tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post7916341965000463817..comments2023-11-26T06:57:37.441-05:00Comments on "The Lid": What I Learned From the Shirley Sherrod CaseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14337861108761350581noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-78026588539221570622010-07-22T19:56:05.783-04:002010-07-22T19:56:05.783-04:00I'm glad to find this post. It matches my own...I'm glad to find this post. It matches my own conclusions. <br /><br />I think that the White House may be as afraid of Breitbart as they are of Glenn Beck. <br /><br />Sherrod's interviews given since the whole deal don't show a woman who has become less of a bigot. She's just become a class warrior.ASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591247136037620408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-50251015858080083842010-07-22T13:57:32.448-04:002010-07-22T13:57:32.448-04:00If you're married and have children, and at so...If you're married and have children, and at some point in time, IF you're luck, and have sex with your wife again, doesn't that too make you guilty of having intercourse with a mother?<br /><br />If that's the case, I am guessing that at least *some* of your accusers are guilty of having sex with mother as well and are also hypocrites! <br /><br />Just sayin' :)TexasFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412925337032937983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-42547746645199353382010-07-22T12:03:04.939-04:002010-07-22T12:03:04.939-04:00Here's something else you can add to "Thi...Here's something else you can add to "Things you Learned":<br /><br />At the time Mrs. Sherrod's story took place she was employed by the Federation of Southern Cooperative/Land Assistance Fund. Feel free to Google them. At the top of their website is this mission statement:<br />"Fighting To Save Black-Owned Land Since 1967 With Cooperatives". Notice that the organization is targeted towards helping black farmers.<br /><br />Now, I suspect your reaction to this is "She was working for a racist organization!", but a normal person's reaction would be - "OK. That explains why she hesitated to spend a lot of time with the white farmer. It simply wasn't part of her job description." And, guess what? That's exactly what Mrs. Sherrod has said. Weird, huh?<br /><br />And what about the reaction of the audience? Well, you can add this to "What I Learned" also! You see, before she started telling the story, she quite clearly alerted her audience to what the story would be about. It would be a story about how she decided to help someone without regard to race, even though she had no obligation to do so. Go ahead and watch the video again. That's why the audience reacted the way they did.<br /><br />Feel free to add these to your list.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640434974933966961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-54951877287641608432010-07-22T11:20:19.288-04:002010-07-22T11:20:19.288-04:00"they didn't take the time to read the ar..."they didn't take the time to read the article that Andrew Breitbart wrote"<br /><br />I've been busy this week and haven't had time to read a lot of my usual blogs. So I didn't watch the video and only skimmed Breitbart's article. AND I STILL GOT IT. I still got the point Breitbart was making about Sherrod's speech to the NAACP. It was quite clear. So the idea that a bunch of media people misunderstood the article? Please. They didn't misunderstand anything. Misdirection, yes. Misreading, no.akhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11762946770928332980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-69424280103487671862010-07-22T10:38:42.586-04:002010-07-22T10:38:42.586-04:00A question nobody seems to have yet asked about th...A question nobody seems to have yet asked about the Sherrod firing:<br />Why wasn't she offered her old job back by USDA? Was the old one abolished? Had she screwed up in it? Was she planning another lawsuit against USDA, like the one that cost taxpayers millions of dollars a few years ago that she spearheaded? Curious, right?Ben Blankenshiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717023834585541705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-17592365295975582312010-07-22T10:23:31.585-04:002010-07-22T10:23:31.585-04:00So we are supposed to applaud this womens road to ...So we are supposed to applaud this womens road to Damascus enlightnment that she no longer sees it as black-white issue but a rich-poor issue. So if I am a rich white farmer (or any other race for that matter) instead of being discriminated based on my race I am discriminated based on my income - I feel much better now.Cozmicharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00019326304484600979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-8473523410568148472010-07-22T09:41:08.973-04:002010-07-22T09:41:08.973-04:00In fact Fox didn't cover the story until hours...<i>In fact Fox didn't cover the story until hours after Sherrod resigned </i><br /><br />The TV station, maybe. But see <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/19/clip-shows-usda-official-admitting-withheld-help-white-farmer/" rel="nofollow">their website</a> on which it is claimed,<br /><br />The Agriculture Department announced Monday, shortly <i>after</i> FoxNews.com published its initial report on the video, that Sherrod had resigned.<br /><br />The timing is not clear to me, here. Did the White House even have time to respond to the foxnews.com article?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-79417591974910777952010-07-22T09:37:49.357-04:002010-07-22T09:37:49.357-04:00"I get a kick out of these people who say rea..."I get a kick out of these people who say read the article." J. Conyers@RolandRock1234https://www.blogger.com/profile/07244448874857110149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-66976926197798014472010-07-22T09:24:49.478-04:002010-07-22T09:24:49.478-04:00Exquisite!Exquisite!GM Roperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10696890588995400565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-82267395180377423582010-07-22T08:56:18.787-04:002010-07-22T08:56:18.787-04:00You can also point out that July 20 was Tisha B...You can also point out that July 20 was Tisha B'Av and the 21st the tenth of Av was the day that the Second Temple did most of the burning. I wonder what is the meaning of the connection.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948061264564780402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392130.post-76133791147770198902010-07-22T02:44:32.406-04:002010-07-22T02:44:32.406-04:00Be proud to be called racist. True racists are be...Be proud to be called racist. True racists are being called Democrats!Findalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881549378886491540noreply@blogger.com