicly that he “should have kept his feelings about Muslims between himself and his psychiatrist or his publicist.”  Her subsequent retraction of that statement matters not at all; we all know public apologies like that are lies.  Perhaps Williams should consider doing something to confirm Schiller’s declaration about his sanity, like smacking her in the head; what would he have to lose?  It’s not like she can fire him again, and she’s already suggested he’s mentally incompetent, so she can’t really sue him or have him arrested…    

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has introduced legislation to defund NPR.  Just do it.  Be done with it.  Let the liberal elites keep it afloat themselves if they love it so much, and let’s take a big step toward eliminating our own long-standing version of state-run media.

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Bob Yetman, Editor-at-Large at Christian Money.com (www.christianmoney.com), is an author of a variety of materials on personal finance and investing, as well as on topics of fitness and self defense, to include the recently-released book Investor's Passport to Hedge Fund Profits (John Wiley & Sons, Inc; www.investorspassport.com)  and the new unarmed combat training DVD Thunderstrikes - How to Develop One Shot, One Kill Striking Power (Paladin Press; www.mikereevesonline.com).

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The "Moral" Stand of a Hollywood Troll

The reported objection by actor Zach Galifianakis to the cameo appearance of Mel Gibson in the upcoming sequel to the super-successful comedy The Hangover appears to be nothing more than another leftist outburst couched as a "moral" stand.  As many have openly asked since this bit of “news” came to light, why was it perfectly OK to share the screen in the original with Mike Tyson, who seems to have a much longer resume in the area of legal and moral lapse, but not Mel Gibson?  Misogyny, drug abuse (Tyson said after his appearance in the original that he used the paycheck he received for his cameo to buy drugs), expressions of anti-Semitism and racism, miscellaneous vile outbursts, arrests of a variety of sorts…some or all of these transgressions characterize each of these guys…so how in the world do you decide one is OK, and one is not?

Beyond this singular issue, the franchise itself, hardly a paragon of virtue, should be shunned by anyone who wishes to take a moral or ethical stand of any kind, should it not?  If li'l Zach is truly seeking to take a "high" road, why did he even do the first one, let alone sign on for a second?

It's funny where and when some people, like Galifianakis, decide to draw lines in the sand, and it's the unclear, uneven bases on which those decisions are made that leads to the public's suspicions about their true motives, and ultimately determining that they're without credibility.

Having taken this particular position, as he apparently has, I hope Galifianakis is prepared for the ongoing and invasive scrutiny of his moral and ethical compass as he makes his professional decisions going forward.   

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Bob Yetman, Editor-at-Large at Christian Money.com (www.christianmoney.com), is an author of a variety of materials on personal finance and investing, as well as on topics of fitness and self defense, to include the recently-released book Investor's Passport to Hedge Fund Profits (John Wiley & Sons, Inc; www.investorspassport.com)  and the new unarmed combat training DVD Thunderstrikes - How to Develop One Shot, One Kill Striking Power (Paladin Press; www.mikereevesonline.com).

Tags: Zach+Galifianakis